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1486090

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining transparency about its procurement activity and publishes information about its contracts with a value of over £10,000 on the “<a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>” website.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts that are due to be agreed can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-commercial-pipeline" target="_blank">HMT Commercial Pipeline</a>. The next version of this is due be published at the end of July 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on monitoring each contract and the number of officials working on that monitoring each year since 2010 is information that is not held centrally and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 12/07/2022 12:59:09 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486108

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors, and (c) agency workers who work in their Department and relevant agencies and public bodies, receive a wage below that of either (i) the UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London, or (ii) the London Living Wage inside of Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 31/03/2022, the total number of full-time employees in HM Treasury earning below the London Living Wage rate of £11.05 per hour was 17. This number is comprised mainly of apprentices. The Living Wage rate is a suggested rate of pay by the Living Wage Foundation, rather than a legislated minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>All HM Treasury employees are paid above the statutory minimum wage. Since 31/03/2022 we have been conducting a review of all pay ranges across the department in line with this year’s Cabinet Office remit guidance.</p><p> </p><p>As pay and conditions are set between employee and employer, the rate of pay for agency workers and contractors will be determined by the company for which they work and not HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 11/07/2022 17:06:43 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1485996

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle domestic (a) abuse and (b) violence.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling all forms of domestic abuse, whether or not they involve physical violence, is a priority for this Government.</p><p>That is why we introduced our landmark Domestic Abuse Act in 2021. The Act strengthens our protection to victims and ensures perpetrators feel the full force of the law. It includes the first legal definition of domestic abuse, improved support for victims in the courts, a new offence of non-fatal strangulation and an extension of the controlling or coercive behaviour offence.</p><p>More recently, in March 2022, we went even further and published our Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which seeks to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p>This Plan, backed by over £230 million, commits to exploring options for a register to manage the most harmful domestic abusers, to providing support services with multi-year funding, with £47 million ringfenced for community-based support services, and funding for police training and development of a ground-breaking algorithm to help police better target the most harmful serial domestic abusers.</p><p>We are now in the process of delivering these commitments.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 15:04:36 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1486068

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to (a) provide support for groups for victims of domestic abuse and (b) increase the availability of those groups.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse and ensuring victims receive the support they need is a priority for this Government. Our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021 will strengthen our protection to victims and ensure perpetrators feel the full force of the law. It includes the first legal definition of domestic abuse, improved support for victims in the courts, new offences, including on non-fatal strangulation, and strengthened legislation around cruel acts of controlling or coercive behaviour.</p><p>The Act also places a duty on local authorities in England to provide support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in refuges and other safe accommodation, backed by £125 million of Government funding to ensure that these vital services are available to anyone who needs them, wherever they live. This will be supported by a new £6 million Domestic Abuse Capacity Building Fund to help Local Authorities prepare for the upcoming duty.</p><p>In March 2022, we published the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which will seek to transform the whole of society’s response in order to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators, as well as to strengthen the systems processes in place needed to deliver these goals.</p><p>The Plan invests over £230 million into tackling domestic abuse. This includes over £140 million to support victims, much of which is multi-year funding, part over £47 million of which is ringfenced for community-based support services.</p><p>As committed to in the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy published on 21 July last year, the Home Office has also provided an additional £1.5 million funding this year for ‘by and for’ service provision and to further increase funding for valuable specialist services for victims of violence against women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office is also planning to double funding for survivors of sexual violence and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline by 2024-25, and further increase funding for all the national helplines it supports.</p><p>The VAWG National Statement of Expectations, and Commissioning Toolkit, which we have published alongside the Plan, will also provide support to commissioners to help them increase provision of ‘by and for’ and specialist services.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 15:10:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1486314

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Equality and Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of (a) the contribution of STEM careers to social mobility and (b) the adequacy of the Social Mobility Commission's new Social Mobility Index to (i) assess and (ii) improve diversity in STEM careers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>We must draw on all our available talent and inspire more young people, including those currently under-represented in the STEM workforce, to take up STEM subjects and careers. Our focus on STEM diversity is primarily because of its importance to the UK's continued growth and its impact on wider society. STEM sector jobs are, on average, higher paid than those in the retail and care sectors, so supporting under-represented people into STEM helps their income, and supports our levelling up agenda.</p><p>The Equality Hub’s focus is on data and evidence, and a commitment to sharing that across Government so that we can all develop practical interventions that we know will have an impact. Officials work closely with other relevant departments, as well as academics and other organisations working in the sector to improve the shared evidence base.</p><p>The Social Mobility Commission (SMC), an independent body sponsored by the Equality Hub in the Cabinet Office, looks at social mobility from a UK perspective. The Social Mobility Commission's new Index does not focus on any one sector or industry, but looks at occupational classes more broadly, using the NS-SEC classifications from the ONS Labour Force Survey.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/07/2022 16:43:09 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1486250

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in his Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of the (i) UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London Living Wage inside of Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>DfT pay staff in line with the statutory National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As separate employers, information on DfT’s Arm’s Length Bodies is not held centrally, although all adhere to the statutory National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Information for contractors and agency workers is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/07/2022 07:48:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1485908

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Medicine: Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students wanting to study medicine have been turned down because of a lack of places at universities in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>Medicine is a hugely competitive course, and consistently has far more applicants than there are places available.</p><p>The department has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England – a 25% increase over three years. This expansion was completed in September 2020 and has delivered five new medical schools in England. In addition, we temporarily lifted the cap on medical and dental school places for students who completed A levels in 2020 and in 2021 and who had an offer from a university in England to study medicine or dentistry, subject to their grades.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the former Secretary of State for Education, and my hon. Friend, the former Minister for Health, have made clear to all medicine and dental schools, in joint letters in October 2021 and again in March 2022, that there is no room for flexibility this year, and it is the department's firm expectation that all schools will only recruit up to the maximum number of students as set in the Office for Students’ intake targets.</p><p>We are confident that providers will make fair decisions around admissions and students who are unable to secure a place in medicine will have a number of other high-quality options, either within higher education or through other post-18 pathways.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 19/07/2022 16:20:52 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

1485933

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on teachers and education staff of the reported increase in mental health challenges for children and young people in schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises the pressure that staff in schools have been under and is grateful to them for their efforts especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The department continues to work proactively with the sector to understand the drivers behind wellbeing and mental health of staff and pupils and improve our policies and interventions</p><p> </p><p>The department has not undertaken specific assessments of the relationship between the mental health of teachers and education staff on pupils’ educational attainment, or undertaken assessment of the impact on teachers and education staff of the mental health challenges for children and young people in schools. However, the department regularly commissions research on the mental health of leaders, teachers and school staff (see, for example, the ‘leader and teacher wellbeing’ chapter in the February 2022 wave of the School Snapshot Survey, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf</a>). The department also monitors emerging research in the field, such as Education Support’s annual teacher wellbeing index, which reports on the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff. The index is available here: <a href="https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/" target="_blank">https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/</a>.</p><p>The department is committed to supporting the wellbeing and mental health of staff in schools, including early career teachers, and as part of the department’s initial teacher training and early career framework reforms, trainee and early career teachers will receive high-quality training on how to manage workload and wellbeing.</p><p>Last year, the department published the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. The charter is a set of commitments from government, Ofsted, and schools and colleges to protect and promote the wellbeing of staff. Over 1,900 schools have signed up to the charter since it was launched for sign-up in November 2021.</p><p>The department is funding a support scheme for school leaders to improve and promote good mental health and wellbeing, providing one-to-one supervision, peer support and counselling to around 2,000 school leaders until March 2023. The department is currently procuring an independent research evaluation of the support scheme, the findings of which will be published.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the department has published a mental health GOV.UK page, which brings together information about the various mental health support offers and training available to schools and colleges. This includes specific guidance and signposting for staff on supporting pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. The page is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1469 HL1470 HL1471 question first answered 11/07/2022 14:19:00 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1485934

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the mental health of teachers and education staff of the post-COVID-19 education recovery programmes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises the pressure that staff in schools have been under and is grateful to them for their efforts especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The department continues to work proactively with the sector to understand the drivers behind wellbeing and mental health of staff and pupils and improve our policies and interventions</p><p> </p><p>The department has not undertaken specific assessments of the relationship between the mental health of teachers and education staff on pupils’ educational attainment, or undertaken assessment of the impact on teachers and education staff of the mental health challenges for children and young people in schools. However, the department regularly commissions research on the mental health of leaders, teachers and school staff (see, for example, the ‘leader and teacher wellbeing’ chapter in the February 2022 wave of the School Snapshot Survey, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf</a>). The department also monitors emerging research in the field, such as Education Support’s annual teacher wellbeing index, which reports on the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff. The index is available here: <a href="https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/" target="_blank">https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/</a>.</p><p>The department is committed to supporting the wellbeing and mental health of staff in schools, including early career teachers, and as part of the department’s initial teacher training and early career framework reforms, trainee and early career teachers will receive high-quality training on how to manage workload and wellbeing.</p><p>Last year, the department published the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. The charter is a set of commitments from government, Ofsted, and schools and colleges to protect and promote the wellbeing of staff. Over 1,900 schools have signed up to the charter since it was launched for sign-up in November 2021.</p><p>The department is funding a support scheme for school leaders to improve and promote good mental health and wellbeing, providing one-to-one supervision, peer support and counselling to around 2,000 school leaders until March 2023. The department is currently procuring an independent research evaluation of the support scheme, the findings of which will be published.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the department has published a mental health GOV.UK page, which brings together information about the various mental health support offers and training available to schools and colleges. This includes specific guidance and signposting for staff on supporting pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. The page is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1468 HL1470 HL1471 question first answered 11/07/2022 14:19:00 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1485935

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the mental health of teachers and education staff and pupils' educational attainment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises the pressure that staff in schools have been under and is grateful to them for their efforts especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The department continues to work proactively with the sector to understand the drivers behind wellbeing and mental health of staff and pupils and improve our policies and interventions</p><p> </p><p>The department has not undertaken specific assessments of the relationship between the mental health of teachers and education staff on pupils’ educational attainment, or undertaken assessment of the impact on teachers and education staff of the mental health challenges for children and young people in schools. However, the department regularly commissions research on the mental health of leaders, teachers and school staff (see, for example, the ‘leader and teacher wellbeing’ chapter in the February 2022 wave of the School Snapshot Survey, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1074740/School_and_College_Panel_Report_-_February_2022_wave.pdf</a>). The department also monitors emerging research in the field, such as Education Support’s annual teacher wellbeing index, which reports on the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff. The index is available here: <a href="https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/" target="_blank">https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/resources/for-organisations/research/teacher-wellbeing-index/</a>.</p><p>The department is committed to supporting the wellbeing and mental health of staff in schools, including early career teachers, and as part of the department’s initial teacher training and early career framework reforms, trainee and early career teachers will receive high-quality training on how to manage workload and wellbeing.</p><p>Last year, the department published the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter</a>. The charter is a set of commitments from government, Ofsted, and schools and colleges to protect and promote the wellbeing of staff. Over 1,900 schools have signed up to the charter since it was launched for sign-up in November 2021.</p><p>The department is funding a support scheme for school leaders to improve and promote good mental health and wellbeing, providing one-to-one supervision, peer support and counselling to around 2,000 school leaders until March 2023. The department is currently procuring an independent research evaluation of the support scheme, the findings of which will be published.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the department has published a mental health GOV.UK page, which brings together information about the various mental health support offers and training available to schools and colleges. This includes specific guidance and signposting for staff on supporting pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. The page is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1468 HL1469 HL1471 question first answered 11/07/2022 14:19:00 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie