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1665137

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Home Office: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 101 of the Home Office's Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, how many individual trips were made on (a) domestic and (b) international flights.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	202830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice Climate Change &amp; Sustainability Unit collate data related to flights on behalf of the Home Office. The figures quoted below relate only to the Home Office account.</p><p>There were 4,623 individual trips made on domestic flights in 2022-23.</p><p>There were 3,254 individual trips made on international flights in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/10/2023 16:33:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612556

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Special Educational Needs: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what SEND-specific training the Government plans to provide to (a) Job Centre Work Coaches and (b) Work and Health Programme staff as part of its proposals on ensuring those services provide people with (i) dyslexia and (ii) other learning difficulties with adequate employment support.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	181846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The DWP Work Coaches receive comprehensive learning to support customers with health, disability and additional or complex needs, which continues at point of need throughout their role. The learning provides Work Coaches with the knowledge and skills to enable them to support claimants moving towards employment.</p><p> </p><p>Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is included in the Vulnerable Customer and Complex Needs product, which forms part of the DWP Induction learning for all colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>This learning supports Work Coaches and Health Programme staff in working with customers to identify barriers they may face and to signpost customers to internal and external sources of help and support; this includes customers with learning difficulties and dyslexia.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Work Coach specific learning journey, they complete Claimant Commitment learning which focuses on:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Taking into account a claimant’s capability and circumstances; and</li><li>Working with their claimants to create tailored commitments that reflect their abilities and skills, and sets out activities to support them secure employment, or prepare for work they can do in the future.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Work Coach learning journey also includes modules on Vulnerable Customers; this product focuses on supporting customers with additional complex needs, including learning difficulties, move closer to, and into, the labour market. Work Coaches continue to build on this learning in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/04/2023 13:16:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612559

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what incentives her Department plans to introduce to encourage businesses to offer flexible working arrangements that help enable jobseekers with SEND to access employment.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	181849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps to encourage businesses to discuss and agree suitable flexible working arrangements with all workers and jobseekers, including those with SEND.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2022, we published our response to the “making flexible working the default” consultation. This committed to a range of measures, including making the right to request flexible working a ‘day one’ entitlement, by removing the existing 26-week qualifying period.</p><p>We are also supporting the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, which will make further changes to improve access to flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>Certain jobseekers with SEND may have the right to reasonable adjustments when applying for jobs, which businesses have a duty to consider.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/04/2023 14:14:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1582878

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Washington and Sunderland West
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 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D in Washington and Sunderland West constituency when that data was collated; and which of those schools (i) have received and (ii) expect to receive in the next two years funding from the School Rebuilding Programme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	137745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Condition Data Collection (CDC) is one of the largest and most comprehensive data collection programmes in the UK’s public sector. It collected data on the building condition of government funded schools in England. It provides a robust evidence base to enable the Department to target capital funding for maintaining and rebuilding school buildings.</p><p>The key, high level findings of the CDC programme were published in May 2021 in the ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey: Key Findings’ report. This is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>Individual CDC reports have been shared with every school and their responsible body to use alongside their existing condition surveys to plan maintenance schedules and investment plans. The Department plans to publish detailed school level CDC data. The Department is still preparing the data and will publish it as soon as possible.</p><p>Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department. Our funding is directed both to maintaining the condition of the school estate and rebuilding schools. The Department has allocated over £13 billion for improving the condition of schools since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year.</p><p>The ten year School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) is condition led. 400 of the 500 available places on the programme have been provisionally allocated. A list of these schools and the methodology used to select them is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme</a>.</p><p>The following table shows the constituencies specified that have schools or colleges selected for the SRP:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary constituency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools selected for SRP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick and Leamington</p></td><td><p><ul><li>St Peter's Catholic Primary School (announced December 2022)</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 239 schools announced in December 2022 will enter delivery at a rate of approximately 50 per year, over a five year period from 2023. The Department is currently undertaking due diligence on these schools prior to scheduling them, with schools prioritised according to the condition of their buildings, readiness to proceed, and efficiency of delivery. The scope and funding for each project will be confirmed following detailed feasibility studies and condition surveys of buildings.</p><p>Where a school identifies significant safety issues with a building, that cannot be managed within local resources, the Department considers additional support on a case-by-case basis. This includes applications for Urgent Capital Support (UCS) from eligible institutions. Schools eligible for Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) can apply for UCS where there are urgent health and safety issues that threaten school closure and cannot wait until the next CIF bidding round.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 137862 137968 137976 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:36:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1539493

registered interest
date	04/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Cost Benefit Analysis
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 implications for his policies of research commissioned by the Impact for Urban Health and analysed by PwC on the cost-benefit of expanding free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	79274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to monitor the consequences arising from the increasing cost of living and is working with other Government Departments in providing support. The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming free school meals (FSM). This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. With a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, 37.5% of school children are now provided with FSM.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who need them most. In setting a threshold, the Government believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 79273 question first answered 14/11/2022 14:29:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1254887

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Covid Winter Grant Scheme and Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that families of children who are eligible for Free School Meals are aware of the need to access the Covid Winter Grant Scheme to receive food provision support over the Christmas holidays.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	119988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Covid Winter Support Grant is a new £170m fund which will enable local authorities in England to support vulnerable households this winter with food and key utilities. To ensure those most in need benefit from this funding, grants to local authorities are being made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 and carry conditions to ensure the primary focus of the scheme is on supporting vulnerable families with children affected by the pandemic, including but not restricted to households who are eligible for free school meals. Local authorities will develop their own criteria.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided these grants to upper tier authorities, recognising they have the statutory responsibility regarding children and are well placed to identify and respond to local need. A wide range of data is already available to them to help target their support, including access to the benefits system, social services, health visitors and relationships with schools. Local authorities already have local welfare assistance responsibility and many have support programmes already in place. Jobcentres will share information with claimants about the support available in their local area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance has been shared with local authorities and was published on gov.uk on 24 November: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-winter-grant-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-winter-grant-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 119315 119987 119989 119991 question first answered 01/12/2020 18:06:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1222618

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Veterans: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential merits of recording the number of street homeless veterans moved to temporary accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	71695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>During the COVID-19 pandemic MHCLG asked all local authorities to provide information on their rough sleeping cohort in order to support local authorities to make offers of accommodation to people who were sleeping rough, in shared sleeping sites, such as night shelters, or considered to be at risk of rough sleeping, to reduce the risk faced by some of the most vulnerable in society. This collection of data does not record information on whether someone is a veteran or not.</p><p>H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection) is still the main vehicle to capture more detailed data on those offered assistance under a Housing Act duty. Any rough sleeper helped under a Housing Act duty should have their data recorded on the H-CLIC system, including those that are ex-armed forces personnel. We anticipate publishing H-CLIC data for the April 2020 to June 2020 period in autumn 2020.</p><p>In May 2020, we published the latest H-CLIC data for the October to December 2019 period. In this dataset, there were 470 households that required additional support because they contained ex armed forces personnel. This represents less than 1 per cent, of the 67,280 households that were owed a homelessness duty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/07/2020 14:13:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1007689

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on women.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	907643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit treats all individuals equally, irrespective of gender. It provides one-to-one support and incentives to help claimants to progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Office for National Statistics labour market statistics show a near record high rate for women in employment.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/11/2018 15:28:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

927950

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether eligibility for the Healthy Start scheme for a family with children under four years of age receiving universal credit and on an earned income of less than £408 a month is linked to eligibility for (a) tax credits or (b) child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	155723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Healthy Start eligibility is for pregnant women (at least 10 weeks into pregnancy) and families with a child under four years old, if they are claiming any of the following benefits:</p><p>- Income Support;</p><p>- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance;</p><p>- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance;</p><p>- Child Tax Credit (with an annual family income of £16,190 or less); and</p><p>- Universal Credit (with family take-home pay of less than £408 per month).</p><p> </p><p>All pregnant women aged under 18 are also eligible for Healthy Start, regardless of whether they receive any of the above benefits.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2018 14:59:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

751253

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Tickets: Sales
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 plans he has to publish updated guidance on sections 90 to 95 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 on secondary ticketing.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	4581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Act 2017 amended S90 of the Consumer Rights Act on secondary ticketing. My Department will be consulting industry; stakeholder and consumer interests to help inform an appropriate update of this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 15:15:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson