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1600620

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Western Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the South Western Railway contract on customers.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	903837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The impact on customers is the primary consideration in the award of National Rail Contracts. Having considered all options available to us, this extension provides the best outcome for customers in the South West of England and provides a bridge towards future Passenger Service Contracts under GBR<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:02:31 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1465753

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	General Practitioners: Chickerell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to re-open the Abbotsbury Road GP surgery in Chickerell.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	9158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Abbotsbury Road Surgery closed to patients in March 2019 and the contract was returned. Registered patients were assigned to local practices to ensure the continuity of care. Since the closure of Abbotsbury Road surgery, there have been discussions on a potential new building at Chickerell, although this is currently on hold.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/06/2022 09:17:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1434229

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on resolving universal credit overpayments in the event that the overpayment is due to an error by her Department.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	127540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Where Official Error overpayments do occur in a very small number of cases, the introduction of the 2012 Welfare Reform Act means that all overpayments of Universal Credit are recoverable.</p><p>Where recovery is made by deduction from Universal Credit, there is a limit placed on the overall amount that can be deducted which is currently 25% of the Standard Allowance. Moreover, a priority order is applied, which determines the order in which deductions can be made, with ‘last resort’ deductions, such as rent or fuel costs, taking precedence.</p><p>Anyone with overpayment deductions who does experience financial hardship is encouraged to contact the Department’s Debt Management unit. Where a person cannot afford the proposed rate, a lower amount can be negotiated.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/02/2022 16:03:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1420713

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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	National Parks: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England has invited the Dorset National Park team to be involved in the further assessment of the Dorset proposal.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	120929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Natural England is undertaking a strategic England landscape assessment to identify areas which may have potential for future National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designation, as well as places for alternative landscape action. This assessment is providing an opportunity to gather a wide range of views including those of local stakeholders, including groups such as the Dorset National Park team. All designation orders made by Natural England are subject to the Secretary of State’s confirmation.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/02/2022 11:57:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1419654

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures announced in his Department's Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper will specifically benefit West Dorset.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	117898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper upholds the Government’s central mission to reverse the geographical inequalities faced by our communities by spreading opportunity more equally across the country and by bringing left behind communities up to the level of more prosperous areas. This means spreading prosperity to all corners of the UK, including West Dorset.</p><p>Firstly, Dorset County Council area is included as one of 55 areas identified by the Department for Education as new Education Investment Areas. More broadly, higher educational attainment will be supported by a £560 million investment over three years into a new National Youth Guarantee.</p><p>Second, an additional £1.6 billion has been allocated to the British Business Bank’s Regional Investment Funds, which provide debt and equity finance to SMEs. These funds will be specifically directed toward the South West and North East of England, providing significant opportunity for the 97% of businesses within West Devon that are either small or micro-sized.</p><p>Third, Dorset will also see 5 of the 11 new hospital schemes in the South West.</p><p>Finally, all areas of the UK will receive an allocation from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund via a funding formula rather than a competition. The fund will seek to restore pride in place to communities across the UK, and a new prospectus will be published later in Spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/02/2022 17:15:06 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1401968

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of unlicensed schools operating in (a) West Dorset constituency, (b) Dorset and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	101842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Any education institution which provides full-time provision to 5 or more pupils of compulsory school age (or one or more pupils of compulsory school age who is ‘looked after’ or who has an education, health and care plan) is required to register with the Secretary of State for Education. It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an independent educational institution unless it is registered.</p><p>Since those conducting an unregistered school are committing a criminal offence, they do not generally inform the Department for Education about the school’s operation. It is not therefore possible to accurately estimate the number of unregistered schools operating in (a) West Dorset constituency, (b) Dorset, and (c) England.</p><p>The Department for Education and Ofsted continue to investigate any institution where intelligence or evidence suggest the operation of an unregistered school. Section 97 of the 2008 Act permits the Chief Inspector to investigate, and conduct no-notice inspections of, institutions believed to be operating in breach of the registration requirement.</p><p>Ofsted publishes statistics on the number and outcomes of investigations carried out into unregistered schools. Statistics have been published online for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 August 2021. The statistics up to 31 August 2021 showing the investigations and inspections which have taken place both nationally and in the south-west are in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 17:44:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 101842_table_investigations_of_unregistered_schools.xls title 101842_table
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1387762

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Dorset
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 adequacy of the provision of services for children with special educational needs and disabilities in (a) Dorset and (b) West Dorset constituency.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	93057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carry out local area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections. Inspectors will look for evidence of how children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (or both) are identified and how their needs are assessed and met. They also look for evidence of how they are supported to move on to their next stage of education, the world of work and wider preparations for adulthood.</p><p>Dorset, which includes the district of West Dorset, had a local area SEND inspection in January 2017 and were required to produce a Written Statement of Action to improve in four areas of significant weakness. They were revisited by Ofsted and the CQC in February 2019 and were found to have improved in two of the four areas. An Accelerated Progress Plan to address the two areas that had not made sufficient progress was then put in place, with the department and NHS England providing challenge and support to make the required improvements. By January 2021, the department and NHS England judged that Dorset had made sufficient progress in both areas<strong>.</strong></p><p>The department is currently working with Ofsted and the CQC on an amended SEND inspection framework. Dorset’s SEND services will be inspected again as part of this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/12/2021 17:09:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1387763

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Carers: West Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of unpaid carers living in West Dorset.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	93058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about the number of unpaid carers, including those living in West Dorset.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/12/2021 10:50:26 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1387768

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Special Educational Needs: Integrated Care Systems
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 potential benefits to SEND children from Integrated Care Systems under the proposed legislative framework of the Health and Care Bill.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	93059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill proposes to put integrated care systems on a statutory footing. This represents a significant opportunity to improve the local planning and provision of services to better meet the needs of babies, children, young people and families, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Statutory functions regarding children and young people with SEND would transfer from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to integrated care boards (ICBs) from April 2022. This would include a responsibility for the ICB to agree joint commissioning arrangements for the provision of education, health and social care required by children and young people with SEND. We are working with the Department for Education and NHS England and NHS Improvement on bespoke guidance for ICBs to clearly set out the statutory functions that will transfer from CCGs to ICBs on SEND.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/12/2021 17:08:42 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1387770

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Mobile Phones: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanism Ofcom use to test the accuracy of information reported to them by mobile operators in relation to Universal Service Obligations.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	93060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>When determining whether a premises is eligible for the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), Ofcom takes into account data from Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on the provision of a fixed wireless service over their networks. Broader mobile coverage is not taken into account.</p><p>As part of Ofcom’s Connected Nations report MNOs are formally asked to provide a list of the premises where they are able to offer a service that meets the broadband USO specification, excluding any premises where they do not have sufficient capacity to serve Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users. Ofcom’s analysis is based on this list of premises. MNOs are required to provide data that is as accurate as possible, but individual circumstances may mean actual availability is unable to match the prediction.</p><p>Ofcom does not include Vodafone and O2 in this analysis. Vodafone has not provided an estimate of premise level coverage which factors in the capacity available for FWA users, and O2 currently does not offer a fixed wireless service.</p><p>In terms of accuracy of this data, Ofcom tested whether fixed wireless could deliver decent broadband. It measured and <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/147332/home-broadband-report-2018.pdf" target="_blank">published</a> FWA performance service on the EE 4G network as part of its USO work programme (Annex 1 Page 84).</p><p>Where a premises is indicated to have an available fixed wireless service that meets the USO specification but this turns out not to be the case, the customer is eligible to apply for the broadband USO.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/12/2021 09:48:05 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder