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1716564

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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: Standards
	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 ensure those that don't have access to the internet can respond to the 10 year review of the NHS constitution.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	25355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting people from all backgrounds in accessing the NHS Constitution consultation. We would encourage those without internet access to utilise resources on offer at some public spaces, including libraries and community centres, to support their response. The easy read consultation, which will be launched imminently, will provide an option for the consultation to be printed and sent to the Department. More widely, the Government has taken steps to ensure households across the United Kingdom are able to access fast, reliable mobile and broadband services to support their full participation in society.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/05/2024 17:01:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1716598

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	Health Professions: Regulation
	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 5 June 2023 to Question 187004 on Health Professions: Regulation, if she will set out the timetable to remove the five year time limit for fitness to practice concerns to be investigated by the General Medical Council.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	25360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently working with the General Medical Council (GMC) to develop a new legislative framework for the GMC, in relation to the regulation of doctors. As set out in the Government’s response to Regulating Healthcare Professionals, Protecting the Public, the Government has committed to the removal of any legislative restrictions on regulators from being able to consider fitness to practise concerns that are more than five years old. Regulators such as the GMC will have the discretion to determine whether a concern should be investigated based on the specific details of a fitness to practise case, which may include reflections on the length of time that has elapsed since the concern was raised or occurred. A public consultation on the new legislative framework will be taken forward in due course, and will adhere to the requirements of section 60 of the Health Act 1999.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/05/2024 10:27:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1715371

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	Mothers: Exercise and Physiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing access to pelvic floor (a) training and (b) physiotherapy for every new mother.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Last October, NHS England published a national service specification for Perinatal Pelvic Health Services. The specification sets out the expected standards of care to improve the prevention, identification, and access to physiotherapy for pelvic health issues during pregnancy, and for at least one year following birth. Perinatal Pelvic Health Services will work with local Maternity and Physiotherapy services so that all women receive quality information about the risk of developing pelvic health problems before they have their baby, the key signs of pelvic floor dysfunction, and things they can do to help prevent these issues from developing, for instance performing pelvic floor exercises. The aim is to reduce the number of women living with pelvic health problems postnatally and in later life.</p><p>The specification also states that Perinatal Pelvic Health Services will work with maternity services across England to implement the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries Care Bundle, to reduce rates of perineal tears resulting from labour and vaginal birth, and improve outcomes for women. This has been shown to reduce serious birth injuries by as much as 20%. Perinatal Pelvic Health Services are currently being rolled out across England.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/05/2024 16:29:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1715384

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	UNRWA: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on funding for UNRWA of the final report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality, published on 22 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the events that took place on 7 October in Israel are appalling, which is why we took decisive action to pause future funding to the organisation.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the UK will set out its position on future funding to UNRWA following careful consideration of Catherine Colonna's final report, UNRWA's response and the ongoing UN Office for Internal Oversight Services investigation into these allegations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 07/05/2024 16:51:46 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1715396

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were subject to electronic tagging as part of his Department's pilot programme between 15 June 2022 and 31 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available from published statistics.</p><p>However, as set out in the Pilot Equality Impact Assessment (available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Foffender-management%2Fequality-impact-assessment-gps-electronic-monitoring-expansion-pilot&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFNORCSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C217864f826a448d67dde08dc6a80d54f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638502348775750221%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FLYs%2B%2FI8KtbW0u32fSRgyaPiosqcMNNQPRMQqxz5z%2B0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Equality impact assessment: GPS electronic monitoring expansion pilot - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>), 600 individuals were to be subject to Electronic Monitoring as part of immigration bail conditions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:40:24 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1715397

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office on 21 March 2024 on the privacy risks posed by the electronic monitoring of people arriving in the UK by unauthorised means.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) findings related to the Electronic Monitoring Expansion Pilot which operated between 14 June 2022 and 14 December 2023. That pilot has now ended.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:38:36 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1715015

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	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	Coronavirus: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including carers in the eligibility criteria for the Spring 2024 Covid Vaccination Programme.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). On 7 February 2024, the JCVI published further advice on the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The JCVI advice is that a COVID-19 vaccine should be offered in spring 2024 to those at greatest risk of serious disease, and who are therefore most likely to benefit from vaccination. Those eligible are: adults aged 75 years old and over; residents in a care home for older adults; and individuals aged six months old and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in chapter 14a of the UK Health Security Agency Green Book. The JCVI’s advice for spring 2024, including the approach to eligibility, is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-spring-2024-and-future-vaccination-programmes-jcvi-advice-4-december-2023/jcvi-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination-in-spring-2024-and-considerations-on-future-covid-19-vaccination-4-december-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-spring-2024-and-future-vaccination-programmes-jcvi-advice-4-december-2023/jcvi-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination-in-spring-2024-and-considerations-on-future-covid-19-vaccination-4-december-2023</a>.</p><p>The Government has accepted this advice, and the spring 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme is now in progress. The spring programme is targeted to those at highest risk of serious outcomes from COVID-19. Whilst carers as a group are therefore not recommended for vaccination in this programme, any carer who falls within one of the above cohorts will be eligible. Everyone who is eligible is encouraged to take up the offer of spring COVID-19 vaccination.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/05/2024 16:24:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714539

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
	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) dates, (b) times and (c) locations of incidents when smart-motorway technology lost power.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>This is an operational matter, for which National Highways is responsible. The latest safety data was published by National Highways in their Third Year Progress Report, which was published in December 2023: <a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:34:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714540

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Safety Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require drivers to carry a warning triangle in their cars.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to put forward legislative proposals to require drivers to carry a warning triangle in their cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:42:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714542

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192929 on Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work, how many supported internships have been given to young people with an education, health and care plan in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	24141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Supported internships are a work study programme for young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, want to move into employment and need extra support to do so. In 2022, the department invested around £18 million until March 2025 to build capacity in the supported internship programme and double the number of supported internships to 4,500 by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SEN2 data collection recorded 2,477 supported internship starts. In 2023, SEN2 recorded 1,526 supported internship starts. However, this was following a change in the data collection to gather individual learner level, rather than aggregated returns, for each local authority. As with any new data collection, there were some quality issues and limitations to the data received, which the department is working with local authorities to address. The SEN2 data collection for 2024 will be published in June.</p><p> </p><p>The charity, DFN Project Search, are contracted as part of the Internships Work consortium to deliver local authority special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Employment Forum training to any local authorities who wish to take up the offer to help them develop their supported internship programmes. DFN Project Search have delivered training to 134 out of 153 local authorities. Moving into the final year of the contract, DFN Project Search will target the remaining local authorities and additional training will remain open to any local authorities that request it.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the supported internship pilot which extends the programme to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) without EHC plans until March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is being rolled out in 12 local authorities with a strong, existing supported internship offer in a mix of urban and rural areas. Delivery began in September 2023. Through the pilot, the department is hoping to support around 250 young people aged 16 to 24, who have complex SEND and LDD but who do not have an EHC plan, to develop the skills and experience needed to move into sustained, paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>As the delivery is still in its early stages, the department has not yet formally assessed the effectiveness of the pilot. The pilot will be evaluated to inform future policy planning on supported internships. Participating local authorities, employers, providers and interns are engaging with the evaluation partner, CooperGibson Research, who aim to publish their report in the summer of 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Early feedback from local authorities that are delivering the pilot shows that interns have been enrolled on positive and stretching work placements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 24142 24143 24144 question first answered 10/05/2024 16:05:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper