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1538672

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date	02/11/2022
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	Hospitals: Standards
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 is taking steps to publish on a monthly basis the number of patients waiting 12 hours or more from their time of arrival at hospital.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	77534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of patients spending more than 12 hours in an emergency department is available for operational use by trusts to understand patient flows through emergency departments. The objectives in the ‘2022/23 priorities and operational planning guidance’ include reducing 12 hour waiting times and remains in place. The data is published annually by NHS Digital and NHS England is considering arrangements for further publication of this data.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 11:07:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1538303

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Tigray: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the progress of the African Union's peace initiative in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the important step towards peace taken by the Ethiopian Government and Tigray People's Liberation Front in signing a cessation of hostilities on 2 November, and commends their choice to end the devastating two-year-long conflict.</p><p>We are grateful to the leadership shown in brokering this critical agreement by African Union Commission Chairperson Faki, African Union High Representative to the Horn of Africa Obasanjo, former South African Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Kenyan President Kenyatta, and the South African Government in hosting the talks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/11/2022 15:53:50 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1538304

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
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 steps his Department is taking to help support survivors of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>In northern Ethiopia, the UK has provided £4 million to help support survivors of sexual violence. We are also implementing recommendations from the 2021 scoping mission by the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts. This includes working with women's rights organisations to enhance support services to survivors of violence; new research into the drivers and dynamics of conflict-related sexual violence; and coordination of the international response to gender based violence. In October, we co-sponsored the resolution at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council to extend International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia's mandate. The former Minister for Development raised conflict related sexual violence with the Ethiopian President during her visit in October.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/11/2022 15:44:31 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1538309

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Tigray: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department is taking steps to reduce (a) neonatal and (b) maternal deaths in Tigray.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>In the last eighteen months the UK has provided nearly £90 million of life-saving aid to communities across Ethiopia affected by crises. In October, the former Minister for Development announced £14 million of support to assist 150,000 women and children affected by conflict and drought with comprehensive health, water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition services.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/11/2022 15:38:45 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1538310

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the conflict in Ethiopia on the (a) Irob and (b) Kunama populations.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	76081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Like many in Tigray, the Irob and Kunama populations have suffered horrifically during the conflict. There are reports of indiscriminate shelling causing civilian casualties and millions require access to life-saving aid.</p><p>We welcome the peace agreement and cessation of hostilities announced on 2 November between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The agreement commits to mobilize and expedite humanitarian assistance for all those in need in the Tigray Region and other affected areas, and ensure unhindered humanitarian access. It also commits to the restoration of essential services to the Tigray region. The UK will work alongside the Ethiopian Government and others to support implementation of the peace agreement.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/11/2022 15:47:48 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536476

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on students of the 2.3% rise in maintenance loans in the context of rising levels of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	72406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on student support are taken on an annual basis.</p><p>The government recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen and impacted students this year. Many higher education providers have hardship funds that students can apply to for assistance.</p><p>There is £261 million of student premium funding available this academic year to support disadvantaged students who need additional help.</p><p>The department has continued to increase living costs support with a 2.3% increase for maximum loans, grants for living, and other costs for the 2022/23 academic year. Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the 2022/23 financial year has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 09/11/2022 18:12:01 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536057

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Hospitals: Energy
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 hospitals have been retro-fitted to improve energy efficiency since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, since 2019 all National Health Service trusts have produced three-year plans to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy usage to support the commitment to achieve net zero for NHS energy emissions by 2040. In 2020/21, 123 trusts were undertaking or had completed at least one building energy efficiency scheme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 12:25:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536062

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Hospitals: Heating
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 of electric heaters bought for use in hospitals since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	71209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made as this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 12:24:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse