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1151086

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reactive repair in-month completion rate was for each prison in (a) 2010 (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	2866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the reactive repairs completed each month. Faults are reported on the facilities management system online, or via a telephone help desk.</p><p>Local maintenance teams then create a work order and assign an appropriate tradesperson to complete the work. Following completion, the work order is closed on the facilities management system. Contractor performance is monitored closely.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:27:50 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2019 18:12:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ - completed work orders (002).xlsx title Work order previous answer version 1452 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151088

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) key performance indicators are for Amey under the prison maintenance contracts and (b) average annual performance of Amey has been against those indicators.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	2868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the KPI regime for the facilities management contract HMPPS holds with Amey, as well as the recorded performance against these KPI’s averaged across the last 12 months for which this data is available (June 2017- May 2018). Contractor performance is robustly monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:03:41 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 16:56:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Amey KPI's and 12 monthly average performance.xlsx title Amey KPIs and 12 Monthly Average performance previous answer version 1434 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1546887

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Employment: Long Covid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to provide long-term support in the workplace for people suffering from long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	99919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS works with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions supporting workplace health and wellbeing through the delivery of Health is Everyone’s Business consultation response.</p><p> </p><p>Employees have a statutory right to request flexible working, which can help them to balance employment alongside other aspects of life – such as managing a health condition like Long Covid. We recently announced that the Right to Request Flexible Working will be made available to all employees from their first day of employment. The Government is also supporting the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Private Members Bill.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 09:53:50 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 40813 answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1190551

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Construction: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons version 2 of the Construction Leadership Council’s guidance Site Operating Procedures Protecting Your Workforce During Coronavirus (Covid-19) stated that no construction work should be carried out on site if social distancing could not be enforced; and for what reasons that instruction has been relaxed in version 3 of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	40698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has developed Site Operating Procedures (SOP), which align with Public Health England (PHE) guidance on social distancing. The SOP provide practical advice to those seeking to implement the guidance on construction sites.</p><p> </p><p>Following consultation with the industry, the CLC has updated the SOP to align with the latest PHE guidance and provide more detailed advice on safe working. This approach is based on the Health and Safety Executive Hierarchy of Controls for work planning to mitigate risks.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/05/2020 09:05:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18632 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1190552

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Construction: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to enforce staggered start times for construction sites to help ensure that construction workers are able to comply with social distancing guidance on public transport during the rush hour.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	40699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The health and safety of construction workers is a priority for the Government. In order to help ensure that it is safe for construction workers to operate in their workplace, the Government has worked with Public Health England (PHE) to develop sector-specific guidance on social distancing, and has also worked with the Construction Leadership Council to develop Site Operating Procedures (SOP), which provide practical advice to those seeking to implement the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The SOP set out that sites should consider introducing staggered start and finish times to reduce congestion and contact, and plan site access and egress points to enable social distancing. The Health and Safety Executive should consider enforcement action if a site is not consistently implementing the measures set out by PHE.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 40700 question first answered 05/05/2020 09:04:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18633 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1190553

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Construction: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to protect construction workers during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	40700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The health and safety of construction workers is a priority for the Government. In order to help ensure that it is safe for construction workers to operate in their workplace, the Government has worked with Public Health England (PHE) to develop sector-specific guidance on social distancing, and has also worked with the Construction Leadership Council to develop Site Operating Procedures (SOP), which provide practical advice to those seeking to implement the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The SOP set out that sites should consider introducing staggered start and finish times to reduce congestion and contact, and plan site access and egress points to enable social distancing. The Health and Safety Executive should consider enforcement action if a site is not consistently implementing the measures set out by PHE.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 40699 question first answered 05/05/2020 09:04:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18635 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1196219

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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	Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of new covid-19 infections recorded each day since 1 May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	47375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England publishes the daily number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in England from 6 February to present, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 18:48:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 23145 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1698193

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Official Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many foreign officials have been granted special mission status to visit the UK in each year since 2011; and if he will list the (a) names and (b) country of origin of those officials.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	20082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>As set out in 2013 by the former Foreign Secretary William Hague, a special mission is a 'temporary mission, representing a state, which is sent by one state to another with the consent of the latter, in order to carry out official engagements on behalf of the sending state'. Since starting to issue special mission status (SMS) certificates in 2013, the FCDO has given consent for 57 special mission status visits to the UK for the following officials and their delegations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>· Maj. Gen. (res) Amos Yadlin, Former Chief of Military Intelligence DMI; Deputy Commander of Air Force</p><p>· Maj. Gen. (res) Doron Almog Senior Adviser on Beduoin Issues <strong>(cancelled)</strong></p><p>· Lt. Gen. Benjamin Gantz, Chief of Defence Staff, Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)</p><p>· Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Minister of International Affairs, Strategy and Intelligence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Abdul Nasr, Minister of Education <strong>(cancelled)</strong></p><p>· Mr Mounir Faqhry Abdel Noor, Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment</p><p>· Ambassador Yasser Atef, Deputy Assistant Minister for European Affairs</p><p>· Dr Sherif Mohamed Ali Hammad, Minister of Scientific Research</p><p>· Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Hegazy, Chief of Staff of Egyptian Armed Forces</p><p>· Mr Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs</p><p>· Dr Mahamoud Aboel Nasr, Minister of Education</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>· Ms Tzipi Livni, Minister for Justice</p><p>· Ms Tzipi Livni, Minister for Justice</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>· Mr Ebrahim Rahimpour, Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Dr Mahmoud Abdoul Nasr, Minister of Education</p><p>· Mr Ashraf Salman, Minister of Investment</p><p>· Mr Ashraf Salman, Minister of Investment</p><p>· Dr Hany Kadry Demain, Minister of Finance</p><p>· Prof. Dr SHerif Hammad, Minister of Scientific Research</p><p>· Sheikh Dr Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam</p><p>· Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Foreign Minister</p><p>· Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Hegazy, Chief of Defence Staff</p><p>· Mr Tarek Kabil, Minister of Trade and Industry</p><p>· Mj. Gen. Mohamed Elkeshky, Assistant to the Minister of Defence for International Relations</p><p>· Mr Khaled Fawzy, Chief of General Intelligence</p><p>· Dr Ahmed Emad Eldin Rady, Minister for Health</p><p>· President Sisi's Advance Delegation</p><p>· President Sisi's Delegation</p><p>· Major General Mohammad Farag Elshahat, Head of Military Intelligence</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>· Ms Tzipi Livni, Member of the Israeli Knessett</p><p>· Delegation of Former Security Officials</p><p>· Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister</p><p>· Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Chief of Military Intelligence</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>· H.E, Dr. Ali bin Fetais Almarri, Attorney General</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Mr Ashraf El Sheihy, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research</p><p>· Mr Saad Elgyoushi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research</p><p>· Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Foreign Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>· H.E, Dr. Ali bin Fetais Almarri, Attorney General.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>· Ms Tzipi Livni, Member of the Israeli Knessett</p><p>· Maj. Gen. (ret) Amos Yadlin, Director, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)</p><p>· Mr Shaul Mofaz, Former CDS and Minister of Defence</p><p>· Mr Avi Dichter, Member of the Israeli Knessett</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>· Mr James Kararebe, Minister of Defence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ibrahum Mahmoud Hegazy, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces.</p><p>· Eng. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister</p><p>· Mr Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>· Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Mr Mahmoud Sharawy, Minister of Local Development</p><p>· Mr Kamel El-Wazer, Minister of Transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Mr Abdel Fattah Alsisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt</p><p>· Mr Kamel El-Wazer, Minister of Transport</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>· Colonal Turki Al Maliki, Coalition Spokesman and Joint Head of Delegation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Mr Kamel El-Wazer, Minister of Transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>· Mr Kamel El-Wazer, Minister of Transport</p><p>· Mr Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>· Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.<strong> (cancelled)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>· Mr Benny Gantz, Minister of the State of Israel</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/04/2024 16:20:57 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 27938 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1488474

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will undertake an assessment of the potential benefits of implementing £15 an hour minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	34986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>We have set out an ambitious target for the minimum wage to reach 2/3 of median earnings by 2024. It is important that increases are evidence-based, sustainable and affordable for business. That is why we consider the expert and independent advice of the Low Pay Commission when increasing the rates as setting the minimum wage too high may lead to higher unemployment and harm the very people the policy is intended to help.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 09:52:24 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt previous answer version 14046 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1248478

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Test and Trace Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received the £500 Test and Trace Support Payment since it was introduced, broken down by the smallest available geographical unit for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	110871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>We are working closely with all 314 lower tier and unitary local authorities to collate information on how the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme is progressing and will release information on the number of applications, number of successful applications and amounts paid out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/01/2021 13:28:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59974 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon