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1694297

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	Dental Services: Somerset
	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 and what proportion of dental practices stopped providing NHS services in Somerset in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	17469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of dentists who performed National Health Service work in the last five years, as well as the number of dentists who started and stopped NHS work in the Somerset Integrated Care Board in each year, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2022-23-annual-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2022-23-annual-report</a></p><p>We do not hold data on the proportion of dental practices that have stopped providing NHS services in Somerset in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2024 14:44:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1694299

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Juries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the support that is available to jurors who have been adversely affected by sitting on a jury.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	17471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Juries are a vital part of our criminal justice system, and jury service is an important civic duty. We want to do everything we can to help jurors feel supported as they undertake this important role.</p><p> </p><p>If any aspect of jury service has left a juror feeling distressed, they are encouraged to speak to their GP and/or the Samaritans. Their GP can help them to access counselling services and the Samaritans can provide support over the telephone, email or through a local Samaritan branch. A leaflet entitled ‘Supporting You Through Jury Service’ which offers further advice to jurors is available in courts.</p><p> </p><p>Our courts request regular feedback from jurors through Juror Experience Surveys to better understand jurors’ needs which finds most jurors enjoy completing jury service. We are using this research alongside the extensive academic research available and experience from other jurisdictions to inform our approach. We are aware that a small minority of jurors suffer adverse effects and are working to understand their specific needs to ensure that the support we offer is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/03/2024 17:11:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1694306

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	Care Homes: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring inspections by the Care Quality Commission to take into account the experience of LGBTQ+ residents in care homes.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	17478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Any discrimination in adult social care on the basis of one’s sexual or gender identity, or indeed on the basis of any protected characteristic, is unacceptable. The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace, and in wider society.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspects and assesses care homes and other social care providers for compliance against the fundamental standards embedded in regulation. This includes the requirement, as clearly described in the CQC’s guidance, for providers to do everything reasonably practicable to make sure that people who use the service receive person-centred care, that meets their needs and reflects their personal preferences. As part of this, during an inspection, the CQC will take account of how the service considers a person’s protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>The CQC has also published its Equality Objectives, which outline how the CQC is taking a preventative approach to LGBTQ+ people experiencing prejudice or abuse, as well as improving the data it collects around equality risks. Finally, the new duty on the CQC to assess local authorities’ delivery of their adult social care duties went live from April this year. CQC assessment of local authorities will increase transparency, and enable people to hold their local authority to account.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 17477 question first answered 11/03/2024 17:59:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1690073

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurseries: Special Educational Needs and Disability
	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 adequacy of funding provided to nurseries for infants and toddlers diagnosed as having special educational needs and disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The department recognises the challenges faced by the early years sector in meeting the needs of children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). The department has already committed to working with stakeholders across the sector to understand whether changes may be required to the special educational needs inclusion fund (SENIF), and other associated elements of the wider current early years funding system, as part of the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan. ​​</p><p>The department is conducting a review of SENIF funding arrangements, as confirmed in the government’s response to the consultation on expanding the early education entitlements on 20 September 2023. This is so that the department can better support parents, providers and local authorities, as the expanded entitlements are rolled out.</p><p>​At the completion of this review, the department will consider what information is most appropriate and helpful for the sector in their delivery of SENIFs. The department will look to draw examples of best practice together with a view to sector-wide dissemination.</p><p>The department has increased the rate of disability access funding in 2024/25 to £910 per eligible child per year, having increased in September 2023 from £828 to an annual equivalent of £881 per year per eligible child. The department is also increasing high needs funding by £440 million in 2024/25, compared to the high needs funding allocations for 2023/24. The total high needs budget for 2024/25 will be £10.5 billion.</p><p>The Early Years National Funding Formula also contains an additional needs element to take account of the number of 3 and 4 year old children with additional needs in an area.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 23/02/2024 13:01:32 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1690074

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
	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 adequacy of listing school absence as illness without more detail.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>Schools must record absences as authorised where pupils cannot attend school due to illness, regardless of whether the illness is physical or mental health related. The government recognises the importance of understanding what is driving absence to illness. However, it would be unreasonable to expect teachers, at the point of taking the register, to determine and provide additional detail on each instance of illness for pupils as this would be a considerable additional burden on the workforce.</p><p>The government acknowledges that some young people are facing difficulties with their mental health and wellbeing and providing them with support remains a priority. The government is putting in record levels of investment, including an additional £2.3 billion of funding a year by March 2024 for all NHS mental health services. This will help an extra 345,000 children and young people receive NHS-funded mental health support, compared to 2018. The department expects schools to ensure data is regularly monitored for pupils with long term illnesses and/or Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, including at board and governing body meetings and in targeting support meetings with the local authority so that additional support from other partners is accessed where necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/02/2024 12:34:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1690119

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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: Pollution 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, how many hectares of land have been protected for wildlife as a result of the Nutrient Mitigation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>Nutrient neutrality advice aims to halt further pollution of England’s most important protected waterways whose catchments cover an area of approximately 1.8m ha.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England has developed a Nutrient Mitigation Scheme that has so far secured approximately 257 ha of land to reduce nutrient pollution from new housing development. This land will also be managed for the purposes of nature conservation and, where appropriate, public access.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England is currently investigating other sites across England which, if considered feasible, would secure approximately 512 ha of land for the purposes of nutrient mitigation and nature recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England aims to avoid the best and most versatile agricultural land when investing in nutrient mitigation projects.</p><p> </p><p>The nutrient mitigation scheme operates alongside a number of other providers of nutrient mitigation across England, including Local Authorities, environmental Non-Governmental Organisations, private markets and developers. Many of the solutions invested in by these providers <em>will be</em> nature-based and will not only reduce nutrient pollution but benefit nature and people.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/03/2024 16:54:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1690164

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visas have been issued to members of the Afghan Special Police Commando Force under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy as of 19 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 11984.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member should also note that the Home Office are responsible for issuing visas to ARAP eligible principal applicants and their family members, once further security checks have been conducted in line with existing immigration rules.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/02/2024 14:45:30 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name UIN 11984.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1689439

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent progress his Department has made on ratifying the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement; and what his latest estimate is of the timescale for ratification.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK was pleased to be among the first signatories to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement when it opened for signature at the UN on 20 September 2023 and the Agreement was laid before Parliament for scrutiny on 16 October 2023. Work is in hand on the legislation and other measures needed to translate the detailed and complex provisions of the Agreement into UK law before we can ratify the Agreement, which will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/02/2024 17:41:36 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1689448

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Epilepsy: Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the randomised controlled trials to test medicinal cannabis for adults and children with epilepsy to begin; which NHS Trusts will be participating in these trials; how many patients will be involved in the trials; and whether patients will be approached to participate.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	14347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department, via the National Institute for Health and Care Research, is developing a programme of two randomised controlled trials to test the safety and efficacy of medicinal cannabis products to treat epilepsy in adults and children. The trials will start as soon as possible, and results will be published once the trials have been completed and the findings peer reviewed. The trial details are in development.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/02/2024 16:02:23 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1688612

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve workplace safety on farms.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
	uin	13837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The safety and health of people at work in agriculture is a concern to the Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) and the industry. HSE has a long-term strategy to drive up industry ownership of the challenge and influence farmer behaviour. Since 2018 we have had an annual programme of delivering training to farmers in advance of targeted proactive inspection. This sits alongside specific interventions on transport, cattle, and falls: the three main areas responsible for farm workplace deaths. HSE continues engagement activity with a full range of stakeholders through the Farm Safety Partnerships. The latest work has covered child safety, management of cattle in fields with public rights of way, safe use of quad bikes and farm transport. HSE regularly holds formal consultation with the industry about its initiatives through an industry advisory committee.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/02/2024 14:08:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke