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1604517

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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, when he plans to announce the locations of the additional hospitals that will be constructed through the new hospital programme.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	166291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>There are 128 expressions of interest received for the next eight new hospitals from trusts across the country that have been assessed and we aim to make an announcement in due course. Whilst this process is ongoing, we are unable to comment on the location of these hospitals</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/03/2023 14:48:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 64041 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

1604518

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for access to work funding applications to be considered in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Access to Work average wait times, from application to a decision being made, for February 2023, was 58 working days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution. </em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/03/2023 13:46:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604519

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the longest outstanding access to work funding application was submitted to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The longest outstanding Access to Work application was received on 19<sup>h</sup> January 2022. This application is currently on hold at the request of the customer to allow them time to gather information to support the application.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/03/2023 13:48:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604520

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether the £63 million funding for swimming pools and leisure centres will be available to centres with charitable status.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	166292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers. It will also help provide investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>Details of the eligibility process will be published shortly, however, this fund will focus on those public swimming pool providers whose cost pressures are most acute, leaving them most vulnerable to closure. The Government intends for community and charitable trusts to be eligible to receive this funding. Sport England will manage a competitive application process and set out further detail on eligibility shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/03/2023 17:00:40 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1604521

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.148 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, which parts of the sanctions process will be automated.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>here are no plans to automate either decision making or the application of the sanctions regime which will continue to be undertaken by Work Coaches and Decision Makers. However, we are automating the creation of the referral form for claimants who miss mandatory appointments. The referral form will then be reviewed by the Work Coach and submitted to the Decision Maker to take the ultimate decision, in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/03/2023 16:39:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604522

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.148 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, if he will publish the error rate data which informed this policy decision.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to automate the decision making or the application of the sanction’s regime, which will continue to be undertaken by Work Coaches and Decision Makers.</p><p> </p><p>However, feedback from Work Coaches tells us that to create the original referral form for claimants that missed mandatory appointments is very slow and requires them to manually input all the required information. Any data input incorrectly would invalidate the referral meaning any associated decision could not be progressed. So, we are automating the creation of this form. The referral form will then be reviewed by the Work Coach and submitted to the Decision Maker to take the ultimate decision, in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>We continually use a range of evidence to make improvements in our processes and in turn save taxpayers money.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/04/2023 13:57:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604523

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to help ensure equal support for kinship families.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	166331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Kinship carers play an extremely important role in both their kin children’s lives and in the Children’s Social Care system.</p><p>On 2 February 2023, the department published a consultation and implementation strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love, which sets out how we will achieve broad, system-wide transformation. Through this strategy the department has made a commitment to implement or explore each of the Review’s recommendations on kinship care.</p><p>The department has committed to work across government to explore possible additional workplace entitlements and options for an extension of legal aid for kinship carers with a special guardianship order (SGO) or child arrangement order (CAO), as well as exploring the case for mandating a financial allowance for kinship carers with SGOs and CAOs in every local authority.</p><p>In addition, we have made a commitment to invest £9 million during this Spending Review period to establish a training and support offer that all kinship carers can access if they wish to. We also announced over £45 million to begin implementing family network support packages through the Families First for Children pathfinder.</p><p>The department is also committed to publishing a national kinship care strategy by the end of 2023. This will provide an update on reform activity, such as exploring financial allowances. The strategy will set out a long-term vision for kinship care, and detail how the department can better support children and carers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 23/03/2023 16:49:17 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1604524

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were transferred to open conditions in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	166302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The table below sets out the requested data for 2021 and 2022 in relation to Inter Prison Transfers (IPTs) to open conditions under the Generation 4 Prisoner Escort &amp; Custody Services (PECS) contract, which came into effect in August 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The previous contract was structured in a different way, and there is no means of obtaining comparable data for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p>Open conditions are an important means of furthering the rehabilitation of offenders, especially those who have spent many years in closed conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Those held in open jails must abide by stringent conditions and we do not hesitate to move them back to tougher, closed jails if they breach the rules.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Total Prisoners Transferred to Open prisons (IPTs)</p></td><td><p>% of moves to Open prisons vs Overall IPTs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>50191</p></td><td><p>8.73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>56598</p></td><td><p>8.16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/03/2023 14:49:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1604525

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.148 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, when work on design of the additional training programme commenced.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to automate either decision making or the application of the sanctions regime which will continue to be undertaken by Work Coaches and Decision Makers. However, we are automating the creation of the referral form for claimants who miss mandatory appointments. The referral form will then be reviewed by the Work Coach and submitted to the Decision Maker to take the ultimate decision, in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to the continuous upskilling of all Work Coaches to ensure a consistent application of sanctions policy and protection of claimants. As with all changes to process that are undertaken, Work Coaches will be provided with guidance and support as required.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/03/2023 16:35:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604526

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Earnings Rules
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.146 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, if he will publish the data which informed the policy decision to increase the Administrative Earnings Threshold to the equivalent of 18 hours at National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	166323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Data is already in the public domain about the In-Work Progression Randomised Control Trial (RCT), which found that more intensive support delivered by Jobcentre Work Coaches helped claimants to increase their earnings. See link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developing-in-work-support-for-people-claiming-universal-credit/universal-credit-in-work-progression-randomised-control-trial" target="_blank">Universal Credit: in-work progression randomised control trial - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It demonstrated the importance of the relationship between the claimant and their Work Coach, with more regular engagement more likely to result in positive steps being taken to progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 166329 question first answered 28/03/2023 11:08:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden