Damian Hinds MP: written questions 2024
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Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19673More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17780 on Employers' Contributions, if she will make an estimate of the (a) median and (b) mean average number of people employed by the employers that she expec
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17084 on Schools: Per Capita Costs, if she will provide these figures adjusted for inflation by the (a) retail price index and (b) consumer price index.
Answer: The GDP deflator is the standard measure of inflation for public spending and is an appropriate measure for school costs. Therefore, the department does not produce estimates for the real terms increases in spending per pupil using the Consumer Price Inde...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17084 on Schools: Per Capita Costs, how much and what proportion of the additional funding will be used for pay increases already awarded to teachers in th
Answer: In the 2024/25 financial year, the government announced almost £1.1 billion through the Core Schools Budget Grant (CSBG) to support schools with overall costs. This matches what the department had calculated is needed to fully fund, at a national level, t...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Work ExperienceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that people with learning disabilities are able to access as many work experience opportunities as people without learning disabilities.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have equitable access to work experience opportunities.Data published by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) provides evidence of an incr...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Work ExperienceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities can access work experience opportunities.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have equitable access to work experience opportunities.Data published by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) provides evidence of an incr...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Down's SyndromeDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve further education opportunities for people with Down syndrome.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Further education (FE) colleges must use their...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWritingDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of writing by hand in learning to write lessons.
Answer: The department supports the development of strong writing skills at each stage of children’s education and development.In the early years foundation stage (EYFS), it is important for children to develop their fine motor skills in order to write and allow ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNatural History: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects teaching of GCSE Natural History to begin.
Answer: All young people should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum with a range of qualification routes and choices. The government is considering the next steps for a natural history GCSE.The government has also established an independent Curriculum ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health professionals the previous Government planned to be placed in schools in each of the next three academic years; and how many he plans to place in schools in the same period.
Answer: Nationally, there are, on average, 8,400 pupils or learners and 17 schools or colleges per mental health support team (MHST), up to and including waves seven and eight. There are 109 MHSTs that will become part of the programme in waves nine and 10, with ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Employment and PayTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17784More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on (a) employment levels and (b) wages for (i) lower-paid and (ii) higher-paid
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: EmploymentTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17783More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed increases to employer national insurance contributions on (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Employment and PayTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17782More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) employment and (b) wage-level effects resulting from increases to employer National Insurance Contributions on (i) women and (ii) men.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17781More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total revenue to the public purse from increases in employer National Insurance Contributions for (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices, (c) hospices, (d) pharmacies and (e) othe
Answer: The latest forecasts for tax revenues were published alongside the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) October Economic and Fiscal Outlook. These forecasts are based on economic determinants, including wage growth and employment levels. The OBR do no...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17780More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 3 December 2024, Official Report, column 200, what estimate she has made of the (a) median and (b) mean average number of people
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17779More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of employers who will pay (a) the same and (b) less in employer National Insurance Contributions from April 2025.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the increase in school funding in the 2025-26 academic year (a) per pupil, (b) in real terms per pupil based on the GDP deflator and (c) in real terms per pupil based on Retail Pri
Answer: At the Autumn Budget 2024, the government announced an additional £2.3 billion for mainstream schools and young people with high needs for the 2025/26 financial year, compared to the 2024/25 financial year. This means that overall core school funding will...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 Nov 2024 to Question 15640 on Mental Health Services: Schools, whether the plan to introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school differs f
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Education to consider how to deliver our commitment of providing access to a specialist mental health professional in every school. We need to ensure that any support meets the ne...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: TaxationTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901600More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her tax policies on the unemployment rate.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 forecast, which takes into account tax measures announced in the Budget, expects the unemployment rate will fall to 4.1% next year and remain low until 2029.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will adjust the funding formula for early years education to allow for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for East Hampshire to the answer of 8 November 2024 to question 12070.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 5982 on Breakfast Clubs: Disadvantaged, whether this data was used to assess eligibility for the national schools breakfast programme in the 2024-25 academi
Answer: School-level data on the proportion of pupils living in bands A-F on the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index was used to assess the eligibility for new schools joining the National Schools Breakfast Programme in the 2024/25 academic year.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the eligibility criteria for free school meals so as to maintain the proportion of children who are eligible at the same level as in academic
Answer: The new government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps for children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. Chi...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making all children from families that receive Universal Credit eligible for free school meals.
Answer: The new government has a central mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child.The government has inherited a trend of rising child poverty and widening attainment gaps for children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. Chi...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Vocational Education: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential merits of having employers set standards for (a) apprenticeships and (b) T Levels through (i) Trailblazers and (ii) T Level Panels.
Answer: Employers are well placed to specify what knowledge, skills and behaviours lead to competence in an occupation, yet they tell the department that the current processes for preparing occupational standards can feel slow, bureaucratic, and time-consuming. T...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential merits of transferring standards approval powers for technical and vocational qualifications from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Answer: A consistent theme of the feedback the department receives from employers is the need for a system for developing training to become more responsive to their current and future skills needs. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Trans...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 November 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, Official Report, columns 347 and 348, what his timetable
Answer: As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, we will introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school, so that mental health conditions, such as anxi...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
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