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1172293

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used to determine which regions received funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019 and invited organisations to bid to coordinate free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p>92 bids were received and each bid was assessed against the criteria published in our “Invitation to Bid”, which has been attached.</p><p>Each bid was then ranked according to their score and we selected the highest scoring bid from each of the nine English regions for funding, along with two further high scoring bids. The level of funding allocated to each successful bid was in line with the scale and nature of their proposed programme, as detailed in their respective bids.</p><p>For the North East region, the StreetGames programme in Newcastle was selected as the highest scoring bid, with an allocation of £1,028,000. Our allocations to the other successful areas were as follows:</p><ul><li>Gateshead - £204,000</li><li>Leeds - £507,000</li><li>Bradford - £799,000</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester - £555,000</li><li>Leicestershire - £799,000</li><li>Birmingham - £1,999,000</li><li>Suffolk - £999,000</li><li>Croydon - £657,000</li><li>Hampshire - £766,000</li><li>Plymouth - £604,000</li></ul><p>We received a bid from Durham County Council which included coverage of the Easington and County Durham constituencies but the bid was unsuccessful as it scored lower than a number of other bids in the North East region, including those in Newcastle and Gateshead. Officials provided feedback to Durham County Council in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 6080 6082 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:32:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6080_6081_6082_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_2019_Invitation_to_Bid.doc title 6080_6081_6082_Invitation_To_Bid
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172294

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department decided not to allocate funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme to (a) Easington constituency and (b) County Durham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019 and invited organisations to bid to coordinate free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p>92 bids were received and each bid was assessed against the criteria published in our “Invitation to Bid”, which has been attached.</p><p>Each bid was then ranked according to their score and we selected the highest scoring bid from each of the nine English regions for funding, along with two further high scoring bids. The level of funding allocated to each successful bid was in line with the scale and nature of their proposed programme, as detailed in their respective bids.</p><p>For the North East region, the StreetGames programme in Newcastle was selected as the highest scoring bid, with an allocation of £1,028,000. Our allocations to the other successful areas were as follows:</p><ul><li>Gateshead - £204,000</li><li>Leeds - £507,000</li><li>Bradford - £799,000</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester - £555,000</li><li>Leicestershire - £799,000</li><li>Birmingham - £1,999,000</li><li>Suffolk - £999,000</li><li>Croydon - £657,000</li><li>Hampshire - £766,000</li><li>Plymouth - £604,000</li></ul><p>We received a bid from Durham County Council which included coverage of the Easington and County Durham constituencies but the bid was unsuccessful as it scored lower than a number of other bids in the North East region, including those in Newcastle and Gateshead. Officials provided feedback to Durham County Council in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 6080 6081 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:32:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6080_6081_6082_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_2019_Invitation_to_Bid.doc title 6080_6081_6082_Invitation_To_Bid
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172298

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in poverty lived in working households in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>National statistics of the number of children in low income households are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for the number of children in working households in absolute low income, in each of the last five years, are available by combining tables 4.21ts and 4.2ts in the file “children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2017-18-tables” available in the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics for the number of children in working households in relative low income, in each of the last five years, are available by combining tables 4.15ts and 4.2ts in the same file.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/01/2020 17:55:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172299

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding in real terms has been allocated to schools in Easington constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Funding for schools is given to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), which in turn distribute this money to schools in their area through their own local formulae. The following table outlines the schools block DSG allocations for Durham County Council since 2015-16 in cash terms. Prior to the introduction of the National Funding Formula (NFF), schools block allocations were only calculated at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Schools block DSG allocations for Durham</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Funding per pupil (£)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total schools block (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£4,641</p></td><td><p>£287.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£4,649</p></td><td><p>£288.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£4,674</p></td><td><p>£293.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£4,694</p></td><td><p>£298.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£4,758</p></td><td><p>£306.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£4,937</p></td><td><p>£319.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 2018-19, schools block allocations have been calculated through the NFF, based on individual schools’ characteristics. The following table outlines in cash terms notional NFF allocations for schools in Easington in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>NFF allocations for Easington</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Funding per pupil (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total cash funding (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NFF 2018-19<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£4,817</p></td><td><p>£51.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NFF 2019-20<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£4,862</p></td><td><p>£52.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NFF 2020-21<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£5,012</p></td><td><p>£54.7 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To smooth the transition to the NFF, local authorities have continued to be responsible for designing the distribution of funding in their areas in 2018-19 through to 2020-21. The actual amount that schools receive may be different from the amount they are attracting through the NFF. Local authorities set their local formula in consultation with local schools. The Department will now move to a single national formula as soon as possible to complete our reforms to make the funding system fair and equitable for every school in the country.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> The schools block unit of funding has been calculated by dividing the local authority’s total schools block allocation.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Notional NFF allocations for individual schools were calculated based on available pupil data at the time, which was pupil data from the previous year. Final allocations given to local authorities were calculated based on updated pupil data. The figures in these tables are therefore not directly comparable.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/01/2020 17:45:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171918

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Smart motorways on trends in the number of fatal motorway accidents on those motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5403 5404 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171919

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase the frequency of emergency refuge areas on Smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5402 5404 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171920

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to finding by Highways England in the report entitled Stationary Vehicle Detection, published in March 2016, what steps he has taken to ensure the safety of users of Smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5402 5403 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172094

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allocated funding from the public purse to enable schools in Easington constituency to establish mental health and wellbeing teams to support pupils.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Our Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health aims to improve the provision of services through its key proposals, one of which is to create new Mental Health Support Teams in and near groups of schools and colleges in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, we announced 25 Trailblazer sites to run the first wave of 59 Mental Health Support Teams. The first of these teams are now becoming fully operational.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 July 2019, we announced that further Mental Health Support Teams are to be set up across 57 sites. Easington, through Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group, is one such site.</p><p> </p><p>The teams form part of the National Health Service’s commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits at least a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/01/2020 12:22:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 2662 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172095

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in (a) Easington constituency, (b) County Durham and (c) the North East have adopted the care for young carers package launched by NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/01/2020 14:32:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171647

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to extend Tyne and Wear Metro Services into Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	4722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>I am aware that Nexus have identified several possible extensions to the Tyne and Wear Metro system. As this is a locally managed system, it would be for Nexus to identify which of these would be the most effective and to develop a business case and seek funding accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving local transport. We will create a £4.2 billion Local Public Transport Fund so city regions can upgrade their bus, train and tram services to make them as good as London’s – with more frequent, modern and environmentally friendly services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/01/2020 13:58:39 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris