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1176702

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of online live-streaming of the sexual exploitation of children that originates from (a) the UK and (b) other countries.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	13537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government set out in the Serious Organised Crime Strategy 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018 that companies must be at the forefront of efforts to deny offenders access to children and child sexual abuse material via their platforms and services, and that a priority area is to stop the live streaming of child sexual abuse.</p><p>The National Crime Agency’s National Strategic Assessment 2018 <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/173-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2018" target="_blank"> https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/173-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2018/file</a>described self-broadcast live-streaming as a growing concern, with 1 in 8 teens having broadcast on Instagram and 1 in 10 on Facebook. Children were then being coerced and extorted into streaming child abuse content. Such images can be harvested and redistributed leading to blackmail and extortion for further images. The NCA has assessed in the National Strategic Assessment 2019 <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/296-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-organised-crime-2019/file" target="_blank">https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/296-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-organised-crime-2019/file</a> that livestreaming is a key threat, with some UK offenders paying overseas facilitators to abuse children.</p><p>The 2019 WePROTECT Global Alliance global threat assessment <a href="http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf" target="_blank">global threat assessment</a> <a href="http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf%20" target="_blank">http://www2.paconsulting.com/rs/526-HZE-833/images/WePROTECT%202019%20Global%20Threat%20Assessment%20%28FINAL%29.pdf </a>on demonstrates the nature, scale and complexity of online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The assessment outlined that technology increasingly enables the live streaming of child sexual abuse material.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/03/2020 19:09:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1171702

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effect of the Government's proposed immigration legislation on tertiary education.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	900253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department remains closely engaged with the Home Office around the future immigration system, its design and its impact on tertiary education.</p><p>Officials are involved in a number of cross-Whitehall meetings on system design, and attend the Education Sector Forum where the sector shares their views directly with the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/01/2020 17:48:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1171755

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve quality and choice in the provision of (a) further and (b) higher education.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	900256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>We are increasing funding to improve participation for 16 to 19 year olds, introducing T-Levels, investing in further education (FE) and providing support for college improvement.</p><p>The Office for Students and Ofsted hold higher education and FE providers to account for delivering quality and successful outcomes.</p><p>The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework incentivises quality teaching, and new digital tools support student choice.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/01/2020 17:46:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

1171756

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the number of primary school children receiving specialist educational support following an acquired brain injury.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	900257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>We do not collect this data, but the special educational needs system is designed to put in the right support for children irrespective of their condition. We are committed to driving up the quality of this support across the country, including through an extra £780 million high needs funding next year.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 20/01/2020 17:27:28 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1171757

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that children with special educational needs are able to access support services close to home.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	900258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Most children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities access support in their local area. We have allocated £365 million capital funding to local authorities from 2018 to 2021 for them to enhance the facilities and the number of places available locally to those with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 20/01/2020 17:29:38 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1171758

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for children’s services.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	900259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing councils with an additional £1 billion for adults’ and children’s social care in every year of this Parliament. This is on top of the continuation of the £410 million social care grant in 2020-21. This will support local authorities to meet rising demand.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 20/01/2020 17:30:36 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1171759

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
uin	900260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>To help ensure those with special educational needs get the right support we have, for example:</p><ul><li>provided an extra £780 million high needs funding next year, bringing the total for those with the most complex needs to £7.2 billion; and</li><li>launched a major review of the SEND system. We will update on progress shortly.</li></ul> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 900262 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:33:05 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

1171760

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to increase the level of per pupil funding.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	900261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Next year, our National Funding Formula is delivering an average increase in per pupil funding of 4.2%, while ensuring that pupil-led funding for every school can rise at least in line with inflation. We are levelling up the lowest funding schools to receive minimum per pupil amounts of £3,750 at primary and £5,000 at secondary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/01/2020 17:32:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1171761

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Sara Britcliffe
uin	900262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>To help ensure those with special educational needs get the right support we have, for example:</p><ul><li>provided an extra £780 million high needs funding next year, bringing the total for those with the most complex needs to £7.2 billion; and</li><li>launched a major review of the SEND system. We will update on progress shortly.</li></ul> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 900260 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:33:05 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4838 label Biography information for Sara Britcliffe

1171228

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	900207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.</p><p>The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.</p><p>The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 900211 question first answered 16/01/2020 15:05:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds