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1457298

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry and Shipping: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether proposed changes to the Harbour Act 1964 to tackle ferry operators paying below the minimum wage will also apply to (a) those operating in the oil and gas or renewable sectors in the North Sea and (b) other maritime operators.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	154422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport, working with other government departments, is working through the process to introduce legislation to ensure that any ferry operator frequently accessing a UK port pays an equivalent to the national minimum wage (NMW) while in our waters.</p><p>It is our intent to ensure that all seafarers working on ferries operating internationally out of the UK are paid at least the equivalent of the minimum wage for their time spent in the UK territorial waters and to further strengthen that protection with bilateral agreements with our neighbours to provide ‘minimum wage corridors’ between the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe.</p><p>As part of this process, we will be launching a public consultation which will seek views on which operators should be within scope of the regulation.</p><p>The National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) Order 2020 extended the provisions of the UK national minimum wage to all seafarers working in the oil and gas industry where that work was undertaken in support of UK activity and within the UK Continental Shelf. The National Minimum Wage Act 1999 does not make explicit reference to the Exclusive Economic Zone and therefore cannot be applied to those working in the offshore renewables sector where that work is beyond the limits of the UK territorial waters.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/04/2022 08:59:26 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1457320

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government's plan to restrict promotions on food and drinks high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS); and whether these regulations are still due to come into force in October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	153800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on improving health and wellbeing, including measures to reduce obesity. Regulations made on 2 December 2021 will require medium and large businesses, those with 50 or more employees, to restrict the promotion of products high in fat, salt or sugar. These regulations will come into force in October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The implementation guidance was published on 6 April 2022. The guidance was developed in collaboration with trade associations, businesses and local authorities to provide further clarification on which businesses and products are in scope of the Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 153801 question first answered 21/04/2022 08:11:42 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1457348

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the technical guidance on the implementation of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	153801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on improving health and wellbeing, including measures to reduce obesity. Regulations made on 2 December 2021 will require medium and large businesses, those with 50 or more employees, to restrict the promotion of products high in fat, salt or sugar. These regulations will come into force in October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The implementation guidance was published on 6 April 2022. The guidance was developed in collaboration with trade associations, businesses and local authorities to provide further clarification on which businesses and products are in scope of the Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 153800 question first answered 21/04/2022 08:11:42 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1457350

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Public Health: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the rising cost of living on public health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	153802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment. The health disparities white paper, due later this year, will set out actions to reduce the gap in health outcomes between different areas and communities.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/04/2022 08:12:49 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1457363

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers detained for arriving in the UK by boat have been transported to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre as of 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	154122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We operate the immigration removal estate in a flexible manner and in line with the Short Term Holding Facility (STHF) Rules 2018 and the Detention Centre Rules 2001, as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support the management of the arrival of migrants by boat, we have temporarily accommodated people under the provisions of the STHF Rules 2018, in a small number of immigration removal centres (IRCs) including Dungavel House. Dungavel IRC is only considered when capacity is exceeded at other facilities, or contingencies are exhausted and has not been used for processing Channel migrants since November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Following initial processing and screening, asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are able to access statutory support and accommodation from the Home Office in accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 whilst their application for asylum is being considered. Individuals who are eligible for such support are provided with transportation to asylum accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. This includes data on people:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Entering detention by initial place of detention in table Det_02a of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>Leaving detention by last place of detention published in table Det_04c of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>In detention by current place of detention in table Det_03a of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>Entering, leaving and in detention by asylum related-cases in table Det_01 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Data on those entering detention, by place of detention, relate to the place of initial detention. An individual who moves from one part of the detention estate to another will not be counted as entering any subsequent place of detention.</p><p> </p><p>Last place of detention does not show where an individual spent their time in detention. In some cases, an individual may have spent a period of time detained elsewhere before being moved to their last place of detention.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum-related cases refer to those where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior or during detention. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but detained for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 154123 question first answered 21/04/2022 07:22:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1457364

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for the continued use of Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre for the processing of clandestine arrivals by boat.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	154123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We operate the immigration removal estate in a flexible manner and in line with the Short Term Holding Facility (STHF) Rules 2018 and the Detention Centre Rules 2001, as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support the management of the arrival of migrants by boat, we have temporarily accommodated people under the provisions of the STHF Rules 2018, in a small number of immigration removal centres (IRCs) including Dungavel House. Dungavel IRC is only considered when capacity is exceeded at other facilities, or contingencies are exhausted and has not been used for processing Channel migrants since November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Following initial processing and screening, asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are able to access statutory support and accommodation from the Home Office in accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 whilst their application for asylum is being considered. Individuals who are eligible for such support are provided with transportation to asylum accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. This includes data on people:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Entering detention by initial place of detention in table Det_02a of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>Leaving detention by last place of detention published in table Det_04c of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>In detention by current place of detention in table Det_03a of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li><li>Entering, leaving and in detention by asylum related-cases in table Det_01 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054673/detention-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Data on those entering detention, by place of detention, relate to the place of initial detention. An individual who moves from one part of the detention estate to another will not be counted as entering any subsequent place of detention.</p><p> </p><p>Last place of detention does not show where an individual spent their time in detention. In some cases, an individual may have spent a period of time detained elsewhere before being moved to their last place of detention.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum-related cases refer to those where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior or during detention. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but detained for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 154122 question first answered 21/04/2022 07:22:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1457587

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Long Covid: Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of clinical trials in Germany and South Africa that have determined a link between long covid and micro-clots.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	153994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department is aware of clinical trials currently taking place internationally, which are researching possible links between the long term effects of COVID-19 and micro-clots. The Department will assess the impact of research findings as they emerge and update its guidance accordingly.</p><p>Through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research Institute (UKRI), over £50 million has been invested in research projects for post-COVID-19 syndrome to improve our understanding and treatment of the condition. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics, the NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the long term effects of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 153996 question first answered 21/04/2022 08:12:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1457589

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Long Covid: Thromboembolism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to commission research into long covid and the presence of micro-clots in patients blood.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	153996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department is aware of clinical trials currently taking place internationally, which are researching possible links between the long term effects of COVID-19 and micro-clots. The Department will assess the impact of research findings as they emerge and update its guidance accordingly.</p><p>Through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research Institute (UKRI), over £50 million has been invested in research projects for post-COVID-19 syndrome to improve our understanding and treatment of the condition. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics, the NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the long term effects of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 153994 question first answered 21/04/2022 08:12:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1457663

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether asymptomatic people who are at greater risk from covid-19, including immunocompromised, clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable people, can access free lateral flow tests.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	153804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Asymptomatic lateral flow device testing will continue in some high-risk settings where infection can spread rapidly while prevalence is high. Free symptomatic testing will continue for patients in hospital, for whom a test is required for clinical management or to support treatment pathways and those eligible for COVID-19 treatments as they are at higher risk of serious illness. It is also available for individuals who live or work in high-risk closed settings, such as some National Health Service and social care settings and prison and other places of detention to minimise outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/04/2022 08:13:13 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1457866

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reinstating access to free covid-19 testing in special schools.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	154206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>COVID-19 presents a low risk of serious illness to most children, young people and fully vaccinated individuals. The Department for Education has invested in carbon dioxide monitors and greater awareness of ventilation in educational settings, which significantly lowers the risk of COVID-19. Given the current low level of risk, since 21 February 2022, all staff and students in mainstream education at secondary school level and above and childcare settings are no longer advised to test twice a week. Testing will take place in special educational needs and disability residential settings only when advised by local health protection teams as part of an outbreak response.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/04/2022 08:13:47 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq