11 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat plans her Department has to continue funding the Staying Close programme after April 2025.
ReplyThis government is committed to providing support for care leavers to ensure they have the practical and emotional support they need as they move towards independence. The department is currently providing £23 million this financial year for 47 local auth...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhen she plans to publish the 2023-24 report on the state of prison estate.
ReplyWe are considering when and how to publish an ad-hoc report on the prison estate conditions survey, which will contain summary information.In addition, we have also committed to publish a 10-year capacity strategy by the end of 2024 which will outline the...
6 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat data her Department holds on the number of statutory maternity pay cases per constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (d) 2024.
ReplyStatutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), rather than the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). We do not hold information on SMP cases per constituency, however a breakdown by region, supplied by HMRC, is below. ...
30 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedFor what reason the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme does not include people who are 80 and over.
ReplyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for York Central on 14 October 2024 to Question 7797.
14 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether independent education settings for people over the age of 19 will be VAT-exempt.
ReplyAs set out in our manifesto and confirmed in the Chancellor’s July statement, we are ending the VAT break for private schools. The government will introduce 20% VAT on education and boarding services provided for a charge from 1 January 2025. As per the d...
14 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether independent school fees for people over the age of 18 who are (a) in education and (b) have an Education Health and Care Plan will by exempt from VAT.
ReplyAs set out in our manifesto and confirmed in the Chancellor’s July statement, we are ending the VAT break for private schools. The government will introduce 20% VAT on education and boarding services provided for a charge from 1 January 2025. As per the d...
8 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will publish a time series of the capital grants allocated to General Practices for refurbishment and replacement by NHS England under the Primary Care capital grants policy, since 2015.
ReplyThe information requested is not held centrally. We have commissioned NHS England for this information and will provide an update once we receive the reply.
8 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat assessment the Cabinet Committee on the Future of Work has made of the potential merits of improving employment rights for kinship carers.
ReplyThe Government greatly values kinship carers who come forward to care for children who cannot live with their parents. The Government has committed in the Plan to Make Work Pay to review the system of parental leave to ensure that it better supports worki...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to recruit 6500 teachers; and what her Department's planned timetable is for this recruitment.
ReplyThe within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedHow much funding has been allocated to the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers.
ReplyThe within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat resources she is allocating to new measures to achieve the recruitment of 6,500 additional teachers.
ReplyThe within-school and -college factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcome is high quality teaching, but there are shortages of qualified teachers across the country. This is why this government will work with the sector to deliver its p...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat were the terms of departure of Lord Wharton from his role as Chairman of Office for Students.
ReplyLord Wharton resigned as chair of the Office for Students (OfS) on 9 July 2024.Lord Wharton’s resignation was accepted by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, who swiftly appointed Sir David Behan as temporary chair of the OfS while...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Written Statement of 25 July 2024 on Technical Qualifications Reform, UIN HCWS22, what the scope of the review is.
ReplyThe review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWho is responsible for carrying out her Department's proposed review of level 3 qualifications.
ReplyThe review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
7 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat her planned timetable is for publishing the findings of her Department's review of level 3 qualifications.
ReplyThe review of Qualifications Reform has already begun and will focus on Level 3 qualifications currently scheduled to have funding removed on 31 July 2025. It will aim to ensure that there are a range of high quality qualifications at Level 3 alongside T ...
7 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhat information her Department holds on how much debt relief Chad has received from external private creditors through the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments.
ReplyChad agreed a debt treatment with its official bilateral creditors and its main private creditor, Glencore, in November 2022. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the treatment is consistent with the commitments made by Chad and parameters ...
4 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Community Right to Buy scheme.
ReplyThe Government is committed to creating thriving high streets and community spaces. Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a new Community Right to Buy to help local people to acquire valued community spaces if they come up for sale, keepi...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) costs of geothermal energy.
ReplyWe know that to achieve net zero, we must look at how we can accelerate the potential of all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The Government understands that geothermal can play a role in our decarbonisation ambitions particularly as a low ca...
4 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether she plans to review legislation on Assets of Community Value.
ReplyCommunity spaces have a significant role to play in developing social networks, encouraging community participation, and promoting civic pride. The Assets of Community Value scheme in England provides communities with a route to protect cherished communit...
9 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing women over the age of 65 to request a cervical smear.
ReplyThere are currently no plans to make an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of extending the age of the National Health Service’s cervical screening programme beyond 65 years old. The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence to screen women ...