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1664853

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the final evaluation report for the secondary care routine reflux cohort of the Cytosponge test.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is currently finalising and approving the evaluation report before publication. Once approved the report will be published.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/10/2023 16:40:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1664855

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to reopen applications for the Contracts for Difference scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Contracts for Difference scheme now runs on an annual basis. The Government has confirmed that the sixth allocation round will open, as scheduled, in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/10/2023 09:32:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1664856

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when an application to set aside a court finding is made in accordance with Section 17(ii) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 who is responsible for determining when the case will be listed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	202550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Listing is a judicial function.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/10/2023 14:51:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1664867

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to support the development of (a) advanced nuclear technology and (b) routes to market for that technology.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	202561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government committed up to £385m to an Advanced Nuclear Fund to provide funding for a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design and to progress plans for an Advanced Modular Reactor demonstration by the early 2030s. In July 2023, the Government shortlisted potential grants from the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund, releasing up to £77.1m of targeted support for new nuclear development.</p><p> </p><p>Great British Nuclear, the arms-length body responsible for helping to deliver new nuclear projects, has launched a Technology Selection Process (TSP) to select the SMR technologies best able to deliver projects by the mid-2030s. Six companies have been down-selected for the next stage of the process. The Government is also consulting in the autumn on alternative routes to markets for new nuclear projects, in addition to the TSP.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 19/10/2023 16:23:27 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1664868

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Uranium
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 she is taking steps to support the (a) development and (b) use of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	202562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in the nuclear fuel cycle, and this is testament to the highly skilled workforce currently employed within the UK supply chain. The Government recognises the importance of establishing a secure, commercial supply of High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) to support future reactors and deliver our net zero and energy security ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have launched the Nuclear Fuel Fund (NFF) to be used to alongside private sector co-investment, to preserve and develop the UK’s nuclear fuel production capability. Through the NFF, the Government is proud to have invested £10.5m towards the development and use of a supply chain for HALEU in the UK. The Government is considering any further steps that might be necessary to support the development of HALEU fuel.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 19/10/2023 13:16:35 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1664869

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Alternative Fuel Payments
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 she plans to introduce the Alternative Fuel Payments scheme this winter to support consumers not connected to the gas grid who rely on alternative fuels to heat their homes.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	202563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Oil prices have fallen from their 2022 peak and there are currently no plans for the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme to be renewed for Winter 2023/24. However, the Government will continue to monitor the situation and will keep our options under review.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/10/2023 10:56:51 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1664870

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to decouple the price of gas and electricity.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	202564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) programme, the Government is considering a range of potential options to shield consumers from the impacts of potential future commodity price spikes and to ensure they benefit from lower-cost renewables.</p><p> </p><p>The Contracts for Difference scheme already insulates consumers against electricity price spikes. Over time, this scheme will significantly reduce dependence on fossil fuelled power generation, lowering consumer exposure to gas prices.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/10/2023 09:31:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1664871

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of levels of excess deaths in (a) 2023 and (b) the 2015-2019 average. what assessment he has made of the potential links between excess deaths and age; and what the most common causes of excess deaths are in people under 50.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	202565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>There are several organisations producing estimates of excess deaths using different methods. Excess deaths are the difference between registered deaths and the number expected each week.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) reports monthly on Excess Mortality in England and English regions, and more information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/excess-mortality-in-england-and-english-regions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/excess-mortality-in-england-and-english-regions</a></p><p>OHID’s expected deaths are based on the trend in mortality rates in England for the five years 2015 to 2019. Estimates of excess deaths are therefore not available for the pre-pandemic period using the same methodology. OHID estimates take change in population size and ageing into account.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also publishes weekly estimates of excess deaths, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales</a></p><p>ONS expected deaths are based on a simple five-year average of deaths registered each week in previous years. For deaths in 2023, the five-year average is based on deaths in 2017 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.</p><p>In the weeks ending 6 January 2023 to 29 September 2023, OHID estimates that there have been 23,001 excess deaths in England, 6% more deaths than expected. Over this period, there were only three weeks that did not have any excess deaths, namely the weeks ending 10 March 2023, 14 April 2023, and 7 July 2023.</p><p>Additionally, over the same period, ONS estimates that there have been 24,292 excess deaths in England which, like OHID’s estimate, is 6% higher than expected. However, ONS figures show that seven weeks over the period did not have excess deaths, these being the weeks ending 10 and 17 February 2023, 14 April 2023, 21 and 28 July 2023, 29 September 2023, and 6 October 2023.</p><p>Numbers of excess deaths generally increase with age and OHID estimates that excess deaths in England over this same period above were highest in those aged 85 and over, specifically 6,955 deaths. However, the relative excess was highest in the 50 to 64 age group where excess deaths were 14% higher than expected, specifically 5,278 deaths.</p><p>Of the causes of death which OHID routinely report on, deaths involving cardiovascular diseases including heart disease and stroke, and acute respiratory diseases including flu and pneumonia had the highest numbers of excess deaths for those aged under 50 in England in January to June 2023. Data for later months are not available.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/10/2023 19:24:47 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 98781 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1664872

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2023 to question HL7130 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, if she will publish a table of the number of employers involved in the provision of private education which have (a) partially and (b) wholly withdrawn from the Teachers' Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The attached table lists the number of employers involved in the provision of private education which have (a) partially and (b) wholly withdrawn from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/10/2023 16:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 202566_TPS_table.xlsx title TPS_Table
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1664873

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2023 to question HL7130 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, if she will publish a table of the dates on which Teacher Pension Scheme contribution rates for employers involved in the provision of private education have changed since 2003 including what the new rate was after each change.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The information is readily available at: <a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-pensions/teachers-pension-scheme/historic-2" target="_blank">https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-pensions/teachers-pension-scheme/historic-2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/10/2023 15:00:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell