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1701459

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Semaglutide: Procurement
	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 is taking with pharmaceutical companies to increase the supply of semaglutide.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	22201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has worked intensively with industry to seek commitments from them to address issues with the supply of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including semaglutide, to expedite deliveries and boost supplies. As a result, the overall supply position in the United Kingdom has improved. Guidance for healthcare professionals now allows for the initiation of new patients on Rybelsus tablets, an oral semaglutide, and provides advice on what to prescribe patients who are unable to obtain their existing GLP-1 RA treatment whilst there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some products, including semaglutide. These disruptions are affecting many countries around the world, and aren’t specific to the UK.</p><p>We continue to work with international partners, given the global nature of medical supply chains, collaborating to share best practice and manage and respond to common threats to supply, including on semaglutide and other GLP-1 RAs licensed for treating patients with type 2 diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 22202 22203 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:40:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1701460

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Semaglutide: Diabetes
	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 she has made of the potential impact of the guidance submitted to medical professions on the prescription of semaglutide on the availability of that drug for people suffering from type 2 diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	22202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has worked intensively with industry to seek commitments from them to address issues with the supply of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including semaglutide, to expedite deliveries and boost supplies. As a result, the overall supply position in the United Kingdom has improved. Guidance for healthcare professionals now allows for the initiation of new patients on Rybelsus tablets, an oral semaglutide, and provides advice on what to prescribe patients who are unable to obtain their existing GLP-1 RA treatment whilst there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some products, including semaglutide. These disruptions are affecting many countries around the world, and aren’t specific to the UK.</p><p>We continue to work with international partners, given the global nature of medical supply chains, collaborating to share best practice and manage and respond to common threats to supply, including on semaglutide and other GLP-1 RAs licensed for treating patients with type 2 diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 22201 22203 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:40:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1701461

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Diabetes: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is working with her international counterparts to tackle supply issues relating to (a) semaglutide and (b) other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists licensed for treating patients with type 2 diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	22203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has worked intensively with industry to seek commitments from them to address issues with the supply of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including semaglutide, to expedite deliveries and boost supplies. As a result, the overall supply position in the United Kingdom has improved. Guidance for healthcare professionals now allows for the initiation of new patients on Rybelsus tablets, an oral semaglutide, and provides advice on what to prescribe patients who are unable to obtain their existing GLP-1 RA treatment whilst there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some products, including semaglutide. These disruptions are affecting many countries around the world, and aren’t specific to the UK.</p><p>We continue to work with international partners, given the global nature of medical supply chains, collaborating to share best practice and manage and respond to common threats to supply, including on semaglutide and other GLP-1 RAs licensed for treating patients with type 2 diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 22201 22202 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:40:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1685290

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support local police forces to help them to deal with complaints backlogs.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	11666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government implemented a series of legislative reforms in 2020 to the police complaints and disciplinary systems. These changes were designed to achieve a simpler, more proportionate, and customer-focused complaints system focused on learning and improvement.</p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) collects and publishes information from all police forces in England and Wales about the type of complaints they are receiving and how long they take to deal with them. The most recent police complaints statistics report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/police-complaints-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/police-complaints-statistics</a></p><p>From the most recent publication (2022/23) the IOPC note that “more complaints are being sorted quickly, as the new system intended, with fewer complaints resulting in lengthy investigations. This is to be welcomed. In many cases these are being replaced with responses that are more proportionate with appropriate explanations and apologies.”</p><p>The IOPC, Home Office and wider policing sector are continuing to work with forces to seek to improve their handling of police complaints. The Home Office will also continue to collect, review and publish data annually on police complaints, conduct matters and recordable conduct matters.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/02/2024 12:06:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1684566

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the requirement for maintained nursery schools to have at least one teacher with qualified teacher status and (b) other Ofsted requirements on the levels of Government support required for maintained nursery schools.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	11227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises that maintained nursery schools make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. They are high-quality providers: in August 2023, 62% of maintained nursery schools were judged to be outstanding by Ofsted and 35% were judged to be good. Like other early years providers, they are required to follow the early years foundation stage statutory framework.</p><p>As a result of being maintained schools, certain requirements are placed on maintained nursery schools, such as having to have at least one qualified teacher, a special educational needs coordinator and a head teacher. These are costs that other small early years providers do not face. In recognition of this, the government provides local authorities with supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools in their areas.</p><p>The department currently provides local authorities with around £70 million a year in supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools. For 2024/25, the department will increase this in line with the national average uplift to three and four year-old rates for the vast majority of local authorities. The department will also add additional funding for teachers’ pay and pensions into this supplementary funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 30/01/2024 15:51:24 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1683133

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Water Supply: Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to make it easier for communities to establish a Water Management Board.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	10311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>There is currently a technical barrier to the creation of new and expansion of existing internal drainage boards (IDBs), also known as water level management boards. The Government has amended the Land Drainage Act 1991, via the Environment Act 2021, to remove this barrier. This enables new updated valuation calculations for IDBs to use in apportioning their expenses between the beneficiaries of their work - drainage rates paid by farmers and special levies paid by local authorities - to be included in secondary legislation. We will aim to implement the statutory instrument as soon as possible, pending the outcome of the consultation which we hope to launch shortly.</p><p> </p><p>It is a local choice where a new IDB is created, where there is local support to do so.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 26/01/2024 10:35:03 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1683164

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time taken to investigate complaints by professional standards teams in police forces.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	10323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) collects and publishes information from all police forces in England and Wales about the type of complaints they are receiving and how long they take to deal with them. The most recent police complaints statistics report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/police-complaints-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/our-work/research-and-statistics/police-complaints-statistics</a></p><p>The first stage of complaint handling is for the relevant police force or appropriate body, such as a Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office, to consider how best to handle the complaint. Certain types of complaints can be resolved informally where it is appropriate to do so and the issue can be resolved quickly to the complainant’s satisfaction.</p><p>The IOPC data shows, in 2022/23 police forces finalised 55,524 allegations in complaint cases that were handled informally. On average, these allegations took 16 working days to finalise.</p><p>All complaints should be handled in a reasonable and proportionate manner by police forces. For formal complaints, this may mean responding to concerns raised and seeking to resolve them (in some cases via an investigation) and keeping the complainant properly informed throughout the process, and explaining the outcome, including closing the complaint.</p><p>The IOPC data shows, in 2022/23 police forces finalised a total of 71,805 allegations in complaint cases handled formally of which 17,098 were investigated accounting for 24%. Of those allegations finalised by local investigation, it took an average of 159 working days.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/01/2024 17:31:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1682626

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Woodford Investment Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to the UK financial services industry of the Financial Conduct Authority investigation into the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	9971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The FCA has been investigating the events leading to the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, as the independent regulator responsible for the supervision and regulation of conduct in financial services. While the Treasury continues to follow this case closely, it is the responsibility of the FCA to investigate and decide upon the appropriate course of action.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 19/01/2024 14:27:44 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1682072

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Elections: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative estimate of the cost to the public purse of holding a general election on (a) the same date as the local elections and (b) another date.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	9718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The cost of holding the next general election will be published in the relevant Charges Order in advance of the election to give Returning Officers certainty over the funding available to them for the conduct of the election.</p><p>In the instance that a Parliamentary election is held alongside another election, the Charges Order will include schedules detailing the funding allocations for both a combined poll and a fully standalone election.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 18/01/2024 16:13:34 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1681766

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister of the Cabinet Office on the role of the Government Resilience Framework in strengthening national flooding preparedness.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
	uin	901020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues, including future flood preparedness, and Cabinet discussions are considered confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Preparing for flooding in England remains a priority for Defra and the Environment Agency (EA) to protect communities, as part of the ‘whole of society’ approach to resilience outlined in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-uk-government-resilience-framework%2Fthe-uk-government-resilience-framework-html&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C1b59797cf8d7404be91c08dc15bd63a2%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638409150360722043%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Bt%2B5iCi4svK5A4XZJDvI1%2FNf6zuQEWf%2FraqH4DcESqg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Government Resilience Framework</a>, which states that every level of society has a part to play in building national resilience. Recent communications that strengthen national flooding preparedness include the EA annual Flood Action Campaign which began on 20 November 2023, to encourage people to prepare for flooding. This promotes the steps that people can take to protect themselves, their family and homes. Members of the public can sign up to receive free flood warnings from the EA to keep them aware of expected or ongoing flood risks to their local area.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the EA also work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to share flood risk information, discuss the readiness of Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) for flooding, and to identify particularly vulnerable areas. The EA works in close collaboration with LRFs across the country to develop plans and procedures to address flood risks.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/02/2024 18:11:12 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton