Oct. 08 2024
Source Page: East of England Probation Service Action PlanFound: East of England Probation Service Action Plan
Oct. 08 2024
Source Page: East of England Probation Service Action PlanFound: East of England Probation Service Action Plan
Mentions:
1: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) Ambulance response times in the east of England are significantly worse than those in the rest of England - Speech Link
2: Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) As it stands, east Suffolk ranks seventh out of the 39 districts in the east of England for the lowest - Speech Link
3: Sam Carling (Lab - North West Cambridgeshire) GP in the east of England than the ratio for England as a whole. - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) deliver for people in the east of England. - Speech Link
5: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) This is a really big issue for the east of England. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lewis Cocking (Con - Broxbourne) It has been worrying to hear about many of the challenges faced by constituents across the east of England - Speech Link
2: Rupert Lowe (RUK - Great Yarmouth) SEND children in the east of England? - Speech Link
3: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) This debate is an opportunity for us to push for real change in the east of England. - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) The prevalence of SEND varies across the east of England, from the lowest rates in Peterborough at 11.1% - Speech Link
5: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) Some £13.6 million of that has been allocated to local authorities in the east of England region. - Speech Link
Asked by: Alistair Strathern (Labour - Hitchin)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) Hitchin constituency and (ii) East of England.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
High-quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education.
There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the department must do more to recruit additional teachers, especially in shortage subjects in secondary. This is why the government has set out the ambition to recruit 6,500 new expert teachers.
Numbers of teachers in Hitchin and East of England have increased slightly in the last year with 1,102 teachers in Hitchin and Harpenden in 2023/24 (up from 1,087 in 2022/23), and 52,995 teachers in East of England (up from 52,308 in 2022/23). The department is doing more to attract teachers in these areas. Financial incentives are one of the most effective ways to increase teacher supply, and the department is continuing to support teacher trainees with bursaries in shortage subjects, and with retention payments for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers, who chose to work in disadvantaged schools. In 2023/24, 286 schools in the East of England were eligible for these payments.
To further help retention to ensure teachers stay and thrive in the profession, the department is also addressing teacher workload and wellbeing, and supporting schools to introduce flexible working practices. For example, Thomas Gainsborough School of Unity Schools Partnership, as one of the Flexible Working Ambassador Schools, is helping schools across the East of England to introduce flexible working practices.
In addition, Chiltern Teaching School Hub in Hitchin, and the 10 Teaching School Hubs across the East of England, are centres of excellence, supporting teacher training and development.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East of England.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The performance of the Probation Service in England and Wales is closely monitored by both internal and external scrutiny bodies, including His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP), who provide independent scrutiny of Probation Services. The Ministry of Justice also publishes the Probation Scorecard, which gives an overall rating of the performance of the probation service both nationally and within regions. The Probation Scorecard ratings for all regions, for the performance year ending March 2024, can be found on GOV.UK at: Community Performance Annual, update to March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Following eight inspection reports on Probation Delivery Units in the East of England from May to August 2024, the HM Chief Inspector of Probation published an assessment of the region on 29 August 2024, which can be found at: An inspection of Probation Service – East of England region (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk).
The most recent HMPPS assurance of sentence management in East of England region was completed in January 2024 and identified similar performance issues in the East of England, such as insufficient assessment, planning and risk management, which the region is taking steps to address via their published Action Plan: East of England Probation Service Action Plan - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss with Peterborough City Council and other stakeholders, including Homes England, the development of legacy allocated land for residential development at Great Kyne (Castor and Ailsworth) in Peterborough to meet the housing delivery targets in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and the East of England.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Homes England is promoting land north east of Castor and Ailsworth in the emerging Peterborough Local Plan Review, with the ambition to create a modern, sustainable community with high-quality homes, jobs, and facilities. The Local Plan Review is at an early stage and Homes England will be responding to consultations in line with the Council’s Local Development Scheme and engaging with all stakeholders throughout the process.
Oct. 08 2024
Source Page: East of England Probation Service Action PlanFound: East of England Probation Service Action Plan
Oct. 08 2024
Source Page: East of England Probation Service Action PlanFound: East of England Probation Service Action Plan
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: Complex Cases Pilot Evaluation: A process evaluation exploring the roll out of the Complex Cases pilot in the East of England Probation RegionFound: Complex Cases Pilot Evaluation: A process evaluation exploring the roll out of the Complex Cases pilot