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1653084

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date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 526, which budget lines within the Department for Education's existing budget are being reprioritised to deliver the additional funding to increase teachers' pay by 6.5%.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	194246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for 2023/24 teacher pay awards in full. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive an increase of at least 6.5%, the highest STRB award in three decades. The Department will be providing an additional £525 million of funding in the 2023/24 financial year, and £900 million in 2024/25, and as the unions have agreed, this means that the award is properly funded.</p><p>Although the Department will have to make difficult decisions, the Secretary of State has been clear all frontline services will be protected. Funding for early years, SEND, school conditions and core school and college budgets are fully protected. To help fund the pay award, the Secretary of State has also secured exceptional permission from the Treasury to keep money where there have been or will be underspends, which in normal years would have to be returned to Treasury.</p><p>The additional funding announced alongside the teachers’ pay award fully covers the cost of the pay award above 3.5%, nationally. The Department’s affordability calculation says that a 4% pay award should be affordable for the average school, and the Department is more than covering that calculation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194241 question first answered 26/07/2023 15:03:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1653091

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Smart Devices: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to require online distributors to inform consumers of the minimum length of time a smart product sold via their website will receive security updates.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	194187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>When the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act’s product security regime comes into effect, manufacturers will be required to publish the minimum period of time the product will receive security updates for (the “defined support period”), including in a ‘statement of compliance’ that accompanies the product. This will be required if they are aware or ought to be aware that their product will be made available to UK consumers, including via online spaces.</p><p>The Government does not currently plan to make it mandatory for the distributors of these products to publicise the defined support period available, however we do encourage distributors to take this action voluntarily. If the manufacturer fails to publish the defined support period, the enforcement authority can issue notices demanding that the manufacturer, importer or distributor stop selling the product. They can also seize products from any person in the supply chain and recall them from end users.</p><p>We will be monitoring the effectiveness of the product security regime when it comes into effect. If evidence emerges suggesting further action to ensure the availability of the defined support period at points of purchase would be appropriate, the PSTI product security regime empowers Ministers to take such action.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 31/07/2023 12:17:29 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1653145

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Agency: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the budget of the Environment Agency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	194208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>Environment Agency (EA) funding is closely monitored to ensure that the EA can carry out its duties and functions effectively. In the current Spending Review period (SR21) the Environment Agency’s environment RDEL (Resource) grant for 2022/23 increased to £96 million from £56 million in 2020/21. This is due to the addition of new money ring-fenced for specific activities, notably more EA inspections of farms - 4,000 per annum - and sewage treatment works - 500 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/07/2023 15:36:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1653158

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the issuing of arrest warrants for Hong Kong nationals living overseas.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	194127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>On 13 July, at the Foreign Secretary's instruction, his senior official conducted a formal démarche of the Chinese Ambassador. The senior official set out our strong objections to actions in Hong Kong in recent weeks, including the issuing of arrest warrants and bounties for eight individuals living overseas, three of whom live in the UK, as well as the detention and questioning of the family members of some of those individuals in Hong Kong. We also expressed our ongoing opposition to the imposition of the National Security Law by Beijing on Hong Kong, which is a breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/07/2023 15:26:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1653193

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	British Medical Association and Society of Radiographers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met representatives of the (a) Society of Radiographers, (b) BMA junior doctors committee and (c) BMA consultants committee.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	194217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2023 answer text <p>Ministers at the Department last met with representatives from the Society of Radiographers on 4 July 2023, with the British Medical Association (BMA) consultants committee on 27 March 2023 and with the BMA junior doctors committee on 12 May 2023. The Secretary of State's officials engage with unions regularly on his behalf.</p><p>As has always been the case, the Secretary of State is keen to hear about how the working lives of National Health Service staff can be improved and remains open to discussions about non pay issues.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/08/2023 13:35:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 89350 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1653195

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
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	Hospitals: Construction
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 FTE staff in his Department are working on the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	194218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>At the end of March 2023, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in the Department working in the New Hospital Programme was 49. However, in July the New Hospital Programme transitioned to a Sponsor (Department of Health and Social Care)/Delivery (NHS England) model. As such, certain functions have moved under NHS England as part of this new model. The current number of staff that are working on the New Hospital Programme in the Department is 16.8 FTE.</p><p>The new model ensures clear lines of accountability across the Department and NHS England and is consistent with how many major programmes within Government are structured. Adopting this shared operational model provides improved decision-making processes and establishes greater responsibility throughout the programme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/07/2023 13:18:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 89347 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1653254

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the pay deal for teachers will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	194241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for 2023/24 teacher pay awards in full. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive an increase of at least 6.5%, the highest STRB award in three decades. The Department will be providing an additional £525 million of funding in the 2023/24 financial year, and £900 million in 2024/25, and as the unions have agreed, this means that the award is properly funded.</p><p>Although the Department will have to make difficult decisions, the Secretary of State has been clear all frontline services will be protected. Funding for early years, SEND, school conditions and core school and college budgets are fully protected. To help fund the pay award, the Secretary of State has also secured exceptional permission from the Treasury to keep money where there have been or will be underspends, which in normal years would have to be returned to Treasury.</p><p>The additional funding announced alongside the teachers’ pay award fully covers the cost of the pay award above 3.5%, nationally. The Department’s affordability calculation says that a 4% pay award should be affordable for the average school, and the Department is more than covering that calculation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194246 question first answered 26/07/2023 15:03:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1653262

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education and Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of ethnic monitoring of pupils in the compilation of data in relation to (1) school exclusions, and (2) the provision of alternatives to classroom schooling.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL9362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government publishes school exclusions data by pupil characteristic in the ‘Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England’ publication. The data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england</a>. Since November 2022, this data has been published two terms in arrears rather than as an annual release. This fulfils the Department’s commitment to the 2021 report ‘Strengthening Home Education’, where the Education Select Committee suggested that only having an annual statistical release on exclusions may prevent the Department from identifying illegal exclusion practices.</p><p>The Department also publishes the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication for placements in non-school based alternative provision arranged by local authorities (Alternative Provision census), and placements in non-school based alternative provision arranged by schools (from 2023 only, School census). These tables are available in the attached files.</p><p>The Department also publishes the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, which is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>. The 2 attached tables provide information on:</p><ul><li>Placements in non-school based alternative provision arranged by local authorities (Alternative Provision Census).</li><li>Placements in non-school based alternative provision arranged by schools (from 2023 only, School Census).</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL9362_AP_arranged_by_LAs.xlsx title AP arranged by LAs 2 file name HL9362_AP_arranged_by_schools.xlsx title AP arranged by schools question first answered 28/07/2023 11:45:05 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1653263

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many private members’ bills starting in (1) the House of Commons, and (2) the House of Lords, have received Royal Assent since the 2019 general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL9363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>Details on how many private members' bills starting in both the House of Commons and House of Lords from the 2019 General Election to the 2021-22 session are available on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04568/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04568/</a>. In the current parliamentary session the following private members' bills have reached Royal Assent:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Bill title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>House of introduction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ballot Secrecy Bill</p></td><td><p>Lords</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carer’s Leave Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity Transmission (Compensation) Bill (formerly Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill)</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shark Fins Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill</p></td><td><p>Commons</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the following private members' bills are awaiting Royal Assent. These bills originated in the House of Commons:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Child Support (Enforcement) Bill</p></li><li><p>Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill</p></li><li><p>Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/07/2023 15:20:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1653266

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to have discussions with NATO concerning a potential investigation into the military activities of Turkey, particularly regarding activities in (1) northern Syria, and (2) north-west Iraq; and what discussions they plan to have with the (a) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and (b) the Council of Europe, about compliance with international norms for military action and any violation of existing agreements on water-flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK recognises Turkey's legitimate security interests in Syria and Iraq. We engage regularly with Turkey, a NATO ally, on regional security issues and encourage restraint from any activity that leads to further regional instability. The UK is monitoring water supply issues in north east Syria; we have raised the humanitarian issue of water availability bilaterally with all parties in the region, including Turkey. We do not have plans for formal discussions on this issue at NATO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) or the Council of Europe (CoE).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/07/2023 11:54:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton