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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>Our annual UK report on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fveterinary-antimicrobial-resistance-and-sales-surveillance-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C2ca77a8f244e486f8f9408dad38c7a4a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638054897554920441%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=e6AGvRUBrpatQ0t%2FHqB%2Fh6xQ3UtTGFQ%2BYlx9EaAXUjE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Veterinary Antibiotic Resistance, Sales and Surveillance</a> (UK-VARSS 2021) was published on 8<sup>th</sup> November 2022, and presents the findings of our monitoring programmes on veterinary antibiotic sales, usage and resistance.</p> more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The Government recognises that losing a child at any age is deeply upsetting, and in April 2020 we legislated to give parents who lose a child under the age of 18 a right to take up to two weeks off work in the 56 weeks following the death of their child. This right extends to parents of babies stillborn after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy. In the Explanatory Memorandum published alongside the legislation, we committed to taking forward a review of the scheme’s impact in 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who do not feel able to return to work following a miscarriage before 24 weeks may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay while off work. All employees are also entitled to 5.6 weeks of Annual Leave a year and many employers also offer ‘Compassionate Leave’. We encourage employers to respond sensitively to each individual’s specific needs.</p> more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>Workforce statistics for October 2021 show that there are over 1.2 million full time equivalent staff working in the National Health Service or over 1.3 million, headcount. We are on schedule to deliver 50,000 more nurses by the end of this Parliament and ensure a sustainable long-term workforce supply in the future. We have funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England - an increase of 25% over three years. This expansion was completed in September 2020 and has delivered five new medical schools in England. The NHS People Plan aims to retain staff by assisting organisations to provide ongoing support to staff to improve their health and wellbeing.</p><p>The adult social care reform white paper, ‘People at the Heart of Care’, sets out an investment of at least £500 million in the adult social care workforce. This aims to deliver a rewarding career with opportunities to develop and progress, where social care staff are recognised and their wellbeing prioritised. On 10 December we announced £300 million for local authorities and care providers to recruit and retain care staff through the winter. This funding will enhance the existing £162.5 million Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund. On 24 December, we announced that care workers, care assistants and home care workers will be eligible for the Health and Care Visa for a 12-month period. These roles will also be added to the Shortage Occupation List.</p>
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this
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Treasury more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>Since 1990 the UK has reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 44%, while growing our economy by over 75%.</p><p>The Net Zero Strategy sets out our long-term plan to end the UK’s domestic contribution to man-made climate change by 2050. However, the government recognises that sustainable economic growth goes further than tackling climate change.</p><p>Our response to the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity recognises that nature sustains our economies, livelihoods and well-being, and commits to a nature positive future in which we leave the environment in a better condition than we found it. The world leading Environment Act 2021 supports this ambition.</p> more like this
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The Department for Education is the regulator for independent schools in England and sets the Independent School Standards (ISS) that registered schools must meet, including those in the important area of safeguarding. The department commissions Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) to carry out inspections of registered schools on a regular cycle to assess their compliance with the ISS. Where an inspection finds that a school has not met the ISS, the department may issue a statutory notice requiring an action plan to bring about rapid improvement. It also has powers to take enforcement action. Enforcement action is the strongest step the department can take to achieve compliance with the ISS. This can take one of two forms. The department can either impose a ‘relevant restriction’ on the proprietor of the school, or where appropriate, remove a school from the register of independent schools. This has the effect of requiring it to cease operating as a school.</p><p>There are approximately 2,500 registered independent schools in England of which, 143 are currently failing to meet the legal requirements set out in the ISS. Of the 143 schools, 135 are in regulatory action and the remaining 8 are under enforcement action.</p><p>It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an unregistered independent school. All unregistered schools are unsafe since they are not regulated or subject to regular inspection against agreed standards. The department and Ofsted continue to investigate schools believed to be operating as unregistered schools. As set out in section 97 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, Ofsted can carry out inspections without notice where it has reasonable cause to believe that an unregistered school is being operated on the premises. Evidence gathered through these investigations is used to support the prosecution of those responsible for running such schools.</p><p>The department has committed to introducing legislation to bring measures to make it easier for Ofsted to investigate and gather evidence of breaches of section 96 of the 2008 Act and prosecute those responsible for running unregistered schools.</p>
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Department for Education more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The Department for Education is the regulator for independent schools in England and sets the Independent School Standards (ISS) that registered schools must meet, including those in the important area of safeguarding. The department commissions Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) to carry out inspections of registered schools on a regular cycle to assess their compliance with the ISS. Where an inspection finds that a school has not met the ISS, the department may issue a statutory notice requiring an action plan to bring about rapid improvement. It also has powers to take enforcement action. Enforcement action is the strongest step the department can take to achieve compliance with the ISS. This can take one of two forms. The department can either impose a ‘relevant restriction’ on the proprietor of the school, or where appropriate, remove a school from the register of independent schools. This has the effect of requiring it to cease operating as a school.</p><p>There are approximately 2,500 registered independent schools in England of which, 143 are currently failing to meet the legal requirements set out in the ISS. Of the 143 schools, 135 are in regulatory action and the remaining 8 are under enforcement action.</p><p>It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an unregistered independent school. All unregistered schools are unsafe since they are not regulated or subject to regular inspection against agreed standards. The department and Ofsted continue to investigate schools believed to be operating as unregistered schools. As set out in section 97 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, Ofsted can carry out inspections without notice where it has reasonable cause to believe that an unregistered school is being operated on the premises. Evidence gathered through these investigations is used to support the prosecution of those responsible for running such schools.</p><p>The department has committed to introducing legislation to bring measures to make it easier for Ofsted to investigate and gather evidence of breaches of section 96 of the 2008 Act and prosecute those responsible for running unregistered schools.</p>
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling completions, by tenure, in each local authority district in England, are shown in Live Table 253, at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-house-building&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6g2gfLzQnKSmAXMNxjxJXhifHIoZqMCiA5TvtaNypO4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The department also publishes an annual release entitled '<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jw8C0KSdPySjL9pgxDNv5%2FQXSwEs2e29vNFYHu95amo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England'</a>, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply.</p><p>Information on new build units by provider and geography can be derived from the affordable housing supply open data available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ftQso4DlgZhFJriSMfIkFO2ma9erQ2BNxynnd0ZgC4g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The latest available data is for the financial year 2021-22.</p><p>Statistics at Huddersfield parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected.</p>
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling completions, by tenure, in each local authority district in England, are shown in Live Table 253, at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-house-building&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6g2gfLzQnKSmAXMNxjxJXhifHIoZqMCiA5TvtaNypO4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The department also publishes an annual release entitled '<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jw8C0KSdPySjL9pgxDNv5%2FQXSwEs2e29vNFYHu95amo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England'</a>, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply.</p><p>Information on new build units by provider and geography can be derived from the affordable housing supply open data available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7cc485c26b80451982f108dad7acc8dd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638059434336897953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ftQso4DlgZhFJriSMfIkFO2ma9erQ2BNxynnd0ZgC4g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The latest available data is for the financial year 2021-22.</p><p>Statistics at Huddersfield parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected.</p>
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The government believes that it is right to look again at whether the criminal sanction remains appropriate for TV licence fee evasion, given ongoing concerns about whether the criminal sanction is unfair and disproportionate.</p><p>On 5 February 2020, the Government launched a public consultation on decriminalising TV licence evasion.</p><p>The consultation closed on 1 April, and received over 150,000 responses. We will listen carefully to those that have responded before setting out our next steps.</p><p> </p> more like this
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Department for Transport more like this
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unstar this property answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the number of e-scooters being sold by UK retailers. Using a privately-owned e-scooter on the road or pavement is illegal and retailers should make their customers aware of this at the point of sale.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that people want to take advantage of the benefits that e-scooters offer and we are running trials of rental e-scooters in several areas.</p><p> </p> more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman more like this