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1490639

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date	19/07/2022
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	Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill on the UK’s international reputation; and what discussions she has with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of that Bill with the UK's international legal obligations.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>It is a longstanding convention for governments of all parties not to comment on the fact or contents of government legal advice. Proceeding with this Bill is consistent with our obligations in international law - and in support of our prior obligations to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. The Government has published a statement setting out its legal position (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/northern-ireland-protocol-bill-uk-government-legal-position).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/07/2022 16:16:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1490738

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	Radioligand Therapy
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 NHS England is taking to help ensure standardised approaches to developing radioligand therapy services across England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	39881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris MP) on 6 July 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-23/23788" target="_blank">23788</a>.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 38780 question first answered 21/07/2022 13:39:47 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1490763

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	Work Capability Assessment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions have been put in place to support those with a mental health problem when completing a work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	39941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>We are fully committed to supporting those with mental health conditions. The assessment of mental, cognitive, and intellectual function is an integral part of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and all Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) have undergone comprehensive training in the functional assessment of disability and mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Mental Health Function Champions support HCPs by providing additional expertise about mental health, cognitive, developmental, and learning disabilities, and can be referred to at any time during the assessment process.</p><p> </p><p>Before attending an assessment, claimants are given the opportunity to alert Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) of any additional requirements they may have, who will look to meet any reasonable requests. Furthermore, companions or advocates play an active role in helping claimants answer questions where the claimant or HCP wishes them to do so. This may be particularly important where the claimant has a mental, cognitive, or intellectual impairment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department has worked closely with CHDA to develop and test new processes for obtaining further evidence as part of the WCA. The guidance has been expanded and provides examples of situations where further evidence may assist the WCA process at initial review stage, especially for those with a mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>CHDA also have a network of Customer Champions around the country focused on making sure individuals receive the best service possible. The support individuals need is very varied, so it is important that we have highly trained disability experts on hand to offer colleagues advice, explain best practice, or to support individuals who may be anxious or unwell on the day of their assessment. Customer Champions also focus on individuals with specific conditions like autistic spectrum disorder, learning difficulties, mental health issues and illnesses that vary from day to day.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/07/2022 14:23:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1490766

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of social tariffs on broadband packages for consumers in receipt of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	39960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>DWP works with DCMS and Ofcom to encourage broadband providers to extend eligibility of broadband social tariffs to low-income households. Because of this, some broadband providers have made social tariffs available to Universal Credit claimants and other claimants receiving means tested benefits. DWP will work with Ofcom to raise claimant awareness of these tariffs with via our national Jobcentre Plus Work Coach network and wider stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 21/07/2022 15:13:03 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1490767

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	Social Tariffs: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to share data with broadband providers on consumers in receipt of benefits for the purposes of increasing the efficiency and speed of the vetting process for applications for social tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	39961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>DWP currently have a verification system in place with BT to confirm benefit eligibility, allowing claimants to access the BT Basics social tariff.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is developing a new API service which will enable more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to confirm eligibility for broadband social tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 21/07/2022 14:59:21 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1489937

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Government's Cost of Living Business Tsar's recommendation on independent retailers that food businesses reduce the retail price of food.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	38706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Cost of Living Business Tsar, David Buttress, has and will continue to engage business of all sizes as part of his work to help households cope with the cost of living crisis. He is working closely with business associations to ensure that SMEs - including independent retailers - are able to contribute to this work. The Cost of Living Business Tsar will also work with officials to ensure that deals developed as part of his initiative are ethical and help UK consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Food prices are set by businesses and it is not for the UK Government to set retail food prices or comment on day-today commercial decisions by companies. We continue to monitor food prices using the ONS inflation figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/07/2022 13:24:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1489941

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialist medical care the NHS offers to people suffering from severe adverse reactions to covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will establish specialist clinics for that similar to those for treatment of long covid.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>In the very rare event where an individual may have suffered a severe adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine, care would usually be managed by local National Health Service specialist services, supported by national specialist advice if required. Continuing care would be met by local care services with expertise in the treatment of disease or disability, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/07/2022 14:45:00 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1489945

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that roles on the shortage occupation list (a) reflect the skills required by UK businesses and (b) are defined appropriately to allow individuals with relevant skills to apply for them, including an asylum seeker who has been in the UK for more than 12 months awaiting for a decision on a claim through no fault of their own.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	38703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to commission the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) shortly to review the Shortage Occupation List and we encourage businesses to provide their evidence to the MAC when their call for evidence issues. The Government looks forward to receiving the MAC’s independent, evidence-based recommendations.</p><p>It is a matter for an employer to ensure workers have the specific qualifications and skills required for the relevant job they have applied for.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/07/2022 13:10:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1489950

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department’s legal position in respect of challenges to the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership in the courts is that the partnership agreement is compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p><p> </p><p>As you are aware, litigation is ongoing. It is the Government’s position that the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is fully compatible with all of our domestic and international legal obligations including ECHR rights.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2022 08:16:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1489951

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2022 to Question 33002 on Islamophobia, which organisations received funding from the Places of Worship Protective Security Fund in financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	38816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme 2021/22 has, to date, provided funding to 82 places of worship including: 24 mosques, 38 churches, 11 Hindu temples, 5 gurdwaras and 4 other faiths.</p><p>We are unable to provide the names of organisations who received funding.</p> answering member constituency Stevenage answering member printed Stephen McPartland question first answered 21/07/2022 15:56:23 answering member 4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan