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1549272

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Medical Treatments and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to next update the Quality Standard for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to take account of recent advances in research and clinical practice.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to update the quality standard.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/12/2022 13:20:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549274

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Parkinson's Disease
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 people in the UK suffer with Parkinson's Disease as of January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/12/2022 12:22:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549275

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fly tipping.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>In recent years we have bolstered local authorities’ powers to tackle fly-tipping, introducing fixed penalty notices and strengthening the power to seize the vehicles of offenders. We have also provided £450,000 to help several councils purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping, such as CCTV, and worked with the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to produce a guide on how councils and others can present robust prosecutions that support tougher sentences. <br> <br> We have committed to raising fly-tipping penalties in our manifesto and will be conducting research to support policy development in this area. We are also preparing a number of legislative reforms to tackle waste crime more broadly which should also help tackle fly-tipping. This includes reform of the waste carrier, broker, and dealer regime and the introduction of digital waste tracking, both of which we consulted on earlier this year. We believe it is important that local residents are able to dispose of their rubbish in a responsible manner and encouraged to do so. We have consulted on preventing charges for disposing of DIY waste at local tips and provided communication materials to help householders better understand their responsibilities under the household waste duty of care.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 11:52:46 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549276

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Vitamin D
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 potential merits of the consumption of daily Vitamin D supplements.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2016, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published an assessment of the evidence on vitamin D and a range of health outcomes. The SACN’s recommendations informed the current Government advice for a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D to be taken throughout autumn and winter for musculoskeletal health due to reduced sunlight.</p><p>Those at increased risk of receiving insufficient vitamin D are advised to consider taking a vitamin D supplement throughout the year: those with minimal sunshine exposure (housebound or institutionalised older people and those wearing clothes that cover most of the skin when outdoors) and population groups with dark skin (such as those with an African, African-Caribbean or south Asian background). All children aged one to four years old and babies not receiving more than 500 millilitres of infant formula a day are also advised to take a daily vitamin D supplement throughout the year.</p><p>The Government’s Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from low-income households. Healthy Start beneficiaries are also eligible for free Healthy Start Vitamins, which contain the recommended amount of vitamin D.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/12/2022 11:54:46 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549277

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Somaliland: Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will take steps to support Somaliland with tackling animal (a) poaching and (b) trafficking in that region.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting endangered animals and plants from poaching and illegal trade to benefit wildlife, local communities and the economy, and protect global security. We are investing over £46 million globally between 2014 and 2022 to counter illegal trade by reducing demand, strengthening enforcement, ensuring effective legal frameworks and developing sustainable livelihoods. Through the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Challenge Fund the UK has committed over £900,000 to the Legal Intelligence for Cheetah Illicit Trade (LICIT) Fund to enhance national and regional capacity in the Horn of Africa, including in Somaliland, to fight wildlife crime by strengthening national and regional level legal capacity and increasing community capacity and ownership of wildlife resources.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/12/2022 16:15:43 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549278

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Somaliland: Fires
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 steps his Department is taking to support the Somaliland Government following the recent fire in Hargeisa Market.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Following the devastating fire in Hargeisa market on 1-2 April, the UK has led diplomatic and development response efforts on the ground, chairing an international coordination group and supporting a baseline fire safety assessment of marketplaces in Hargeisa, which has been shared with Hargeisa Municipality and the Somaliland fire department.</p><p>The UK, consistent with the entire international community, does not recognise Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence. It is for Somaliland and Somalia to come to an agreement about their future relationship. Any new arrangements would need to be recognised by the African Union and neighbours in the region. The African Union is the pre-eminent regional body mandated to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States, of which Somalia is one. The UK encourages dialogue between Mogadishu and Hargeisa on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 105347 question first answered 15/12/2022 14:10:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549279

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Somaliland: Diplomatic Relations
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting Somaliland diplomatic recognition.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	105347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Following the devastating fire in Hargeisa market on 1-2 April, the UK has led diplomatic and development response efforts on the ground, chairing an international coordination group and supporting a baseline fire safety assessment of marketplaces in Hargeisa, which has been shared with Hargeisa Municipality and the Somaliland fire department.</p><p>The UK, consistent with the entire international community, does not recognise Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence. It is for Somaliland and Somalia to come to an agreement about their future relationship. Any new arrangements would need to be recognised by the African Union and neighbours in the region. The African Union is the pre-eminent regional body mandated to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States, of which Somalia is one. The UK encourages dialogue between Mogadishu and Hargeisa on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 105346 question first answered 15/12/2022 14:10:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1549280

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Vladimir Kara-Murza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the detention of Vladimir Kara-Murza.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	105468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has emphasised his determination to continue raising Vladimir Kara-Murza's case internationally, including in a meeting with Mr Kara-Murza's wife in May, in his previous role as Minister for Europe. To this end, UK Ambassadors have raised Mr Kara-Murza's case with the UN and at the OSCE. British Embassy officials have attended his court hearings with other international partners, the last hearing being 24 October. We condemn the politically motivated sentencing of Mr Kara-Murza, and of all those who speak out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/12/2022 16:17:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1549281

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the forthcoming NHS workforce plan announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Statement will be published.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/12/2022 11:03:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 41427 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1549282

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	NHS: Staff
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 publish a funding settlement for funding the workforce elements of the NHS in the forthcoming NHS workforce plan announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a workforce plan next year, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years, taking full account of improvements in retention and productivity. Funding plans beyond the current Spending Review period will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/12/2022 11:09:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 41431 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe