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1027246

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to programmes aimed at tackling domestic violence in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy set out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG. VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government’s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and driven by local need.</p><p>We created a £17 million 3-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, which is funding projects across 41 areas in England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. Details of the funding are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020</p><p>Through the Police Transformation Fund we are spending £5.8 million to support innovative projects to tackle domestic abuse. More details of the funding are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>We have also announced an £8 million fund to support children affected by domestic abuse, which gives charities, local authorities and other organisations the chance to bid for money for projects designed to intervene early to help children who have been directly or indirectly affected by domestic abuse. We will announce successful bids shortly.</p><p>The Home Office also supports the national VAWG Helplines and recently committed funding of up to £1.1m per annum for these services until 2021.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2018 10:10:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027247

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote learning in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>We are making ambitious reforms to education, as set out in the ‘Education and Employment Strategy’ published in May. This means that, from next April, prison governors will have direct control of their education budgets, will decide the curriculum and will have chosen the provider(s) of their education, promoting learning that best meets the needs of their prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Prison Education Framework, we have launched a Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), with over 170 education providers offering a huge range of learning and skills. It is through the DPS that prisons will secure Information, Advice and Guidance which enables prisoners to make informed choices about their education and future employment options.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/12/2018 12:56:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027248

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Distance Learning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of individuals aged 24 and over taking part in distance learning.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>​Within higher education, we have already made a number of changes to support part-time and mature part-time learners. This academic year, for example, part-time students are, for the first time ever, able to access full-time equivalent maintenance loans.</p><p>As stated in the government response to the consultation on part-time maintenance loans, we would like to extend these new loans to distance learning courses, but we must maintain confidence in the student finance system and ensure that adequate controls are in place to prevent the misuse of public funds. The department will extend these loans to distance learners only if robust controls are put in place to manage the risks associated with that mode of study. The department is currently considering those controls, and a final decision regarding whether it is feasible to extend maintenance loans to distance learners will be made once this scrutiny is completed.</p><p>Beyond student finance, the National Retraining Scheme is an ambitious, far-reaching programme to drive adult learning and retraining, in order to respond to changes in the economy and support people to progress in work, redirect their careers and secure the higher-paid, higher-skilled jobs of the future, focusing on those individuals that need it most.</p><p>To inform the design of the scheme, the Flexible Learning Fund is supporting 31 pilot projects across England with a total value of £11.4 million. The projects are designing and testing innovative, flexible learning that is easy to access. The pilots are aimed at adults who are working, or who are returning to work, with either low or intermediate skills. A range of delivery methods are being tested; most of the projects will make use of on-line technologies to a degree, as well as ‘blended learning’ that combines online and face-to-face learning.</p><p>​We know that technology can play a really important role in making learning more flexible and adaptive, as well as breaking down the barrier of distance. It is important that we take advantage of these developments as part of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2018 15:49:05 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027249

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers per head of population there were in Nottinghamshire in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year.</p><p>Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:11:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027250

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Self-employed: Nottinghamshire
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 steps his Department is taking to support the self-employed in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. To support this, we have a network of 38 Growth Hubs across the UK. The D2N2 Growth Hub, which serves the Nottinghamshire area is led and governed by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).</p><p> </p><p>D2N2 Growth Hub provides a local single point of contact for all businesses, no matter their size or sector, to access business advice from across the public and private sectors, at a local and national level. In October 2018, the D2N2 LEP self-reported that the D2N2 Growth Hub has supported 6,770 businesses and helped 1,231 individuals start a business since its launch in 2014, of those individuals 281 were from Nottinghamshire and 350 from Nottingham City.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-owned British Business Bank offers start-up loans to entrepreneurs wishing to start a business. From launch of the programme in 2012 to 30 September 2018, a total of 361 start-up loans with a value of £2 million were advanced to businesses in</p><p>Nottingham City. The equivalent figures for Nottinghamshire are 457 loans with a value of £3.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/12/2018 13:22:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027251

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	General Practitioners: Nottinghamshire
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 his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce nationally. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme is available in Nottinghamshire and offers a £20,000 salary supplement to attract doctors to parts of the country where there have been consistent shortages of GP trainees. 12 places were available in 2018 and a further 12 have been made available in 2019 in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.</p><p> </p><p>Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Newark and Sherwood CCG advise that the first wave of their international recruitment has taken place and the first few recruits are in post with further candidates in the pipeline. An increasing number of practices are also now sponsors for International Medical Graduates (on Tier 2 visas) who have trained in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>To address retention, the CCGs advise that they have a wide range of schemes available including a Trainee Transition programme which is providing trainees in their third year of training with flexible working options, a GP mentoring and support scheme, and a Post Certificate of Training (CCT) Fellowship. The CCT Fellowship provides additional support for GPs to extend their skills in leadership, digital working and urgent and emergency care.</p><p> </p><p>In additional to this, the CCGs advise that they are tackling practice workload and generating a wider culture of job satisfaction through engagement in the Releasing Time for Care programme. The programme includes training for administrative staff to reduce the burden on GPs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2018 14:21:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027252

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Dentistry: Nottinghamshire
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 his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of dentists in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Nationally, the number of dentists remain high. The latest data published in NHS Digital’s annual report on 30 August 2018 shows that 24,308 dentists delivered National Health Service dental services in 2017/18, 30 more than in 2016-17. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2017-18-annual-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2017-18-annual-report</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the same figures show there has been a small fall in the total numbers of dentists working on NHS contracts. NHS England commissions primary care dental services and is responsible for ensuring there are sufficient dental services to meet local need. NHS England is closely monitoring any local difficulties in recruitment and retention and over the summer held a workshop with various dental stakeholders to identify the causes and potential actions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2018 14:11:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1035197

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Health Services: East Midlands
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 his Department is taking to increase the resilience of healthcare providers in the East Midlands during the winter period.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	205421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is supporting the National Health Service to prepare as robustly as possible for the coming winter and has been working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to ensure all trusts have plans in place. Providers and commissioners across the East Midlands have been working closely together to prepare for the winter period, supported by regional teams in NHS Improvement and NHS England. The Department has invested an additional £420 million this winter aimed at increasing the resilience and capacity of healthcare providers, including in the East Midlands. Moreover, the region is also benefiting from extended general practitioner hours to give patients more choice and take pressure off emergency departments, as well as the extensive national campaigns undertaken to make people aware of NHS 111 services and pharmacy services and encouraging the public to use the most appropriate NHS service for their needs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/01/2019 12:16:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1037831

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Public Houses: Closures
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 steps his Department is taking to help prevent pub closures.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	206458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Several measures have been introduced across Government to support pubs, including a freeze on beer duty announced at Budget 2018. This means that the price of a typical pint of beer in 2019 will be 2p lower than it would have been had duty increased with inflation and 14p lower than it otherwise would have been since ending the beer duty escalator in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Many small pubs will benefit from the business rates retail discount announced at Budget 2018, which cuts bills by one third from April 2019 for two years. It is available to pubs with a rateable value below £51,000 and is worth almost £900 million to businesses over two years. The Government estimates up to 75% of pubs in England could be eligible for the discount, subject to state aid limits and eligibility for other reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/01/2019 17:14:28 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1037833

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Housing Infrastructure Fund: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding had been allocated to Nottinghamshire from the Housing Infrastructure Fund.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	206459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The South of Clifton Housing Infrastructure Scheme in Rushcliffe, for which the local authority requested £10 million of Marginal Viability Funding, has completed funding clarification. My Department will be notifying the local authority of the outcome very shortly. Nottinghamshire is also one of the 45 areas across England with whom we are working to co-develop Forward Funding projects with up to £4.6 billion of funding available to unlock a potential 450,000 homes in areas where housing need is greatest. For Forward Funding schemes in co-development, there is no guarantee of funding. It is still a competitive process, and following co-development, these areas will be required to submit business cases prior to final funding decisions being made.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:33:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley