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1537382

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to loosen visa restrictions for seasonal temporary workers to tackle labour shortages.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	74650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Seasonal Worker route has been extended until 2024, with 40,000 visas available for 2022, consisting of 38,000 for horticulture and 2,000 for the poultry sector. The route has been extended to support our farmers growing fruit and vegetables as they adapt to changes in the UK labour market. The Government is keeping the position under close review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:46:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32639 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506013

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	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: Energy
	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 steps her Department has taken to help improve the energy efficiency of (a) NHS buildings and (b) other healthcare facilities.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	49190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>In October 2020, NHS England set out its net zero carbon ambitions in ‘Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service’, including improving energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption. In October 2021, NHS England set out how it plans to tackle emissions from the National Health Service estate, including through its energy usage.</p><p>In 2019, NHS England deployed £5 million of light-emitting diode lighting across its estate through the NHS Energy Efficiency Fund to reduce energy demand and costs. Since its launch, the NHS is deploying a further £611 million of funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to support low carbon heating and energy efficiency projects in England. This includes £329 million from the most recent phase of the scheme, which will be delivered from 2022 to 2025. NHS England aims to publish further technical guidance to supports efforts for achieving energy efficient healthcare buildings across its estates.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 15:13:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 20064 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1521689

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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	Surgery: York
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	62874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2022 13:36:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 24518 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1539242

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children will be moved from Manston Immigration Processing Centre to hotels; and what steps she is taking to provide support for those children.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	78785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to state how many children will, as part of family groups, be moved from Manston on future dates given uncertainty about future small boat arrivals.</p><p>Where families are moved to contingency accommodation, including hotels, the Home Office expects the highest standards from our accommodation providers, who are expected to conduct regular checks across the asylum estate to ensure their contractual obligations are being met. Our accommodation providers are experienced and have all the required policies and procedures in place around security, safeguarding, critical incident management and health and safety.</p><p>The support provided at hotels includes;</p><ul><li>Three, varied and appropriate meals a day which included a continental breakfast, lunch and evening meals with a choice of at least one hot, one cold selection and a vegetarian option. Babies and small children are also provided with appropriate foodstuffs and this service will allow them to be fed whenever necessary.</li><li>Additional support items supplied, including baby care equipment, disposable nappies, personal toiletries and feminine hygiene products.</li><li>Access to laundry facilities or a laundry service will be available for all service users.</li><li>All individuals in full board Initial Accommodation (IA) receive a weekly £8 cash allowance onto an ASPEN card.</li><li>Asylum seekers also have free access to healthcare through the NHS and, for their children under 18, they have access to full-time education.</li><li>All people accommodated within our estate have access to our Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) provider, Migrant Help. Asylum seekers are able to contact Migrant Help 24 hours a day, 365 days a year if they need help, advice or guidance.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/11/2022 14:43:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 33542 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1539247

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that people do not remain at the Manston immigration centre for more than 24 hours.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	78790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>We are taking every step to ensure that any period of detention is as brief as possible, arrivals are processed quickly and, where appropriate, given initial asylum accommodation. We have been sourcing more bed spaces with local authorities and in contingency accommodation such as hotels. Since the start of October, over 13 new hotels providing over 1,850 additional hotel bedspaces have been brought into use.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/11/2022 14:44:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 33540 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1539250

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving to York from Manston Immigration Processing Centre were transferred to hospital.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	78793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>For those seeking asylum, following an initial registration process, where they would otherwise be destitute, they will be transferred from Manston Immigration Processing Centre to suitable contingency asylum accommodation whilst their claim is processed.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will not always be made aware of subsequent hospital appointments and admissions and does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/11/2022 14:45:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 33538 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1610472

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	LGBT+ People: Kenya
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing routes for the resettlement of LGBTI people from Kenya in the UK; and whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure the safety of those people.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	180605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of supporting refugees. Since 2015, we have offered a place to just under half a million individuals seeking safety.</p><p>Whilst the UK has made a generous resettlement offer, with worldwide displacement now standing at around 100 million people, we are unable to make routes available for every eventuality.</p><p>The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Referrals for the UKRS, Community Sponsorship<del class="ministerial">,</del> <ins class="ministerial">and the </ins>Mandate Resettlement and<del class="ministerial"> Pathway 2 of the ACRS</del> are assessed and submitted by UNHCR. These assessments are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities and the UK does not seek to influence which cases are referred by UNHCR.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2023 17:38:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2023 10:19:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 68803 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1522399

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Surgery: Worsley and Eccles South
	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 her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	63153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in Wakefield. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p>The target to eliminate waiting times of two years or more for elective procedures was met in July 2022 and we aim to eliminate waiting time of eighteen months or more by April 2023. This will be achieved through increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector and engaging with patients to understand choices made regarding their care.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 10:47:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 25037 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1537447

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 make it her policy to (a) reduce the number of (i) lower-skilled migrants and (ii) migrants in general coming to the UK and (b) provide updates on progress in meeting those goals.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	uin	74919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>We committed to the public we would deliver a new points-based system to bring highly-skilled workers to the UK whilst meeting our clear manifesto commitment to control immigration numbers.  I will provide further policy updates to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/11/2022 10:35:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 31053 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1521723

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	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	Surgery: Wirral South
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Wirral South constituency in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	62814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 10:58:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 25048 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern