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Written Question
UTC Warrington
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure has been spent on UTC Warrington since its inception.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The system for approving new free schools is underpinned by a rigorous application and evaluation process. Each application is considered against published criteria, focusing on the capacity and track record of proposers, with extensive due diligence and financial viability checks carried out on the applicant and affordability and value for money checks on the application and business case.

The Department is working with the contractor to finalise capital costs for UTC Warrington. The Department publishes capital costs for all free schools, university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools on GOV.UK once all works are completed and costs are finalised.

Given that these can be large and complex projects, this can take some time between first opening and publication. Additional finalised capital costs for individual free schools, UTCs and studio schools will be published in due course.

UTCs receive funding based on their local authority formulae, so are funded in the same way as their academy and maintained school counterparts in Warrington. The revenue funding received in each academic year by UTC Warrington is as follows:

2016-17

£1,705,675

2017-18

£2,451,962

2018-19

£1,172,500

2019-20 (up to and including November 2019)

£548,672

Total

£5,878,810

In pre-opening, the Department gives free school projects and UTCs Project Development Grant (PDG) to cover essential non-capital costs up to the point at which the school opens.

The PDG rates that projects receive are determined by the type of school being opened. Once open, free schools and UTCs are funded on the same basis as other academies and maintained schools, although, as they grow, free schools and UTCs delivered through the government's central route also receive Post Opening Grant (POG). POG is given to reflect the additional costs in establishing a new publicly funded school which cannot be met through the General Annual Grant.

PDG and POG costs are published once free schools and UTCs are open, and POG costs are updated annually and can be found below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-free-schools-and-studio-schools.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-university-technical-colleges.


Written Question
UTC Warrington
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) qualified teachers, (b) support staff and (c) other staff are employed by UTC Warrington.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The number of qualified teachers, teaching assistants, other educational support staff and auxiliary staff in UTC Warrington in November 2018 is provided in the attached table.

The information provided is published in the ‘School Workforce in England, November 2018’ publication, which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2018.


Written Question
UTC Warrington
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the financial viability of UTC Warrington; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Education Skills and Funding Agency are currently in discussions with UTC Warrington about their plans for financial recovery. It would not be appropriate to make a statement at this time.


Written Question
UTC Warrington
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with representatives of (a) Warrington Borough Council and (b) hon. Members representing Warrington on UTC Warrington in advance of a decision being made on the future of that college.

Answered by Nick Gibb

As for all academy trusts, any decision on the future of UTC Warrington would be subject to the Department’s standard protocols, which includes engaging with key stakeholders and other interested parties.


Written Question
UTC Warrington
Thursday 31st October 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are currently on the roll at UTC Warrington.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The most recent figures for pupils on roll are from the school census for January 2019 which was published in June 2019. There were 258 pupils on roll at UTC Warrington at that time. Figures relating to January 2020 will be published in June 2020.

Further information can be found in the annual 'School, pupils and their characteristics' statistical release at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.

Information can also be found on the 'Get Information About Schools' web page, which can be found at:

https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142899.


Written Question
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Surgery
Thursday 27th June 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on Warrington and Halton NHS Trust offering operations as private procedures which used to be free on the NHS.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

As of 21 June 2019, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received no direct representations on Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offering operations as private procedures which used to be free on the National Health Service. There has been one representation to the Department from an individual about the matter.


Written Question
Surgery: Costs
Thursday 27th June 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the additional costs incurred by the NHS as a result of the postponement of operations that are not commissioned by Care Commissioning Groups until a certain threshold is reached.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

No such estimate has been made. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for working with their local communities to understand the needs of the populations they serve and make decisions about how best to commission services to meet those needs, in partnership with other local commissioners and organisations.

CCGs are also required to carefully consider the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines when making commissioning decisions.


Written Question
Surgery
Wednesday 26th June 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued to clinical commissioning groups on restricting access to operations until a person's medical condition worsens; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

It is for the local clinical commissioning group (CCG) to decide what services they commission for the people they are responsible for – this will mean making clinical judgements about the effectiveness and value of treatments, and the best allocation of resources. CCGs do this based on the healthcare needs of their local populations and clinical evidence, to ensure they are providing the best possible, sustainable care for their patients.

Treatment decisions should always be made by doctors based on a patient’s individual clinical needs and informed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines.

NICE clinical guidelines make many recommendations spanning all stages of care from diagnosis to treatment of a condition. They represent best practice and are based on available evidence and developed through consultation. Health professionals and organisations are expected to take the guidance fully into account when deciding treatments.

A fundamental principle of the National Health Service is that, for people who are ‘ordinarily resident’ in the United Kingdom, treatment is free at the point of need, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. Patient payments, other than those limited forms permitted by Regulations (such as prescription charges, payments for some clinical activity undertaken by dentists, and visitor and migrant charges) are contrary to NHS policy.


Written Question
Surgery: Private Sector
Wednesday 26th June 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued to NHS Trusts on charging for operations which were previously offered free on the NHS.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

It is for the local clinical commissioning group (CCG) to decide what services they commission for the people they are responsible for – this will mean making clinical judgements about the effectiveness and value of treatments, and the best allocation of resources. CCGs do this based on the healthcare needs of their local populations and clinical evidence, to ensure they are providing the best possible, sustainable care for their patients.

Treatment decisions should always be made by doctors based on a patient’s individual clinical needs and informed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines.

NICE clinical guidelines make many recommendations spanning all stages of care from diagnosis to treatment of a condition. They represent best practice and are based on available evidence and developed through consultation. Health professionals and organisations are expected to take the guidance fully into account when deciding treatments.

A fundamental principle of the National Health Service is that, for people who are ‘ordinarily resident’ in the United Kingdom, treatment is free at the point of need, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. Patient payments, other than those limited forms permitted by Regulations (such as prescription charges, payments for some clinical activity undertaken by dentists, and visitor and migrant charges) are contrary to NHS policy.


Written Question
Rape
Monday 17th June 2019

Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of rape were made in each region; and how many of these cases resulted in a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 2010.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

Rape is one of the most complex and challenging offences to prosecute and charging decisions have a profound impact on those involved. The CPS has undertaken extensive work over the last decade to ensure that when reaching prosecution decisions specialist prosecutors are fully equipped to deal with the particular complexities of rape cases.

While the CPS does not hold a record of the number of complaints of rape to the police, we can provide data on the number of rape prosecutions and convictions recorded by the CPS system.

The table below provides the volume of rape prosecutions broken down by CPS Area.

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

Cymru Wales

278

224

233

257

276

217

251

230

Eastern

212

239

201

224

266

298

275

226

East Midlands

293

311

278

252

271

277

320

383

London North

495

352

349

376

414

368

430

365

London South

366

316

318

354

397

366

416

357

Merseyside & Cheshire

142

135

127

120

143

176

243

202

North East

220

227

199

194

214

229

285

289

North West

478

459

455

454

556

557

601

469

South East

299

277

236

260

328

348

440

288

South West

222

257

300

288

287

306

296

310

Thames and Chiltern

202

203

181

204

266

269

303

187

Wessex

197

161

174

207

221

200

184

118

West Midlands

396

323

338

346

398

506

644

553

Yorkshire & Humberside

408

380

303

355

499

526

502

540

Total

4,208

3,864

3,692

3,891

4,536

4,643

5,190

4,517

Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System

The following table provides a breakdown by CPS Area of the volume of rape convictions.

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

Cymru Wales

146

140

135

149

150

115

139

140

Eastern

145

165

136

142

165

167

169

142

East Midlands

166

208

188

174

186

179

208

231

London North

258

191

187

208

217

197

232

187

London South

190

179

180

173

183

197

231

177

Merseyside & Cheshire

82

77

90

90

96

100

138

114

North East

144

128

126

112

108

125

156

167

North West

298

288

283

274

295

342

370

266

South East

165

177

151

155

187

175

232

159

South West

154

175

198

182

166

194

181

213

Thames and Chiltern

111

125

112

123

157

162

162

111

Wessex

105

110

117

108

90

99

133

78

West Midlands

240

200

227

226

263

309

345

311

Yorkshire & Humberside

261

251

203

232

318

328

295

339

Total

2,465

2,414

2,333

2,348

2,581

2,689

2,991

2,635

Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System