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1688159

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date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health and Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a knowledge of (a) mental health and (b) neurodiversity among (i) school teachers and (ii) school students.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	13620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring that all pupils can reach their potential and receive excellent support from their teachers. The Teachers’ Standards sets clear expectations that teachers must understand the needs of all pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Consideration of SEND underpins both the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) and Early Career Framework (ECF) which were both produced with the support of sector experts. ITT courses and ECF-based programmes must be designed so that new teachers can demonstrate that they meet the Teachers’ Standards at the appropriate level. This includes the requirement in Standard 5, that all teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils.</p><p>The department reviewed the CCF alongside the ECF during 2023, in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation and groups of sector experts, including SEND specialists. This included a public call for evidence. Following this review, the updated and combined Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF) was published on 30 January 2024, for delivery from September 2025.</p><p>The department’s review of content for the ITTECF paid particular attention to the needs of trainees and early career teachers (ECTs) when supporting pupils with SEND. There is now significantly more content related to adaptive teaching and supporting pupils with SEND. The department has also made edits to existing statements to improve inclusivity for SEND throughout the framework, including new content for trainees and ECTs on who to contact to provide support with any pupil mental health concerns.</p><p>The department is also offering all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025, enabling them to introduce effective whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. Over 14,400 settings have claimed a grant so far, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools, and the department has also recently made available second grants for settings who have lost their trained lead. The department’s quality assured training course provides the practical knowledge and skills to implement a whole school or college approach to promoting mental wellbeing. The course also helps senior mental health leads to facilitate the development of school staff, to ensure that all staff can recognise and understand the process to respond to mental health concerns.</p><p>The department has also recently launched two new resources to help trained mental health leads and wider school and college staff to promote and support pupil mental health, both of which are hosted on the Mentally Healthy Schools site. The resource hub signposts practical resources and tools to embed whole-school or college approaches and the targeted mental wellbeing toolkit gives practical advice and tools to help schools and colleges identify the most effective targeted support options for their setting. They are both available here: <a href="https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/whole-school-or-college-resources/" target="_blank">https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/whole-school-or-college-resources/</a>.</p><p>The department wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe. The department wants to equip them for adult life and to make a positive contribution to society. That is why the department has made Relationships Education compulsory for all primary school pupils, Relationships and Sex Education compulsory for all secondary school pupils from September 2020, and Health Education compulsory for pupils in all state-funded schools. In Health Education, there is a strong focus on mental wellbeing, including a recognition that mental wellbeing and physical health are linked. It is important that pupils understand that good physical health, for both men and women, contributes to good mental wellbeing. The purpose of teaching pupils about mental health is to give them the information they need to make good decisions about their own health and wellbeing, recognise issues in themselves and others and, when issues arise, seek support as early as possible from appropriate sources.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/02/2024 12:23:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1688255

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information on food packaging is accessible for blind and partially-sighted people.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	13666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. It is already a requirement that food information must be easily visible, clearly legible and where appropriate indelible, in addition to there being a required minimum font size for mandatory information</p><p><br> We are aware of moves by some retailers to provide information on food in braille format, and the government is interested in seeing how this works</p><p><br> We know there are other exciting possibilities, including the use of mobile phone apps and QR codes via which consumers with visual impairments may be able to access not only the basics, but the full range of information available on the label, as well as additional information provided via the App or QR code.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/02/2024 08:26:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1685145

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Caribbean and Latin America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the then Secretary of State's tour of the Caribbean and Latin America in May 2023, whether an assessment was made of the feasibility of travelling by commercial airline.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	11528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Travelling commercially would not have achieved this trip within the time allocated. Foreign travel is a vital part of diplomacy. It is in the national interest that the Foreign Secretary and other Ministers travel abroad to pursue UK interests. Value for money is taken into account in all travel decisions.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/02/2024 14:51:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1685146

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Caribbean and Latin America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the then Secretary of State's tour of the Caribbean and Latin America in May 2023, what travel options other than Embraer Lineage 1000E were available; what the comparative cost of those options was to Embraer Lineage 1000E; and for what reason Embraer Lineage 1000E was selected as the chosen means of travel.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	11529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Government aircraft assets were explored but unavailable. The charter aircraft was selected as the most efficient and value for money asset for the Foreign Secretary and travelling delegation to undertake the visit. Foreign travel is a vital part of diplomacy. It is in the national interest that the Foreign Secretary and other Ministers travel abroad to pursue UK interests. Value for money is taken into account in all travel decisions</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/02/2024 13:41:15 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1685147

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Caribbean and Latin America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish the list of passengers on-board the then Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's plane during his tour of the (a) Caribbean and (b) Latin America in May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	11530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines, only passengers who are senior officials are published. This information can be found on the FCDO quarterly transparency data return on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/02/2024 13:42:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1683707

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
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	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS trusts use a body mass index threshold for treatment for eating disorders in (a) adults and (b) children and adolescents.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	10662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data centrally. NHS England continues to emphasise to systems and services that body mass index should not be used as a single measure to determine access to treatment within eating disorder services. This is in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations and is included in national published guidance.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/01/2024 09:09:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1677244

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in the state of Washington before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023 on the removal of that US territory from the list of approved countries and territories to qualify applicants for the overseas route to apply for gender recognition certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer back to my previous answer to UIN 5635 on 14th December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 6505 6506 6507 question first answered 18/12/2023 11:22:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1677245

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in the state of West Virginia before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023 on the removal of that US territory from the list of approved countries and territories to qualify applicants for the overseas route to apply for gender recognition certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer back to my previous answer to UIN 5635 on 14th December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 6504 6506 6507 question first answered 18/12/2023 11:22:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1677246

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in the state of Wyoming before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023 on the removal of that US territory from the list of approved countries and territories to qualify applicants for the overseas route to apply for gender recognition certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer back to my previous answer to UIN 5635 on 14th December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 6504 6505 6507 question first answered 18/12/2023 11:22:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1677247

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in Uruguay before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023 on the removal of that country from the list of approved countries and territories to qualify applicants for the overseas route to apply for gender recognition certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer back to my previous answer to UIN 5635 on 14th December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 6504 6505 6506 question first answered 18/12/2023 11:22:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds