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1675320

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	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, what recent progress she has made on increasing the number of community diagnostic centres.
	tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
	tabling member printed	Julie Marson
	uin	900488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <ul><li><p>Thanks to the hard work of NHS teams, the government is on track to not only meet our ambition of opening 160 community diagnostic centres more broadly across England by March 2025, but to exceed it.</p></li><li><p>This will represent a step change in how diagnostics is deployed in the UK and directly supports our agenda to make access to health services faster for patients.</p></li><li><p>136 centres are currently operational, and over 5 million additional tests have been delivered since July 2021. This includes the centre in my honourable friends’ constituency, Bishop’s Stortford CDC.</p></li><li><p>I am pleased to endorse the Hon. Members' welcome of the new CDC. Bishops Stortford CDC has been delivering tests and checks to patients since Sept this year.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/12/2023 17:42:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson

1693685

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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	Dental Services: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on increasing access to dentists.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Norfolk
	tabling member printed	George Freeman
	uin	901811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>On 7 February, we published our Dentistry Recovery Plan to increase patients’ access to NHS dentistry across the country, including in Norfolk. <br> <br>On 1 March, one element – the New Patient Premium went live, to increase the number of appointments available. <br> <br>We will keep the House updated on this and the many other measures set out in the Plan, including our work to reform the dental contract in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2024 17:51:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4020 label Biography information for George Freeman

1235765

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of Discretionary Leave to Remain have been made to victims of human trafficking or modern slavery with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism, on the grounds of their personal circumstances relating to safety on return to country of origin.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	91798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Home Office publishes statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a> These publications provide the number and nationality of potential victims referred into the NRM and the number of NRM referrals by location of exploitation. The statistics do not currently provide a breakdown of nationalities by location of exploitation. Numbers and reasons for grants of discretionary leave to remain to victims of modern slavery do not currently form part of modern slavery published statistics. The safety on return to a victim’s country of origin is assessed as part of the protection-based decision where the victim has also claimed asylum. Where a victim has not claimed asylum, their safety on return related to their exploitation is considered within the personal circumstances element of their modern slavery discretionary leave to remain decision, where relevant.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Statistics on the total number of people granted Discretionary Leave for all reasons can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 91799 91800 question first answered 29/09/2020 09:03:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1235766

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for which someone with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery is usually granted Discretionary Leave to Remain.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	91799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Home Office publishes statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a> These publications provide the number and nationality of potential victims referred into the NRM and the number of NRM referrals by location of exploitation. The statistics do not currently provide a breakdown of nationalities by location of exploitation. Numbers and reasons for grants of discretionary leave to remain to victims of modern slavery do not currently form part of modern slavery published statistics. The safety on return to a victim’s country of origin is assessed as part of the protection-based decision where the victim has also claimed asylum. Where a victim has not claimed asylum, their safety on return related to their exploitation is considered within the personal circumstances element of their modern slavery discretionary leave to remain decision, where relevant.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Statistics on the total number of people granted Discretionary Leave for all reasons can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 91798 91800 question first answered 29/09/2020 09:03:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1235767

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the people referred to the National Referral Mechanism in 2019 reporting exploitation that took place (a) in the UK, (b) in the UK and overseas, and (c) overseas only, how many people in each of those categories were (i) EEA and Swiss nationals, (ii) UK nationals, and (iii) non-EEA or Swiss foreign nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	91800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Home Office publishes statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a> These publications provide the number and nationality of potential victims referred into the NRM and the number of NRM referrals by location of exploitation. The statistics do not currently provide a breakdown of nationalities by location of exploitation. Numbers and reasons for grants of discretionary leave to remain to victims of modern slavery do not currently form part of modern slavery published statistics. The safety on return to a victim’s country of origin is assessed as part of the protection-based decision where the victim has also claimed asylum. Where a victim has not claimed asylum, their safety on return related to their exploitation is considered within the personal circumstances element of their modern slavery discretionary leave to remain decision, where relevant.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Statistics on the total number of people granted Discretionary Leave for all reasons can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 91798 91799 question first answered 29/09/2020 09:03:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1307318

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Exploitation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing modern slavery legislation in tackling child criminal exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	179296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery in all its forms and strengthening the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to ensure it continues to be world leading as the forms of modern slavery and the nature of exploitation continue to evolve. It is for this reason, in 2018, the Government commissioned Frank Field, Maria Miller MP and Baroness Butler-Sloss to lead an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Review’s purpose was to report on the operation and effectiveness of the Act, which provides the legal framework for tackling modern slavery in the UK. The final Review made 80 recommendations across four themes:<ul><li>The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner;</li><li>Transparency in Supply Chains;</li><li>Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (formerly known as Advocates);</li><li>Legal application of the Modern Slavery Act.</li></ul>The Government welcomed the findings of the Review and accepted or partially accepted the majority of the recommendations The Review considered the definition of Child Criminal Exploitation under the Act and concluded that it should not be amended as the definition currently in place is sufficiently flexible to meet a range of new and emerging forms of modern slavery. The Review recommended that the Government should produce policy guidance to assist in the interpretation of the Act. Child Criminal Exploitation is defined in statutory guidance for frontline practitioners working with children, including the Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Home Office has also rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs), as set out in Section 48 of the Act, in one-third of local authorities across England and Wales. ICTGs provide an independent source of advice for trafficked children. As part of the ICTG service model, ICTG Regional Practice Co-ordinators (RPCs) have been introduced to raise awareness amongst professionals about the non-punishment principle and the section 45 defence of the Act for children who commit offences in the course, or as a consequence of, being trafficked. The continued national roll-out of ICTGs is being progressed as part of the National Referral Mechanism Transformation Programme, which is improving the UK’s system for identifying and supporting all victims of modern slavery. More widely, the Home Office is working to ensure law enforcement agencies and partners make full use of the powers and tools available, including slavery and trafficking prevention and risk orders to tackle county lines and associated Child Criminal Exploitation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/04/2021 15:09:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1079563

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223140 on Home Office: Staff, under which frameworks those suppliers were contracted.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	227374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Procurement Route</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6Point6</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accenture</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td><td><p>G-Cloud and DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atos</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>Central HO Contract (IPIDS/Contain) -Originally via OJEU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BJSS</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CapGemini</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p>G-Cloud</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cognizant</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digi2al</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FDM</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>CCS FWA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mastek</p></td><td><p><strong>78</strong></p></td><td><p>G-Cloud and DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PA CONSULTING</p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td><td><p>G-Cloud and DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Source Ltd</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>DOS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TDCS</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p>Contract not specific to the programme but is used across the Home Office for test services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/03/2019 17:58:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

872609

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	134423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>‘Hospitality’ expenditure is not separately visible in the Home Office published accounts; the figure is included in ‘Travel, Subsistence and Hospitality’ for the Financial Years requested, refer to the links below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>FY2016/17 page 115:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2015/16 - page 132</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2014/15 – page 123</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2013/14 – page 109</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2012/13 – page 131</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/04/2018 10:12:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1187787

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to frontline organisations providing emergency support for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	34993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>£76 million of funding was announced to support survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery as well as ensure that vulnerable children and young people continue to get the help they need.</p><p>As part of this funding the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government announced on 5 June that it had allocated £8.15m of its £10m fund to 147 providers of safe accommodation services, and that the remainder of the fund was to be reopened. On 26 June the Ministry of Justice announced it had allocated £22m of its £25m fund to 548 local and regional domestic abuse and sexual violence charities. On 22 May the Home Office launched an additional £2m fund for non-local domestic abuse charities. Nearly £800,000 has now been allocated to 13 charities. The remainder of the fund was reopened for applications and closed on 20<sup>th</sup> July. Bids are currently being assessed.</p><p>In April the Home Secretary announced £2 million in funding to bolster domestic abuse helplines and online services. £1.2 million of this has been allocated to the following providers Galop, Hestia, Hourglass, Operation Encompass, Refuge, Respect, South West Grid for Learning, Surviving Economic Abuse, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Women’s Aid, Karma Nirvana, Sign Health and the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 34997 question first answered 22/07/2020 17:05:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1187793

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the capacity of (a) national domestic abuse helplines and (b) online access to specialist domestic abuse support during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	34997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>£76 million of funding was announced to support survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery as well as ensure that vulnerable children and young people continue to get the help they need.</p><p>As part of this funding the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government announced on 5 June that it had allocated £8.15m of its £10m fund to 147 providers of safe accommodation services, and that the remainder of the fund was to be reopened. On 26 June the Ministry of Justice announced it had allocated £22m of its £25m fund to 548 local and regional domestic abuse and sexual violence charities. On 22 May the Home Office launched an additional £2m fund for non-local domestic abuse charities. Nearly £800,000 has now been allocated to 13 charities. The remainder of the fund was reopened for applications and closed on 20<sup>th</sup> July. Bids are currently being assessed.</p><p>In April the Home Secretary announced £2 million in funding to bolster domestic abuse helplines and online services. £1.2 million of this has been allocated to the following providers Galop, Hestia, Hourglass, Operation Encompass, Refuge, Respect, South West Grid for Learning, Surviving Economic Abuse, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Women’s Aid, Karma Nirvana, Sign Health and the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 34993 question first answered 22/07/2020 17:05:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips