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	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Long Covid
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England launched its online ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who had the virus but are still experiencing difficulties, including mental health issues. This includes advice on how to manage fear and anxiety, coping with frustration and tips on how to look after your wellbeing.</p><p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time and have deployed innovative digital tools to provide ongoing support, including for people experiencing mental ill health as a result of the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection.</p><p>The Chief Executive of NHS England wrote to NHS organisations on 31 July setting out the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19. This includes that the 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis helplines established by all NHS mental health services during the pandemic should be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/09/2020 15:00:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49220 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1229018

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hare Coursing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enable magistrates to issue bans to individuals being on (a) certain lands and (b) county jurisdictions for the duration of the hare coursing season.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
	uin	82533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government supports the Rural Affairs Strategy, published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in July 2018, which sets out operational policing priorities in respect of tackling crimes that predominantly affect rural communities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/09/2020 14:28:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1229325

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Sickle Cell Diseases: 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, when the NICE technology appraisals for upcoming non-malignant haemoglobinopathy therapies will be rescheduled.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	82273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Two topics for non-malignant haemoglobinopathy therapies were affected by the COVID-19 pause. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is working to reschedule multiple appraisals back into its work programme to recover as quickly as feasibly possible.</p><p>Information regarding the current timeline for each appraisal topic is published on the individual topic webpage on the NICE website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/09/2020 15:23:03 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1229489

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Development Aid: Contracts
	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 many termination notices of contracts have been sent to aid delivery partners since his announcement of cuts to the aid budget of £2.9bn on the 22 of July; and in which countries those aid delivery partners are based.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	82262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has conducted a rigorous ODA prioritisation process to respond to the expected reduction in GNI. Any affected aid delivery partners will be promptly notified of our decision as and when it is made.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with our supply partners and take a flexible and reasonable approach to find pragmatic solutions to support continuation of delivery where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/09/2020 13:13:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1229849

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Custody: Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces have spent on equipping custody suites with video technology equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	82656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data relating to police force spending on video equipment in custody suites. This is an operational matter for police forces.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/09/2020 14:15:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1233690

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2020
	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	Haemochromatosis: Diagnosis
	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 his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis for those suffering from haemochromatosis.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	88825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Steps to improve diagnosis of rare conditions, including genetic haemochromatosis, are being taken through the implementation of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rare-diseases-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rare-diseases-strategy</a></p><p>In October 2019, the national conversation on rare diseases survey was launched to identify the major challenges faced by those living and working with rare diseases. We received almost 6,300 responses which, alongside the lessons learned from the experiences of rare disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, will be used to shape the post-2020 UK Rare Diseases Framework which will replace the Strategy.</p><p>The Genomic Medicine Service is supported by the National Genomic Test Directory which specifies the genomic tests that are commissioned by the National Health Service in England. Genetic haemochromatosis is included in the Test Directory.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/09/2020 10:33:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1233926

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase access to online learning for all university students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The government is aware of the disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 outbreak will have on some students and it has already been working closely with the Office for Students (OfS), the regulator of registered higher education providers in England, so higher education providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and to support disadvantaged students affected by COVID-19.</p><p>As a result of this flexibility, providers were able to use OfS student premium funding worth around £23 million per month for April to July this year. From August, providers have also been able to use £256 million for the current academic year towards student hardship funds, including for the purchase of IT equipment. We have also allocated £100 million to support remote education, which has enabled the provision of routers and laptops to vulnerable students, prioritising care-leavers, including those at university.</p><p>We expect that higher education providers will be open for the autumn term, combining online teaching and in-person tuition in ways that they consider appropriate and in line with public health advice. On 10 September, the government issued updated guidance to the higher education sector on reopening campuses and buildings.</p><p>The government’s expectation is that quality and academic standards must be maintained, and the OfS has made it clear that all higher education providers must continue to comply with registration conditions relating to quality and standards, which set out requirements to ensure that courses are high quality, that students are supported and achieve good outcomes, and that standards are protected.</p><p>The OfS has published information and guidance for providers and students, and the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has also published a series of guides to support providers to secure academic standards and to support student achievement during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State of Education, has commissioned Sir Michael Barber, the Chairman of the OfS, to lead a review to consider how to enhance the quality of digital teaching and learning and the opportunities that digital education presents for universities in the medium and long term. The review is expected to report in spring 2021 and will also explore how higher education institutions can ensure that all students have access to a high-quality digital teaching and learning experience.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 25/09/2020 10:33:02 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1233928

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by the Learning and Work Institute, published on 27 August, that suggested young people have lost apprenticeship opportunities at a faster rate than any other age group.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>On 27 August we published our latest data on apprenticeship starts. There were 53,530 apprenticeship starts reported to date between 23 March, when restrictions were announced, and 31 July. This is just over half of the equivalent figure of 101,300 for this period last year – a reduction of 47%. Considering these statistics, the Learning and Work Institute highlighted the challenges that young people, particularly 16 to 18-year-olds, face in the current labour market.</p><p>We are aware that young people are likely to be disproportionately affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak and are working across government to help young people continue to develop the skills they will need for the future.</p><p>Through our ‘Plan for Jobs’ a total of £1.6 billion is to be invested in scaling up employment support schemes, training and apprenticeships.</p><p>To help support employers to offer new apprenticeships, employers are now able to claim £2,000 for every new apprentice they hire under the age of 25, in recognition of the particular impacts of COVID-19 on the employment prospects of young people.</p><p>We have introduced flexibilities to enable apprentices of all ages to continue to train during the outbreak, and we encourage employers to take advantage of these flexibilities and the new payments to offer new opportunities.</p><p>To help young people progress onto an apprenticeship or other employment we are tripling the scale of our traineeship programme. We have also announced £101 million for a brand new offer to give 18- and 19-year-old school and college leavers the opportunity to study high value level 2 and 3 courses when there are not employment opportunities available to them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/09/2020 10:33:58 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1234046

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	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	Pakistan: Girls
	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's policy is that abduction, forced conversions and forced marriages of religious minorities girls in Pakistan constitutes sexual slavery; and what representations he has made to his counterpart in Pakistan on preventing such practices.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	89719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office recognises forced marriages and sexual exploitation as an element of modern slavery. The UK Government is committed to the eradication of all forms of modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking (SDG 8.7) by 2030, as unanimously adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in 2015.</p><p>The UK Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan. We regularly raise our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief, women and girls' rights and gender equality with the Government of Pakistan at a senior level. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon last raised our human rights concerns with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, on 27 August. On 8 September, Lord Ahmad discussed our concerns regarding Freedom of Religion or Belief with the Governor of Punjab.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 25/09/2020 09:51:01 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 49183 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1234196

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using UCAS predicted grades to determine the A-level results for external candidates who were unable to sit their exams in summer 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	89591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Ofqual and the exam boards explored the options for those students who did not have an existing relationship with an exam centre and who needed results this summer for progression purposes. The Joint Council for Qualifications published guidance which set out the options that would be available. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.jcq.org.uk/jcq-publishes-supplementary-information-on-validation-of-evidence-by-centres-for-private-candidates/" target="_blank">https://www.jcq.org.uk/jcq-publishes-supplementary-information-on-validation-of-evidence-by-centres-for-private-candidates/</a>.</p><p>Ofqual and the Government asked organisations that represent higher and further education to consider the steps that they could take when making admissions decisions this summer for any external candidates who do not receive a grade. The Department have asked institutions to consider a range of other evidence and information for these students to allow them to progress wherever possible.</p><p>Where schools and colleges had accepted entries from external candidates, those students should have been taken into account in the process of producing centre assessment grades, where the head teacher or principal was confident that they and their staff had seen sufficient evidence of the student’s achievement to make an objective judgement. In addition, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) predicted grades can be provided by schools, colleges and other further education providers, including for external candidates. Other external candidates, such as those who work with private tutors or self study, may not be able to receive a UCAS predicted grade.</p><p>To support students who are unhappy with their summer grade or for whom there was not enough evidence for a grade to be awarded, the Department is running an additional series of exams in the autumn. AS and A level exams will take place in October and GCSE exams in November, and will be available in all GCSE, AS and A level subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/09/2020 13:25:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms