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1241301

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making financial support available to students wishing to complete a second undergraduate degree.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	100524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Students studying on a strategically important course are already able to access student support for a qualification at an equivalent or lower level to one they already hold.</p><p>For other students, those who already have a qualification that is equivalent to or at a higher level than the course they wish to study, will not qualify for maintenance or fee support. This ensures that finite public funds are focussed on those studying a higher education qualification for the first time.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:55:42 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240357

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans in place to send free school meals to the homes of eligible children who are self-isolating as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>As schools and their kitchens are now open, they should provide healthy, nutritious meal options for all children who are in school. Meals should be available free of charge to all infant pupils and pupils who meet the benefits-related free school meals eligibility criteria. If children are eligible for benefit-related free school meals but are self-isolating, we expect catering providers to be in a strong position to support any eligible pupils through food parcels, be those daily or weekly. We have put guidance in place for schools on how they can support children in these circumstances, which is complemented by advice from the schools food trade organisation, LACA, and Public Health England on what a good food parcel should comprise. Our latest guidance for schools is set out here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 13/10/2020 15:34:38 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240364

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on self-employed people of the setting of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant extension payments at 20 per cent of average monthly trading profits.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) Grant Extension provides critical support to the self-employed, by supporting those who are currently eligible for the SEISS and are continuing to trade but are facing reduced demand due to COVID-19. The scheme will be in the form of two grants, and will last for six months, from November 2020 to April 2021. The first grant will cover a three-month period from the start of November until the end of January. This initial grant will cover 20 per cent of average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering 3 months’ worth of profits, and capped at £1,875 in total.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has broadly aligned this initial grant with the Government’s contribution to the Job Support Scheme. The extension is not intended to provide a direct income replacement, as people will be continuing to work while claiming the grant. Those who require more support may have access to other elements of the Government’s support package. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/10/2020 16:34:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240366

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with (a) online retailers and (b) online retailing platforms on preventing the sale of counterfeit products.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of intellectual property seriously and supports a range of initiatives designed to reduce this illicit trade.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have been holding roundtable meetings with representatives from online platforms and rights holders to discuss the availability of counterfeits on their platforms and to help co-ordinate law enforcement action against sellers.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2013, we launched a dedicated Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), run by the City of London Police. It is dedicated to tackling serious and organised online piracy and counterfeiting (affecting digital and physical goods) and protecting legitimate UK businesses. IPO provided funding of around £9 million over the period 2013-2019.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/10/2020 10:14:02 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240390

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities are currently operating under tier (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four covid-19 restrictions; and how many students are represented in each of those tier restriction categories.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Universities agree their COVID-19 outbreak plans with their local Directors of Public Health, and those plans are shared with the department.</p><p>The situation is evolving constantly as students return to higher education. So far we know that 4 universities have moved to tier three, with these decisions being made in collaboration with local public health teams. Other universities are in either tier 1 or tier 2.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 17:00:58 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240393

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Planning Permission: Local Press
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 an evidential basis for removing the statutory requirement to publicise planning applications in local newspapers.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Local planning authorities are required to publicise certain types of planning applications in local newspapers as set out in Article 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.</p><p>In the response to coronavirus restrictions, temporary regulations have been introduced to supplement the existing statutory publicity arrangements for planning applications. Local planning authorities now have the flexibility to take other reasonable steps to publicise applications if they cannot discharge the specific requirement for newspaper publicity – for instance, if the local newspaper is not now in circulation. <br> <br>These steps can include the use of social media and other electronic communications, such as local online news portals, and must be proportionate to the scale and nature of the proposed development. However, if a local planning authority is required to publicise a planning application in a local newspaper, and that paper is still in circulation, then they must continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 99093 question first answered 13/10/2020 13:41:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240396

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Planning Permission: Local Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing the statutory requirement to publicise planning applications in local newspapers.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Local planning authorities are required to publicise certain types of planning applications in local newspapers as set out in Article 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.</p><p>In the response to coronavirus restrictions, temporary regulations have been introduced to supplement the existing statutory publicity arrangements for planning applications. Local planning authorities now have the flexibility to take other reasonable steps to publicise applications if they cannot discharge the specific requirement for newspaper publicity – for instance, if the local newspaper is not now in circulation. <br> <br>These steps can include the use of social media and other electronic communications, such as local online news portals, and must be proportionate to the scale and nature of the proposed development. However, if a local planning authority is required to publicise a planning application in a local newspaper, and that paper is still in circulation, then they must continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 99092 question first answered 13/10/2020 13:41:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240410

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Fishery Agreements: Norway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when negotiations on the first annual agreement with Norway within the new fisheries framework to set total allowable catches, agree access arrangements to fish in each other’s waters, and agree quota shares will begin.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Norway fisheries framework agreement provides a legal framework for annual negotiations between the UK and Norway. These negotiations will concern the exchange of quota between the parties and access to waters. There will be no setting of total allowable catches in this bilateral forum.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, a number of North Sea stocks now fall to be jointly managed by the UK, Norway and the EU. Accordingly, separate trilateral discussions will be needed to establish trilateral governance arrangements for these stocks.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s bilateral negotiations with Norway and trilateral negotiations with Norway and the EU will both take place later this year. Exact timings for these negotiations are still to be confirmed, but the UK aims to conclude them in enough time to provide certainty for industry ahead of the 2021 fishing year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99095 question first answered 12/10/2020 10:10:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240434

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
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	Fishery Agreements: Norway
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 the negotiation of the first annual agreement with Norway within the new fisheries framework to set total allowable catches, agree access arrangements to fish in each other’s waters, and agree quota shares will be concluded by 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	99095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Norway fisheries framework agreement provides a legal framework for annual negotiations between the UK and Norway. These negotiations will concern the exchange of quota between the parties and access to waters. There will be no setting of total allowable catches in this bilateral forum.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, a number of North Sea stocks now fall to be jointly managed by the UK, Norway and the EU. Accordingly, separate trilateral discussions will be needed to establish trilateral governance arrangements for these stocks.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s bilateral negotiations with Norway and trilateral negotiations with Norway and the EU will both take place later this year. Exact timings for these negotiations are still to be confirmed, but the UK aims to conclude them in enough time to provide certainty for industry ahead of the 2021 fishing year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 99094 question first answered 12/10/2020 10:10:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1240014

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his letter to the hon Member for Hull West and Hessle of 21 September 2020, how much of the £100 million allocated to support remote education has been (a) allocated to and (b) claimed by university students.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	98753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The department invested over £100 million to help provide laptops and devices for disadvantaged children and young people so they can access education and social care services remotely.</p><p>The department distributed laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers for disadvantaged children in year 10, children receiving support from a social worker and care leavers to ensure these children and young people could continue to access education and vital social care services online during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>As part of this, we have provided devices for care leavers, including those who might be studying at university.</p><p>Information on the equipment distributed to care leavers, including those studying in higher education, is held by local authorities.</p><p>Data on the number of care leavers in higher education are included in the report ‘Children Looked After in England (including adoption), year ending 31 March 2019’. This data shows that 6% of 19 to 21-year-old care leavers were known to be in higher education. This report is available at:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>The government has also worked closely with the Office for Students to help clarify that higher education providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Providers are able to use the funding, worth around £256 million for the academic year 2020/21 towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 08/10/2020 16:33:25 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy