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1719440

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of Countryside Stewardship scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2024, there are 34 farm businesses with a current Countryside Stewardship Agreement for the Wellingborough Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/05/2024 14:53:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719441

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Sustainable Farming Incentive: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2024, there are 24 farm businesses with a current Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement for the Wellingborough constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/05/2024 14:53:01 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719442

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Flood Control: Northamptonshire
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 plans to take to help reduce the risk of flooding in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>For the current financial year 2024/25, the Environment Agency has an allocation of £1,293,000 for flood defence maintenance work in Northamptonshire. This includes items such as weed cutting, grass cutting, fish and eel pass maintenance, mechanical and electrical maintenance work to assets, electricity and general operational costs. The Environment Agency will prioritise its statutory duties and those works which provide the highest benefit for reducing flood risk.</p><p><br> In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024. We will continue to work with the Risk Management Authorities and communities to develop and progress identified projects.</p><p><br> Following the flooding experienced during the winter of 2023/2024, we will continue to work with partner Risk Management Authorities and communities to identify any needs for additional flood risk management work – either capital or revenue. We are currently engaging with a variety of communities (directly and with other partners) that experienced flooding to assist them in understanding their flood risk and working to develop community resilience so that these communities are more prepared and can recover faster following future flooding.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:20:58 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719443

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Flood Control: Northamptonshire
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 his Department has allocated funding for flood defences in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2010/11 to 2022/23 the Environment Agency has better protected 310 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £14.7 million total spend, sourced from both Government Grant in Aid funding as well as partnership funding sources.</p><p> </p><p>In Northamptonshire, over the period 2023/24 to 2029/30, the Environment Agency is forecasting to better protect 486 homes from flood risk via a capital investment of £18.4 million total spend. This represents the current consented Flood and Coastal Risk Management investment programme, which was approved in February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is working with Risk Management Authorities and communities across Northamptonshire. It should be noted that the former Northamptonshire County Council was successful in securing funding for a number of county-wide schemes which are now being progressed by the Unitary Authorities. Relatively small allocations have been used to benefit multiple communities and pave the way for increased resilience. In terms of council-led projects, the current priorities are East Brook Culvert in Kettering for North Northants Council (£425,000 future allocation, £227,000 previous spend) and St Leonards Road in Northampton for West Northants Council (£285,000 future allocation). Notable Environment Agency projects include development of the Nene Water Management Strategy (£3.5 million over a three-year programme) to provide a clear direction for the most economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable way to manage the river and waters between Northampton and Peterborough. There is also investment of £949,268 in the ongoing maintenance of the Northampton Flood Defences.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:13:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719444

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Waste: Wellingborough
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 recent steps he has taken to help tackle waste crime in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling waste crime, which is a blight on our local communities and the environment and damages legitimate businesses. We have strengthened regulators' powers, are tightening the law and have increased the Environment Agency's budget by £10 million per year to make it harder for rogue operators to find work in the sector and easier for regulators to take action against criminals. We are also providing grants to councils across the country to help them purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping. North Northamptonshire council has been awarded £25,176 in the recently announced third round of the Fly-tipping Intervention Grant scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Waste crime in the constituency is addressed at several partnerships, the Northants Waste Enforcement Group, North Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership and the Acquisitive and Rural Crime Group. All partnerships are linked on serious waste crime and fly-tipping by attendance of the same Environment Agency officer. This ensures information and intelligence is shared effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Engagement and information sharing directs where collaboration is most needed at any time in the county. Wellingborough is also covered by the Northants Project Plutus Partnership, the first in England to identify waste crime as a priority for cash-based money laundering. Project Plutus information sharing led directly to an Environment Agency-led intervention with Police and North Northants Council stopping a large-scale illegal waste operation that had potential to impact neighbouring Wellingborough. This is a significant investigation due to go to trial.</p><p> </p><p>The highly effective Operation Clean Sweep multi-agency days of action have been taking place in the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Environment Agency area. The intention is for the Environment Agency to extend this into North Northamptonshire and, when required, into Wellingborough.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 14:09:55 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719446

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency by teachers without a relevant (i) A-level and (ii) higher level qualification in the last full year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including subjects taught in state-funded secondary schools, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The total number of hours taught for each subject are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005</a>.</p><p>The proportion of those hours that were taught by teachers without a relevant post A level or higher level qualification are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Timetabled teaching is reported for a typical week in November, as determined by the school. It does not cover an entire year of teaching. If there are variations in timetabling across the year, this is not covered in the data available to the department.</p><p> </p><p>Subject taught is only collected from secondary schools that use electronic timetabling software that can produce data in the format required. Data is then weighted to provide national totals. Breakdowns by local authority and parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 14:17:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719452

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff to student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Wellingborough constituency in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As of November 2022, which is the latest data available, there were record numbers of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England at over 468,000. This is an increase of 27,000, equivalent to 6%, since 2010. This makes the highest number of FTE teachers since the School Workforce Census began.</p><p>The table below provides the pupil to adult ratio and the pupil to teacher ratio for state-funded secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency and England for the 2019/20 to 2022/23 academic years.</p><p><strong>Pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios for state-funded secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency and England, by year <br></strong>2019/20 and 2022/23<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Wellingborough constituency<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupil to adult ratio<sup>3, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to teacher ratio<sup>4, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to adult ratio<sup>3, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to teacher ratio<sup>4, 5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census.</p><p>1. Workforce data as at November and pupil data as at the following January. For instance, 2019/20 relates to November 2019 workforce and January 2020 pupils.</p><p>2. There are 6 secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency.</p><p>3. Pupil to adult ratio includes teachers and support staff (excluding auxiliary staff).</p><p>4. Pupil to teacher ratio includes all teachers.</p><p>5. The ratios are calculated using pupil numbers taken from the publication, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 14:30:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719458

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Pension Credit: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. However, these statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2024 10:50:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719459

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have not moved over to Universal Credit since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is published and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-july-2022-to-march-2024" target="_blank">Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/05/2024 13:00:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719460

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Work Capability Assessment: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment in Wellingborough constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 10:52:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen