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1719440

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of Countryside Stewardship scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2024, there are 34 farm businesses with a current Countryside Stewardship Agreement for the Wellingborough Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/05/2024 14:53:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719441

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sustainable Farming Incentive: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2024, there are 24 farm businesses with a current Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement for the Wellingborough constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/05/2024 14:53:01 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719442

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help reduce the risk of flooding in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>For the current financial year 2024/25, the Environment Agency has an allocation of £1,293,000 for flood defence maintenance work in Northamptonshire. This includes items such as weed cutting, grass cutting, fish and eel pass maintenance, mechanical and electrical maintenance work to assets, electricity and general operational costs. The Environment Agency will prioritise its statutory duties and those works which provide the highest benefit for reducing flood risk.</p><p><br> In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024. We will continue to work with the Risk Management Authorities and communities to develop and progress identified projects.</p><p><br> Following the flooding experienced during the winter of 2023/2024, we will continue to work with partner Risk Management Authorities and communities to identify any needs for additional flood risk management work – either capital or revenue. We are currently engaging with a variety of communities (directly and with other partners) that experienced flooding to assist them in understanding their flood risk and working to develop community resilience so that these communities are more prepared and can recover faster following future flooding.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:20:58 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719443

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has allocated funding for flood defences in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2010/11 to 2022/23 the Environment Agency has better protected 310 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £14.7 million total spend, sourced from both Government Grant in Aid funding as well as partnership funding sources.</p><p> </p><p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is working with Risk Management Authorities and communities across Northamptonshire. It should be noted that the former Northamptonshire County Council was successful in securing funding for a number of county-wide schemes which are now being progressed by the Unitary Authorities. Relatively small allocations have been used to benefit multiple communities and pave the way for increased resilience. In terms of council-led projects, the current priorities are East Brook Culvert in Kettering for North Northants Council (£425,000 future allocation, £227,000 previous spend) and St Leonards Road in Northampton for West Northants Council (£285,000 future allocation). Notable Environment Agency projects include development of the Nene Water Management Strategy (£3.5 million over a three-year programme) to provide a clear direction for the most economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable way to manage the river and waters between Northampton and Peterborough. There is also investment of £949,268 in the ongoing maintenance of the Northampton Flood Defences.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:13:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719444

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Waste: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle waste crime in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, which is a blight on our local communities and the environment and damages legitimate businesses. We have strengthened regulators' powers, are tightening the law and have increased the Environment Agency's budget by £10 million per year to make it harder for rogue operators to find work in the sector and easier for regulators to take action against criminals. We are also providing grants to councils across the country to help them purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping. North Northamptonshire council has been awarded £25,176 in the recently announced third round of the Fly-tipping Intervention Grant scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Waste crime in the constituency is addressed at several partnerships, the Northants Waste Enforcement Group, North Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership and the Acquisitive and Rural Crime Group. All partnerships are linked on serious waste crime and fly-tipping by attendance of the same Environment Agency officer. This ensures information and intelligence is shared effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Engagement and information sharing directs where collaboration is most needed at any time in the county. Wellingborough is also covered by the Northants Project Plutus Partnership, the first in England to identify waste crime as a priority for cash-based money laundering. Project Plutus information sharing led directly to an Environment Agency-led intervention with Police and North Northants Council stopping a large-scale illegal waste operation that had potential to impact neighbouring Wellingborough. This is a significant investigation due to go to trial.</p><p> </p><p>The highly effective Operation Clean Sweep multi-agency days of action have been taking place in the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Environment Agency area. The intention is for the Environment Agency to extend this into North Northamptonshire and, when required, into Wellingborough.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:55 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719445

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many degree apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in (i) Wellingborough constituency, (ii) Northamptonshire and (iii) London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/05/2024 13:32:19 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719446

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency by teachers without a relevant (i) A-level and (ii) higher level qualification in the last full year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including subjects taught in state-funded secondary schools, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The total number of hours taught for each subject are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005</a>.</p><p>The proportion of those hours that were taught by teachers without a relevant post A level or higher level qualification are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Timetabled teaching is reported for a typical week in November, as determined by the school. It does not cover an entire year of teaching. If there are variations in timetabling across the year, this is not covered in the data available to the department.</p><p> </p><p>Subject taught is only collected from secondary schools that use electronic timetabling software that can produce data in the format required. Data is then weighted to provide national totals. Breakdowns by local authority and parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 14:17:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719447

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Funding Formula (NFF) is used to calculate notional funding for maintained schools and academies in England. Average funding per pupil, including premises-related funding, for Wellingborough constituency, North Northamptonshire and England can be found in the table below. Constituency figures are calculated by combining the notional NFF school-level allocations for all maintained schools and academies which sit within the constituency. Local authority and national funding figures are based on the Dedicated Schools Grant allocations.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average Per Pupil Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wellingborough Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North Northamptonshire Council</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>£5,687</p></td><td><p>£5,664</p></td><td><p>£5,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>£5,572</p></td><td><p>£5,548</p></td><td><p>£5,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£5,267</p></td><td><p>£5,247</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/05/2024 09:46:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719448

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Wellingborough
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 improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The department currently has the highest number of teachers on record. There are now over 468,000 full time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000, or 6%, since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>Last year, the department accepted in full the School Teacher Review Body’s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award, which is the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years. This means that over two years, teacher pay is increasing by more than 12% on average and means the department has delivered its manifesto commitment of a minimum £30,000 starting salary for school teachers in all regions of the country.</p><p>The department has put in place a range of measures, including increased bursaries worth up to £28,000 tax-free and scholarships worth up to £30,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.</p><p>The department is also offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 after-tax for eligible mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their career who work in disadvantaged schools. For the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, the department is doubling the rates of the Levelling Up Premium. Six schools in Wellingborough are eligible for payments of up to £5,000 after-tax under this scheme.</p><p>The department has also established three Teaching School Hubs near Wellingborough: the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub, the Chiltern Teaching School Hub and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Teaching School Hub. More information can be found at the following web addresses: <a href="https://www.northamptonshireteachingschoolhub.org/" target="_blank">https://www.northamptonshireteachingschoolhub.org/</a>, <a href="https://www.teaching-school.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.teaching-school.co.uk/</a>, and <a href="https://www.cptshn.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cptshn.co.uk/</a>. More information can be found at the following web addresses: <a href="https://www.northamptonshireteachingschoolhub.org/" target="_blank">https://www.northamptonshireteachingschoolhub.org/</a>, <a href="https://www.teaching-school.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.teaching-school.co.uk/</a>,</p><p>These school-based centres of excellence deliver Initial Teacher Training (ITT), the Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications and provide Appropriate Body services for the induction of early career teachers. More information on the induction of early career teachers can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/induction-for-early-career-teachers-england . Together, these ensure that new teachers in Wellingborough will benefit from at least three years of evidence-based training, across ITT and into their induction.</p><p>The department has published a range of resources to help address teacher workload and wellbeing and support schools to introduce flexible working practices.</p><p>On flexible working in particular, the department has established a series of Flexible Working Ambassador Multi-Academy Trusts and Schools (FWAMSs) throughout the country which support school leaders to implement and embed flexible working in their schools. Wellingborough’s named FWAMS is Lapal School of Hales Valley Trust. Further information can be found on the ‘<a href="https://tinyurl.com/4rv3nmkk" target="_blank">Flexible Working in Education</a>’ website, here: <a href="https://www.flexibleworkingineducation.co.uk/about-fwams" target="_blank">https://www.flexibleworkingineducation.co.uk/about-fwams</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/05/2024 07:42:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719449

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>​​Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are now in place in around nearly 8,500 schools and colleges across the country, with 498 expert teams offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. MHSTs have achieved their NHS Long Term Plan coverage ambition a year early and more teams are coming. By March 2025, there will be over 600 MHSTs up and running. Further information regarding this can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6641f1e1ae748c43d37939a3/Transforming_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_implementation_programme_2024_data_release.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6641f1e1ae748c43d37939a3/Transforming_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_implementation_programme_2024_data_release.pdf</a>.</p><p>​Data from NHS England shows that since 2018/19, when the first wave of MHSTs were commissioned, there are currently nine MHSTs in Northamptonshire and 99 MHSTs for the London integrated care system region. A link to the data can be found here: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/trailblazers/#_Mental_Health_Support" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/trailblazers/#_Mental_Health_Support</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of MHSTs by constituency is not currently available.​</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 24/05/2024 12:53:46 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen