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1056765

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date	07/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled, Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published on 30 January 2019 by the British Dental Association; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fear of receiving a fine for ticking the wrong box when claiming for free dental care does not discourage people from low income families from attending the dentist.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and has been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218313 question first answered 12/02/2019 15:25:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1056768

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement entitled Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published by the British Dental Association on 30 January 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients ticking the wrong box for free dental care does not negatively affect vulnerable patients.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and has been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218312 question first answered 12/02/2019 15:25:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1056784

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children who have suffered brain injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>There is variation nationally in the length of time some children and young people wait for paediatric neurorehabilitation services and further data is required to fully understand and address this. NHS England’s Women and Children’s Programme of Care Board and the Paediatric Neuroscience Clinical Reference Group are leading on work to gather the data and will report back to the Women and Children’s Programme of Care Board in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan identified children and young people’s (CYP) services as a priority and commits to a reduction in serious brain injury of 50% by 2025. We know that early intervention for CYP with a brain injury leads to improved outcomes, with United Kingdom paediatric neurorehabilitation networks and teams playing an important role.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure there is funding to support this, the Government is providing an extra £20.5 billion a year to the National Health Service by 2023/24, £33.9 billion in cash terms, – supporting commitments in the Long Term Plan to reduce long waits for life-changing treatment. The additional funding will drive the reforms that deliver a better and more sustainable NHS with improved care for patients.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/02/2019 15:18:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055800

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Barnsley
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 has allocated to special needs provision in schools in Barnsley; and what the average allocation was for schools in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide mainstream schools with sufficient funds to enable them to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the dedicated schools grant. While authorities will identify a notional special educational needs (SEN) budget for each school within the school’s overall budget, that notional budget is not ring-fenced, and schools are expected to manage their overall budget to best meet the needs of all their pupils, including pupils with SEN.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and all funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next, bringing Barnsley’s total high needs funding to £22.2 million in 2018-19.</p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for Barnsley since 2014-15 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£126.9 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£132.1 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£133.7 million</p></td><td><p>£18.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£137.4 million</p></td><td><p>£21.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£142.9 million</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As funding for special needs in mainstream schools’ budgets is not ring-fenced, the information on how much top-up funding Barnsley Council has allocated to the schools in Barnsley is not held centrally. It is not possible to provide a meaningful comparison of the average allocation for special needs provision in schools in Barnsley and England.</p><p>However, it is possible for Barnsley Council to compare their high needs spending with that of other local authorities using our high needs benchmarking tool which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-strategic-planning-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-strategic-planning-fund</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/02/2019 16:45:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055805

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are not issued with a penalty charge for ticking the wrong box on the claim form when claiming for free dental care.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217586 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101141 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055806

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled, Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published on 30 January 2019 by the British Dental Association; whether he has plans to simplify the process for claiming free dental care to reduce the number of fines issued for ticking the wrong box on dental forms.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All National Health Service dental practices are required to display a poster showing patient charges and to offer patients a free leaflet which sets out in detail who is entitled to free NHS dental services. Information on exemptions and support for people who are on a low income can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/healthcosts" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/healthcosts</a></p><p> </p><p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received for exemption from NHS Dental Patient Charges. Where eligibility cannot be verified, patients are asked to confirm their eligibility or to pay the relevant dental charge plus a penalty charge. Patients are, however, able to challenge penalty charges they believe are unjustified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England have recognised the concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges and have been working to further improve the information available to patients around eligibility. This includes promoting an easy read patient information booklet, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217585 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:41:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 101142 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1056779

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Devolution: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has any plans to review the effectiveness of the way the Government shares information with devolved regional governments including metro mayors.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Through my department’s work on agreeing and implementing the Devolution Deals, and on local growth matters more broadly, my officials regularly engage with the mayoral combined authorities.</p><p>I also engage with the metro mayors, including recently having met with them all alongside DExEU Minister Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss EU Exit. I will also be speaking with all of the Mayors over the coming weeks to discuss the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/02/2019 13:56:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054715

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase teacher recruitment in secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has developed the Teaching Vacancies Service, a national search and listing service for teaching roles. This makes it easier for schools to advertise posts free of charge to tackle the up to £75 million per year spent on advertising for full time posts. The service will be available to all state schools in England by March 2019. It can be found at <a href="https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a range of measures, including generous bursaries, worth up to £26,000 for priority subjects, to encourage trainees to key subjects such as languages and physics. We are also testing new financial incentives for priority subject teachers. These include early-career payments for new maths teachers and a student loan reimbursement scheme for languages and science teachers.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 January 2019 the Department launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy which outlines 4 key areas for reform and investment: create the right climate for leaders to establish supportive school cultures, transform support for early career teachers, build a career offer that remains attractive to teachers as their careers and lives develop, and make it easier for great people to become teachers.</p><p>Designed collaboratively with the sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early Career Framework, which will underpin a fully-funded, two-year package of structured support for all early career teachers linked to the best available research evidence. The strategy can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/02/2019 12:38:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054716

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Landlords: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s announcement on 14 January 2019, of the £2.4 million to be given to councils to tackle rogue landlords, how much and what proportion will be allocated to (a) councils in the Sheffield City Region and (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We received three bids from the Sheffield City Region. A joint bid from Bolsover and North East Derbyshire local authorities was the only bid which met the assessment criteria that were set out. It was awarded full funding of £12,450, representing 0.5 per cent of the overall fund. Bids from Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council did not meet the assessment criteria and were not awarded funds.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/02/2019 17:47:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054717

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Social Services: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for adult social care in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The majority of local authority expenditure on adult social care is funded from non-ringfenced council tax and business rates. Local authorities have discretion in allocating this funding across their responsibilities. The following table shows allocations for dedicated adult social care funding streams for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (nominal/cash terms)</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Social Care support grant</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Precept (as published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the Local Government Finance Settlement)</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Funding 2018/19</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget 2018</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Improved Better Care Fund</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td><td><p>51.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total net adult social care expenditure for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the last five years is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>47.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>51.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Net Current Expenditure, Barnsley Council with Adult Social Services Responsibility, excluding Better Care Fund, from NHS Digital Personal Social Services-Expenditure / Adult Social Care-Finance Report collections (cash prices)</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>All figures rounded to one decimal point</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2019 13:38:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis