Tag: Jamie Reed

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with local councils on their housing Syrian refugees.

Richard Harrington

The expansion of the scheme needs careful and meticulous planning to ensure we get it right. Local authorities will play a vital role as we look to harness the strong offers of support and assistance from across the UK.

This is a voluntary scheme whereby local authorities sign up to accept refugees on a voluntary basis. We are working closely with those local authorities that have indicated they wish to be involved as well as with the Local Government Association.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the morale of junior doctors of proposed changes to their employment contracts.

Ben Gummer

Staff morale including junior doctors is measured annually through the National Health Service Staff Survey using staff engagement scores.

A contract proposal has not yet been made in relation to junior doctors. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the Chair of the Junior Doctor’s Committee Dr Johann Malawana on 8 October providingfour cast iron guarantees on contract reform. He said that he was not seeking to make savings from the pay bill, he wished to have a contract that improves patient safety, that reduces not increases the number of hours junior doctors work each week and which ensures that in future the great majority of doctors will be at least as well paid as now. In particular, he referenced negotiations with the British Medical Association (BMA) consultants committee to make sure there is proper consultant cover at weekends so junior doctors are better supported. He also wanted Health Education England and the Royal Colleges to continue working with the BMA and NHS Employers to look at how the training experience can be improved more generally for juniors to better support work life balance including leave arrangements and recognising that juniors often have family responsibilities and choose to work part time. He asked the Junior Doctor’s Committee to re-enter negotiations and to work with others on the wider work on improving the training experience.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the articles contained in the European Convention on Human Rights his Department plans to omit in a future British Bill of Rights.

Dominic Raab

This Government will fully consult on our proposals this session before introducing legislation for a Bill of Rights. Further details will be announced this Autum.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve working conditions for employees in the social care sector.

Alistair Burt

The Government has taken a number of measures to improve working conditions for employees in the social care sector.

The Government has taken action where social care providers have not previously paid the National Minimum Wage, to ensure staff receive the money owed to them and are paid fairly in future. The Government will introduce a National Living Wage from April 2016 to ensure care workers are better paid for the vital work they do. Guidance from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has been updated to make it clear when staff must be paid for travelling time and rest breaks.

The Department continues to work closely with the social care sector to improve skills and is investing funding for training and developing the adult social care workforce.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Copeland constituency (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Funding from the department is primarily allocated at a local authority level so figures for Cumbria local authority are given below.

Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Cumbria are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.

Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:

Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)	2005-06 (baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Cumbria LA	3,800	4,020	4,280	4,440	4,640	4,860	4,830	4,830

These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:

Average revenue per pupil funding (real)	2005-06 (baseline)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Cumbria LA	4,670	4,790	4,960	5,020	5,120	5,210	5,090	5,000

Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.

The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, means there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Cumbria LA.

DSG schools block per pupil funding	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cumbria LA (cash)	4,449	4,449	4,569
Cumbria LA (real)*	4,513	4,449	4,524

*Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15

Since 2011-12, schools have received the pupil premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium per pupil (£)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Free School Meal Pupil Primary	£488	£623	£953	£1323	£1320
Free School Meal Pupil Secondary	£488	£623	£900	£935	£935
Service Children	£200	£250	£300	£300	£300
Looked After Children	£488	£623	£900	£1900*	£1900*

*Also includes children adopted from care

Total pupil premium allocations for Cumbria local authority and schools in the Copeland constituency for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-16 (prov.)
Cumbria LA	4.080	7.885	12.159	16.095	16.077
Copeland constituency	0.675	1.288	1.967	2.538	2.557

These figures in real terms:

Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-16 (prov.)
Cumbria LA	4.303	8.166	12.333	16.095	15.918
Copeland constituency	0.712	1.334	1.995	2.538	2.532

Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015

Figures for Copeland exclude the looked after children element as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.

The table below shows capital funding to Cumbria for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.

Cumbria
£m	Capital allocations
2005-06	28.3
2006-07	25.0
2007-08	26.6
2008-09	31.2
2009-10	83.3
2010-11	77.0
2011-12	45.6
2012-13	34.7
2013-14	24.4
2014-15	24.2
2015-16 (prov.)	5.4

Notes:

1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.

3. Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests he has received for an inquiry into benefit sanctions.

Priti Patel

We have interpreted this question to mean how many requests the Secretary of State has received for an inquiry into benefit sanctions since taking post.

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more people to train as teachers.

Nick Gibb

We believe that all pupils,regardless of birth or background, should have access to high-quality teachers. That is why we are committed to attracting top graduates and career-changers into teaching, and supporting schools to recruit and retain good teachers. Since 2010, we have introduced a series of initiatives to increase recruitment and raise standards of teachers and teaching. We have increased scholarships and training bursaries in priority subjects, which are now worth up to £30,000; we have expanded Teach First and given graduates the chance to earn a salary while they train; our pay reforms have given schools greater flexibility to decide how much they pay teachers and how quickly pay progresses, so there is now more opportunity for good teachers to progress more rapidly.

Whilst ensuring that we recruit sufficient numbers of new trainee teachers, we are also committed to supporting schools to retain good teachers. That is why we have made significant policy interventions in areas such as improving pupil behaviour and tackling unnecessary workload for teachers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposal to reduce the employment and support allowance work-related activity group rate on patients recovering from cancer.

Priti Patel

The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. These are available on the Parliament website: http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent classroom teachers have been employed in schools in (a) Copeland constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Nick Gibb

The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Copeland constituency, Cumbria local authority area, and England for November 2010 to November 2014.

	Copeland Constituency	Cumbria	England
November 2010	520	3,258	375,259
November 2011	481	3,166	371,674
November 2012	462	3,128	379,342
November 2013	492	3,218	385,459
November 2014	496	3,351	388,655

Source: School Workforce Census

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on planned reductions to the policing budget in Cumbria.

Mike Penning

Ministers are in regular contact with Police and Crime Commissioners and other interested parties and discuss a variety of matters, including resources. Ministers recently received representations from the Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable in response to the consultation on reform of the police funding arrangements in England and Wales.On the basis of our review of consultation responses and other feedback received we are proposing a number of refinements be made to the model. The Policing Minister wrote to all PCCs and Chiefs on 8 October to provide detail on the proposed refinements, set out the indicative force-level impact and invite further comments.