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1125386

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities currently without any educational psychology service.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	251978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>​The information requested is not held centrally. It is not possible to assess whether there are any local authorities without an educational psychologist (EP) service as no information is collected on outsourced EP services.</p><p>The department’s main data source on teachers and other school staff is the annual School Workforce Census. The collection includes a count of educational psychologists (EP) employed centrally by local authorities and any that are reported as being directly employed by schools. It does not show any that are employed on an occasional basis. It also does not include outsourcing of EP provision, nor take into account any sharing of EP provision across local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/05/2019 13:19:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1125612

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Egypt: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the effect of laws restricting the construction of churches on religious freedom.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	252501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We continue to be concerned about restrictions on the construction of places of worship in Egypt. All religious minorities ought to be able practise their faith without constraints or discrimination. The 2016 Church Building Law represents a step forward in this area, increasing the number of registered churches in Egypt.</p><p>We welcome other positive developments concerning religious freedom, including President Sisi's calls for peaceful coexistence and the Government of Egypt's expression of support for the rights of Christians and for religious tolerance. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, reaffirmed our mutual commitment to freedom of religion or belief during his visit to Cairo in November.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/05/2019 14:26:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1125638

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the costs recovered from foreign nationals who received treatment on the NHS in (a) Mid Essex, (b) North East Essex and (c) the UK in the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the costs recovered from foreign nationals who have received treatment on the National Health Service in Mid Essex and North East Essex. Data on the costs recovered from overseas visitors, including United Kingdom nationals resident overseas, is published in NHS trust and NHS foundation trust annual accounts.</p><p>The total income identified from chargeable overseas visitors receiving NHS treatment is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total income*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£391 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£352 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£290 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£97 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£100 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>* includes direct charges, reimbursement from European Economic Area member states and immigration health surcharge</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 15/05/2019 10:46:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125641

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for special educational needs and disabilities services in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education frequently discusses matters of shared interest with HM Treasury ministers, including funding for special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>We are committed to supporting local authorities in tackling cost pressures on their high needs budgets. In December 2018 we allocated an additional £250 million up to 2020, on top of the £6 billion we had already promised nationally, and in the run up to the Spending Review we will continue to consider the level of funding that is needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/05/2019 13:24:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125642

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of unauthorised school absences in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and c) the UK in the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>It is a priority to reduce overall school absence as part of the Government’s ambition to create a world-class education system.</p><p>Data on the number of unauthorised absences are published in the termly “Pupil absence in schools in England” statistical releases, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence</a>.</p><p>Information for each school, local authority and England is provided in the underlying data. Information by local authority and England is also provided in the “National and local authority” tables.</p><p>The Department has already taken a number of steps to reduce the number of unauthorised absence and tackle persistent absence. In 2013, the Government amended legislation to make it clear that leave of absence could be authorised by maintained schools only in exceptional circumstances. It is up to individual schools to decide what constitutes exceptional circumstances.</p><p>Overall school attendance is improving, and absence rates have followed a general downward trend since 2006-7. The Department recognises that persistent absence is hard to tackle. Children may be persistently absent from school for a number of reasons including long term sickness.</p><p>To enable schools to act earlier in dealing with patterns of poor attendance, the Department has tightened up the definition of persistent absence in national statistics and equipped schools and local authorities with a range of sanctions they can use to tackle poor attendance. This includes penalty notices, parenting orders, fast track programmes, parenting contracts, and ultimately prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 252541 question first answered 15/05/2019 13:21:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125643

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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 his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) unauthorised and (b) persistent absences of students from school.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>It is a priority to reduce overall school absence as part of the Government’s ambition to create a world-class education system.</p><p>Data on the number of unauthorised absences are published in the termly “Pupil absence in schools in England” statistical releases, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence</a>.</p><p>Information for each school, local authority and England is provided in the underlying data. Information by local authority and England is also provided in the “National and local authority” tables.</p><p>The Department has already taken a number of steps to reduce the number of unauthorised absence and tackle persistent absence. In 2013, the Government amended legislation to make it clear that leave of absence could be authorised by maintained schools only in exceptional circumstances. It is up to individual schools to decide what constitutes exceptional circumstances.</p><p>Overall school attendance is improving, and absence rates have followed a general downward trend since 2006-7. The Department recognises that persistent absence is hard to tackle. Children may be persistently absent from school for a number of reasons including long term sickness.</p><p>To enable schools to act earlier in dealing with patterns of poor attendance, the Department has tightened up the definition of persistent absence in national statistics and equipped schools and local authorities with a range of sanctions they can use to tackle poor attendance. This includes penalty notices, parenting orders, fast track programmes, parenting contracts, and ultimately prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 252540 question first answered 15/05/2019 13:21:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125644

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the key dates by which government departments need to submit future funding requirements as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review process.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Spring Statement, if a deal with the EU is agreed in the coming weeks, the 2019 Spending Review will be launched before summer recess and conclude alongside an Autumn Budget. When the Spending Review is launched, we will provide guidance to departments on the key dates for submitting their requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/05/2019 15:55:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125650

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have been decided within 12 months from initial submission in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of applications received since 2010-11 which were decided (at first decision) within 12 months of submission.</p><p> </p><p>If an applicant is dissatisfied with their first decision, they have the right to request that this is reviewed. If they remain dissatisfied following review, they can appeal to the independent First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Proportion of applications decided at 1<sup>st</sup> decision within 12 months of submission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/05/2019 16:45:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 118007 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125654

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding available for Road Investment strategy 2 is (a) already committed to schemes and (b) not committed to schemes.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government expects to make £25.3 billion available to Highways England during the second Road Period (2020-2025). Of that, about 40% will fund the completion of projects included in the first Road Investment Strategy. The remainder will fund operations, maintenance and renewals on the strategic road network plus new enhancement schemes. The Government intends to announce its decisions on the distribution of this funding later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2019 12:51:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1125658

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing and (b) raising the lifetime pension cap for public sector employees.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	252614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to public service pensions which are fair to workers and fair to other taxpayers. Public service workers are entitled to defined benefit pension schemes, which are among the best schemes available. Since 2010, the Government has made reforms to limit pensions tax relief for those on the highest incomes that save over £6 billion per year, and are necessary to deliver a fair system and protect the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The pension tax rules apply equally across all registered public and private sector defined benefit schemes. In April 2016, the lifetime allowance (LTA) was reduced to £1,000,000. However, from April 2018 it has increased in line with CPI. This means for 2019-20 the LTA increased to £1,055,000. This allows savers to continue to make significant amounts of pension savings tax-free, while ensuring incentives to save are targeted across society.</p><p> </p><p>The LTA affects only the wealthiest pension savers. Around 95 per cent of individuals currently approaching retirement have a pension pot worth less than the LTA, while the median pension pot for individuals approaching retirement is around £170,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does keep all aspects of the tax system under review through the annual Budget process, in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/05/2019 15:57:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan