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1715298

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that changes to parent fines for missing school do not unintentionally impact children who are absent from school due to prolonged illness.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	24478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Legislation and the government’s ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ guidance state that a penalty notice can only be issued when the absence constitutes an offence under section 444 of the Education Act 1997. Where a pupil cannot attend due to illness, this is not an offence and so legal enforcement action cannot be taken. This position will not change when the new rules for penalty notices come into force on 19 August 2024. The full guidance can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65f1b048133c22b8eecd38f7/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance__applies_from_19_August_2024_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65f1b048133c22b8eecd38f7/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance__applies_from_19_August_2024_.pdf</a>.</p><p>More generally, the department expects schools and local authorities to take a ‘support first’ approach to improving attendance, only using penalty notices for absence that is classed as unauthorised and when support has already been provided and not worked or been engaged with, or in the case of holidays taken in term-time, is not appropriate. The vast majority of penalty notices for unauthorised absence (89% in the 2022/2023 academic year) are issued for term time holidays.</p><p>Whatever the cause of absence from school, school staff should work with families and pupils to understand the barriers to attendance and provide support where possible. This might include providing pastoral support or making reasonable adjustments where a pupil has a disability. In the case of prolonged illness, as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 school days or more because of their health needs, the local authority should arrange suitable alternative provision. It is important that all pupils’ right to a full-time education is protected, whilst acknowledging that some pupils require more support than others.</p><p>The department is providing a series of training events and webinars throughout the summer term for schools and local authorities to ensure that the new rules regarding penalty notices are understood and implemented in line with the ‘support first’ approach.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/05/2024 15:57:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1285225

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what assessment the body has made of the viability of Church House as a temporary replacement for the Palace of Westminster while it undergoes essential repairs.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	151715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body, working closely with the Delivery Authority, has recently carried out a Strategic Review for how the restoration programme should be carried out. The Sponsor Body looked at all viable options as part of the Strategic Review, including consideration of Church House. The Strategic Review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2021 13:48:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

805416

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department has no plans to collect or publish statistics on food bank usage since the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	119087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The provision of food aid ranges from small local provision, through to regional and national schemes. This is mostly community-led provision responding to local needs and as such, we do not believe it is possible to keep a record of the number of food banks, nor the potential number of people using them, without placing unnecessary burdens on volunteers trying to help their communities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 119088 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:34:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

805417

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October to Question 109156, if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on food bank usage since the start of the roll-out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	119088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The provision of food aid ranges from small local provision, through to regional and national schemes. This is mostly community-led provision responding to local needs and as such, we do not believe it is possible to keep a record of the number of food banks, nor the potential number of people using them, without placing unnecessary burdens on volunteers trying to help their communities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 119087 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:34:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

802325

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Jobcentre Plus staff have applied the discretion defined in regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:10:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

802326

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Jobcentre Plus implementation of regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 defaults to a 14-day unfit period rather than the number of days specified in a fit note.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Regulation 99 requires work search and work availability requirements to be suspended for up to 14 days to account for a period of sickness. Outside of these set periods, work coaches have the discretion to tailor work search and availability requirements taking into consideration the details on the fit note. Until the claimant has their Work capability Assessment, whilst they are in receipt of a fit note, we will not ask them to take up work.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 99 applies for the first 2 spells of sickness in a rolling 12 month period. On the third and subsequent spells of sickness the work coach will apply discretion from the outset, taking into consideration the details on the fit note.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 18:11:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

793159

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons introduction of the £5 million Early Integrated Employment Support Pilot to help the long-term unemployed in South Yorkshire has been postponed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	114944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not announced that it is postponing the introduction of the Employment Support Pilot.</p><p> </p><p>We stand firmly behind the devolution deal that was agreed with all the constituent members of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. It is therefore important that the constituent members of the Combined Authority now take the remaining steps - to hold a public consultation on the proposed devolution of powers and consent to the order needed, subject to Parliamentary approval, for the full implementation of the deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will write to the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority shortly to confirm its position on the commitments in the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority devolution deal.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/11/2017 15:28:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

790220

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109749, on universal credit: disability, how his Department plans to determine the extent to which users of universal credit statistics consider reporting on disabled people a high priority when reviewing the responses of the consultation.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit official statistics consultation ran from 13 September 2017 to 24 October 2017. We sought user views on our plans to expand the range of regular statistical publications of which Universal Credit is an element.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the responses to the consultation, which asked users their areas of interest and what this additional information would be used for. This information will be used alongside the number of respondents requesting each topic area to decide the priority of future developments. A link to the results of the consultation will be published on the Universal Credit Statistics page which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2017 17:13:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789307

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to disabled people who claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit is simpler and fairer than the legacy system and is designed in a way that better reflects the extra costs disabled people can face and the extra support available for costs of care.</p><p>In designing the system we place the needs of the people at the heart of the claimant journey and we are moving to a model of a dedicated work coach, who facilitates access to an integrated support network which can adapt and be tailored to a person’s health needs. It also, for the first time, helps people with a disability or health condition, who are already in work, to remain there and to progress their position and earnings with confidence and support.</p><p>We engage with claimants through a variety of communication methods and are able to provide flexible support when needed. Claimants may also be referred to a range of specialist support and provision, to help meet any skills needs or help them move into work more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789309

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who identify as disabled are currently in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>To provide the requested information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, as part of the experimental official statistics, information is available on the number of households on Universal Credit which were entitled to additional support following a finding of limited capability for work. Around 12,000 households that received a payment of Universal Credit in June 2017 were entitled to this additional support – 3% of all households in payment. Further information on these statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p>In response to requests for information on Universal Credit we have consulted users on the expansion of Universal Credit statistics. We are currently reviewing the responses and if numbers of disabled people on UC prove to be a high priority for our users we will consider publishing them regularly, subject to sufficient quality assurance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:01:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis