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1644064

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date	13/06/2023
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	United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she will be conducting a post-implementation review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>As set out in legislation, we will conduct a review of certain aspects of the UK Internal Market Act 2020 within the two year period starting at the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/06/2023 10:53:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643576

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the director of UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University on treatments for Dementia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions with the Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University on treatments for Dementia.</p><p>On 17 May we published a call for evidence giving the public, charities, patient groups and other stakeholders an opportunity to inform the Major Conditions Strategy, helping to build consensus on what actions need to be prioritised. We would welcome contributions from the UK Dementia Research Institute and others on the subject of treatments for dementia. The call for evidence can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fmajor-conditions-strategy-call-for-evidence&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAaliyah.Ali%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C380d864e159544d92fd108db61ebca36%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638211437554714528%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=L801mG%2FwEd6U35zU6BCLv9w4gJF4mSwtjFbArN5lRKM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/major-conditions-strategy-call-for-evidence</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/06/2023 13:26:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1643615

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Neurology: Patients
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 take steps to establish a taskforce to consider issues faced by people with neurological conditions; and if he will meet with representatives from the Neurological Alliance to discuss the potential merits of creating this taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	188845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department received the petition calling for the establishment of a neurological taskforce from the Neurological Alliance and other stakeholders in June 2023. We are considering that petition. Policy colleagues regularly meet with the Neurological Alliance and have worked closely together to develop an Acquired Brain Injury Strategy, due to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/06/2023 13:29:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1643631

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2023 to Question 151412 on Energy Bills Rebate, what progress his Department has made on providing energy cost support to travellers and itinerant liveaboard boaters.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	188966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>Officials are still working to determine if there is a robust method for travellers and itinerant liveaboard boaters to provide proof that their caravan or boat is their main or sole residence, whilst protecting public funds. The Government is working to resolve this issue and will communicate this decision with key stakeholder associations who represent these households when it has been made.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/06/2023 06:43:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1643690

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June to Question 187674 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what steps his Department is taking with His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to reduce the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment claims going to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	188901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to making the right decision as early as possible in the claims process.</p><p> </p><p>To support this, we have made improvements to decision-making at both the first decision, and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact claimants if they think additional evidence may support the claim.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to learn from decisions overturned at appeal. For example, we gather insight from Presenting Officers who regularly provide feedback from hearings they attend, with a view to learning from overturned decisions.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/06/2023 08:39:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1643693

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World Heritage Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	189003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is actively engaging with all the five new sites on the UK's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. We are also coordinating engagement between the sites and HM Government's expert advisers on cultural and natural heritage. This is to ensure that all sites receive the advice and support they need, including guidance on planning and development where required.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 189004 question first answered 16/06/2023 13:02:13 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1643694

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World Heritage Sites: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will issue guidance for cities on the UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list on how they can ensure that any (a) planning and (b) development they undertake is consistent with UNESCO World Heritage Site rules.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	189004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is actively engaging with all the five new sites on the UK's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. We are also coordinating engagement between the sites and HM Government's expert advisers on cultural and natural heritage. This is to ensure that all sites receive the advice and support they need, including guidance on planning and development where required.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 189003 question first answered 16/06/2023 13:02:13 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1643740

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Employment: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with (a) disabilities and (b) long-term health conditions into work.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	189020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>A range of Government initiatives are supporting disabled people, and people with health conditions, including those with long-term health conditions, to start, stay, and succeed in work. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>The Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access to Work grants helping towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>An online information and advice service called “Support with Employee Health and Disability”, providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to occupational health, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed; and</li><li>Work in partnership between the DWP and health systems, including Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul><p /><p>To tackle rising economic inactivity due to long-term sickness, we announced a wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people and people with health conditions to work. New investment will provide faster access to joined-up work and health support, including for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, the two leading causes of economic inactivity due to long term sickness.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/06/2023 08:37:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1643813

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Boats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of including boaters without permanent moorings in the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding scheme.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	189111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>To protect public funds against potentially fraudulent activity, we required applicants to show proof of address, such as a tenancy agreement or a utility bill. We understand that boaters without permanent moorings may not have been able to provide this evidence, which means they were not able to apply for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. Officials are still working to determine if there is a robust method for boaters without permanent moorings to provide proof that their boat is their main or sole residence, whilst protecting public funds, so they can claim this support.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/06/2023 06:39:47 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1643843

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Poverty: Neuromuscular Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure people with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) similar conditions do not suffer financial hardship due to increases in energy and living costs.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	189049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people, including those with Parkinson’s Disease and similar conditions, are facing with the cost of living. People living with Parkinson’s disease may be entitled to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is a contribution towards the extra costs associated with being disabled. PIP is paid tax free and can be worth up to £8,983 a year. Recipients are free to choose how they spend PIP, and there is no requirement for them to use it for any particular purpose. Entitlement to PIP depends on the effects that a disability or health condition has on a disabled person’s life, and not on a particular disability or diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>PIP can passport to a range of additional support, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Disability additions paid within income related benefits;</li><li>Carer’s Allowance for an informal carer;</li><li>The Motability vehicle scheme; and</li><li>The Blue Badge scheme.</li></ul><p> </p><p>PIP also exempts the eligible household from the Benefit Cap.</p><p> </p><p>In April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%. In order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions, the Benefit Cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, for 2023/24, households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to £900 in Cost of Living Payments. This will be split into three payments across the 2023/24 financial year, with the first payment of £301 having recently been made. A separate £150 payment will be made to individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits, including PIP, from 20 June. Further to this, the Energy Price Guarantee will be extended from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, meaning a typical household bill will be around £3,000 per year in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows local authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the significantly rising cost of living. The guidance for local authorities for this next iteration has now been published and can be found here: '1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024: Household Support Fund guidance for county councils and unitary authorities in England' - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The devolved administrations will receive consequential funding as usual to spend at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/06/2023 09:35:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West