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1718450

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released 18 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26515 26516 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718451

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released between 35 and 60 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26514 26516 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718452

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released 70 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26514 26515 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718453

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to regularly publish data on prison (a) population and (b) changes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Prison population figures are published weekly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2024" target="_blank">Prison population figures: 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This publication also shows the operational capacity of the prison system as well as the weekly change.</p><p> </p><p>The monthly reports at the same link also provide further population information broken down by prison.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed quarterly statistics on offenders in custody (including offence groups, sentence lengths and nationalities) can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2023" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 11:11:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1433762

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to mandate individual risk assessments for all employees in his Department before they return to the workplace following the easing of covid-19 restrictions; and how many individual risk assessments for people returning to work have been conducted by his Department as of 21 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	126709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>We are not mandating individual risk assessments for employees before they return to the office but are encouraging managers and staff to have a conversation about risks and potential mitigations and support that can be put in place using the COVID-19 Individual Risk Indicator toolkit. This is linked to the latest guidance on those whose immune system means they are at higher risk of infection. We do not centrally monitor the number of discussions and have no plans to collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/02/2022 10:53:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1402291

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the five-year time limit in the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Exam to take account of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and to support candidates who have reached or are approaching that five year limit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	102677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Dentists Act 1984 requires overseas applicants to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) register to undertake its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) to confirm they have the requisite skills and knowledge to practise dentistry in the United Kingdom.</p><p>In April 2020, the GDC suspended Parts 1 and 2 of the ORE due to the restrictions in place to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 December 2021, the GDC announced a planned sitting of the Part 2 exam in January 2022.</p><p>The legislation restricts the GDC from offering Part 2 ORE places to candidates where five or more years have passed since they first attempted Part 1 of the exam. Therefore, the GDC has not been able to offer places on the January 2022 exam sitting to any candidates whose five-year period has expired. Officials have worked with the GDC to develop proposals which will provide these candidates with additional time to take the Part 2 assessment in the future. We plan to consult on this proposed legislative change in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:06:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1361835

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Mental Health: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase research funding for mental health.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	59840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is the largest funder of mental health research in the United Kingdom.  In 2019-20, the NIHR spent £93.4 million on mental health research, which is a significant year on year increase in investment. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR’s funding is available through open competition and we encourage researchers to submit applications in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2021 13:43:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1355778

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will instruct the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to publish the business case on the redundancies announced at that agency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	50074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to do so.</p><p>The Department meets regularly with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 50075 question first answered 08/10/2021 12:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 22520 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1355779

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy
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 his Department has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on whether additional funding is needed to avoid job losses at the agency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	50075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to do so.</p><p>The Department meets regularly with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 50074 question first answered 08/10/2021 12:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 22521 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029354

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>In MoJ, staff data is collected monthly at month-end, as such we have provided data at the nearest available snapshot dates below:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>70,227 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) - as at 30 November 2018</p></li><li><p>63,364 FTE – as at 30 June 2016</p><p> </p><p>The increase noted is almost exclusively in HMPPS (6,311 FTE) and predominantly in the operational line.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2019 17:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens