Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's budget for delivery of Prevent by local authorities was in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21, (c) 2012/22 and (d) 2022/23.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office spent the below on local authority Prevent delivery in London between financial years (19-20)-(22-23):
19/20 - £6,151,499m
20/21 – £5,394,112m
21/22 – £4,927,145m
22/23 – £4,461,433m
The Home Office spent the below on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £50,642,350
20/21 - £36,328,208
21/22 - £46,408,802
23/23 - £35,686,580
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally, not by region.
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally. The annual budget for financial years (2019-20)-(2022-23) are set out below:
19/20 - £12,4m
20/21 - £11,622,500m
21/22 - £10,940m
22/23 - £11m
The Home Office allocated the below funding on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £51,816,427
20/21 - £50,330,318
21/22 - £52,778,437
22/23 - £48,744,261
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on delivery of Prevent by local authorities in London in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21, (c) 2012/22 and (d) 2022/23.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office spent the below on local authority Prevent delivery in London between financial years (19-20)-(22-23):
19/20 - £6,151,499m
20/21 – £5,394,112m
21/22 – £4,927,145m
22/23 – £4,461,433m
The Home Office spent the below on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £50,642,350
20/21 - £36,328,208
21/22 - £46,408,802
23/23 - £35,686,580
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally, not by region.
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally. The annual budget for financial years (2019-20)-(2022-23) are set out below:
19/20 - £12,4m
20/21 - £11,622,500m
21/22 - £10,940m
22/23 - £11m
The Home Office allocated the below funding on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £51,816,427
20/21 - £50,330,318
21/22 - £52,778,437
22/23 - £48,744,261
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on non-police led aspects of Prevent in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21, (c) 2012/22 and (d) 2022/23.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office spent the below on local authority Prevent delivery in London between financial years (19-20)-(22-23):
19/20 - £6,151,499m
20/21 – £5,394,112m
21/22 – £4,927,145m
22/23 – £4,461,433m
The Home Office spent the below on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £50,642,350
20/21 - £36,328,208
21/22 - £46,408,802
23/23 - £35,686,580
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally, not by region.
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally. The annual budget for financial years (2019-20)-(2022-23) are set out below:
19/20 - £12,4m
20/21 - £11,622,500m
21/22 - £10,940m
22/23 - £11m
The Home Office allocated the below funding on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £51,816,427
20/21 - £50,330,318
21/22 - £52,778,437
22/23 - £48,744,261
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's budget for non-police led aspects of Prevent was in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21, (c) 2012/22 and (d) 2022/23.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office spent the below on local authority Prevent delivery in London between financial years (19-20)-(22-23):
19/20 - £6,151,499m
20/21 – £5,394,112m
21/22 – £4,927,145m
22/23 – £4,461,433m
The Home Office spent the below on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £50,642,350
20/21 - £36,328,208
21/22 - £46,408,802
23/23 - £35,686,580
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally, not by region.
The Home Office has an annual budget for Prevent local delivery which is set nationally. The annual budget for financial years (2019-20)-(2022-23) are set out below:
19/20 - £12,4m
20/21 - £11,622,500m
21/22 - £10,940m
22/23 - £11m
The Home Office allocated the below funding on non-police led aspects of Prevent:
19/20 - £51,816,427
20/21 - £50,330,318
21/22 - £52,778,437
22/23 - £48,744,261
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on delivery of Prevent by local authorities in (a) 2019/20, (b) 2020/21, (c) 2012/22 and (d) 2022/23.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office spent the on local authority Prevent delivery between financial years (19-20)-(22-23):
2019-20- £12,097,816m
2020/21- £11,422,510m
21/22- £11,897,738m
22/23 – £10,072m
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with private facial recognition surveillance suppliers on use of live facial recognition in the retail sector.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government supports the appropriate use of facial recognition to solve and prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and keep people safe.
I have been engaging with a wide range of facial recognition suppliers, including those who supply to the retail sector, where it can play an important role in tackling retail crime.
The National Retail Crime Steering Group brings together Government, trade organisation, retailers and enforcement partners to discuss to ensure the response to crimes affecting the retail sector is as robust as it can be, which has included discussions on facial recognition.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her interview with Sky News on 4 September 2023, if she will provide details of the portacabin providers her Department has contracted to provide temporary accommodation for schools affected by the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This Government has taken more proactive action on RAAC than any other in the UK.
It is the responsibility of those who run schools – academy trusts, Local Authorities, and voluntary aided school bodies – who work with their schools on a day to day basis, to manage the maintenance of their schools. These responsible bodies may deploy temporary buildings for a wide range of reasons, not all of which will relate to building or refurbishment works. In addition, most building and refurbishment works within schools and colleges do not involve RAAC and will not require the involvement of the Department. The Department does not therefore hold information on the number of schools using temporary classrooms.
Where schools need to vacate buildings due to RAAC, they use a range of different types of accommodation including accommodation on and off site. On site accommodation can include semi rigid structures and temporary classrooms. Where this is the case, the Department is working with three contractors to accelerate the installation of temporary units in particular. The Department has not, therefore, produced central estimates of the number of temporary classrooms required, however, we can confirm that we have secured significant capacity to meet current needs, and can increase this if necessary. Our focus is on working closely with individual settings to make sure they have workable plans for their individual circumstances and context. Based on the experience where RAAC assessed as critical was found, the Department expects the vast majority will be able to continue to provide face to face teaching with either minimal or no disruption.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many portacabins have been supplied by each provider to schools which need temporary accommodation because of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC); and how much her Department has paid to each such provider.
Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This Government has taken more proactive action on RAAC than any other in the UK.
It is the responsibility of those who run schools – academy trusts, Local Authorities, and voluntary aided school bodies – who work with their schools on a day to day basis, to manage the maintenance of their schools. These responsible bodies may deploy temporary buildings for a wide range of reasons, not all of which will relate to building or refurbishment works. In addition, most building and refurbishment works within schools and colleges do not involve RAAC and will not require the involvement of the Department. The Department does not therefore hold information on the number of schools using temporary classrooms.
Where schools need to vacate buildings due to RAAC, they use a range of different types of accommodation including accommodation on and off site. On site accommodation can include semi rigid structures and temporary classrooms. Where this is the case, the Department is working with three contractors to accelerate the installation of temporary units in particular. The Department has not, therefore, produced central estimates of the number of temporary classrooms required, however, we can confirm that we have secured significant capacity to meet current needs, and can increase this if necessary. Our focus is on working closely with individual settings to make sure they have workable plans for their individual circumstances and context. Based on the experience where RAAC assessed as critical was found, the Department expects the vast majority will be able to continue to provide face to face teaching with either minimal or no disruption.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of accrued interest on student loans on the ability of women to pay off student loan debts.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The Government wants a sustainable student finance system that is fair to students and taxpayers, and which continues to enable anyone with the ability and the ambition to benefit from higher education to do so. The student finance system will continue to protect borrowers, including women on maternity leave, or any person on any form of parental leave, if they see a reduction in their income. Student loan repayments are made based on a borrower’s monthly or weekly income, not the interest rate or amount borrowed, and no repayments are made for earnings below the relevant repayment threshold.
The recent student loan, Plan 5 reforms, will make the student loan system fairer for taxpayers and fairer for students, helping to keep the system sustainable in the long term. The new loan plan asks graduates to repay for longer and from an income threshold of £25,000 per year, but also increases certainty for borrowers by reducing interest rates to match inflation only. This change ensures that borrowers on the new Plan 5 terms will not repay, under those terms, more than they originally borrowed over the lifetime of their loans, when adjusted for inflation.
Lower earners will still be protected. If a borrower’s income is below the repayment threshold of, currently, £25,000 per year, they won’t be required to make any repayments at all. Any outstanding debt, including interest accrued, is written off at the end of the loan term with no detriment to the borrower. No commercial loans offer this level of borrower protection.
A comprehensive equality impact assessment of how the student loan reforms may affect graduates, including detail on changes to average lifetime repayments under Plan 5, was produced and published in February 2022. More information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-reform-equality-impact-assessment.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure there is no adverse financial impact on women of student loan interest accrued while they are on maternity leave.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The Government wants a sustainable student finance system that is fair to students and taxpayers, and which continues to enable anyone with the ability and the ambition to benefit from higher education to do so. The student finance system will continue to protect borrowers, including women on maternity leave, or any person on any form of parental leave, if they see a reduction in their income. Student loan repayments are made based on a borrower’s monthly or weekly income, not the interest rate or amount borrowed, and no repayments are made for earnings below the relevant repayment threshold.
The recent student loan, Plan 5 reforms, will make the student loan system fairer for taxpayers and fairer for students, helping to keep the system sustainable in the long term. The new loan plan asks graduates to repay for longer and from an income threshold of £25,000 per year, but also increases certainty for borrowers by reducing interest rates to match inflation only. This change ensures that borrowers on the new Plan 5 terms will not repay, under those terms, more than they originally borrowed over the lifetime of their loans, when adjusted for inflation.
Lower earners will still be protected. If a borrower’s income is below the repayment threshold of, currently, £25,000 per year, they won’t be required to make any repayments at all. Any outstanding debt, including interest accrued, is written off at the end of the loan term with no detriment to the borrower. No commercial loans offer this level of borrower protection.
A comprehensive equality impact assessment of how the student loan reforms may affect graduates, including detail on changes to average lifetime repayments under Plan 5, was produced and published in February 2022. More information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-reform-equality-impact-assessment.