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1487663

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date	08/07/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Equity Actors' Union: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with members of Equity on the payment of repeat fees and the retention of those fees by that union.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	33037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has regular contact with Equity, and with other trade unions representing the arts and culture sector. Equity also sat on the Department’s Events and Entertainment Working Group.</p><p>In May this year the Minister for Arts met representatives from Equity to discuss aspects of the Universal Credit system and their impact on Equity members. Lord Parkinson also attended a freelancers roundtable in June organised by the Cultural Learning Alliance at which Equity was present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 32526 33039 question first answered 15/07/2022 13:46:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1487278

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
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	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who sought gender reassignment surgery in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people seeking that surgery are fully informed of the implications.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	32536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>From 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2022, there were 2,600 referrals in the United Kingdom to a National Health Service commissioned provider of specialised surgical interventions for the alleviation of gender dysphoria. NHS England's service specification stipulates that a referral for surgery can only be made by an NHS-commissioned gender dysphoria clinic, following a formal diagnosis of gender dysphoria.</p><p> </p><p>The specification also requires the patient's lead clinician in the specialist gender dysphoria clinic to ensure that patients are aware of the longer-term consequences of the interventions offered to them. The operating surgeon is required to obtain consent for the proposed intervention at a specific pre-operative appointment, to allow an informed process and for the patient to consider any relevant options and alternatives. It is the surgeon’s responsibility to determine that an individual is sufficiently healthy, physically and psychologically, to undergo surgery.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 13:27:28 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1487279

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have sought treatment for their condition using medicinal cannabis in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	32537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:34:33 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1487281

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arctic Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the future working of the Arctic Council without the participation of Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	32524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>As a State Observer to the Arctic Council, the UK strongly supported the decision of the seven other Arctic States to pause their engagement with the Russian Chairmanship of the Council as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>We will continue to engage with our Arctic State partners and Allies on issues such as climate change, and we stand ready to recommence participation in multilateral cooperation across the Arctic region when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 13:54:58 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1487287

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on torture prevention initiatives or torture protection work in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22; and how much her Department has budgeted to spend in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Centrally, the FCDO spent £76,000 (2020-21) and £80,000 (2021-22) on torture prevention via the Magna Carta Fund. Overseas posts are responsible for their own programming and we are not able to confirm the amount spent on this area.</p><p>This does not include the funding for our ROLE UK programme, which has received £4.6 million from 2019 onwards and £260,000 additional International Programming in 2021/22. This supports work to prevent torture by strengthening judicial reform through improving pre-trial detention, case management, sentencing guidelines and protection of vulnerable witnesses.</p><p>Human Rights and Rule of Law funding for 2022-23 has yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 14/07/2022 15:16:07 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1487288

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, how and by what criteria is a case of alleged torture designated as resolved by her Department; and whether the victim or their family is (a) notified of that change in designation and (b) asked to formally consent to it.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO takes all allegations of torture and mistreatment very seriously. The FCDO records all information about allegations of torture mistreatment reported to us by British nationals, and the action taken in response to those allegations, within individual case files. The decision to close a case is taken based on the individual circumstances of the case. British nationals are kept updated on the actions that the FCDO takes in relation to allegations and actions are taken in consultation with the British national.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 11:43:27 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1487289

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, what proportion of the 131 open torture cases reviewed at the most recent annual review predated (a) 2021 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the FCDO conducted a review of 131 cases of torture and mistreatment which were open at that time. Of the 131 open cases, 82 were cases opened prior to 2021, of which 49 were cases opened prior to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 11:45:24 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1487290

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, how old was the oldest case reviewed in the most recent annual review.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the FCDO conducted a review of 131 cases of torture and mistreatment which were open at that time. During the most recent annual review, the oldest case reviewed was opened in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 11:38:51 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1487291

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Statute of Limitation of three years will apply to people who are considering approaching NHS Resolution Pathway for medical negligence claims as a result of the IMMDS Review, particularly Transvaginal Mesh Injury.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	32635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Time limits for personal injury cases are governed by the Limitation Act 1980. The standard period for bringing a personal injury claim is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued or three years from the injured person’s date of knowledge, if later. Under section 33 of the Act, the court has discretion to extend this period if it considers it would be equitable to do so, having regard to the various factors listed in this section. NHS Resolution will review claims received in the light of the factors listed in section 33 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 15/07/2022 11:30:52 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1487293

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 133959 on Slavery, when she plans to introduce financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligations with regards to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	32601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The landmark transparency provisions contained in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 made the UK the first country in the world to require businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>To enhance the impact of transparency and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, the Government committed to strengthening the reporting requirements contained in section 54 and introduce new measures including financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligation to publish modern slavery statements.</p><p>These measures require primary legislation and we intend to legislate in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 14/07/2022 14:41:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees