Tag: Jenny Chapman

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-02-29.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that parents are aware of his proposals on the introduction of tax-free childcare.

Damian Hinds

The Government will publicise the scheme in good time ahead of its introduction through a range of digital and non-digital channels.

HM Revenue and Customs will also work with the childcare industry and representative groups who interact regularly with parents to raise awareness of the scheme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services on the health, wellbeing and performance of young people in schools and colleges.

Mr Sam Gyimah

We want children to do well academically. Attainment is supported if students have good health and mental wellbeing and when they have access to specialist mental health services where they need it.

The Government is investing an additional £1.4bn in children’s mental health this Parliament. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across the country have worked with partners, including schools and colleges, to produce local transformation plans for children and young people’s mental health services. These should set out what will be done locally to make the best use of the resources available – changing how child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are delivered in response to the challenges set out in the Future in Mind report and increasing the focus on preventative activity. NHS England has put the plans through an assurance process before releasing funds and is carrying out an analysis of plans to identify practice that can be shared to inform future planning.

In addition we have contributed to a £3m joint pilot with NHS England which is testing how single points of contact in CAMHS and schools can secure effective mental health support to pupils. The pilots are involving over 250 schools in 27 CCG areas through joint training, which supports schools and CAMHS leads to identify specific activity to improve support in their area.

The Department of Health has commissioned a new survey into the prevalence of mental health conditions in children and young people in England, the first since 2004. They expect this to be published in 2018.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to schools on their compliance with the milk requirements of her Department’s school food standards.

Mr Sam Gyimah

We have had one piece of correspondence on milk from a school in recent months. The Department does not collect data on the consumption of milk. The revised School Food Standards are effective from 1 January 2015 and designed to be easier to read and implement. A full public consultation on the School Food Standards regulations was held between 6 March and 16 April 2014. All schools were subsequently notified of the guidance through our termly communications with schools. The standards and guidance are available on gov.uk at:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england

http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/School-Food-Standards-Guidance-FINAL-140911-V2C.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations her Department has received from primary schools on the requirement to make milk available during the school day.

Mr Sam Gyimah

We have had one piece of correspondence on milk from a school in recent months. The Department does not collect data on the consumption of milk. The revised School Food Standards are effective from 1 January 2015 and designed to be easier to read and implement. A full public consultation on the School Food Standards regulations was held between 6 March and 16 April 2014. All schools were subsequently notified of the guidance through our termly communications with schools. The standards and guidance are available on gov.uk at:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-school-food-in-england

http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/School-Food-Standards-Guidance-FINAL-140911-V2C.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres were in operation on 1 March 2016.

Mr Sam Gyimah

On 1 March 2016 local authorities listed as being in operation 3,331 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children providing children’s centre services as part of a network.

Children’s centre records are maintained by local authorities and are made publicly available via the department’s “EduBase portal” at: http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on the provision of universal infant free school meals.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) have been a great success, with over 1.3m additional infants enjoying a nutritious, free meal at lunchtime and parents saving hundreds of pounds a year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under-18 year olds in prison have been starred up in each prison in each month during each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Andrew Selous

Starring up is the term used to define the process whereby young people under the age of 18 can be moved into the young adult estate prior to their eighteenth birthday. The starring up process can be used for a range of reasons, but past usage has mainly been in relating to the management of disruptive or violent behaviour or transfers to Mother and Baby Units.

In practice, the starring up process is rarely used and then only in exceptional circumstances.

No young person has been starred-up into the young adult estate since January 2014. Data in relation to the number of young people who were starred-up into the young adult estate in the three years prior to that, broken down by the establishment they were starred-up from and the month in which the decision was made is provided in the tables below.

2011

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Ashfield

1

1

Hindley

1

Wetherby

1

1

2012

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Feltham

1

Eastwood Park

1

Warren Hill

1

2013

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Warren Hill

1

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were serving on detached duty in each month from January 2011 to January 2014.

Jeremy Wright

A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013. Information on the number of officers serving on detached duty before the introduction of the national scheme is not available. The full-time equivalent of officers provided on detached duty from the beginning of the nationally co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.

The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.

Full Time Equivalent of Officers Working on Detached Duty ¹

– 21 October 2013 to 31 December 2013

	Full Time Equivalent Officers Provided on Detached Duty
Scheme started in October so no data available for earlier period
October 2013 (Data relates to part month from 21 October)	46
Nov-13	107
Dec-13	205

¹ Detached duty figures are not published but other staffing data is published up to 31 December 2013 and therefore information is only presented up until that date.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs for prison officers serving on detached duty in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

Jeremy Wright

Identifying total travel and accommodation costs for prisons serving detached duty would require manual collation of data from online expenses systems and travel providers, which would incur disproportionate cost.