Karin Smyth

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Redundancy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that people who are made redundant are able to access suitable education and training between October 2020 and when the lifetime skills allowance

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Association of Education and Learning Providers on a stand-alone apprenticeships budget for SMEs.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was (a) raised by the Apprenticeship Levy and (b) spent by employers on apprenticeships in 2019-2020.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's ring-fenced annual apprenticeship budget was for the 2019-20 academic year; how much of that budget was spent on training and assessment; and whether there was an underspend in that academ

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's statistical data on apprenticeships and traineeships, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of apprenticeships starts in all age groups at in

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of intermediate level apprenticeship starts for young people under the age of 19 between May 2019 and May 2020; and what steps his Department is taking to incr

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new apprentices in (a) SMEs and (b) large employers taken on in (i) August and (ii) September 2020 are in placements where the employer benefitted from the Government payment announced in its Plan for

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new apprentices (a) aged under 25 and (b) aged over 25 were taken on in (i) August and (ii) September 2020 where the employer benefitted from the Government payment announced in its Plan for Jobs.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on the introduction of the 30 hour childcare extended entitlement of the Childcare survey 2020, published by Coram.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of the level of funding announced for early years' provision on (a) nurseries, (b) pre-schools and (c) childminders.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disadvantaged and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Improving local bus services in England outside London, published on 2 October 2020, HC 577, what assessment he has made of the effect of the loss of supporte

7 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Pre-school Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the job support scheme announced on 24 September 2020 will support early years' providers.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of Sate for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) the level of childcare provision available during the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment she has made of the effect of available childcare on the number of mothers taking

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on nursing staff retention of the Public Accounts Committee's report entitled, NHS Nursing Workforce, Eighteenth Report of Session 2

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of nurses the NHS needed to be able to safely meet demand and (b) the specialisms requiring additional nurses.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on the process for authorising the transfer to local ownership of NHS properties currently owned and managed by NHS Property Services.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will pause proposals for NHS trusts to (a) form or (b) make changes to subsidiary companies until after the Government has concluded its assessment of its proposals to reform VAT refund rules

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £325million capital funding that he announced in July 2017 at the Kings Fund for local projects to support transformation of patient care and modernisation of the NHS has bee

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with local authority leaders on legislative proposals that would put Integrated Care Systems on a statutory basis.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the organisational integration of NHS England and NHS Improvement.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 293621 on hospitals: construction, whether the criteria used referred to in paragraph five of that answer will be published.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 293621 on hospitals: construction, whether the business cases should be supported by the relevant sustainability and transformation partne

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 293621 on hospitals: construction, whether the business cases should be published.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 293621 on hospitals: construction, what assessment his Department has made of the amount of VAT that will be payable in respect of the 40

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests have been made to transfer to local ownership NHS properties owned and managed by NHS Property Services.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Property Services: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of the Addendum to the transactions guidance for trusts forming or changing a subsidiary will include the consideration of the role for NHS Property Services.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Property Services: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications by NHS trusts for permission for the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary company to manage property and estates included an appraisal of the option for NHS Property Service

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process is in place to authorise the transfer to local ownership of NHS properties currently owned and managed by NHS Property Services.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the periodic review of NHS Property Services Limited referred to by Sir Chris Wormald in oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on 9 September 2020 will include an assessment of the

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Property Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms of reference for the periodic review of NHS Property Services Limited referred to by Sir Chris Wormald in his oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on 9 Septem