The Government understands the impact of bank branch closures on communities and the importance of face-to-face banking. It is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority.<\/p>
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This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The UK banking sector has committed to deliver these hubs by the end of this parliament. These hubs will provide small businesses and individuals who need face-to-face support with critical cash and in-person banking services. Over 80 banking hubs are already open and Cash Access UK, who oversee banking hub rollout, expect 100 hubs to be open by Christmas.<\/p>
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Furthermore, FCA guidance expects firms to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on their customers\u2019 everyday banking and cash access needs and put in place alternatives where reasonable. As well as banking hubs, alternative options to access everyday banking services can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking and via the Post Office.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4518", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tulip Siddiq"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hampstead and Highgate"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tulip Siddiq"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-16T16:11:54.043Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Banks: Lincolnshire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of bank closures in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire on (i) pensioners and (ii) small business owners.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Holland and The Deepings"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"} ], "uin" : "8630"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732794", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732794/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
It is the government\u2019s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care to improve the life chances for every child and the work choices for every parent.<\/p>
From September 2024, eligible working parents of children age nine months and above have been able to access 15 hours childcare a week for 38 weeks a year. From September 2025, this entitlement will be extended to 30 hours a week. The department is also growing the provision of wraparound childcare, which is before and after school provision, for primary school children.<\/p>
In 2024/25, the department expects to provide over £1.7 billion to support local authorities and providers deliver the childcare expansion. This will rise to over £4.1 billion in 2027/28. By the same year, we expect to be providing over £8 billion every year overall on new and existing early years entitlements.<\/p>
For Lincolnshire County Council, the hourly rate for three to four year olds for 2024/25 is £5.47, which is an increase of 5.2% on 2023/24. For 2 year olds, this rate is £7.61 per hour and for under 2s, £10.36 per hour.<\/p>
In addition to the entitlements, parents may also be eligible for childcare support through Tax-Free Childcare or Universal Credit Childcare. Parents can check what childcare support they are entitled to via the Childcare Choices website, which is accessible at: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> The department has regular contact with each local authority in England on their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing, including supporting them through our childcare delivery support contract where appropriate.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732795", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy Security and Net Zero"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732795/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The most recent published statistics on Warm Home Discount can be found here: Warm Home Discount statistics, 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Table 5 shows that 5,733 households in South Holland and The Deepings received Warm Home Discount in the 2023-24 scheme year, making up approximately 11.6% of the overall number of households in the constituency.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are in receipt of the Warm Home Discount in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732797", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732797/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boarding services provided by private schools.<\/p> <\/p> A technical note setting out the details of the policy has been published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools(opens in a new tab)<\/a>.<\/p> Draft VAT legislation was also published alongside this technical note, forming a technical consultation, which closed on 15 September. As part of this technical consultation, the Government engaged with a broad range of stakeholders.<\/p> Whilst developing these policies, the Government has carefully considered the impact that they will have on pupils and their families across both the state and private sector, as well as the impact they will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny of the Government's costings by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), details of the Government\u2019s assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes will be published at the Budget on 30 October in a Tax Information and Impact Note.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4797", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Murray"}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Faith Schools: VAT"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of VAT on private school fees on faith schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
], "uin" : "8104"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732274", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732274/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " For too long, investment has not kept pace with the challenges of an ageing infrastructure system, a rapidly growing population, and climate change. Water companies are now expected to deliver £88 billion of investment between 2025 and 2030 across England and Wales. This will improve more than 2,500 projects to reduce spills from storm overflows and upgrades to over 1,500 wastewater treatment works.<\/p> Sewage infrastructure upgrades are the responsibility of the water company. As part of the Environment Act 2021, a duty exists for water companies in England to produce Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs).<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Emma Hardy"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-15T17:48:52.463Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sewage: Lincolnshire"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to upgrade sewage infrastructure in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732275", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732275/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department does not hold information on young people who are not in education, employment or training specific to either South Holland and the Deepings and Lincolnshire. Based on data published by the Department for Education, the proportion of 16-17 year olds not in employment, education or training for Lincolnshire is below average in England and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-neet-age-16-to-17-by-local-authority<\/a>\u201d<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Under our plan to get Britain Working, the new Youth Guarantee will ensure that all young people aged 18-21 in England can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers service to help get more people into work, work health and skills plans for the economically inactive, and the launch of Skills England to open new opportunities for young people. We will set out further detail in the upcoming \u2018Get Britain Working\u2019 White Paper.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4083", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alison McGovern"}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-15T14:09:07.477Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Unemployment: Lincolnshire"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of young people not in education, employment or training in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732281", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732281/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Previous (but not quite the same question) 16125-6 Dan Jarvis - NSOIT staffing & Publication.docx<\/a><\/p>