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1680298

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date	08/01/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the impact of the unduly lenient sentencing scheme on levels of paedophile crime.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme in England and Wales permits the Court of Appeal to review a sentence, correct a sentencing error, and give guidance on how to approach some of the most serious and complex sentencing exercises.</p><p>The Court of Appeal will only grant permission to refer a sentence in exceptional circumstances: for example, if the judge has passed a sentence that falls outside the range of sentences which a judge, applying their mind to all the relevant factors before them, could properly consider appropriate, or if the judge has made some gross error in law.</p><p>The scheme is kept under constant review. In November 2019, 14 new offences were added to the scheme. These included offences relating to indecent images of children.</p><p>In 2022, the Law Officers referred 139 cases to the Court of Appeal. The Court granted leave to refer in 105 (75%) cases and the sentence was increased in 95 (68%) cases. Of the 95 cases in which the sentence was increased, 23 (24%) were sentences for child sex offences.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 15/01/2024 11:36:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680370

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of traditional short-term lets on the local economies of (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Traditional short-term lets have long provided visitor accommodation to rural and coastal locations, supporting jobs and the local economy. However, it has been highlighted that there is no single, definitive source of data on short-term lets in England with which to make a more detailed assessment, and the Government has committed to introducing a registration scheme for short-term lets in order to better understand the size of the market.</p><p>In April 2023, the Government published a consultation on the design of a short-term lets registration scheme. The consultation closed on 7 June 2023, and the Government will respond in due course.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will work with the relevant Government departments on the design of the registration scheme and to ensure that different measures which apply to short-term lets are proportionate, complementary and easy to understand.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 16/01/2024 11:26:00 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680451

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Obesity: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5026 on Obesity: Surgery, how many people are on a waiting list for gastric band surgery; and how many were on a waiting list in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Data covering waiting lists for gastric band surgery in January 2021 is not available. The number of patients waiting for gastric band surgery as of 31 December 2023 was 13.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/01/2024 15:25:22 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680452

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Obesity: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy, (d) duodenal switch and (e) other bariatric surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The elective recovery plan set clear ambitions to eliminate long waits for planned National Health Service treatment. To help achieve this goal, NHS England trusts and organisations have been transforming the way they deliver elective care through initiatives focussed on increasing activity, managing demand and increasing productivity.</p><p>This includes driving productivity through the development of new surgical hubs to increase theatre productivity, and as of December 2023 there are 94 hubs in operation carrying out surgeries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/01/2024 17:35:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680453

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Obesity: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many procedures for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy, (d) duodenal switch and (e) other bariatric surgeries were carried out in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The total number of finished consultant episodes carried out in the 2022/23 reporting period was:</p><p>- 48 for gastric band;</p><p>- 2,568 for gastric bypass;</p><p>- 2,231 for sleeve gastrectomy;</p><p>- 15 for duodenal switch; and</p><p>- 1,592 for other bariatric surgeries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/01/2024 17:36:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1680455

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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	Obesity: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been waiting for (a) gastric band, (b) gastric bypass, (c) sleeve gastrectomy and (d) duodenal switch surgery for over (i) 52 and (ii) 65 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2023, for gastric bypass surgery, the total number waiting over 52 weeks was 87, with 20 of these waiting over 65 weeks. For sleeve gastrectomy, the total number waiting over 52 weeks was 120, with 40 of these waiting over 65 weeks.</p><p>NHS England is unable to provide the exact number of patients waiting over 52 and 65 weeks for gastric bands and duodenal switch surgery due to disclosure control of small numbers.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/01/2024 14:55:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1679388

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Firearms: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the PSNI on the time taken to issue firearms licenses in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The issuing of firearms licences is a devolved matter overseen by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State has a limited role relating to certain appeals against the decision of the Chief Constable not to issue firearms licences. He has not been involved in any recent discussions with the PSNI on this issue, however, Northern Ireland Office officials engage with PSNI colleagues on a regular basis. The Hon Member will know that Northern Ireland Office ministers are not an alternative to functioning devolved government and I hope he will use his considerable influence to promote the restoration of a Northern Ireland Executive so that matters such as this may be dealt with in the proper manner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 10/01/2024 10:49:27 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon