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1281052

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Covid-19 Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Government's £16.5 million youth covid-19 support fund has been allocated to youth services to date.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	144765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Government recognises the important role that youth services play in communities, which is why we recently announced the £16.5 million Youth Covid-19 Support Fund (YCSF) that will protect the immediate future of grassroots and national youth organisations across the country.</p><p>£1.7m of the YCSF has already been allocated to vital youth work qualifications and training.</p><p>The competition for the remainder of the funding opened on Friday 15 January 2021 and will remain open until 19 February. It will help to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain viable.</p><p>To distribute funding as soon as possible, we will make initial awards on a rolling basis, prioritising those deemed to have the greatest need against the stated criteria. The first tranche of applications will be assessed in the coming fortnight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 144766 question first answered 03/02/2021 15:40:16 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1281053

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many youth services organisations have accessed the Government's £16.5 million youth covid-19 support fund to date.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	144766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Government recognises the important role that youth services play in communities, which is why we recently announced the £16.5 million Youth Covid-19 Support Fund (YCSF) that will protect the immediate future of grassroots and national youth organisations across the country.</p><p>£1.7m of the YCSF has already been allocated to vital youth work qualifications and training.</p><p>The competition for the remainder of the funding opened on Friday 15 January 2021 and will remain open until 19 February. It will help to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain viable.</p><p>To distribute funding as soon as possible, we will make initial awards on a rolling basis, prioritising those deemed to have the greatest need against the stated criteria. The first tranche of applications will be assessed in the coming fortnight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 144765 question first answered 03/02/2021 15:40:16 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1280673

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Qualifications
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 people who have successfully completed the BTEC Performing Arts course in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	143842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The attached file contains further education learning aim enrolments and learning aim achievements, split by learners aged 16 to 18, and 19 and over, along with the total, on BTEC courses in the performing arts from the 2010/11 to 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>The department publishes destinations of adult (19+) further education learners in the further education outcome-based success measures publication which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures</a>.</p><p>The latest data covers adult learners achieving their course in the 2017/18 academic year with destinations in 2018/19 academic year reported, whilst the earliest data represents learners achieving in 2013/14 academic year. Specifically, destination rates of adult learners on BTEC performing arts courses can be found here:<br> <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a</a>.</p><p>Data on the destinations of learners reaching the end of 16-18 study based upon the learning aim taken is not held.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 143843 143844 question first answered 03/02/2021 10:47:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan attachment 1 file name 143842143843143844_table_showing_btecenrolments.xls title 143842_143843_143844_table
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1280674

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Qualifications
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 people who have enrolled on a BTEC Performing Arts course in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	143843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The attached file contains further education learning aim enrolments and learning aim achievements, split by learners aged 16 to 18, and 19 and over, along with the total, on BTEC courses in the performing arts from the 2010/11 to 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>The department publishes destinations of adult (19+) further education learners in the further education outcome-based success measures publication which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures</a>.</p><p>The latest data covers adult learners achieving their course in the 2017/18 academic year with destinations in 2018/19 academic year reported, whilst the earliest data represents learners achieving in 2013/14 academic year. Specifically, destination rates of adult learners on BTEC performing arts courses can be found here:<br> <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a</a>.</p><p>Data on the destinations of learners reaching the end of 16-18 study based upon the learning aim taken is not held.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 143842 143844 question first answered 03/02/2021 10:47:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan attachment 1 file name 143842143843143844_table_showing_btecenrolments.xls title 143842_143843_143844_table
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1280675

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the destinations of people who have successfully completed a BTEC Performing Arts course in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	143844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The attached file contains further education learning aim enrolments and learning aim achievements, split by learners aged 16 to 18, and 19 and over, along with the total, on BTEC courses in the performing arts from the 2010/11 to 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>The department publishes destinations of adult (19+) further education learners in the further education outcome-based success measures publication which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures</a>.</p><p>The latest data covers adult learners achieving their course in the 2017/18 academic year with destinations in 2018/19 academic year reported, whilst the earliest data represents learners achieving in 2013/14 academic year. Specifically, destination rates of adult learners on BTEC performing arts courses can be found here:<br> <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/25a2cc84-5b83-433c-9f01-f516093af57a</a>.</p><p>Data on the destinations of learners reaching the end of 16-18 study based upon the learning aim taken is not held.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 143842 143843 question first answered 03/02/2021 10:47:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan attachment 1 file name 143842143843143844_table_showing_btecenrolments.xls title 143842_143843_143844_table
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1279170

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing for claimants of (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) disablement pension where the health assessors find that a face-to-face interview is required but cannot be completed under covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The safety of our claimants and staff is our key priority. As a result, all face to face assessments for sickness and disability benefits have remained suspended since March 2020. Throughout the pandemic, for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)/Universal Credit (UC) we have continued to assess people on paper evidence where we can as normal. We have also introduced telephone assessments and are working to increase the number of these assessments in order that we can make the right decision for as many people as possible, while keeping people safe.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is not possible to carry out a PIP telephone assessment we are making a decision based on all the evidence available to ensure any payment is not delayed. For ESA/UC, claimants will remain on their current award until we are able to gather the evidence needed for a recommendation to be made (or until contributory ESA ends)); any additional amounts the claimant may qualify for after their assessment will be backdated to ensure no long-term loss. Where an individual’s contributory ESA ends they may be able to claim Universal Credit, depending on their personal circumstances if they require further financial support.</p><p> </p><p>The question refers to ‘disablement pension’; we have understood that to refer to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB). Following a successful trial, we have now begun paper based assessments in IIDB for certain prescribed diseases. To protect our most vulnerable claimants with the most serious health conditions we are continuing to process IIDB claims for people with terminal illnesses, and those for Fast Track prescribed diseases as they can be assessed without the need for a face to face assessment. Once face-to-face assessments resume, awards will be backdated to the date of application to ensure claimants do not lose out on funds they are entitled to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/01/2021 13:18:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1279171

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of claims for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) disablement pension which are pending due to a face-to-face health and disability assessment in (i) Lewisham Deptford, (ii) London and (iii) the UK which cannot be completed under covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-21/141531" target="_blank">141531</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes Personal Independence Payment assessment data online which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics?_sm_byp=iVVWb5570W4jkbMj#content" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics?_sm_byp=iVVWb5570W4jkbMj#content</a></p><p> </p><p>The PIP clearance times are available to October 2020 and can be focused down to region level. Any further geographical breakdowns are not available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) data online which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The ESA clearance times are available to June 2020 at a national level only. The clearance times are only currently available to March 2020, but can be focused down to region and local authority level. Any further geographical breakdowns are not available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The question enquires into ‘disablement pension’, we have understood that to refer to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) which this Department administers<strong>. </strong>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on claims and assessments under IIDB scheme in Great Britain here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest claims information is to March 2020, with the lowest geographical level available of Region. Statistics to June 2020 will be published on 23 February 2021</p><p> </p><p>Further geographical breakdowns and average clearance times are not readily available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 141533 question first answered 29/01/2021 15:09:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1279172

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time from submission to payment of claims was in each of the last 12 months for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) disablement pension in (i) Lewisham Deptford, (ii) London and (iii) the UK where a face-to-face health and disability assessment is required.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-01-21/141531" target="_blank">141531</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes Personal Independence Payment assessment data online which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics?_sm_byp=iVVWb5570W4jkbMj#content" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics?_sm_byp=iVVWb5570W4jkbMj#content</a></p><p> </p><p>The PIP clearance times are available to October 2020 and can be focused down to region level. Any further geographical breakdowns are not available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) data online which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-january-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The ESA clearance times are available to June 2020 at a national level only. The clearance times are only currently available to March 2020, but can be focused down to region and local authority level. Any further geographical breakdowns are not available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The question enquires into ‘disablement pension’, we have understood that to refer to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) which this Department administers<strong>. </strong>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on claims and assessments under IIDB scheme in Great Britain here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest claims information is to March 2020, with the lowest geographical level available of Region. Statistics to June 2020 will be published on 23 February 2021</p><p> </p><p>Further geographical breakdowns and average clearance times are not readily available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 141532 question first answered 29/01/2021 15:09:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1279173

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has been given to health assessors carrying out health and disability assessments for new claims for (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) disablement pension submitted during covid-19 national lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Health Professionals continue to deliver PIP assessments in accordance with the PIP Assessment Guide published on GOV.UK. The link to which I have included below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Healthcare Professionals, continue to deliver ESA Work Capability Assessments (WCA) in accordance with the WCA Handbook published on GOV.UK. The link to which I have included below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-capability-assessment-handbook-for-healthcare-professionals</a></p><p> </p><p>Our Assessment Providers, Independent Assessment Services (IAS), Capita and Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) have supported their Health Professionals to carry out health and disability assessments throughout all COVID-19 lockdowns. Following the suspension of face to face assessments to ensure the safety of claimants, companions and staff, Health Professionals have been given additional training and guidance on conducting telephone assessments, which were introduced in PIP and ESA in response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>I have interpreted Disablement Pension to mean Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB). The suspension of face to face assessments for IIDB means the majority of new claims are not being assessed at present. We continue to test new ways to carry out IIDB assessments and have now begun conducting paper based assessments for certain prescribed diseases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/01/2021 13:54:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1277627

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that directly employed personal assistants carers are aware they can access covid-19 vaccines as frontline social care staff.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	139066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The  Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccines the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level.  For the first phase, the JCVI has advised that the vaccine be given to care home residents and staff, as well as frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and clinical risk factors.</p><p>Those who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill, will be offered vaccination in priority group six in line with the JCVI’s advice.</p><p>Information on identifying and vaccinating social care workers, including those providing direct care to people who need care and support, was published on 14 January and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/vaccinating-frontline-social-care-workers/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/vaccinating-frontline-social-care-workers/</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/01/2021 17:23:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft