Ian Sollom MP: written questions
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NHS Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to meet regularly with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board; and whether he plans to issue guidance to the Board on the the construction of a town
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to meet regularly with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, and is not taking any steps to issue guidance to the ICB on the construction of a town hub in Northstowe.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17649More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when applications for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will open to those infected after the cut-off date of 1991.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024, approved by Parliament in October, do not set out hard cut-off dates for determining whether a person is eligible for compensation based on when their infection was acquired. However, the evidence r...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17648More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason he has maintained the cut-off dates for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme does not have hard cut-off dates for determining whether a person is eligible for compensation based on when their infection was acquired. However, the evidence requirements will be higher where a person was infected...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for (a) her policies and (b) the labour market of changes in the level of the provision of maths in universities.
Answer: English universities are independent, autonomous institutions and are therefore free to choose which courses they run. Quality is assessed by the Office for Students, the regulator of higher education (HE) providers in England.The factor that makes the bi...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMathematics: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of maths provision in universities as part of the plan to recruit 6,500 new teachers.
Answer: English universities are independent, autonomous institutions and are therefore free to choose which courses they run. Quality is assessed by the Office for Students, the regulator of higher education (HE) providers in England.The factor that makes the bi...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: VATTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17327More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14160 on Higher Education: VAT, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling groups of universities to share VAT-exempt costs at contr
Answer: The requirement for groups using the cost sharing exemption to create a separate legal entity is in place to ensure that use of the exemption aligns with normal VAT principles that apply to all taxpayers. The Government keeps all taxes under review as par...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) permanently excluded from secondary schools in England in 2023-24; and what proportion of those pupils were identified as having SEND.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent full academic year release, for the 2022/23 academic year, is available at: https://explore-education-sta...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching hours have been missed by persistently absent pupils with SEND in the 2023-24 school year.
Answer: Information on pupil absence, including persistent absence and breakdowns by pupil characteristics, is published in the ‘Pupil absence in schools in England’ statistical release. This can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils had applications to state-funded mainstream schools rejected due to the school being unable to meet their identified SEND requirements in the 2023-24 school year.
Answer: School applications and admissions are handled by the local authority and individual schools’ admission authorities. Therefore, the department does not hold information on the reasons for applications to state-funded schools being refused.All mainstream, ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) permanently excluded from primary schools in England in 2023-24; and what proportion of such pupils were identified as having SEND.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent full academic year release, for the 2022/23 academic year, is available at: https://explore-education-sta...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: St NeotsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of having officials from her Department work at the St Neots Citizen Hub (a) on a permanent basis and (b) one day a week, in the context of helping
Answer: Our Service Leader for East Anglia is very happy to explore the potential to deliver job club/job search sessions at St Neots Citizen Hub. Our Partnership Manager for Cambridge, Huntingdon, Ely and Haverhill has already established a relationship with the...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on ensuring that children and young people in every community have access to drop in mental health support.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving mental health support for children and young people. Our commitment to roll out a network of Young Futures Hubs in every community to provide open access mental health support is proof of this.We are currently work...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the extra funding awarded to early support hubs after March 2025.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Autumn Budget to Parliament on 30 October 2024. As a Department, we are finalising the outcomes of the Budget. We will set out plans for mental health funding for 2025/26 in due course. We ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: CourtsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of backlogs in court cases on the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to ensure parents receive child maintenance payments on time.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) takes the impact of backlogs very seriously and regularly makes assessments in order to ensure payments are received on time. The Department and HM Courts and Tribunals Service maintain a vitally close working relations...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14780More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Infected Blood compensation payments to the estates of deceased infected people are the same as those for living infected people.
Answer: The compensation amounts available to people who are infected and affected differ depending on their circumstances. As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs h...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Scheme: InternetCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14778More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that information on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Summary gov.uk webpage remains (a) readily available, (b) accessible to the public and (c) up to date.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring there is regular communication with the public on infected blood. We will ensure that the gov.uk pages are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure the information remains up to date and correct. The Infected Blood ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14777More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that affected (a) siblings, (b) children and (c) parents of deceased infected people receive the same Infected Blood compensation payments as affected partners of deceased people.
Answer: The compensation amounts available to people who are infected and affected differ depending on their circumstances. As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs h...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14775More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Infected Blood compensation payments to affected (a) siblings, (b) children and (c) parents of deceased infected people will be given the same priority as those to living infected people.
Answer: Following feedback from the infected blood community, the previous administration committed to prioritising making payments to people living with infections as a result of contaminated blood or blood products first. This Government has upheld this commitm...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Scheme: HepatitisCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14774More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected persons, published on 23 August 2024, when he plans to publish further evidence requirements for people in
Answer: Under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, there are two ways for a directly infected individual to show eligibility, depending on the date of infection. For those infected during the specified date ranges, they only need to show that they received inf...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric PatientsHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained in health-based places of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year between 2017 and 2023; and what section of that Act they were held under.
Answer: The Home Office annually collects and publishes data on detentions under section 136 and section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as part of the Police Powers and Procedures publication series.The most recent data can be found in the Detentions under the...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Secure English Language Test on (a) international students, (b) research students and (c) skilled workers.
Answer: Secure English Language testing is already in place via commercial arrangements that underpin the policy requirements. The commercial arrangements, and those being considered for the future, will not negatively impact our customers but continue to support...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: VATTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14160More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting VAT charges for universities that undertake shared services as a cross-sharing group.
Answer: Universities can already benefit from exempting VAT charges for shared services within a cost sharing group providing certain conditions are met. This enables them to make efficiency savings by working together and sharing qualifying costs without incurri...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAcademies: AccountabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure academy trusts are subject to local accountability by parents and communities in instances where school policies and complaints procedures fail to resolve concerns.
Answer: Academies are required to have a complaints procedure in place that adheres to Part 7 of the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. Where parents or carers have concerns, they should first approach the academy, and it is their responsi...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service since the reforms announced in February 2024.
Answer: On the 26 February 2024, regulations came into place to remove the £20 Child Maintenance Service application fee as part of the Government’s response to help with the cost-of-living increase.This has resulted in an increase in applications in the quarter ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the Child Maintenance Service more accessible to parents.
Answer: The aim of the Child Maintenance Service is to create a modern accessible service through our digital transformation and Service Modernisation programmes, to allow our customers to have greater choice of how and when they contact us. Through our digital t...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
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