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1364029

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has been received representations from local authorities requesting powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64719 64720 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364030

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average response time from his Department is to local authorities that have requested powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64718 64720 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364031

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many successful requests there have been from local authorities for powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64718 64719 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364051

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
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	Secure Accommodation: Young People
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 steps his Department has taken to help enable local authorities directly provide secure accommodation for young people who require that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We agree that it is important that people, especially young people, have a settled and suitable home. To support this work, we have put in place bespoke support for local authorities through our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, which includes a dedicated youth homelessness advisor team that works with local authorities to proactively promote positive joint working across housing authorities and children's services, offering training, advice and support to all local authorities.</p><p>Furthermore, since 2018/19, as part of the Government's rough sleeping strategy, the Department for Education has provided funding to local authorities with the highest number of care leavers at risk of homelessness/rough sleeping. This funding allows them to employ specialist Personal Advisers to provide intensive support to small caseloads of care leavers most at risk. In 2021-22, we are providing £2.7 million to 56 local authorities. <br> <br>Overall, the Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year, further demonstrating the Government's commitment to end rough sleeping this Parliament and fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 64722 64723 question first answered 04/11/2021 16:27:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364052

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
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	Secure Accommodation: Young People
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of local authority provided secure accommodation for young people as compared with other forms of secure accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We agree that it is important that people, especially young people, have a settled and suitable home. To support this work, we have put in place bespoke support for local authorities through our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, which includes a dedicated youth homelessness advisor team that works with local authorities to proactively promote positive joint working across housing authorities and children's services, offering training, advice and support to all local authorities.</p><p>Furthermore, since 2018/19, as part of the Government's rough sleeping strategy, the Department for Education has provided funding to local authorities with the highest number of care leavers at risk of homelessness/rough sleeping. This funding allows them to employ specialist Personal Advisers to provide intensive support to small caseloads of care leavers most at risk. In 2021-22, we are providing £2.7 million to 56 local authorities. <br> <br>Overall, the Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year, further demonstrating the Government's commitment to end rough sleeping this Parliament and fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 64721 64723 question first answered 04/11/2021 16:27:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364053

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
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	Secure Accommodation: Young People
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 comparative assessment he has made of the level of (a) demand for and (b) supply of secure accommodation for young people (a) in the UK, (b) by nation and (c) by region.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We agree that it is important that people, especially young people, have a settled and suitable home. To support this work, we have put in place bespoke support for local authorities through our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, which includes a dedicated youth homelessness advisor team that works with local authorities to proactively promote positive joint working across housing authorities and children's services, offering training, advice and support to all local authorities.</p><p>Furthermore, since 2018/19, as part of the Government's rough sleeping strategy, the Department for Education has provided funding to local authorities with the highest number of care leavers at risk of homelessness/rough sleeping. This funding allows them to employ specialist Personal Advisers to provide intensive support to small caseloads of care leavers most at risk. In 2021-22, we are providing £2.7 million to 56 local authorities. <br> <br>Overall, the Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year, further demonstrating the Government's commitment to end rough sleeping this Parliament and fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 64721 64722 question first answered 04/11/2021 16:27:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1359390

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Female Genital Mutilation: Clinics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist FGM clinics (a) have closed over the last ten years or (b) are in the process of closing.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	56347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The information being requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 16/12/2021 17:05:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 25651 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1360420

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Female Genital Mutilation: Victim Support Schemes
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 adequacy of specialist NHS provision for survivors of FGM in (a) Slough and (b) Milton Keynes compared to the known number of FGM survivors in each of those towns.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	57305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>While NHS England and NHS Improvement have not made a formal assessment, we would expect local commissioners to follow the guidance to support commissioners in meeting the needs of women and girls with female genital mutilation (FGM).</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working to gain an understanding of the services required to inform local commissioners’ decision-making via the National Health Service FGM clinics project. NHS England and NHS Improvement are now evaluating the outcomes of the pilot study, while working with local systems to enable future provision.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 57306 question first answered 16/12/2021 16:48:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 25690 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1360421

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Female Genital Mutilation: Clinics
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 effect of the closure of specialist FGM clinics on survivors of FGM in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	57306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>While NHS England and NHS Improvement have not made a formal assessment, we would expect local commissioners to follow the guidance to support commissioners in meeting the needs of women and girls with female genital mutilation (FGM).</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working to gain an understanding of the services required to inform local commissioners’ decision-making via the National Health Service FGM clinics project. NHS England and NHS Improvement are now evaluating the outcomes of the pilot study, while working with local systems to enable future provision.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 57305 question first answered 16/12/2021 16:48:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1356195

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Gender Dysphoria: Prescriptions
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 he has taken to ensure that people recommended gender transition medication by a Gender Identity Clinic in England receive that medication promptly and consistently, whether or not their GP has the specialist knowledge and confidence to be involved in prescribing it and monitoring the patient.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	50758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2021 answer text <p>Timely and consistent access to gender transition medication is promoted by through guidance issued to practitioners, with standards upheld through regulation by the Care Quality Commission. Guidance has been published by the General Medical Council to ensure transgender patients are able to receive high quality, quick and effective care when accessing general practitioner (GP) services for medication. This guidance for GPs covers transgender patient pathways and entering into a shared care agreement with a gender dysphoria clinic for the purpose of prescribing medication. This ensures that support is in place for any change in medication or in other circumstance, so GPs are confident in prescribing any medication the patient needs.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/10/2021 10:45:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 22860 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds