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1725630

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Hospices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to meet Hospice UK to discuss hospice funding.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2803 2804 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725631

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Hospices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding provided through the NHS to charitable hospices.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2804 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725632

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Hospices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the funding model for hospices as part his plans to improve NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2803 2805 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1725633

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Hospices: Finance
	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 saving to the the NHS and social care services by hospices delivering palliative care.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Department officials meet regularly with Hospice UK and alongside our key partners at NHS England, will continue to proactively engage with the sector, including Hospice UK, to understand the issues they are facing.</p><p>Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding charitable hospices receive varies by integrated care board (ICB) area, and will, in part, be dependent on the breadth and range of palliative and end of life care provision within their ICB footprint.</p><p>Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by NHS staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, play in providing support to people, and their loved ones, at end of life.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care is provided through a range of professionals and providers, both generalists and specialists, across the NHS, social care, and voluntary sector organisations. Therefore, the cost of provision is difficult to measure as relevant consultations and tasks are not always coded as palliative or end of life care. This makes it difficult to estimate how much is spent on palliative and end of life care provision as a whole, and how much might be saved by hospices delivering palliative care.</p><p>The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift. We will consider next steps on palliative and end of life care, including funding, in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 2802 2803 2804 question first answered 10/09/2024 11:02:59 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722583

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Chesterfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Derbyshire County Council on a timetable for commencing investigations to ensure the viability of the proposed Chesterfield Staveley Regeneration route.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>I am grateful to the Honorable Member for his continued support for the scheme and I look forward to meeting with you to discuss it in the future if this would be beneficial to you. I can confirm that discussions on the viability of the proposed Chesterfield Regeneration route are ongoing between my officials and Derbyshire County Council. The timetable has yet to be confirmed on the commencement of the investigations; however, additional information has been submitted by Derbyshire council to help ministers with their considerations.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 29/07/2024 15:09:42 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722586

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Chesterfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the Chesterfield Staveley Regeneration route.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>I am grateful to the Honorable Member for his continued support for the scheme and I would be very happy to meet him to discuss it. The Outline Business Case submitted by Derbyshire County Council has been assessed in detail by officials, who have obtained additional information from Derbyshire County Council to help Ministers in their considerations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 25/07/2024 11:48:50 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722589

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	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: Chesterfield
	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 plans he has to improve the flood resilience of the river (a) Rother and (b) Hipper in the Chesterfield area.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is:</p><ul><li>Developing a business case for a flood alleviation scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to properties on the River Hipper in Chesterfield. The project currently has a significant funding gap. Funding will need to be identified for the project to be delivered.</li><li>Investigating the removal of a disused bridge over the River Hipper at Clayton Street to reduce obstructions to flow during flood events.</li><li>Developing a project to refurbish a flood defence wall in the St Augustine’s area. This asset reduces risk from the River Rother to properties on Hawthorne, Sherwood, Bridge Street and River View. The Environment Agency, Derbyshire County Council and Chesterfield Borough Council have undertaken a community flood resilience event to discuss how to be better prepared in the event of a flood.</li><li>Reviewing flows and performance of the Avenue Flood Storage Area following Storm Babet. This asset reduces risk from the River Rother to communities downstream in Chesterfield. Subject to funding, the Environment Agency will undertake an optimisation study to assess whether there are any operational improvements that can be undertaken to further reduce flood risk.</li><li>With other partners, investigating any potential for further storage on tributaries of the Rivers Rother and Hipper, for example Spital Brook and Holme Brook.</li><li>Continuing to work with partners to develop natural flood management opportunities within the Rother and Hipper Catchments to help slow the flow and reduce risk to downstream communities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency also carried out a flood warning validation exercise following Storm Babet to help improve the flood warning service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that communities are better protected, Defra has established a ministerially led cross-governmental Flood Resilience Taskforce, with the first meeting taking place in September. The Flood Resilience Taskforce will ensure that preparedness and resilience to flooding is reviewed regularly before the start of the main flood season; and that it is continuously improved to ensure optimum protection to people, homes and businesses. It will also provide ministers with longer-term oversight of wider floods resilience strategy and investment programmes.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 09/08/2024 06:30:38 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722063

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Environment Act 2021
	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 assessment he has made of the UK's progress in meeting the targets included in the Environment Act 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to the Environment Act targets. This Labour government is committed to ensuring the Environmental Improvement Plan is fit for purpose and will focus on delivering our Environment Act targets.</p><p> </p><p>The new government will work in partnership with civil society, communities and business to restore and protect our natural world.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the Annual Progress Report on implementation of the Environmental Improvement Plan this summer, which will reveal the situation labour have inherited. This will cover the April 2023 to March 2024 reporting period in accordance with section 9 of the Environment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 29/07/2024 12:21:36 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722064

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Environment Act 2021
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the targets included in the Environment Act 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to the Environment Act targets. This Labour government is committed to ensuring the Environmental Improvement Plan is fit for purpose and will focus on delivering our Environment Act targets.</p><p> </p><p>The new government will work in partnership with civil society, communities and business to restore and protect our natural world.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the Annual Progress Report on implementation of the Environmental Improvement Plan this summer, which will reveal the situation labour have inherited. This will cover the April 2023 to March 2024 reporting period in accordance with section 9 of the Environment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 604 606 607 question first answered 29/07/2024 12:21:36 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1722065

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the Environment Improvement plan 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to the Environment Act targets. This Labour government is committed to ensuring the Environmental Improvement Plan is fit for purpose and will focus on delivering our Environment Act targets.</p><p> </p><p>The new government will work in partnership with civil society, communities and business to restore and protect our natural world.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the Annual Progress Report on implementation of the Environmental Improvement Plan this summer, which will reveal the situation labour have inherited. This will cover the April 2023 to March 2024 reporting period in accordance with section 9 of the Environment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 604 605 607 question first answered 29/07/2024 12:21:36 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins