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750807

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date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to commence the review of Approved Document B.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Work to simplify the guidance was being progressed. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister's commitment to look at wider issues, and in the light of the terms of reference for the public inquiry when published.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 16:48:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

750808

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise businesses to invest in rooftop solar.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	4225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story. In 2013, we estimated that solar capacity would reach 10-12GW by 2020. We now expect Government support to bring forward around 13 GW by 2020. The Feed-in Tariff remains open to solar PV which provides an incentive for businesses to invest in rooftop solar.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 13:54:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

750809

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to amend safeguarding guidance for schools better to protect girls from sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>In its response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s inquiry into sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools, the Government committed to consider how the Committee’s recommendations could be incorporated into <em>Keeping children safe in education </em>(KCSIE). This is the Department for Education’s statutory guidance which schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. We want to make sure that any new or revised guidance is fit for purpose and provides schools with the information they require. We will consult fully on any planned changes to the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>KCSIE was last updated in September 2016 and includes guidance for schools on dealing with peer on peer abuse. This includes the following requirements.</p><ul><li>All schools should have a child protection policy.</li><li>The policy should set out procedures which minimise the risk of peer on peer abuse and set out how allegations will be dealt with.</li><li>The policy should address the different forms of peer on peer abuse, including different gender issues.</li><li>The policy should also set out how victims of peer on peer abuse will be supported.</li><li>The guidance is clear that abuse is abuse, whatever form it takes, and should never be passed off as mere banter or part of growing up.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>As well as addressing peer on peer abuse, KCSIE also contains guidance for schools on dealing with allegations of abuse made against staff.</p><p> </p><p>KCSIE is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 17:41:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

750810

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department is making on developing new guidance for schools on delivering sex and relationships education.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>In accordance with the Children and Social Work Act 2017, the Secretary of State will lay regulations that will require the publication of guidance to support schools to teach high quality Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools and Relationships Education (RE) in primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance will be developed following a thorough engagement process on the scope and content of RE and RSE, involving a wide range of interested stakeholders. The engagement process will seek evidence from schools and teachers, parents and pupils, experts in safeguarding and child wellbeing, subject experts, voluntary organisations and other interested parties, and other Government Departments and public sector bodies.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out more details about the engagement process shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:22:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

750811

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional training to teachers on child protection and safeguarding.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards 2011 set out that teachers should safeguard children’s wellbeing as part of their professional duties.</p><p>All programmes of initial teacher training (ITT) must prepare teachers to demonstrate that they have met these Standards. The same Teachers’ Standards are also used to assess a newly qualified teacher's performance at the end of their induction period. <br> <br>All trainee teachers are provided with the following at the commencement of their training in each school: the child protection policy, the staff behaviour policy (sometimes called a code of conduct), information about the role of the designated safeguarding lead and a copy of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), the Department’s statutory safeguarding guidance.</p><p>When a teacher starts work in a school, KCSIE sets out that they should receive child protection and safeguarding training at induction. This training should be regularly updated. Induction and training should be in line with advice from the Local Safeguarding Children Board.</p><p>The Department strengthened the guidance in September 2016 and it now sets out that in addition to training, teachers should receive regular safeguarding and child protection updates, as required, and at least annually.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/07/2017 17:51:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

750812

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Blaenau Gwent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been recruited from the Blaenau Gwent postcode area in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	4376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 14:10:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

750813

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent reserve centre closures on recruitment to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	4377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>A very small number of Reserve Centres have closed in the recent past. Recruitment into the Reserve Forces is a key consideration when determining the location of Reserve units. We continue to make good progress with Reserves recruitment. In the 12 months to 1 May 2017, 6,570 people joined the Reserves, taking the total strength to 36,310, an increase of 4.1% since 1 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/07/2017 14:36:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

750814

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Workers and Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government’s policy is on maintaining the public sector pay cap for (a) nurses and (b) care workers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service staff that care for patients in hospital or in the community do a fantastic job. The Government is committed to ensuring NHS organisations can afford to recruit the staff they need so they can continue to deliver world class services patients and their families expect.</p><p> </p><p>In the NHS pay, restraint has helped organisations to recruit an additional 33,800 (6.4%) professionally qualified clinical staff since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Most social care staff are employed by the private or voluntary sector and are not covered by the public sector pay cap.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Pay Review Body recommendation for 2017/18, which includes nurses and midwives was accepted by the Department on 28 March this year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/07/2017 14:35:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750815

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Hereditary Peers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the removal of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords in the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Conservative manifesto, although comprehensive reform is not a priority, we are committed to ensure that the House of Lords continues to fulfil its constitutional role as a revising and scrutinising chamber which respects the primacy of the House of Commons. We will continue to work to ensure the work of the House of Lords remains relevant and effective by addressing issues such as its size.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/07/2017 15:29:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750816

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to invest in solar energy over the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story. In 2013 we estimated that solar capacity would reach 10-12GW by 2020. We now expect Government support to bring forward around 13 GW by 2020. The Feed-in Tariff remains open to solar PV which provides an incentive for consumers to install solar energy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 15:04:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5103 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West