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982863

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date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent rental purchase retailers from charging in excess of twice the value of the goods sold over the contract period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market, including high-cost credit, transferring regulatory responsibility from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014. This more robust regulatory system is helping to deliver the Government’s vision for a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet the needs of all consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomed the FCA’s update on it’s high-cost credit review in May. The FCA has identified a need to intervene to protect vulnerable consumers in the rent-to-own market, and is considering a cap on the cost of rent-to-own. The government will continue to work with the FCA to ensure that all high-cost credit customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:58:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982916

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Wind Power: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for community and industry-led wind farms in Lancashire have been received in the last three years; what the outcome of those applications was; and what progress has been made on delivering the agreed benefits to the local community of any such successful applications.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Three planning applications were submitted for onshore wind farms in Lancashire between October 2015 and October 2018 according to the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD):</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Planning applications for onshore wind farms in Lancashire submitted between October 2015 and October 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Site name</p></td><td><p>Installed capacity (MW)</p></td><td><p>Planning application submitted</p></td><td><p>Status</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Alt Wind Farm</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>14/12/2015</p></td><td><p>Application Refused</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hameldon Hill Wind Farm</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>13/06/2016</p></td><td><p>Awaiting Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hoddlesdon Moss (Resubmission)</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>29/06/2016</p></td><td><p>Application Withdrawn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The REPD tracks applications for renewable energy projects as they move through the planning system. It shows projects that have applied for planning permission in the previous month or earlier for projects with a capacity greater than, or equal to, 1MW. The REPD does not differentiate between projects that are community and industry-led.</p><p> </p><p>Community benefits are a matter to be agreed between a project developer and the local community, and are not material considerations in any planning decision.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/10/2018 16:23:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982918

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question HL9912 on universal credit, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the steps that the Government is taking to ensure the accuracy of the electronic verification of universal credit claimants who meet the eligibility criteria for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the Department for Education (DfE) to assist it deliver its Free School Meals policy.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with DfE over the transfer of data from the Universal Credit system to the Passported Benefits Eligibility checking system. Data is received from the Universal Credit system, on a daily basis. This means that the data is at most 23 hours and 59 minutes old, depending on when the claimant / agent last updated the record.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant has an open Universal Credit full service claim their take home pay is compared against the earning threshold. As a safeguard for claimants who have fluctuating earnings, the take-home pay is checked going back up to 3 months. In these cases, the take-home pay is aggregated to give an amount for use in the eligibility calculation.</p><p> </p><p>DfE have processes in place to inform and deal with delays to ensure no claimants lose out as a result of this.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 09:27:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982942

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Universal Credit: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of delays in the payment of universal credit benefits on (a) food bank use and (b) child poverty levels in Preston.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the legacy system £2.4 billion of benefits did not get paid at all because claimants could not navigate the complexity of the system. Universal Credit puts this right, ensuring this money goes to 700,000 claimants who need it.</p><p> </p><p>There are many and varied reasons why people use food banks and it is misleading to link this to any single cause. People on Universal Credit move into work faster and stay in work longer. Work offers families the best opportunity to move out of poverty and Universal Credit strengthens incentives for parents to move into and progress in work. There are 300,000 fewer children in absolute poverty compared with 2010 – a record low.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/10/2018 11:45:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982975

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in the Preston constituency in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to schools in Preston constituency under the National Funding Formula in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Funding for schools is given to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), and local authorities 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 Lancashire, for the years that this information is available. Schools block allocations are not calculated at constituency level.</p><p><strong>Schools block DSG allocations for Lancashire</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Schools block unit of funding</p></td><td><p>Total schools block</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£4,486</p></td><td><p>£684.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£4,486</p></td><td><p>£686.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£4,479</p></td><td><p>£692.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£4,482</p></td><td><p>£701.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£4,504</p></td><td><p>£714.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£4,533</p></td><td><p>£727.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14, DSG allocations were not split into distinct blocks for schools, high needs and early years, and comparable data is not available.</p><p>Since 2018-19, schools block allocations have been calculated through the national funding formula (NFF), based on individual schools’ characteristics. The attached table outlines notional NFF allocations for schools in Preston in 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To provide stability for schools, local authorities will continue to be responsible for designing the distribution of funding in their areas in 2018-19 through to 2020-21. Because of this, the actual amount that schools receive may be different from the amount they are attracting through the national funding formula. Local authorities set their local formula in consultation with local schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2018 13:47:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 175953_National_Funding_Formula_allocations_Preston.pdf title 175953_National_Funding_Formula_allocations_Presto
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982976

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new school funding formula on primary schools in Lancashire; and how many schools will receive (a) increased funding and (b) reduced funding compared with the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the national funding formula (NFF) all schools, including primary schools in Lancashire, will attract at least 1% more funding per pupil in 2019-20 compared to 2017-18, up from 0.5% this year.</p><p> </p><p>Based on 2019-20 notional NFF allocations, 372 primary schools in Lancashire will attract an overall increase in funding, and 110 schools will see a decrease. Because we update allocations based on the latest pupil data, including increases and decreases in pupil numbers, some schools attract less than in previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, primary schools in Lancashire will attract an average of £4,111 per pupil in 2019-20, which is an increase of 2.3% or an additional £92 per pupil, compared to 2017-18 funding levels.</p><p> </p><p>To provide stability, local authorities continue to be responsible for distributing the funding they receive through the NFF to schools in their areas. This means the actual amount that schools receive may differ from the amount they attract through the NFF.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/10/2018 14:09:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 78768 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982978

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans are in place to reduce the deficit in local authority maintained schools, including nurseries, special schools and Pupil Referral Units in Lancashire in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has developed a range of support and benchmarking tools for all schools and local authorities to help schools manage resources effectively. Details of these can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for the oversight of financial management in maintained schools, the Department continues to work closely with them to support them in this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2018 15:24:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982979

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Healthy Pupils Capital Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the revenue from the levy on the soft drinks industry was allocated to the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund in 2017-18; and how his Department plans to ensure that funding is not used for any shortfall in the schools budget.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HPCF) is a one year fund of £100 million in 2018-19.</p><p>Existing mechanisms for school condition funding have been used to allocate the HPCF. Local authorities and large multi-academy trusts have received an allocation from the HPCF (£62 million). The funding can only be used for capital projects and responsible bodies are required to report on how they have spent their HPCF in the same way they report on, and alongside, their School Condition Allocation.</p><p>Single and small academy trusts and sixth-form colleges were able to bid for a share of £38 million of the HPCF through the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) in 2018-2019. All responsible bodies are required to sign up to terms and conditions which state that funding can only be spent on what was applied for before the first payment is released. Once underway, all CIF projects are required to submit regular monitoring reports to the department. At the end of the project, a final completion certificate is required before the final payment is released.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 15:50:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982981

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require electronic devices used by car passengers to be securely fixed to prevent injury, harm or death.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to make it a mandatory requirement for electronic devices used by car passengers to be fixed to the vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>It is a legal requirement for drivers to ensure that their vision is not obscured or their control of the vehicle affected, including by electronic devices.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2018 09:36:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982983

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Children: ICT
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 he has made of the amount of time spent in front of screens on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Evidence around the impact of screen time on children and young people’s mental health is being assessed. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has asked the Chief Medical Officer to undertake an evidence review on the impact of social media on children and young people’s mental health and bring forward advice and guidance. This will include consideration of the impact of screen time on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2018 13:57:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick