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1701259

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Departmental Expenditure Limits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much (a) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits and (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits will be reduced following the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2 in each affected Department; and if he will publish in which Departments these savings will be made.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	21946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government has committed to re-invest every penny that is saved from the cancelled phases of HS2 into alternative transport projects through Network North.</p><p>This means that every penny of the £19.8 billion committed to the Northern leg of HS2 will be reinvested in the North; every penny of the £9.6 billion committed to the Midlands leg will be reinvested in the Midlands; and the full £6.5 billion saved through our rescoped approach at Euston will be spread across every other region in the country.</p><p>Departmental Expenditure Limits in 2024-25 are published at the relevant Estimates in the usual way. Departmental budgets beyond 2024-25 will be set as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 19/04/2024 10:17:56 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

1701261

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the regular Army have regular reserve call out liability as of 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	21947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024 there were 22,676 Army Regular Reservists with recall liability under Section 22 of the Reserve Forces Act (RFA) 96.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are approximately 55,000 ex-Regular personnel as of March 2024 subject to recall under Section 68 of the RFA 96.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of Army Regular Reservists with a recall liability can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Army personnel who retain a workforce obligation to be called up for service in times of need.</li><li>This figure includes the serving component which comprises ex-Regular personnel who have applied to return to Army service on a fixed term Reserve commitment.</li><li>The second figure comprises of personnel who have completed their military service and retain a liability to be recalled for service in the event of national danger, great emergency or an actual or suspected attack on the UK.</li><li>This figure is a single Service estimate based on management information which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The data as of March 2024 is the latest available.</li><li>The c55,000 includes ex-Regular Officers who retain a recall liability in perpetuity.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21948 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:25:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

1701262

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the regular Army have regular reserve recall liability in the event of a national emergency as of 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	21948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024 there were 22,676 Army Regular Reservists with recall liability under Section 22 of the Reserve Forces Act (RFA) 96.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are approximately 55,000 ex-Regular personnel as of March 2024 subject to recall under Section 68 of the RFA 96.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of Army Regular Reservists with a recall liability can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Army personnel who retain a workforce obligation to be called up for service in times of need.</li><li>This figure includes the serving component which comprises ex-Regular personnel who have applied to return to Army service on a fixed term Reserve commitment.</li><li>The second figure comprises of personnel who have completed their military service and retain a liability to be recalled for service in the event of national danger, great emergency or an actual or suspected attack on the UK.</li><li>This figure is a single Service estimate based on management information which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The data as of March 2024 is the latest available.</li><li>The c55,000 includes ex-Regular Officers who retain a recall liability in perpetuity.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21947 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:25:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

1701284

	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	Cancer: Human Papillomavirus
	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 to eliminate (a) cervical and (b) other cancer caused by human papillomavirus.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	21956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, alongside routine screening, is key to protecting people against strains of HPV that can cause some cancers including cervical, anal, head and neck cancer.</p><p>The NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) provides all women and people with a cervix between the ages of 25 and 64 years old with the opportunity to be screened routinely, to detect certain types of HPV infection which cause 99.7% of cervical cancer. An in-service evaluation is being commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to determine whether HPV self-sampling could be used to improve the NHS CSP.</p><p>The HPV vaccination is offered to all adolescents in Year 8 of school, and catch-up vaccinations are available to those up to 25 years old, those born on or after 1 September 2006, for both females and males who may have missed vaccination under the schools’ programme, providing an additional failsafe. The HPV vaccination is also recommended to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, up to and including those aged 45 years old.</p><p>NHS England’s vaccination strategy sets out a range of ambitions to improve uptake across the National Health Service’s vaccination programmes. This includes building on existing work and delivery to develop implementation plans for how HPV vaccinations, alongside cervical screening and pre-cancer treatment, can help achieve the NHS ambition to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2024 07:53:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1701285

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 1306 on Energy: Prices, if she will make an (a) estimate of when the Supercharger proposals will be fully implemented and (b) an assessment of the potential impact of their full implementation on the international competitiveness of UK electricity costs.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government committed to implementing the Supercharger measures between April 2024 and April 2025. The 4 statutory instruments that enact the Supercharger came into force on 1 April and the first measure has been implemented. The second measure will be implemented from 1 October and the final measure will be implemented from April 2025.</p><p>Taken together, the government estimates that Government support on electricity prices for Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) in the form of the British Industry Supercharger could be worth (on average) around £24-£31 Per MegaWatt Hour (MWh) for eligible businesses, closing the competitive gap with their international competitors.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 19/04/2024 10:07:44 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1701288

	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	Lung Cancer: Public Health
	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 has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the help us, help you campaign.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made. In 2020 NHS England launched the Help Us, Help You (HUHY) campaigns, a major public information campaign to persuade the public to seek urgent care and treatment when they needed it. The HUHY campaign strategy is designed to address the underlying barriers to cancer diagnosis, including multifaceted fears and a lack of body vigilance, along with the lack of knowledge of cancer symptoms, to encourage people to present earlier.</p><p>On 8 January 2024, NHS England relaunched the HUHY campaign for cancer, designed to increase earlier diagnosis of cancer by reducing barriers to seeking earlier help, as well as increasing body vigilance and knowledge of key red flag symptoms. This campaign addresses barriers to people coming forward with suspected signs of cancer in general, and is not specific to screening or cervical cancer.</p><p>We are seeing continued high levels of urgent cancer referrals, which suggests the HUHY campaigns continue to be effective. Over 12,000 urgent referrals were seen for suspected cancer per working day in February 2024, compared to approximately 9,000 in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/04/2024 07:32:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1701290

	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	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS providers that have adopted two stage shared decision-making across all admitted pathways.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	22045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>In May 2023, NHS England published guidance setting out five core perioperative care requirements relating to the care of adult patients awaiting planned inpatient surgery. One of these requirements is that patients must be involved in shared decision making regarding admitted pathways. NHS England does not collect data on the number of National Health Service providers that have adopted two stage shared decision making across all admitted pathways. NHS England’s published guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/earlier-screening-risk-assessment-and-health-optimisation-in-perioperative-pathways/#2-five-core-requirements-for-providers" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/earlier-screening-risk-assessment-and-health-optimisation-in-perioperative-pathways/#2-five-core-requirements-for-providers</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/04/2024 09:58:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1701292

	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	Nurses: Training
	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 training places for district nurses her Department plans to make available in September 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	22047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce, published on 30 June 2023, sets out an ambition to increase the number of district nursing training places to 842 in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/04/2024 07:34:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1701314

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the risks of red-rated legacy IT systems.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	22005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer given on 29 November 23 to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-24/3658" target="_blank">PQ UIN 3658</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/04/2024 08:43:08 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1701373

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Voice Over Internet Protocol: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the switching off of the public switched telephone network.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>DSIT is coordinating the cross-government response to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switchover. Government is taking the risks associated with this switchover very seriously and our primary objective is to ensure vulnerable people are protected throughout this necessary transition. DSIT is engaging closely with counterparts in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Local Government Association (LGA). DSIT is a member of the LGA’s working group which focuses on the switchover. DSIT will be submitting specific guidance to Local Authorities on matters related to the migration and is working to assess the impact that the PSTN switchover may have on Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>BT Group announced its plans to switch off the PSTN in 2017, and many affected organisations, including some Local Authorities, have taken the opportunity to prepare for the transition since then. Upgrading devices to digitally compatible products will ensure they are compatible with a superior and more secure underlying infrastructure, future-proofing them for years ahead.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21917 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:18:23 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1701374

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Telemedicine: Voice Over Internet Protocol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of households with telecare devices still to transition from the public switched telephone network to the Digital Voice service.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>According to data from the Telecare Services Association (TSA) and Farrpoint, a digital consultancy, there are between 1.7 and 2 million telecare users in the UK; given that devices are readily available to purchase privately, we cannot provide an exact figure. Of these, the TSA estimates that c.500,000 devices are compatible with digital phone lines.</p><p> </p><p>However, some analogue telecare devices may also work on digital networks. DSIT has been working with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the telecare industry to raise awareness of the migration and to encourage the testing of analogue devices on digital phone lines. BT and other providers have also set up test labs for telecare suppliers or telecare service providers to test their equipment.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/04/2024 08:22:22 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1701375

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Voice Over Internet Protocol: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide additional resources to local authorities to effectively manage the switching off of the public switched telephone network.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>DSIT is coordinating the cross-government response to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switchover. Government is taking the risks associated with this switchover very seriously and our primary objective is to ensure vulnerable people are protected throughout this necessary transition. DSIT is engaging closely with counterparts in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Local Government Association (LGA). DSIT is a member of the LGA’s working group which focuses on the switchover. DSIT will be submitting specific guidance to Local Authorities on matters related to the migration and is working to assess the impact that the PSTN switchover may have on Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>BT Group announced its plans to switch off the PSTN in 2017, and many affected organisations, including some Local Authorities, have taken the opportunity to prepare for the transition since then. Upgrading devices to digitally compatible products will ensure they are compatible with a superior and more secure underlying infrastructure, future-proofing them for years ahead.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21915 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:18:23 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1701376

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Voice Over Internet Protocol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Public Switched Telephone Network charter, published on 18 December 2023, what steps her Department has taken to create a shared definition of vulnerable customer groups.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is in discussions with stakeholders across Government and industry to arrive at a standard definition of vulnerability specific to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) migration. This will help identify customers that may be vulnerable during the migration, whether through health or personal circumstances, so that they can be better protected.</p><p> </p><p>While agreeing a definition is a priority, it is critical that the final definition is robust and properly tested. The Department is working at pace to do so and will publish a definition as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21919 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:26:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1701377

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Voice Over Internet Protocol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Public Switched Telephone Network charter, published on 18 December 2023, when she plans to publish a definition of vulnerable customer groups.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	21919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is in discussions with stakeholders across Government and industry to arrive at a standard definition of vulnerability specific to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) migration. This will help identify customers that may be vulnerable during the migration, whether through health or personal circumstances, so that they can be better protected.</p><p> </p><p>While agreeing a definition is a priority, it is critical that the final definition is robust and properly tested. The Department is working at pace to do so and will publish a definition as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21918 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:26:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1701381

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister for Immigration of 17 October 2023, Official Report, column 54WH, what recent progress the Government has made on establishing a specific route to family reunion for Afghan nationals who are family members of individuals resettled to the UK under pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	22008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited in the first half of this year.</p><p>Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2024 10:11:42 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1701397

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20584 on Air Force: Training, what the target number of Royal Air Force pilots was for successful completion of Phase 2 Military Flying Training in each of the training years between 2018-19 and 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	21958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Between 2018-19 and 2023-24, Phase 2 Military Flying Training pilot output achieved 100% of the training targets to enable Front Line operations. I am withholding the specific information requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2024 10:25:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1701398

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20584 on Air Force: Training, what the average cost was of training a Royal Air Force pilot to Phase 2 Military Flying Training in the each of the training years between 2018-19 and 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	21959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The average cost of flying training per trainee is not currently compiled on an annual basis. The last time in-depth cost modelling conducted was in Financial Year 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of flying training for Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots in Financial Year 2021-22 was as follows:</p><p> </p><p>RAF Fast Jet: £5,362,085</p><p>RAF Multi Engine: £ 953,817</p><p>RAF Rotary Wing: £1,041,843</p><p> </p><p>The above figures include pay, support costs and costs within the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) contract up to the point a trainee pilot commences training on a front line aircraft as part of an Operational Conversion Unit.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2024 10:26:25 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1701399

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20584 on Air Force: Training, for what reason fewer pilots successfully completed Phase 2 Military Flying Training in the training years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that reduction in numbers on the UK’s preparedness for military conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	21960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots who successfully completed Phase 2 Military Flying Training in training years 2022-23 and 2023-24 was in line with requirement. There is no impact on the UK’s preparedness for military conflict; the UK continues to train the required number of RAF pilots, on time, to world-leading standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2024 10:26:46 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1701401

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20584 on Air Force: Training, how many RAF pilots completed their phase 2 training but did not complete training to the level required to operate Front Line Operational Conversion Units in each year since 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	21961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The following table details the number of personnel who have not completed Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) flying conversion courses, across all the OCUs in each year.</p><p> </p><p>2018-19 - Nil</p><p>2019-20 - Nil</p><p>2020-21 - Nil</p><p>2021-22 - One</p><p>2022-23 - Three</p><p>2023-24 - Nil</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Personnel who do not complete an OCU flying conversion course for a specific frontline aircraft type are considered for re-streaming of their career path. They may subsequently successfully complete another OCU conversion course for a different aircraft type or be re-streamed into wider ground-based RAF Profession.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2024 10:27:07 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1701402

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20584 on Air Force: Training, what constitutes a Front Line Operational Conversion Unit; what the average cost of such a Unit was in each year since 2018-19; and how many such Units the RAF had in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	21962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Operational Conversion Units (OCU) support operational output through type specific training on front line aircraft for aircrew, engineers and other ground personnel as required. They also provide refresher training for personnel who have previously operated the aircraft type and are returning to the type following other tours of duty in the wider Service.</p><p> </p><p>The average costs of Operational Conversion Units are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2018 and 2023 there were five OCUs. In 2023 a sixth OCU was formed.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/04/2024 10:27:40 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1701406

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on processing asylum applications for people who arrived in the UK between 7 March and 19 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	21938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>In 2023 we met the Prime Minister's pledge to clear the legacy backlog of asylum cases made before 28 June 2022. The Home Office is now prioritising claims (lodged on or after 28 June 2022).</p><p>These are being considered under provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022. It is only right that we consider the oldest claims first.</p><p>Our priority is to consider claims as efficiently as possible, in order to process claims efficiently, and reduce the number of people on asylum support, in turn reducing the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2024 10:09:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1701407

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who have claimed asylum since 20 July 2023 will be subject to the duty to remove imposed by the Illegal Migration Act.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	21939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act was introduced on 7<sup>th</sup> of March 2023 and received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023. Individuals who entered or arrived illegally from 20 July 2023 will be subject to the duty to remove (section 2 of the Illegal Migration Act) once commenced.</p><p>Once the act is commenced, official numbers will be available.</p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data. The Government’s published data on illegal migration (available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p>The Government’s priority is to deter individuals from making dangerous, illegal, and unnecessary journeys to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2024 09:37:10 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1701409

	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	Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to make a decision on financial redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh or sodium valproate.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	21934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the Commissioner and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the Commissioner’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/04/2024 12:16:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1701436

	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	NHS: Complaints
	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 to improve NHS England's handling of complaints made by (a) staff, (b) patients and (c) carers.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	22065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>On complaints made by patients and carers, we have worked closely with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on their work to develop the NHS Complaint Standards. These standards set out how National Health Service organisations that handle NHS complaints, such as NHS England, should approach complaint handling to ensure they are handled and resolved effectively.</p><p>On complaints made by staff, NHS England has published information about how people can speak to NHS England’s Freedom to Speak Up Team. Whilst there is a network of over 1,000 local Freedom to Speak Up Guardians across healthcare in England to support staff in speaking up, the information published by NHS England makes it clear that staff across the NHS can speak up to NHS England about anything that gets in the way of patient care, or affects their working life. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care speaks regularly to NHS England about its performance, responsibilities, and activity, including complaints.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2024 07:56:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1701438

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	UK Defence and Security Exports: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of expenditure by UK Defence and Security Exports on (a) domestic and (b) overseas trade shows in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	21895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has made no such estimate.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 19/04/2024 10:12:34 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle