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A Bill to amend the law relating to mobile homes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on Tuesday 26th March 2013 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to enable electricity generators to become local electricity suppliers; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about protecting retention deposits in connection with construction contracts; and for connected purposes.
A bill to require the inclusion on vehicle fuel receipts of the amounts of each tax paid; to require all retail fuel pumps to display the amounts of taxes paid when dispensing fuel; and for connected purposes.
Local Electricity Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor - Jeremy Lefroy (CON)
This Government is committed to increasing the supply of specialist housing for older people and improving the diversity and quality of accommodation available so that they can choose the best housing option for them in the place they want to live.
That is why we are launching a new task force on the issue of older people’s housing which will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people and support the growth of a thriving older people’s housing sector in this country.
The Older Person’s Shared Ownership (OPSO) scheme is a Shared Ownership scheme intended for specific groups of properties developed for people aged 55 and over. It is the same as the standard Shared Ownership scheme, but applicants can only purchase up to 75% of a home’s equity, with no rent charged on the remaining 25%. Over the last five years, a total of 1,238 homes have been delivered by Homes England through the OPSO scheme.
As with all forms of housing offered through government schemes, including the Affordable Homes Programme, OPSO’s availability is contingent on the engagement of Registered Providers of Social Housing (RPs). As independent organisations, RPs are free to make their own commercial decisions as to the types of housing schemes they engage with.
The Government will publish a full Prospectus on the fund later in Spring 2022 in order for places to be fully equipped to write an Investment Plan.
The pre-launch guidance document provides further information on the overall focus of the fund, geographies over which the fund will operate and a summary of its investment priorities. This information will enable places to start planning and preparing for the full launch later in Spring 2022.
This Government is committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people and boosting the supply of specialist elderly accommodation. We continue to work closely with colleagues across government and with a range of stakeholders to look at how we can further support the growth of a thriving older people's housing sector. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models, including proposals from the sector for a cross-government taskforce.
The Department has been considering the responses to the call for evidence on local authority remote meetings and the Government will respond shortly.
The Department has been considering the responses to the call for evidence on local authority remote meetings and the Government will respond shortly.
We came into this pandemic with a record employment rate for women at 72.9% to the end March 2020, and our measures so far have protected millions of jobs.
The Government has launched a plan for jobs to Get Britain Back into Work, targeting support to get those who can, back into work as quickly as possible. We will work to provide more intensive support for those who are further away from the labour market.
The Government recognises that biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil biodiesel may play a role in future off-gas-grid decarbonisation, particularly for properties that are not suitable for a heat pump.
However, further evidence is needed to consider what role these biofuels could play and to develop the policy framework which would support such a role.
The forthcoming Biomass Strategy will consider evidence on the likely supply and sustainability of mass feedstocks, including those used to produce biofuels, available to the UK, the total lifecycle emissions for different biomass uses, and the best uses of biomass across the economy to achieve the Government’s net zero target.
Due to high levels of interest in the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project, the majority of applicants did not progress through to installation, because they either did not meet the project requirements - including a target of 85% of homes to be on the gas grid - or withdrew from the project. Further findings and data from the project will be published in due course.
As set out in the Heat and Buildings Strategy, the Government is taking action now to decarbonise heat in buildings and to stay on track to meet net zero. Extensive evidence suggests that heat pumps are a cost-effective means of decarbonising heat in homes and businesses. The Government will soon launch the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to support the installation of heat pumps. The Electrification of the Heat Demonstration Project will provide further insights into enabling heat pump deployment. Findings and data from the project will be published in due course.
The Employment Bill will support the Government’s aim to build a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy that delivers on our ambition to make the UK the best place in the world to work and grow a business. COVID-19 is having a profound impact on the labour market, so it is right that we introduce the Employment Bill when we are sure it will address the needs of businesses and workers in the post-Covid economy. We will bring forward the Employment Bill when the Parliamentary time allows it. In the meantime, we will continue to take necessary action to support businesses and protect jobs.
We have already made significant progress in bringing forward legislation to protect workers’ rights, including:
Announcing a new naming scheme for employers who fail to pay Employment Tribunal awards.
We are making the UK a Science Superpower and the Spending Review confirmed we will be funding the fastest increase in R&D spending ever. We are increasing core science funding, doubling Innovate UK’s budget, giving £800m for ARIA and putting £1.7bn into Net Zero R&D.
The December 2020 Energy White Paper committed the Government to review the overall retail market regulatory framework, including for energy supply, to make sure that it is fit for purpose in the future, and accommodates emerging and innovative business models that can best meet consumer needs and contribute to our net-zero ambitions. The Government will engage with industry and consumer groups this year to assess what market framework changes may be required, in advance of a formal consultation.
As set out in the Energy White Paper, the Government will consult on an energy sector Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) for Ofgem during the course of 2021. The consultation will be a chance to engage with stakeholders from across the energy sector.
The SPS will reflect the strategic priorities and policy outcomes of the Government’s energy policy and the roles of Government, Ofgem and other parties which are collectively responsible for delivering these outcomes.
The current electricity licence exemptions regime already provides a framework for small scale electricity supply without the need for a licence. For example, there is an exemption for those who do not at any time supply more electrical power than 5 megawatts of which not more than 2.5 megawatts is supplied to domestic consumers.
The recent call for evidence is part of a wider review of the exemptions regime. We are currently considering responses to the call for evidence and will issue a response in due course.
The Government has ongoing discussions with Community Energy England and other community and local energy groups, and the views and evidence provided are being taken into account as we consider future plans for community energy in the Net Zero Strategy.
Ofgem are required to publish a report on the SEG each calendar year, starting in 2021. Ofgem are currently in the process of collecting data from suppliers, with plans to publish the first report later this year. This will include information regarding available SEG tariffs, the size and technology of installations, the electricity exported, and the payments provided. BEIS will review the findings and consider whether any changes to the SEG are required in the future.
On route to market for community energy generators, our recent call for evidence, as part of a wider review of the licence exemptions regime for supply and generation, is designed to ensure licence exemptions are fit for purpose in the changing landscape. BEIS are currently considering responses and will issue a response in due course.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The Government welcomes the nuclear industry’s ambition to support low-carbon hydrogen production. BEIS funded EdF’s ‘Hydrogen to Heysham’ feasibility study[1] showing that current nuclear technologies are technically capable of producing low-carbon hydrogen in the 2020s. Recognising planned decommissioning and the time required to build new nuclear, we assess that the amount of hydrogen produced from nuclear in this period will be determined by the availability of nuclear power for this purpose.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We intend to support a range of low carbon production methods but will be guided by timing, volumes and other considerations to meet our 5GW ambition. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydrogen-supply-competition
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The Government welcomes the nuclear industry’s ambition to support low-carbon hydrogen production. BEIS funded EdF’s ‘Hydrogen to Heysham’ feasibility study[1] showing that current nuclear technologies are technically capable of producing low-carbon hydrogen in the 2020s. Recognising planned decommissioning and the time required to build new nuclear, we assess that the amount of hydrogen produced from nuclear in this period will be determined by the availability of nuclear power for this purpose.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We intend to support a range of low carbon production methods but will be guided by timing, volumes and other considerations to meet our 5GW ambition. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydrogen-supply-competition
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The UK has abundant sources of renewable electricity, and the Prime Minister has made a further commitment to deploying 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, alongside further deployment of onshore wind.
Our ongoing work with stakeholders suggests there is a strong pipeline of electrolytic hydrogen projects ready to deploy in the 2020s, building on our existing investment in research and innovation to ensure we can achieve the scale up in low carbon hydrogen production necessary to meet our future energy needs.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition, including electrolytic projects using offshore and onshore wind as a primary electricity input. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The UK has abundant sources of renewable electricity, and the Prime Minister has made a further commitment to deploying 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, alongside further deployment of onshore wind.
Our ongoing work with stakeholders suggests there is a strong pipeline of electrolytic hydrogen projects ready to deploy in the 2020s, building on our existing investment in research and innovation to ensure we can achieve the scale up in low carbon hydrogen production necessary to meet our future energy needs.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition, including electrolytic projects using offshore and onshore wind as a primary electricity input. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The UK has abundant sources of renewable electricity, and the Prime Minister has made a further commitment to deploying 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, alongside further deployment of onshore wind.
Our ongoing work with stakeholders suggests there is a strong pipeline of electrolytic hydrogen projects ready to deploy in the 2020s, building on our existing investment in research and innovation to ensure we can achieve the scale up in low carbon hydrogen production necessary to meet our future energy needs.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition, including electrolytic projects using offshore and onshore wind as a primary electricity input. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan confirmed our aim, working with industry, for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy.
The UK has abundant sources of renewable electricity, and the Prime Minister has made a further commitment to deploying 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, alongside further deployment of onshore wind.
Our ongoing work with stakeholders suggests there is a strong pipeline of electrolytic hydrogen projects ready to deploy in the 2020s, building on our existing investment in research and innovation to ensure we can achieve the scale up in low carbon hydrogen production necessary to meet our future energy needs.
The forthcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy will set out further detail on the role of hydrogen production technologies in meeting our 5GW ambition, including electrolytic projects using offshore and onshore wind as a primary electricity input. This ambition will be supported by a range of measures, including a £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022. We will be consulting shortly on these measures, alongside the publication of the UK Hydrogen Strategy.
Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy published on 17 March, commits to work with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.
Hydrogen, electrification, and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) are the main technological options being examined as part of this process. The industry decarbonisation pathways technical annex of the strategy (pg. 153-155) presents two possible options for the decarbonisation of the iron and steel industry.
Our wide-ranging support for the steel sector includes: providing over £500m in recent years to help with the costs of energy; a £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which aims to support businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and reduce carbon emission; and our £250m Clean Steel Fund that will support the decarbonisation of the steel sector.
The first ever UK Hydrogen Strategy is set to be published before summer recess and will lay out what is required to build a hydrogen economy fit for 2030, Carbon Budget 6 and beyond, whilst maximising economic benefits and supporting jobs and skills.
The UK currently produces only a minimal amount of low carbon hydrogen, for localised transport projects or trials and testing in other end uses, and a significant increase in production levels will be required to meet our future energy needs. My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan was clear on our aim for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy. We have already published an expression of interest for our Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition to support further innovation in this area.
We will also consult, alongside the Hydrogen Strategy, on policy instruments to further support an increase in low carbon hydrogen production, including the £240m Net-Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF) and our preferred long term, sustainable business model, which we will finalise in 2022.
My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan was clear on our aim for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy. The forthcoming Hydrogen Strategy will set out what is required to build a hydrogen economy fit for 2030, Carbon Budget 6 and beyond, whilst maximising economic benefits. We will also consult on priority policies, including hydrogen business models, a low carbon hydrogen standard, and the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.
The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 17 March, commits to work with the newly constituted Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’. Hydrogen-based steelmaking is one of the technological approaches being examined as part of this process.
To support these efforts, the Government has announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through investment in new technologies and processes. The decarbonisation of the steel sector and industry more widely will also be supported through the £1 billion CCUS Infrastructure Fund (CIF) and the £240m NetZero Hydrogen Fund.
As part of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) application process, lenders undertake fraud checks, including Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering checks as required. In addition, the application form is clear – any individual who knowingly provides false information is at risk of criminal prosecution. We are working across Departments, along with lenders and law enforcement agencies to tackle fraudulent abuse of the scheme.
The borrower is required to self-declare that they meet the eligibility criteria for the scheme and are required to state whether they understand the costs associated with the repayment of the loan. They must also confirm that they are able, and intend to, complete timely repayments in future. Furthermore, the maximum facility size for any business borrowing under BBLS is subject to affordability limits specific to each business.
In May we published the Online Safety Bill in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny. Pre-legislative scrutiny finished on 14 December, when the Joint Committee reported with its recommendations. The DCMS sub-Committee and the Petitions Committee have both since also published reports relating to the Bill. Our intention remains to introduce the Bill as soon as possible, subject to the parliamentary timetable.
We have listened to stakeholders’ and parliamentarians’ views and have already announced several major policy changes to the Bill as a result. These include strengthening and clarifying the approach to illegal content, and widening the scope of the Bill to ensure that all pornography websites will have a duty to protect children from accessing their sites. We expect companies to take steps now to improve safety, and not wait for the legislation to come into force before acting.
The government recognises that the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be very challenging for businesses, including in the bingo sector. In recognition of the impact of requiring some businesses to remain closed for a longer period, an enhanced package of support was introduced, including Restart Grants of up to £18,000 per premises, specifically for those which were required to remain closed beyond Step 2. The package also included extensions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, with further discretionary funding for allocation by Local Authorities.
Bingo clubs have accessed £44m of government support via the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (£26.8m), Eat Out to Help Out (£600k), Business Rates Relief (£15.9m) and Grant funding (£1.6m). We are continuing to work with organisations in the land-based gambling sector to understand the impacts now that they are open.
The government recognises that the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be very challenging for businesses, including in the bingo sector. In recognition of the impact of requiring some businesses to remain closed for a longer period, an enhanced package of support was introduced, including Restart Grants of up to £18,000 per premises, specifically for those which were required to remain closed beyond Step 2. The package also included extensions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, with further discretionary funding for allocation by Local Authorities.
Bingo clubs have accessed £44m of government support via the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (£26.8m), Eat Out to Help Out (£600k), Business Rates Relief (£15.9m) and Grant funding (£1.6m). We are continuing to work with organisations in the land-based gambling sector to understand the impacts now that they are open.
The Government intends to publish the Tourism Recovery Plan shortly. Alongside addressing short and medium term challenges, the plan will set out a long-term framework for how the Government will work with the sector to build back better from the pandemic - and ultimately develop a more sustainable, innovative, and data-driven tourism industry.
The dedicated schools grant (DSG) conditions of grant permit local authorities to transfer 0.5% or below of their schools block funding, with the consent of their schools forum. Where the schools forum does not agree, or the transfer is above 0.5%, the local authority can apply to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to disapply the conditions of grant. This is known as a disapplication request.
In the 2021/22 financial year, the department received 16 block movement disapplication requests. One of these was withdrawn before a decision was made.
The table below details the further 15 requests, the name of the local authority, the amount of transfer requested in both percentage and cash, and the final decision. To note, the table below represents what was approved. Actual amounts transferred may differ.
Local Authority Name | Amount as a % of the schools block | Amount £ | Decision |
Swindon | 0.12% | £191,100 | Rejected |
West Sussex | 0.50% | £2,500,000 | Rejected |
Oxfordshire | 0.50% | £2,000,000 | Rejected |
Surrey | 0.50% | £3,400,000 | Rejected |
Cheshire East | 0.50% | £1,100,000 | Rejected |
Cambridgeshire | 1.00% | £3,800,000 | Rejected |
Dudley | 1.00% | £2,180,000 | Rejected |
Barnsley | 1.00% | £1,633,650 | Approved |
Kent | 1.00% | £12,266,780 | Approved |
BCP* | 1.10% | £2,406,161 | Rejected (Forum agreed 0.50%) |
Southwark | 1.20% | £3,100,000 | Approved |
South Gloucestershire | 1.30% | £2,200,000 | Approved |
Norfolk | 1.50% | £8,000,000 | Rejected (Forum agreed 0.50%) |
Rotherham | 1.50% | £3,000,000 | Approved |
Hillingdon | 2.30% | £5,500,000 | Rejected |
In the 2022/23 financial year, the department received 19 block movement disapplication requests. Six of these were withdrawn before a decision was made. The table below details the further 13 requests, the name of the local authority, the amount of transfer requested in both percentage and cash, and the final decision. To note, the table below represents what was approved. Actual amounts transferred may differ.
Local Authority Name | Amount as a % of the schools block | Amount £ | Decision |
Leicestershire | 0.50% | £2,300,000 | Rejected |
Staffordshire | 0.50% | £2,800,000 | Rejected |
Wokingham | 0.50% | £630,000 | Rejected |
Cheshire East | 0.50% | £1,200,000 | Rejected |
Oxfordshire | 0.50% | £1,600,000 | Rejected |
West Northamptonshire | 0.69% | £2,100,000 | Approved |
Merton | 0.70% | £1,000,000 | Approved |
Halton | 1.00% | £1,017,926 | Approved |
Kent | 1.00% | £10,000,000 | Approved |
Barnsley | 1.00% | £1,697,773 | Approved |
South Gloucestershire | 1.18% | £2,200,000 | Approved |
Norfolk | 1.50% | £8,473,445 | Approved |
Rotherham | 1.50% | £3,235,707 | Approved |
*BCP = Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The department is aiming to introduce a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) as soon as possible, if it meets the rigorous requirements that apply to all GCSEs. Officials are currently working closely with subject experts and Ofqual to develop the draft subject content. The department plans to consult publicly on the draft content later this year.
There are no current plans to make BSL a compulsory part of the national curriculum. Schools are free to teach BSL as part of their school curriculum to meet the needs of their pupils.
The lagged funding mechanism for 16-19 education provides institutions with clear allocations, allowing them to make plans with confidence. However, from the 2020/21 academic year we have introduced T Levels which are currently funded in-year and have been developed in collaboration with employers and businesses so that the content meets the needs of industry. Further education colleges can also benefit from a High Value Course Premium (HVCP) of £400 per student. The HVCP was introduced in the 2020/21 academic year to encourage and support delivery of courses that are both associated with higher earnings and strategically important. We have announced this premium will increase by 50% to £600 per student in the 2022/23 academic year, to further strengthen the impact of the premium in encouraging and supporting colleges to deliver these key subjects.
In the 2021/22 financial year we made £95 million available for further education providers to deliver the free courses for jobs offer, which gives all adults access to their first level 3 qualifications in sector subject areas with strong wage outcomes and the ability to address key skills needs. It was confirmed at Budget that funding will be available for the next three years, and from April 2022 eligibility for the level 3 free courses for jobs offer will be expanded to also include any adult in England who is unemployed or earns under the national living wage annually, even if they have a level 3 qualification or higher.
We are continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) (£1.34 billion in 2021/22). The principal purpose of the AEB is to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.
Currently, approximately 60% of the AEB is devolved to nine Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Mayor of London, acting where appropriate through the Greater London Authority. These authorities are now responsible for the provision of AEB-funded adult education for their residents and allocation of the AEB to providers. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will continue to be responsible for the remaining AEB in non-devolved areas.
ESFA providers’ AEB allocations for financial year 2021/22 have stayed the same as in 2020/21, with adjustments for the impact of devolution and to remove allocations that were for one year only. This was the fairest approach, enabling providers to support local economic recovery in 2021/22.
In-year performance management processes and rules are in place and these are detailed in the Adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2021 to 2022, found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/adult-education-budget-aeb-funding-rules-2021-to-2022.
For the financial year 2021/22, we are also giving providers the opportunity to earn an additional 3% on top of their ESFA AEB allocation for over-delivery to support growth in adult skills participation.
The department forecasts 16-19 year old student numbers, taking into account population forecasts, when considering the need for future education funding for 16-19 year olds. The future budgets for this education provision will be considered in the Spending Review this autumn.
The department invested an additional £291 million in 16-19 education in the 2021-22 financial year. This was in addition to the £400 million awarded in the 2019 Spending Review. This allowed us to maintain the base rate of funding at £4,188 for all types of providers and to continue with the increased funding for high value and high cost subjects, including the High Value Courses Premium.
This year, the department has also made £83 million in capital funding available through the Post-16 Capacity Fund to support eligible post-16 providers to accommodate the upcoming increase in 16-19 year olds. Bids are currently being assessed and the outcome will be announced in due course.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, have already been working on Universal Credit matters, and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a temporary extension to the length of time people can undertake training to develop work-related skills and qualifications, whilst still receiving Universal Credit to support their living costs. The length of time that Universal Credit claimants can spend on work-related, full-time training has been extended from up to 8 weeks to up to 12 weeks throughout the UK, and up to 16 weeks in England for the purpose of attending Skills Bootcamps. The change was implemented on 26 April and will run for a 6-month period, after which time the impact of this change will be reviewed.
There is already close and cross working across the government in respect of skills and employment. In England, the pre-employment training element of the DWP-led sector-based work academy programme (SWAP) is funded by the Department for Education through the adult education budget, which in several regions is managed by the relevant mayoral combined authority. The department is working with DWP to help deliver the extra 80,000 SWAP places for financial year 2021/22 announced by DWP in February this year. Professional, impartial careers information, advice and guidance underpins the range of measures being offered via the Plan For Jobs. Careers advisers help individuals and organisations to consider the different programmes, including apprenticeships, traineeships, Kickstart, SWAP, learning and upskilling opportunities, and help them to determine which route would be best for them. The department continues to work closely with DWP to make sure that our respective offers for job seekers and universal credit claimants complement each other and that customers enjoy a joined-up user experience, which helps them to progress.
The department is also working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the green jobs task force, which focuses on the immediate and longer-term challenges of delivering skilled workers for the UK’s transition to a net zero agenda.
We are investing an additional £291 million in 16-19 education in the 2021/22 financial year. This is in addition to the £400 million awarded in the 2019 Spending Review. This will allow us to maintain the base rate of funding at £4,188 for all types of providers and to continue with the increased funding for high value and high cost subjects, including the High Value Courses Premium. Overall, there has been an increase in cash terms of funding per student of over 9% in published allocations for the 2020/21 academic year compared with the 2019/20 academic year. This is following the rate increases in the 2019 Spending Review, and these higher rates will be maintained in 2021/22 allocations.
We are continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB): £1.34 billion in the 2020/21 academic year.
Future funding for 16-19 and AEB provision beyond 2021/22 is subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
We are also investing £138 million from the National Skills Fund for Free Courses for Jobs and Skills Bootcamps offers over the current Spending Review period. We remain committed to £2.5 billion investment, in England, for the National Skills Fund across five years.
In the 2021/22 financial year, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England is almost £2.5 billion, double what was spent in 2010/11.
We are supporting employers to increase the use of apprenticeships by increasing the incentive payments for employer to £3,000 for each new apprentice they hire as a new employee.
The latest estimate as of the end of 2019 for the proportion of adults, aged between 19 and 64 years, who have level 2 as their highest qualification is 18%, as estimated by the Labour Force Survey and reported in the publication education and training statistics for the UK.
Data on employment, unemployment, pay and income, and benefits by highest qualification level for the wider age group of 16 to 64 year olds in the UK is estimated using the Annual Population Survey of 2019.
The table below shows the percentage and number of working age people, aged 16 to 64 years old, in the UK who are and not in full time education and either employed, economically inactive or unemployed who reported their highest qualification as level 2 in 2019. Those claiming benefits would either be classified as unemployed or economically inactive in the table below.
| Percentage with level 2 as highest qualification | Number with level 2 as highest qualification |
Employed | 76% | 4,640,000 |
Unemployed | 3% | 210,000 |
Economically Inactive | 21% | 1,277,000 |
Total | 100% | 6,128,000 |
Percentages in tables are rounded to whole numbers and figures are rounded to the nearest 1000.
The Department’s advice on face coverings is outlined clearly in published guidance, which can be found at the following links: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-in-education.
We have also published information for parents and carers about attending schools, nurseries and colleges in the spring term 2021. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak.
Our recommendation regarding the use of face coverings in classrooms applies to those in schools and colleges where Year 7 and above are educated unless social distancing can be maintained in classrooms. Whilst we recognise that the wearing of face coverings may impact communication, increased use of face coverings will strengthen the current safety measures in place in schools and support the return to face to face education.
As the guidance outlines, those who rely on visual signals for communication, or communicate with or provide support to such individuals, are currently exempt from any requirement to wear face coverings in schools and colleges or in public places. The same exemptions apply in schools and we expect staff, pupils and students to be sensitive to those needs, noting that some people are less able to wear face coverings and that the reasons for this may not be visible to others.
Schools should follow the system of controls as outlined in our guidance and put in place proportionate control measures that suit their individual circumstances, based on a thorough risk assessment. This should include making reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils and students to support them to access education successfully.
We continue to provide information to the sector on our guidance, and any changes to it, through regular departmental communications. These additional precautionary measures will be kept under review and we will update guidance as necessary.
The Department continues to work closely with other Government Departments throughout its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care, as well as stakeholders across the sector. We continue to work to ensure that our policy is based on the latest scientific and medical advice, to continue to develop comprehensive guidance based on the PHE-endorsed ‘system of controls’ and to understand the impact and effectiveness of these measures on staff, pupils and parents.
The Department has recently published updated guidance for schools to support the return to full attendance from 8 March 2021, which includes updated advice on face coverings. The guidance can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/964351/Schools_coronavirus_operational_guidance.pdf.
As the guidance outlines, where pupils in Year 7 and above are taught, we recommend that face coverings should be worn by adults and pupils when moving around the premises, outside of classrooms, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing cannot easily be maintained.
In addition, from 8 March 2021, we now also recommend that in those schools where pupils in Year 7 and above are taught, face coverings should be worn in classrooms unless social distancing can be maintained.
Some individuals are exempt from wearing face coverings. This includes people who cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability, or if you are speaking to or providing assistance to someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expressions to communicate. The same legal exemptions that apply to the wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport also apply in schools.
Transparent face coverings, which may assist communication with someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expression to communicate, can also be worn. There is currently very limited evidence regarding the effectiveness or safety of transparent face coverings, but they may be effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19.
We are recommending these additional precautionary measures for a for a time limited period until Easter. As with all measures, we will keep this under review and update guidance as necessary.
The Department continues to work closely with other Government Departments throughout its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care, as well as stakeholders across the sector. We continue to work to ensure that our policy is based on the latest scientific and medical advice, to continue to develop comprehensive guidance based on the PHE-endorsed ‘system of controls’ and to understand the impact and effectiveness of these measures on staff, pupils and parents.
The Department has recently published updated guidance for schools to support the return to full attendance from 8 March 2021, which includes updated advice on face coverings. The guidance can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/964351/Schools_coronavirus_operational_guidance.pdf.
As the guidance outlines, where pupils in Year 7 and above are taught, we recommend that face coverings should be worn by adults and pupils when moving around the premises, outside of classrooms, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing cannot easily be maintained.
In addition, from 8 March 2021, we now also recommend that in those schools where pupils in Year 7 and above are taught, face coverings should be worn in classrooms unless social distancing can be maintained.
Some individuals are exempt from wearing face coverings. This includes people who cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability, or if you are speaking to or providing assistance to someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expressions to communicate. The same legal exemptions that apply to the wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport also apply in schools.
Transparent face coverings, which may assist communication with someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expression to communicate, can also be worn. There is currently very limited evidence regarding the effectiveness or safety of transparent face coverings, but they may be effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19.
We are recommending these additional precautionary measures for a for a time limited period until Easter. As with all measures, we will keep this under review and update guidance as necessary.
252,580 children were recorded as having domestic abuse as a factor at the end of their referral assessment[1] in the year ending 31 March 2019. This includes children where the assessment has raised concerns about the child, concerns about the parent(s) or concerns about other adults in the household. We do not publish figures showing where there are solely concerns about the child being the victim of domestic abuse. 46.0% of children in need on 31 March 2019 have special educational needs (SEN), including 21.6% with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Figures for the number of children with domestic abuse as an assessment factor and an EHC plan are not available.
For school attendance, 69,000 of the children and young people in attendance on Thursday 7 May were classed by schools as vulnerable. Of these, around 20,800 of the children and young people in attendance on Thursday 7 May were children and young people with SEN who have an EHC plan. Figures for the number of children with domestic abuse as an assessment factor are not available in the school attendance data collection.
Please note that the department has set an expectation that children with a social worker, including those where domestic abuse is a factor, are to attend. This is the expectation unless their social worker decides that they are at less risk at home or in their placement, for example, due to underlying health conditions. In the event of non-attendance, providers should follow up with the parent or carer – and social worker or local authority, where appropriate – to explore reasons for absence. Where a vulnerable child does not take up their place at school or college or discontinues, the provider should notify their social worker. Where appropriate, they should keep in contact with the family.
[1] When a child is referred to children’s social care, an assessment is carried out to identify if the child is in need of services, which local authorities have an obligation to provide under section 17 of the Children Act 1989. These services can include, for example, family support (to help keep together families experiencing difficulties), leaving care support (to help young people who have left local authority care), adoption support or disabled children’s services (including social care, education and health provision).
?The Government is already taking significant steps to promote physical literacy and competitive sport in schools. Through the Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium, we have invested over £1 billion of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve physical education (PE) and sport since 2013. Positive outcomes reported by schools include increases in the level of competitive sport, increases in the proportion of children doing 30 minutes of activity each day at school, and increases in teacher knowledge and confidence.
The Government also provides support for competitive sport through the School Games programme funded by Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust. It provides events at local, regional and national levels in 40 different sports. Schools can also enter competitions run by the different National Governing Bodies for sports.
The Department is working with DCMS to develop further proposals to deliver on the manifesto commitment to invest in primary school PE teaching and ensure that it is being properly delivered to develop physical literacy. We will also build on our existing School Sport and Activity Action plan to do more to help schools make good use of their sports facilities including for competitive sport. Proposals will be confirmed later in the year.
The UK EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) provides for each Party to grant access to fish non-quota species at the average tonnage fished in the reference period 2012-2016, for a five and a half year adjustment period. There are no catch limits for individual vessels fishing for non-quota species.
The engine power of UK vessels fishing with fly seining equipment in the southern North Sea and English Channel ranges from 749kW to 1325KW. While the length of these vessels varies between 23.9 and 36.6 metres. European Commission vessels with fly seining equipment are listed on the public EC fleet register.
Vessels are currently not required to have a specific permit for Scottish seining (fly shooting). Fishing licences issued to fish in UK water are not restricted by area other than for those vessels fishing in Territorial waters.
The Government is currently reviewing its policy on fly-shooting vessels and large pelagic trawlers in UK waters. Any action taken needs to be evidence-based, and in line with the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
In 2021 there were nine UK vessels fishing with fly seining equipment in the southern North Sea and the English Channel in the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) areas 7d and 7e (these area codes refer to ICES Rectangles which are a sub-division of the sea surface area each approximately 30 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles in size; ICES Rectangle is the highest resolution of spatial landings data available for all UK fishing vessels). European vessels with fly seining equipment are listed on the public European Commission fleet register. Under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, licensing arrangements in the Territorial waters between the UK and the EU were based on vessels that were active in the respective zones during the reference period. This track record arrangement is not gear specific.
The requirement to pre-notify imports of Products of Animal Origin (POAO) for human consumption will be introduced on 1 January 2022. From 1 July 2022, these imports of POAO must also be accompanied by a certified Export Health Certificate and enter via a point of entry with a designated Border Control Post (BCP), where they will be subject to documentary, ID, and physical checks.
The requirement for pre-notification, phytosanitary certificates and risk-based import checks (documentary, identity and physical) have been in place for many years for all regulated plants and plant products from non-EU countries.
In January 2021, these requirements were extended to also include ‘high priority’ plants and plant products from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. ‘High priority’ plants and plant products are those which present the greatest potential biosecurity risk to GB and includes all plants for planting, potatoes and some seed.
The requirements will be further extended during 2022, to include all other regulated plants and plant products from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, such as fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers, starting with pre-notification on 1 January and followed by phytosanitary certificates and risk-based import checks on 1 July 2022.
Information relating to this question is already published:
The data requested is set out in the below table.
North Sea sole | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 21,361 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 2,446 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 797 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (b) | 18,817 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £13.0m |
North Sea plaice | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 143,419 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 37,113 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 88 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (a) | 51,985 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £18.8m |
(a) post-landing obligation exemption deductions, and pre-allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) | |
(b) taken from the UK-EU negotiation Written Record as the final EU TAC and Quota Regulation is not yet published, so this is pre-landing obligation exemption deductions and allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) |
Information relating to this question is already published:
The data requested is set out in the below table.
North Sea sole | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 21,361 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 2,446 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 797 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (b) | 18,817 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £13.0m |
North Sea plaice | |
2021 Total allowable catch (a) | 143,419 tonnes |
2021 UK opening quota (a) | 37,113 tonnes |
2021 UK under-10m fleet pool allocation (a) | 88 tonnes |
2021 EU opening quota (a) | 51,985 tonnes |
2021 estimated value of the increase in the UK’s opening quota compared to 2020 (based on 2019 UK average landings prices) | £18.8m |
(a) post-landing obligation exemption deductions, and pre-allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) | |
(b) taken from the UK-EU negotiation Written Record as the final EU TAC and Quota Regulation is not yet published, so this is pre-landing obligation exemption deductions and allocations adjustments (e.g. quota banked from previous year) |
The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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The data requested is set out in the tables below
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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North Sea plaice |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 131,714 | 129,917 | 112,643 | 125,435 | 146,852 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 34,864 | 34,388 | 29,816 | 26,336 | 25,538 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 87,630 | 86,435 | 74,942 | 90,319 | 111,034 |
UK landings | 18,733 | 14,962 | 9,550 | 7,323 | 5,525 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 59,610 | 49,562 | 39,957 | 32,044 | 25,856 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 13,203 | 12,663 | 11,513 | 9,391 | 6,038 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 96 | 73 | 36 | 28 | 19 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 226 | 1,012 | 329 | 837 | 68 |
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North Sea sole |
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Total Allowable catch (a) | 13,262 | 16,123 | 15,694 | 12,555 | 17,545 |
UK Opening Quota (a) | 568 | 691 | 672 | 538 | 751 |
EU Opening Quota (excl. UK) (a) | 12,684 | 15,422 | 15,012 | 12,007 | 16,784 |
UK landings | 705 | 511 | 432 | 334 | 543 |
EU landings (excl. UK) | 11,750 | 11,207 | 10,263 | 8,005 | 6,384 |
Catches from within the UK EEZ | 3,554 | 3,517 | 3,460 | 2,987 | 3,408 |
U10m fleet pool landings | 164 | 159 | 113 | 103 | 81 |
U10m fleet pool quota allocation | 185 | 324 | 293 | 232 | 87 |
(a) before adjustments (e.g. Quota banked from previous year) |
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The Government intends to consult on proposals to strengthen the condition and increase the economic benefits to the UK in October. The response to the consultation will be published in line with the principles for consultation published by the Cabinet Office.
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
All UK fishing vessels are registered to UK companies (or individuals); the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) does not hold data relating to the degree of foreign investment or beneficial ownership of these companies or fishing opportunities associated with them. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on landings, quota compliance or vessel numbers split between UK and foreign ownership. The economic link conditions apply to all UK fishing vessels and are enforced through conditions in the fishing licence to ensure that genuine benefits to the UK are realised by the whole fleet.
The licence condition relating to crewing is audited by the MMO through the requirement of a crew manifest detailing the names and addresses of all crew members. The condition requires residence in the UK and does not specifically relate to distance of residence from the coast.
During 2019 quota donations made though the economic link requirements were estimated to have a value of £2.1 million based on average first sale prices. The donated quota totalled 714 tonnes across the range of stocks as detailed in the table below. Donated quota is provided directly to the 10m and under fleet or traded by the MMO for more beneficial stocks for the 10m and under fleet as necessary. The MMO carries out a large number of trades each year through domestic and international swaps to ensure the most beneficial fishing opportunities for the fleet. Economic link related quota donations form part of the overall trading package along with multiple other sources of quota, so it is not possible to state the precise value of this component. For this reason the MMO uses the first sale value of donated quota to assess the economic link compliance.
Stock donated in 2019 through economic link conditions | Sum of Quantity |
Anglers NS (ANF/2AC4-C) | 30 |
Anglers WS (ANF/56-14) | 1.1 |
Cod NS exc IV Norway (COD/2A3AX4) | 6 |
Haddock VIIa (HAD/07A.) | 0.2 |
Hake NS (HKE/2AC4-C) | 1 |
Hake WS incl VII (HKE/571214) | 2 |
Megrim NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (LEZ/2AC4-C) | 6 |
Megrim WS (LEZ/56-14) | 0.2 |
Nephrops NS (NEP/2AC4-C) | 313.7 |
Nephrops WC (NEP/5BC6.) | 7.1 |
Other Species IV ex EC Norway (OTH/04-N.) | 6.4 |
Plaice VIIa (PLE/07A.) | 2 |
Plaice WS (PLE/56-14) | 0.1 |
Pollack VII (POL/07.) | 154 |
Saithe VII (POK/7/3411) | 10 |
Saithe WS (POK/56-14) | 1 |
Skates & Rays NS (SRX/2AC4-C) | 15.5 |
Skates & Rays VI, VII a-k exc D (SRX/67AKXD) | 15 |
Skates & Rays VIId (SRX/*07D.) [counts against /67AKXD] | 9.2 |
Sole NS (SOL/24-C.) | 37 |
Turbot & Brill NS IIa(EC), IV(EC) (T/B/2AC4-C) | 26 |
Whiting VIIa (WHG/07A.) | 1 |
Whiting VIIb-k (WHG/7X7A-C) | 69.6 |
The Government is taking a proactive approach to understand the possible links between air quality and COVID-19. That is why, with our Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG), we ran a rapid Call for Evidence to ensure we can more fully understand the impact that COVID-19 is having on air pollutant emissions, concentrations and human exposure. This report was published on 1 July. We welcome the work of the British Lung Foundation (BLF) and their survey was discussed at our recent round table meeting with health stakeholders, including the BLF.
Improving air quality remains a top priority for the Government and, especially during these unprecedented times, we will continue to take robust and comprehensive action to improve air quality in the UK and minimise public health impacts.
We are developing a clear evidence-based process for setting the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) target introduced in the Environment Bill. This process will involve thorough analysis and independent expert advice, considering economic, social and technological factors. It will also involve detailed analysis to assess what additional action would be needed to achieve potential targets. Stakeholders, Parliament and the public will have the opportunity to comment on and provide input to the development of an ambitious and achievable target.
We are committed to taking action on PM2.5, as it is the pollutant that has the most significant impact on health.
We are developing a clear evidence-based process for setting the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) target introduced in the Environment Bill. This process will involve thorough analysis and independent expert advice, considering economic, social and technological factors. It will also involve detailed analysis to assess what additional action would be needed to achieve potential targets. Stakeholders, Parliament and the public will have the opportunity to comment on and provide input to the development of an ambitious and achievable target.
We are committed to taking action on PM2.5, as it is the pollutant that has the most significant impact on health.
In July 2019, the Government published a report assessing the progress that will be made towards World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines under a range of scenarios. The report concluded that while significant progress would be made, additional action would be required in large urban areas such as London. The analysis did not outline a pathway to achieve the WHO guideline level for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the country, and did not take into account full economic viability and practical deliverability.
The Environment Bill establishes a legally binding duty to set a target for PM2.5, demonstrating our commitment to action on the air pollutant that has the most significant impact on human health. We are committed to setting challenging targets and following an evidence based process, seeking advice from a range of experts, in addition to giving consideration to the WHO’s air quality guidelines. Stakeholders, Parliament and the public will have the opportunity to comment on and provide input for the process of developing this target.
We are giving careful consideration to the large volume of responses to this consultation and will publish the outcome as soon as possible.
Officials from the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are in regular contact on the development of our green hydrogen policies. This includes engagement to better understand the merits of any support for hydrogen production using nuclear energy.
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) has reduced carbon emissions from UK transport fuels by of 275 mega tonnes from 2008 to 2020 through supporting the use of renewable fuels. There have been no recent ministerial discussions to expand the RTFO to cover nuclear derived fuels. Any decision on extension of the RTFO to support fuels derived from nuclear energy would need to be carefully considered because this could divert nuclear energy from the electricity grid where it plays a valuable role in providing low carbon energy.
We will set out a plan for the path to zero carbon shipping in 2022. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) consultation launched on 23rd July this year seeks to explore the suitability of nuclear energy for producing SAF.
Any proposals would be the subject of a public consultation, published economic analysis and require primary and secondary legislation.
Officials from the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are in regular contact on the development of our green hydrogen policies. This includes engagement to better understand the merits of any support for hydrogen production using nuclear energy.
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) has reduced carbon emissions from UK transport fuels by of 275 mega tonnes from 2008 to 2020 through supporting the use of renewable fuels. There have been no recent ministerial discussions to expand the RTFO to cover nuclear derived fuels. Any decision on extension of the RTFO to support fuels derived from nuclear energy would need to be carefully considered because this could divert nuclear energy from the electricity grid where it plays a valuable role in providing low carbon energy.
We will set out a plan for the path to zero carbon shipping in 2022. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) consultation launched on 23rd July this year seeks to explore the suitability of nuclear energy for producing SAF.
Any proposals would be the subject of a public consultation, published economic analysis and require primary and secondary legislation.
Officials from the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are in regular contact on the development of our green hydrogen policies. This includes engagement to better understand the merits of any support for hydrogen production using nuclear energy.
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) has reduced carbon emissions from UK transport fuels by of 275 mega tonnes from 2008 to 2020 through supporting the use of renewable fuels. There have been no recent ministerial discussions to expand the RTFO to cover nuclear derived fuels. Any decision on extension of the RTFO to support fuels derived from nuclear energy would need to be carefully considered because this could divert nuclear energy from the electricity grid where it plays a valuable role in providing low carbon energy.
We will set out a plan for the path to zero carbon shipping in 2022. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) consultation launched on 23rd July this year seeks to explore the suitability of nuclear energy for producing SAF.
Any proposals would be the subject of a public consultation, published economic analysis and require primary and secondary legislation.
Universal Credit (UC) does not duplicate the financial support provided by the student loan system. This system of student loans and grants are designed to meet their needs.
Where learning meets the work-related requirements, as described in their claimant commitment, UC claimants can participate in learning opportunities designed to improve their prospects of securing work and progressing.
Using existing flexibilities within UC, DWP’s Train and Progress (TaP) initiative expands claimants’ access to training, including new offers under the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, for example, being able to undertake Skills Bootcamps, ensuring they gain new skills and access better employment opportunities. DWP TaP better aligns the employment and skills support offer and increases the amount of time UC claimants can take part in suitable full-time training. Claimants could take up to 12 weeks for work-related course and up to 16 weeks in areas where Skills Bootcamps exist.
The Department plans to implement the 12-month end-of-life approach across five DWP benefits, beginning in Universal Credit alongside Employment and Support Allowance next year. This will be followed by Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment subject to Parliamentary processes.
The Department works closely with Department for Education and others, including the Skills Productivity Board, to understand current and future skills shortages. Our DWP Train and Progress initiative expands claimants’ access to training, with new offers under the Lifetime Skills Guarantee such as the Skills Bootcamps, ensuring they gain new skills and obtain good jobs.
We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments, with support for claimants. Safeguards are in place to ensure deductions are manageable. From 12 April 2021, we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit awards to 25 per cent and lengthened the period from 12 to 24 months, meaning in effect someone can receive 25 payments over 24 months, giving them more flexibility over the payments of their Universal Credit award. This will also allow claimants to retain more of their award, giving additional financial security, and follows a previous change in October 2019 that reduced the cap from 40% to 30%.
Customers can contact the Department if they are experiencing financial hardship to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment, depending on their financial circumstances, whilst work coaches can also signpost claimants to other financial support.
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No assessment has been made. There is currently an on-going Judicial Review on Universal Credit childcare and the payment of upfront costs. An appeal hearing took place in the Court of Appeal in July and a decision is awaited. It is therefore not appropriate to comment directly on this matter at this time. It should be noted there are no changes to the current processes and the legislation remains the same.
Childcare costs should not be a barrier to getting into work – this Government is committed to helping parents into work. Universal Credit pays up to 85% of childcare costs for working parents, compared to 70% in legacy benefits, and childcare costs can be claimed up to a month before starting a job.
In cases where people need to pay for childcare upfront, prior to starting work, Work Coaches may be able to use the Flexible Support Fund for eligible claimants to meet these costs until their first wage is received. Budgeting advances are also available to eligible claimants who require help with upfront costs, for example when altering hours worked or changing childcare providers. Claimants on Universal Credit are encouraged to manage their own finances and budgets to better mirror the world of work and the majority of claimants can, and do, manage their childcare payments effectively.
Changes to State Pension age were made over a series of Acts by successive governments from 1995 onwards; including the Coalition 2010-2015, Labour 1997-2010 and the Conservatives 1995-1997, following public consultations and extensive debates in both Houses of Parliament. Through the welfare system, the Government is committed to providing financial support for people at every stage of their life, including when they near or reach retirement.
Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995. The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.
The Department published estimates on the cost of reversing the women’s State Pension age to 60 and men’s State Pension age to 65 on the 7th June 2019.
The publication shows the estimated cost of reversing women’s State Pension age back to 60 and men’s State Pension age back to 65 over the period 2010/11 to 2025/26, to be £181.4bn for women and £33.8bn for men with an overall cost estimate of £215.2bn.
The Age Addition is paid to people who reached State Pension age prior to 6th April 2016 when they claim their State Pension and attain 80 years of age. It is not payable to those people who reached State Pension age on or after 6th April 2016.
In March 2019, the most recent date for which data are available, there were approximately 3.3m people in receipt of the payment, at a weekly cost of approximately £820,000.
Source: DWP Administrative data, March 2019
The National Health Service Electronic Staff Record (ESR) collects information through a ‘reason for leaving’ data field linked to staff recorded as leaving active service.
Individual National Health Service trusts are responsible for investing in post-registration training, ensuring that staff are trained and competent to carry out their role and are adequately supported throughout their training. All training undertaken by post-registration qualified staff should be in line with national and local guidelines covering the training being undertaken.
No specific assessment has been made. However, from August 2022 we are expanding the number of postgraduate neurology training posts in England. As of January 2022, there are 1,638 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the specialty of neurology, an increase of 4.9% since January 2021. There were also 951 FTE doctors working in the specialty of neurosurgery in January 2022, including 375 consultants - an increase of 5.6% since January 2021.
No specific assessment has been made. However, from August 2022 we are expanding the number of postgraduate neurology training posts in England. As of January 2022, there are 1,638 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in the specialty of neurology, an increase of 4.9% since January 2021. There were also 951 FTE doctors working in the specialty of neurosurgery in January 2022, including 375 consultants - an increase of 5.6% since January 2021.
National Health Service dentists throughout the country have been asked to maximise safe throughput to meet as many prioritised needs as possible, focussing first on urgent care and vulnerable groups followed by overdue appointments. In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement have provided a toolkit to local commissioners to help focus the available capacity on those that need it most and to reduce oral health inequalities.
We are committed to consulting on rolling out a supervised toothbrushing scheme in more pre-school and primary school settings in England. We are also taking steps through the Health and Care Bill to make it easier to expand water fluoridation schemes so that more of the population can benefit from this clinically and cost-effective intervention. The Government’s sugar reduction programme will also have a positive effect on improving oral health and reducing health in equalities.
The Department will work with the British Dental Association and NHS England and NHS Improvement to design proposals that address the key challenges facing the delivery of National Health Service dentistry and encourage a more preventative approach to dentistry.
In addition, Public Health England has published an evidence-based toolkit, ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ for dental teams to provide preventive advice and treatment for their patients. Work is underway to review the toolkit and an updated version will be published in the autumn. The toolkit is available at the following link:
No assessment has been made of removing the 45% target.
However, an assessment has been made of the attainment of the 45% activity thresholds. These lower levels of activity support continued payment of full contractual value to National Health Service providers during the pandemic period, when infection control requirements necessarily restrict the numbers of patients that can be seen.
This assessment supported the recent increase in thresholds from 45% to 60%. Arrangements will continue to be monitored, with reduced clawback of contract payments between attainment levels of 36% to 60% and flexibility for NHS commissioners to make exceptions, for instance in cases where a dental practice has been impacted by staff being required to self-isolate.
NHS East of England are working with stakeholders to amend the Directory of Service to improve pathways for urgent patients to urgent dental centres and dental practices across the East of England. In addition, a web-based programme called ‘Service Finder’ has recently been launched which provides up-to-date information about services that are available locally to a potential patient. A Transformational Dental Strategy has also been developed in the East of England, the aim of which is to prioritise urgent care, prevention and inequalities. Plans to procure additional primary care dental services across Suffolk, Norfolk and Waveney are currently being reviewed.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are responsible for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet local need and the interim NHS People Plan commits to addressing shortages.
We are working both on improving career pathways and the current dental contract. In the summer, Health Education England will publish the report of their ‘Advancing Dental Care’ programme which has explored opportunities for flexible dental training pathways and the Department will publish a report on the learning from dental contract reform programme. NHS England and NHS Improvement have been asked to lead the next stage of dental contract reform to design implementable proposals taking the learning from reform programme into account.
National Health Service dentists have been asked to maximise safe throughput, focussing first on urgent care and vulnerable groups followed by overdue appointments. This has been underpinned, taking into account current infection prevention and control guidelines, by the requirement for dental providers to deliver 60% of normal activity volumes for the first six months of 2021/22 for full payment of the NHS contractual value.
Testing is available to all symptomatic people across the whole of the United Kingdom. Anyone with any of the three main coronavirus symptoms should self-isolate and access a test as soon as possible, this includes those who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable.
Where a person is exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms but cannot order a test for themselves, there is the ability for a member of their family or community to order a test on their behalf. Should their condition worsen they should call 111, their own general practitioner or in the event of a medical emergency, 999.
The purpose of the Job Retention Bonus (JRB) was to encourage employers to keep people in work until the end of January 2021. However, when it was announced in December 2020 that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) would be extended to the end of April 2021, the policy intent of the JRB fell away.
As the health situation deteriorated rapidly last autumn and winter, it was right that the Government instead extended the CJRS to reflect the increased number of closures that were expected over autumn and winter. However, the situation has changed moving into summer 2021 with the roll-out of the vaccine and the firm footing that gives to economic reopening. In this context, extending the CJRS further at Budget 2021, to the end of September, allowed the Government to strike the right balance between supporting the economy as it reopens, continuing to provide support and protect incomes, and ensuring incentives are in place to get people back to work as demand returns.
The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July to support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and protect 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. This relief already comes at a significant cost of over £7 billion to the Exchequer and, while the Government keeps all taxes under review, there are no plans to extend the scope of the reduced rate.
The Government has introduced a wider package of support worth billions to help businesses through the coronavirus period, which includes extensions to the furlough scheme; extensions to the COVID-19 loan schemes; grant support; a business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure business properties; mortgage holidays; enhanced Time to Pay for taxes; and VAT deferrals.
The Budget announced a three-month extension to the business rates holiday for eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors that was provided at Budget 2020. This means over 350,000 properties will pay no business rates for three months this year.
From 1 July 2021, 66% relief will be available subject to a cash cap that depends on whether businesses were required to close or were able to open on 5 January 2021. This additional relief takes the total value of support in 2021-22 to £6 billion and means the vast majority of businesses will on average receive 75% relief across the year.
HMRC are continuing to help businesses get determinations right. HMRC set up dedicated teams to provide education and support to all businesses, public bodies and charities affected by the off-payroll working reform. This includes topic-based webinars, workshops as well as targeted one-to-one calls with affected businesses.
This is further supported by updated off-payroll working guidance, online learning and attendance at stakeholder events.
HMRC have also outlined how they will support customers to comply with the changes to the off-payroll working rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-supporting-organisations-to-comply-with-changes-to-the-off-payroll-working-rules-ir35.
HMRC developed the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to help organisations and individuals determine employment status for tax and decide whether the off-payroll working rules apply.
CEST is a free service which was developed working closely with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders. It was tested rigorously against known case law and settled cases, and HMRC stand by its results if the tool is used in accordance with HMRC's guidance.
The Government has also ensured there is a client-led status disagreement process where contractors and deemed employers can lodge a complaint, if they disagree on how a contractor has been categorised.
‘Mutuality of obligation’ (MoO) is a term often used to describe the basic obligations that exist between a hirer and a worker. These basic obligations are where the hirer is obliged to pay remuneration, of any kind, and the worker is obliged to provide their work or skill in return.
MoO is important because without it there can be no contract for the supply of a worker. CEST does account for MoO on these terms and is clear in guidance to users that it can only be used to determine employment status for tax where there is such a contract in place. CEST then considers this contract, testing the employment status factors, and determines whether the engagement is more likely to be employed or self-employed for Income Tax and National Insurance contributions purposes.
After receiving feedback during user testing, HMRC provided a link to guidance on MoO on CEST’s landing page to make this understanding clearer to users of the tool. The guidance can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-status-manual/esm0543.
The UK has a long history of supporting refugees in need of protection.
In response to the ongoing conflict, the Home Office has launched the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
Both of these schemes are free, and people applying under the schemes will be able to live and work in the UK for up to three years. They will have full and unrestricted access to benefits, healthcare, employment, and other support.
The police continue to apply the usual safeguarding and referral procedures, working in partnership with agencies such as social services and local authorities to support vulnerable children. This has not changed under the new social distancing measures. The National Police Chief’s Council and College of Policing have issued guidance to forces that specifically asks officers to consider safeguarding issues and ensure the child’s welfare.
We are working closely with domestic abuse organisations, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and police to monitor the impact of covid-19 on incidents of all forms of domestic abuse.
The Government has provided a £76?million package of support to ensure the most vulnerable in society including victims of domestic and sexual abuse, vulnerable children and victims of modern slavery get the support they need during the pandemic. This is in addition to £2m of funding announced by the Home Secretary to bolster support for helplines and web based services.
An awareness campaign has been launched to signpost victims of domestic abuse to appropriate support.
We are working closely with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, domestic abuse organisations, the police and the Department for Education to ensure that children affected by domestic abuse receive the support they need.
The police continue to attend incidents of domestic abuse and refer to children’s social care where they think necessary. Existing safeguarding advice continues to be applicable at this time. Any front line responder or public sector worker having concerns about a child with whom they come into contact should make a safeguarding referral to social services in the normal way for appropriate action.
We know that, for many vulnerable children, being in education is a protective factor from harm. We have therefore asked schools to remain open for children who are vulnerable, as well as for those children of workers critical to the COVID-19 response who absolutely need to attend. Vulnerable children includes those with a social worker, who have an education health and care (EHC) plan and who have been assessed as being otherwise vulnerable by educational providers or local authorities and who could therefore benefit from continued attendance. This might include children on the edge of receiving support from children’s social services or those living in temporary accommodation.
The Department for Education has also issued guidance?which is clear that schools and colleges should revise their child protection policies to reflect what arrangements are in place to keep children who are not physically attending the school or college, safe. This guidance is clear that all staff who interact with children, including online, should continue to look out for signs a child may be at risk and that where appropriate referrals should still be made to children’s social care, and as required, to the police.
The Government has provided additional funding for Operation Encompass which facilitates liaison on domestic abuse issues affecting children between police forces and schools. This is in addition to the £3.1m recently announced by the Home Office for the provision of specialist services for children affected by domestic abuse.
The Government has also made £1.6m of funding available immediately for the NSPCC to expand and promote its national helpline for adults. Expanding the helpline will mean that many more adults know how and where to raise concerns and seek advice or support about the safety and well-being of any children they are worried about. This is in addition to the £7m of funding for See, Hear, Respond, a new service which will provide targeted help to vulnerable children, young people and their families affected by COVID-19 and the measures put in place to stop its spread. The partnership of charities, led by Barnardo’s, will work alongside local authorities, schools and colleges, police forces, healthcare professionals and other vital services involved in protecting these children.
The landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, has now passed third reading, will help to better protect and support victims of domestic abuse and their children across the country.
Both the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and Social Care are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people. We are engaging closely with both the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-Government taskforce.
Whether there will be another round of the Coastal Communities Fund or the Coastal Revival Fund is a matter for the next Comprehensive Spending Review.
The Government is committed to levelling up all parts of the UK. We published a prospectus at Budget for the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund which will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK. In addition, as announced at Spending Review 2020, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need, such as ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and rural and coastal communities, and for people who face labour market barriers. We will publish a UK-wide investment framework for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund later this year and confirm multiyear funding profiles at the next Spending Review.
The Government is supporting coastal communities to recover from the pandemic. On 20 March we announced a new £56 million Welcome Back Fund to support a safe and successful reopening of our high streets and seaside resorts, giving people the reassurance that they can shop and socialise in a COVID-secure way. This builds on the £50 million Reopening High Streets Safely Fund (RHSSF) announced on 25 May 2020, doubling local authority funding allocations and significantly increasing the scope of eligible activity.
This Government recognises the unique challenges facing coastal communities and is committed to levelling up all areas of the UK. However, whether there is another round of the Coastal Communities Fund is a matter for the comprehensive Spending Review.
This Government recognises the unique challenges facing coastal communities and is committed to levelling up all areas of the UK. However, whether there is another round of the Coastal Communities Fund is a matter for the comprehensive Spending Review.