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1307239

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department made of the effectiveness of the (a) National Citizen Service, (b) Scout Association and (c) cadets prior to deciding on funding allocations for those organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>NCS has been subject to multiple independent evaluations that have consistently demonstrated the positive impacts that NCS delivers to both its participants and the communities where they live. In the most recent evaluation, conducted by Kantar, analysis showed for every £1 spent on NCS there was a return on investment of £3.49. Including increased leadership skills, volunteering levels and wellbeing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The last funding provided directly from DCMS to uniformed youth groups (including the Scouts) came in the £5m, 2018/19 Uniformed Youth Fund (UYF), administered by the Youth United Foundation (YUF) and resulted in the creation of 10,892 new places for young people in disadvantaged areas and 1,643 new adult volunteers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministry of Defence is responsible for any funding allocations made to cadet groups, therefore DCMS has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 19/04/2021 10:59:44 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1306979

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Office of the Public Guardian: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Office of the Public Guardian (a) in total and (b) to investigate powers of attorney and safeguarding; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>OPG currently employs 1,462 people. 93 of these people currently work within the LPA Investigation unit and 11 work in the deputyship’s investigations team. 28 currently work within the Investigations, Triage and Support Team (ITAS) – giving a total of 132 people working within this area.</p><p> </p><p>This information was taken from SOP, the Ministry of Justice’s HR system. The figures include all OPG employees, including those who are currently off strength, for example those out on loan or on secondment to other organisations, sick or parental leave or on career breaks. They do no include contractors or temporary clerical workers provided by employment agencies.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2021 14:13:42 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1307226

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Local Restrictions Support Grant: Complementary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether providers of complementary medicine teaching who have been unable to deliver practical training in close contact services since 5 January 2021 are eligible to apply for Local Restrictions Support Grants; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has introduced an unprecedented package of support for businesses that are required to close, or which are severely affected by the restrictions put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Restrictions Support Grant provided grants of up to the equivalent of £4,500 for each 6 weeks of closure for those businesses mandated to close during the National Restrictions. Local Authorities are responsible for managing grants schemes locally and determining eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>For those businesses who did not qualify for the Local Restrictions Support Grant further support maybe available through the Additional Restrictions Grant. The Chancellor has announced an additional £425m will be made available via the Additional Restrictions Grant meaning that more than £2bn has been made available to Local Authorities since November 2020. Local Authorities are free to provide support that suits their local area including to support those businesses not required to close but which have had their trade severely affected by the restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2021 09:27:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1306953

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Learning Disability: Nurses
	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 nurses were employed by the NHS in learning disabilities care settings in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in social care, primary care, local authorities or private sector providers commissioned by the NHS.</p><p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) HCHS nurses working in learning disability care settings from September 2010 to September 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>5,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>4,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>3,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>3,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>3,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>3,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>3,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2020</p></td><td><p>3,221</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/04/2021 14:07:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1307167

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 168825 on Languages: GCE A-level and GCSE and with reference to the data in provided in the Other modern languages category for each of the years from 2015-16 to 2019-20, how many entries there were for pupils studying (a) Arabic, (b) Bengali, (c) Chinese, (d) Gujarati, (e) Japanese, (f) Punjabi, (g) Persian and (h) Urdu at GCSE level; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The number of GCSE entries[1] by pupils[2] in all schools in England at the end of Key Stage 4 in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Japanese, Punjabi, Persian and Urdu between 2015/16 – 2019/20[3] are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number of entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arabic</p></td><td><p>3,481</p></td><td><p>3,575</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>2,443</p></td><td><p>2,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>718</p></td><td><p>693</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>3,575</p></td><td><p>3,654</p></td><td><p>3,629</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>2,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guajarati</p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>542</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japanese</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persian</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Punjabi</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>827</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>4,005</p></td><td><p>3,797</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,038</p></td><td><p>3,317</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Covers GCSE level entries for the academic year specified in England in all schools. All schools include state-funded schools, independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</p><p>[2] Includes entries and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years and includes pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[3] The latest year figures are revised, all other years are final.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/04/2021 09:29:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1307168

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 168825 on Languages: GCE A-level and GCSE and with reference to the data in provided in the Other modern languages category for each of the years from 2015-16 to 2019-20, how many entries there were for pupils studying (a) Arabic, (b) Bengali, (c) Chinese, (d) Gujarati, (e) Japanese, (f) Punjabi, (g) Persian and (h) Urdu at A-level; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The number of A level entries<sup>1</sup> by students in England aged 16 to 18<sup>2</sup> in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Japanese, Punjabi, Persian and Urdu between 2015/16 – 2019/20 are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Subject entries<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arabic</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>615</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>28</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2445</p></td><td><p>2517</p></td><td><p>2816</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1924</p></td><td><p>1402</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gujarati</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japanese</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>177</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persian</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>150</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Punjabi</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>97</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>339</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>1. Covers A level examination results for the academic year specified in England in all schools and colleges.</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2. Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the relevant academic year, i.e. 31 August.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>3. Final data; data for all other years is revised data except 2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4. Provisional data; data for all other years is revised data except 2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>5. Where more than one A level is taken by a student in the same subject ‘discounting’ rules have been applied to ensure performance measures only give credit once for teaching a single course of study.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: the number of A level entries is influenced by the overall population of students at the end of 16 to 18 study, which was around 16,000 fewer in 2019/20 than 2018/19, or a decrease of 2.6%.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/04/2021 09:32:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1307155

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Health Services: Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of people with learning disabilities to receive annual health checks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	178774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The delivery of annual health checks for people with a learning disability remains a priority for the National Health Service. During the pandemic there has been regular communication and guidance to local systems and general practitioner practices to support national expectations and requirements. For the rolling 12 month period to the end of December 2020, 167,919 annual health checks took place, compared with 165,326 for the same 12 month period to the end of December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/04/2021 15:10:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas