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1608608

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to enable child victims of sexual violence to (a) provide video evidence ahead of a trial and (b) receive counselling immediately.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Child victims of sexual violence are eligible for special measures, including pre-recording their evidence, under Section 16 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (YJCEA), which considers all children as vulnerable witnesses. This enables the recording to be presented during the trial without the witness needing to attend, which helps them give their best evidence to the court and mitigate some of the stress associated with giving evidence. The aim is to enhance the quality and reliability of evidence by improving experiences of cross-examination and enhancing event recall by reducing the time between complaint and cross-examination.</p><p>Under the Victims’ Code, all victims, including children, have the right to receive information about and be referred to support services, including therapy and counselling, regardless of whether anyone has been charged or convicted of a criminal offence, or whether they decide to report the crime to the police or do not wish to cooperate with the investigation.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is more than quadrupling funding for victims and witness support services by 2024/25, up from £41m in 2009/10. This includes funding for Police and Crime Commissioners to commission services supporting victims of sexual violence, including services providing counselling to children.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently recommissioning the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund, to make sure it meets the needs of all victims in the most effective way, including child victims of sexual violence. This funding is available to specialist, community-based sexual abuse support services to deliver a range of help, including counselling, to child and adult victims to cope, recover, build resilience and move forward with daily life.</p><p>Additionally, NHS England commissions 48 Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) across England with at least one in each county/region to ensure equitable spread. SARCs offer medical, practical and emotional support to anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused, including child victims of sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2023 08:13:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599395

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to work with people who are waiting for their case to come to court to help ensure they do not commit crimes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	153857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>We have interpreted this question as referring to court bail. Whether to remand an individual into custody or to grant court bail is solely a matter for the independent judiciary.</p><p>A grant of bail can either be unconditional or conditional. Any conditions set are imposed by the independent judiciary in order to mitigate risks the individual might pose, including the risk of reoffending while on bail.</p><p>One such condition could be a residence requirement. Where the individual does not have a suitable address, HMPPS provides temporary accommodation in the form of Approved Premises for high-risk individuals or Community Accommodation Services-2 for medium to low-risk individuals. Other conditions such as a curfew or an exclusion zone may be electronically monitored where this will enable a defendant’s risk to be managed in the community rather than in custody, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/03/2023 17:47:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599397

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support women who are victims of crime while they wait for their case to come to court.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	153859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Supporting victims of crime is a priority for this government. We are recruiting up to 1,000 judges across all jurisdictions in 2022/23 and have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second financial year in a row which will help us to improve waiting times for victims of crime and reduce the backlog. We also recently announced the continued use of 24 Nightingale courtrooms into the 2023/24 financial year.</p><p>The Government is making sure to support victims when their case reaches court. In September, we fully rolled out pre-recorded cross examination (Section 28) for victims of sexual and modern slavery offences in all Crown Court locations across England and Wales. This special measure allows victims to pre-record evidence, spares them the glare of a live courtroom trial and allows them to give evidence in advance of the trial and then move on with their lives more quickly.</p><p>Last May, we published our draft Victims Bill, alongside a wider package of measures to improve victims’ experience of the criminal justice system as a whole, including when victims are waiting for their case to come to court. Of particular relevance to victims of gender-based violence will be our measures to introduce a duty on Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and Integrated Care Boards to collaborate when commissioning support services for victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and other serious violence, and requiring that statutory guidance is published about the roles of Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs). We will introduce the Bill as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We know that victim support services are crucial for all victims to rebuild and recover from the impact of crime. That is why we are more than quadrupling funding for victim and witness support services by 2024/25, up from £41m in 2009/10. We have committed £154 million of this budget per annum on a multi-year basis, for the next three years (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive), allowing victim support services to build capacity and strengthen resilience. The funding will allow us to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisers by 300 to over 1,000, a 43% increase over the next three years. Furthermore, in December 2022, we launched a new 24/7 support line for victims of rape and sexual abuse, meaning every victim can now access free, confidential emotional support whenever and wherever they need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/03/2023 17:48:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1523065

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will publish an Office of Budget Responsibility report to accompany the proposals in his statement on 17 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	64198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The government will publish its full Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October, accompanied by an independent Office for Budget Responsibility economic and fiscal forecast.</p><p> </p><p>This forecast will provide an assessment of the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan, including the impact of the announcements made on 17 October, as well as an in-depth analysis of the economy and public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The Fiscal Plan will set out the government’s responsible fiscal approach fully, including how it will reduce debt as a percentage of GDP over the medium term.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2022 11:20:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506186

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of women who have been stalked in (a) York and (b) England in each the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	49712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 8 September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2022 13:16:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_49712.pdf title UKSA response to 49712
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506190

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of violent crime in the last year was linked to (a) drug and (b) alcohol use.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	49716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 8th September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2022 15:37:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_49716 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA letter response to 49716
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1491236

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Resilience Forums: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) instruct all resilience forums to establish a plan for tackling extreme heat, including checks on vulnerable residents and cool rest facilities, and (b) publish guidance his Department has issued on this prior to the period of extreme heat in July 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	40854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>This instruction should, and does, come from the Department for Health and Social Care as the lead department on the Heatwave Plan for England (through the UKHSA) rather than the Cabinet Office. As part of this, their officials and ministers liaise with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Local Communities to share policy guidance for Local Resilience Forums.</p><p>UKHSA’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heatwave-plan-for-england" target="_blank">Heatwave Plan for England</a> contains the following:</p><ul><li><p><em>“The plan focuses on the effects of severe hot weather on health and well-being, however, severe and extended heatwaves can also cause severe disruption to general services. For this reason, multi-agency Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs) and Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) will have a critical role in preparing and responding to heatwaves at a local level, working closely with Health and Wellbeing Boards on longer term strategic planning.</em></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><em>At local level, emergency planning arrangements run by local government and the NHS are brought together in the Local Resilience Forum (LRF), which have many years of experience with heatwave plans and heat-health alert system. LHRPs have been established to bring together the local health sector organisations to support in strategic planning.</em></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><em>Health Services and local authority commissioners, together with multi-agency LRFs, should satisfy themselves that providers and stakeholders take appropriate actions according to the heat-health alert levels.”</em></p></li></ul><p>The Heatwave Plan for England also contains resources that provide guidance, recommendations and advice for the public and professionals. Given the health threat and the impacts observed in summer 2021 additional work has been taken forward by UKHSA and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to raise awareness of the health consequences of hot weather and enable professionals, organisations and individuals to plan, mitigate and respond to hot weather episodes effectively. These include:</p><ul><li><p>Updating the materials related to hot weather risks on the Heatwave Plan for England collection page. These provide sector specific guidance on actions to take during a heatwave to safeguard patients and service users.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Publishing the 2022 Heatwave communications toolkit and social media assets which have been shared with UKHSA regional communications, cross-government partners and local government to support consistent and clear messaging on heat-health.</p></li></ul><p>Coordinating all of the previously circulated guidance will pose a disproportionate cost.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/09/2022 16:39:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484414

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to areas of healthcare provision which have significant waiting lists for treatment, whether he is taking steps to (a) arrange for the provision of fast-track clinics and (b) ensure that people receive the necessary tests and assessments to identify how urgently they require treatment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The National Health Service is reviewing policies on waiting list management to prioritise patients with the most urgent conditions to receive rapid diagnosis and treatment and address any inequalities.</p><p>We have announced an additional £1.5 billion for the recovery of elective services, including developing surgical hubs and £2.3 billion to increase the volume of diagnostic activity and reduce patient waiting times. This aims to launch up to 160 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) in the next three years. Following successful pilots in London, further surgical hubs will be launched to increase surgical capacity. The expansion of CDCs will ensure approximately 37.9% additional capacity for magnetic resonance imaging, 44.7% for computerised tomography, 26.8% for ultrasound, 23.1% for echocardiography and 18.7% in endoscopy by March 2025, compared to pre-pandemic levels. Existing CDCs have delivered over one million additional checks to date.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26804 question first answered 04/07/2022 08:42:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484417

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Waiting Lists
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 potential merits of introducing pilots of intense health interventions to help clear the treatment backlog in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The National Health Service is reviewing policies on waiting list management to prioritise patients with the most urgent conditions to receive rapid diagnosis and treatment and address any inequalities.</p><p>We have announced an additional £1.5 billion for the recovery of elective services, including developing surgical hubs and £2.3 billion to increase the volume of diagnostic activity and reduce patient waiting times. This aims to launch up to 160 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) in the next three years. Following successful pilots in London, further surgical hubs will be launched to increase surgical capacity. The expansion of CDCs will ensure approximately 37.9% additional capacity for magnetic resonance imaging, 44.7% for computerised tomography, 26.8% for ultrasound, 23.1% for echocardiography and 18.7% in endoscopy by March 2025, compared to pre-pandemic levels. Existing CDCs have delivered over one million additional checks to date.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26801 question first answered 04/07/2022 08:42:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1472594

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Integrated Care Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with shadow ICS Boards over the responsibilities that they will be required to take on in 2023.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the Health and Care Act 2022, 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) will be established on 1 July 2022. ICBs will take on the commissioning functions of existing clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as well as delegated responsibility for primary medical services. Nine ICBs will also have delegated responsibility for one or more pharmaceutical services, general ophthalmic services and dental services.</p><p>As required by the Act, CCGs have worked with designate ICB leaders and engaged with local stakeholders to develop constitutions for each ICB and submitted these proposals to NHS England. While Ministers have engaged with designate chairs and chief executives, NHS England will ensure that leaders are aware of ICBs’ responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/06/2022 12:57:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell