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	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Dorset
	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 tackle increased waiting times for ambulances in Dorset.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	45170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS England advice that there are a range of interventions to address increased waiting time for ambulances in Dorset. These measures aim to improve the flow of patients through accident and emergency departments, reduce waiting times and delays in the transfer of patients from ambulances and allow crews to respond to calls more efficiently.</p><p>This includes the earlier identification of patients needing complex discharge support and ensuring multi-disciplinary engagement in the discharge plans to increase bed capacity. An expected date of discharge is determined within 48 hours of admission. The operation of transfer of care hubs is being streamlined and demand and capacity modelling for local and community systems is being developed.</p><p>NHS England has allocated an additional £150 million for ambulance service pressures in 2022/23, supporting improvements to response times through additional call handler recruitment, retention and other funding requirements. A further £20 million has been invested in the upgrade of the ambulance fleet by reducing its age profile and fuel emissions while increasing productivity and capacity. Additionally, St John Ambulance has been contracted to deliver auxiliary ambulance services, providing national surge capacity of at least 5,000 hours per month as needed to support the ambulance response during periods of increased pressure, allowing National Health Service ambulance crews to respond to emergency calls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 13:36:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1600785

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help mitigate the risks posed to local people by asylum seekers with severe mental health issues in Bournemouth East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	156936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The rise in the number of small boat crossings has placed significant pressures on local authorities and the asylum system.</p><p>We take the safety and welfare of those in our care seriously and the Home Office has robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure those in our accommodation are as safe and supported as possible as we seek urgent placements with a local authority.</p><p>Our providers are aware of the requirement to ensure that all service users are able to register with a local GP. During the induction process, which is carried out in multiple languages via the use of a translation service, the medical registration process is explained to all residents. This information is also displayed throughout the hotel. Staff at the hotel will support all residents to register with a GP practice. This extends to arranging appointments and transport to and from appointments if that is required. In the event of a medical situation that requires immediate attention, staff support by contacting 111 or 999 in an emergency.</p><p>Anyone granted asylum, temporary protection or humanitarian protection under the Immigration Rules of section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 is recognised as a refugee and able to access all health care services, including mental health care services, exempt from charges.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to work to improve the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers, including through work with representatives from DHSC, National Health Service, Devolved Administrations and Non-Governmental Organisations to consider approaches to mental health support. The Government will also continue to use our safeguarding networks to identify the most vulnerable users of the asylum system and engage with the appropriate statutory agencies to provide the support they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has produced a Migrant Health Guide, which is a free-to-use, online resource designed to support primary care practitioners in caring for patients who have come to the UK from overseas. It includes information on asylum seekers entitlement to the NHS, guidance for assessing new patients, tailored health information specific to over 100 countries of origin and guidance on a range of communicable and non-communicable diseases and health issues.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/03/2023 10:51:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1606804

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help refugees learn English.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	172357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We know that language skills are crucial to help people integrate into life in England, as well as to break down barriers to work and career progression.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education funds English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). Refugees and those granted humanitarian protection are eligible for full funding for ESOL through the AEB if they are unemployed and looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office provides funding to local authorities to support resettlement and integration costs for those who arrive through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy. In the first year this includes £850 per adult to cover additional English language provision.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invested in a number of ways to improve English language provision for refugees, including providing £1.8mn in 2022/23 to support additional childcare so that refugees resettled to the UK (the UKRS) can access ESOL lessons; and £360,000 to improve regional coordination of ESOL for refugees.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to offering an enhanced integration package for refugees arriving through safe and legal routes, to help them integrate and become self-sufficient more quickly. This will be delivered in England through the Refugee Employability Programme (REP), which has three key pillars: tailored employment support, integration support and English language training. More information about the Refugee Employability Programme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/refugee-employability-programme/refugee-employability-programme-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/refugee-employability-programme/refugee-employability-programme-policy-statement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/03/2023 15:39:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1626544

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
	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 provide safe and legal routes for people displaced from Sudan who are dependents of British nationals to come to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	184320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Over 2,000 people have been evacuated to safety in the longest and largest airlift of any western nation during the crisis in Sudan. As well as British nationals, the UK has also evacuated Sudanese clinicians who work in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, those individuals who were evacuated from Sudan by other governments who would have met the criteria for evacuation by the UK government will also be able to come to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is monitoring the situation in Sudan closely to ensure that it is able to respond appropriately. We recognise that some people displaced by the fighting may wish to join family in the UK, and where those family members do not have a current UK visa, they can apply for one via one of our standard visa routes, which remain available, and applications can be submitted at the nearest Visa Application Centre (VAC).</p><p> </p><p>Those wishing to come to the UK for a short time to stay with family can apply for a visit visa which allows them to stay in the UK for up to six months. Immediate family members of British citizens, and those settled in the UK, who wish to come and live in the UK can apply under one of the existing family visa routes. The safe and legal entry routes are country-specific and global:</p><ul><li>Resettlement, including UNHCR schemes (UK Resettlement scheme, mandate scheme, and community sponsorship), as well as the Afghan Resettlement Programme</li><li>Family reunion visas</li><li>BN(O) Hong Kong visas</li><li>Ukraine Family, Sponsorship and Extension Scheme visas</li></ul><p>Applications can be made at any VAC and we will accept applications which would normally have to be made in the country where the person is living at any VAC from someone who has been evacuated, or self-evacuated, from Sudan.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/05/2023 16:14:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood