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1170949

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to support the fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goal of education for all girls and boys; and in which countries that funding was spent.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	3741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <ol><li>The Prime Minister has publicly stated that education, particularly standing up for the right of every girl in the world to have 12 years of quality education, is a priority for the UK. Between 2009 and 2018, the Government spent £7.08 billion bilaterally from the public purse to support the fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goal on education. This does not include all multilateral spend. Between 2015 and 2019 DFID supported 14.8 million children to gain a decent education, of which at least 5.8 million were girls. UKAid is spent in the countries that need it the most. From 2015 to 2018, the largest number of children supported by DFID education programmes was in Africa, where the majority of out of school children live. Most of the children supported by DFID’s education programmes live in fragile states.</li></ol> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/01/2020 09:04:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1361839

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) amount spent by HS2 Ltd on helpline call centres in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 and (b) number of calls dealt with by those centres in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
	uin	59867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>(a) In line with the Government’s transparency agenda, HS2 Ltd publishes every payment over £25,000 and all payments over £500 using corporate purchasing cards.</p><p> </p><p>(b) This information is published in HS2 Ltd’s Community Engagement Progress Reports which are available on <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.hs2.org.uk/document_types/community-engagement-progress-reports/__;!!HEBAkwG3r5RD!plRjSbMNfGWhJndtlhxV8olkF2iRIfgjOXqq-4h0NGzd7Gba5-OnFbHp9zji8uZWKifOVdi_$" target="_blank">https://www.hs2.org.uk/document_types/community-engagement-progress-reports/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/10/2021 15:36:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1290126

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the total number of land and property acquisitions by High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd in connection with the development of London Euston station which were secured by (a) legal agreement with owners and (b) Compulsory Purchase Orders.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	158969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>(a) Nine interests have been or are currently being acquired by legal agreement with owners.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Ninety-five interests have been or are currently being acquired by Compulsory Purchase Orders.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/03/2021 13:36:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1198048

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on progress being made by (a) the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure and (b) other employer-led further education colleges in meeting the skills requirements of the HS2 rail programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	51812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>(a) Officials within DfT are working closely with their opposite numbers in DfE regarding NCATI. DfT are active members of the Steering Group overseeing the Structure and Prospects Appraisal (SPA) being led by DfE’s Further Education Commissioner to ensure its future model is sustainable and delivers on DfT Policy objectives.</p><p> </p><p>(b) HS2 Ltd and its supply chain continue to work with Further Education Colleges on a number of employer and college-led initiatives and programmes. The table below summarises the main activities:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of college</p></td><td><p>Initiative</p></td><td><p>Additional Information</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire College Group (Aylesbury, High Wycombe &amp; Amersham)</p></td><td><p>CITB Construction Skills Fund</p></td><td><p>EIffage-Kier, Main Works Contractor, bid for and won CITB funded training through a number of training providers including Buckinghamshire College Group from May 2019 -present. Benefitted 180 individuals to date: of those, 153 completed Entry into Construction programme, 15 completed qualifications in both Institute of Environmental Management &amp; Assessment (IEMA) &amp; Institute of Occupational Safety &amp; Health (IOSH), plus a further 8 in IEMA and 4 in IOSH.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire College Group</p></td><td><p>Careers Fairs</p></td><td><p>Eiffage-Kier and Align, Main Works Contractors, attended careers fairs to talk about career opportunities with young people between Feb 2018 – May 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby College</p></td><td><p>Professional Construction Employers’ Group / T-Level Taskforce</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd has been a member of the Professional Construction Employers’ Group since September 2019, and on the T-Level Taskforce since its inception in December 2019 to assist in development of the T level in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College</p></td><td><p>Mayor’s Construction Academy</p></td><td><p>The Mayor’s Construction Academy (MCA) is a London Mayoral initiative to deliver the skilled workforce needed to support London’s housing and infrastructure needs. Ealing, Hammersmith and West London run one of the MCA Hubs that is responsible for co-ordinating the provision of relevant training. HS2 Ltd, Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS Railways), Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra (BBVS) and Align sit on the Employer and Partnership Boards of this MCA Hub to ensure that the training that is delivered and co-ordinated meets HS2’s needs as far as possible.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow College and Uxbridge College</p></td><td><p>Institute of Technology</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd, BBVS and Align sit on the Employer Advisory Board for the Institute of Technology delivered by Harrow College and Uxbridge College, in partnership with Brunel University. This has included supporting a number of activities including an apprenticeship fair and speed networking event at Uxbridge College as part of National Apprenticeship Week in February 2020.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham College</p></td><td><p>Strategic partnership with the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd, Costain Skanska, SCS Railways, Mace Dragados, BBVS and Align are in active discussions about how we can support Newham College, linked to their strategic partnership with the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure. This includes the potential for specifically supporting the Institute of Technology they run in partnership with Queen Mary University. Other activities have been supported by HS2, such as an apprenticeship fair held at Newham College’s Stratford campus as part of National Apprenticeship Week in February 2020.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton College</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd, Eiffage-Kier, and Flannery Plant Hire (Tier 2 supplier) have worked collaboratively with Northampton College and there are plans to expand on this work in the future (e.g. virtual careers events)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull Council</p></td><td><p>Careers &amp; Apprenticeship Fair</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd promoted our apprenticeship and graduate opportunities at the Solihull College 2020 Careers &amp; Apprenticeship Fair in March.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South &amp; City College, Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Women into Construction Project</p></td><td><p>South &amp; City College delivered the 2-week employability training element of the Women into Construction project in May 2019. Following the 2 weeks employability training, participants then completed a 4-week work placement on the HS2 programme. The project trained a total of 16 women that were previously not in employment. 8 women (50%) progressed into employment or further accredited training. The majority of the employment offers were within the HS2 supply chain.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall College</p></td><td><p>Walsall Expo</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd joined our Tier 1 Main Works Civils Contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) at the Walsall Expo in March 2020. Walsall Expo is held at Walsall College and organised by Walsall Works which is funded by Walsall Council to support local people to find jobs, apprenticeships and access training, while also supporting local businesses that are looking to expand and invest in their future workforce. We were able to promote a number of live opportunities including our apprenticeship and graduate opportunities. BBV were also able to promote their Materials Testing opportunities as well as other live vacancies. In total approximately 1,700 jobseekers attended the event.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall College</p></td><td><p>T Levels</p></td><td><p>Balfour Beatty Vinci, Main Works Contractor, is working with Walsall College to deliver their first T level in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire College Group</p></td><td><p>Rail and Construction Industry Day</p></td><td><p>HS2 Ltd, Main Works Civils Contractors Balfour Beatty Vinci &amp; Eiffage-Kier along with Enabling Works contractors Laing Murphy &amp; Fusion attended the Warwickshire College Group Rail and Construction Industry day in March 2019. We provided information to college students on careers in the sector along with running workshops on Building Information modelling (BIM)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/06/2020 11:57:26 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1341884

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two: Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of HS2 Ltd’s office space in London was in (a) each financial year and (b) total since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	24145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>(a) The HS2 Ltd London whole office estate costs are as follows:</p><p>2018/19 £7,270,000</p><p>2019/20 £5,180,000</p><p>2020/21 £5,280,000</p><p>Note the figures include rent, VAT on rent, utilities, facilities management costs, National Non Domestic rates and other building costs. Accommodation costs are disclosed in the HS2 Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>(b) The total for the period 2018/19 to 2020/21 £17,730,000</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/07/2021 15:24:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1469652

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) producing digital and video content, (b) employing in-house staff to produce that content and (c) paying external companies and people to produce that content in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
	uin	17167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>(a) The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. <br></p><p>(b) The information requested on in-house staff cost is not recorded in the level of granularity sought. However, we currently have four members of staff in the creative content team who all work on producing digital and video content as part of their roles. Please refer to the department’s Annual Report and Accounts for more information on staff salaries, if required: (Page 141 onwards: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1031059/dft-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021-web.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 2020–21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>)</p><p> </p><p>(c) The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/06/2022 10:00:26 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1681618

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Cancer: 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 steps she plans to take to increase levels of take up for cancer screening, in the context of lessons learnt on reaching hard-to-reach groups in the lung cancer screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	9250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>1,241,038 people have been invited for a lung cancer check, as part of the biggest programme to improve early lung cancer diagnosis in the history of the National Health Service. The Targeted Lung Health Check uses vans parked in supermarkets or sports stadium car parks. Risk assessments are often carried out over the phone.</p><p>The national targeted lung cancer screening programme will implement a standard IT system that will ensure consistent call and recall so that people are invited regularly.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/01/2024 17:21:09 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1667814

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres
	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 community diagnostic centres have been opened over the course of the current Parliament; and how many and what percentage of diagnostic centres have been opened (a) in existing health settings and (b) elsewhere in the community.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>127 permanent community diagnostic centre (CDC) locations have been opened during this Parliament, of which 105, or 83%, are located on National Health Service estate. This compares to 22, or 17%, permanent CDCs located on non-NHS estate.</p><p>The Department and NHS England count CDCs delivering activity and accessing national CDC revenue funding as open. This may include activity delivered in temporary facilities while the full CDC is built.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/11/2023 13:28:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1671550

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	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	Medical Records: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS trusts with Electronic Patient Records (EPRs); and if she will publish a list of trust without EPRs.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	2707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>189 National Health Service trusts, or 90%, have successfully implemented an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, meeting the target set by the Government in the 2023 mandate for NHS England. Our ambition remains that complete coverage of all NHS trusts will be achieved by March 2026.</p><p> </p><p>At present, there are 21, or 10%, NHS secondary care trusts in England that do not have an EPR system. These trusts are currently in different phases of adoption. There are no immediate plans to publish a list of trusts without EPRs while procurement is still live.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/11/2023 15:44:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1682402

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	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	NHS: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	9832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service. To mark the occasion, over the course of June and July 2023, the Department and NHS England made several flagship announcements. These included: the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan; a new national targeted lung cancer screening programme; the Government’s Mandate to NHS England; an additional one million health checks to tackle cardiovascular disease through the new NHS Digital Health Checks; and a £21 million fund for NHS trusts to bid and procure artificial intelligence diagnostic imaging tools.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/01/2024 15:00:26 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon