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1686649

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date	01/02/2024
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	Furniture: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Second Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2017–19 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life: Government Response to the Committee's Twentieth Report of Session 2017–19, HC160, published on 30 October 2019, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of chemical flame-retardant use in furniture filling materials on (a) health, (b) environmental wellbeing and (c) fire safety.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	12619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has consulted on a new approach to the fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture and will set out its response in due course. The consultation included proposals to encourage and enable a reduction in the use of chemical flame retardants reflecting commitments made in the Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s 2019 report. Where flame retardants are used to meet the fire safety requirements, they must be compliant with all relevant UK chemicals regulations, including UK REACH.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2024 13:59:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1686650

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of local authorities who have advised their local childcare providers of their hourly rate from 1 April 2024; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that childcare providers have adequate notice to prepare for the expanded roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	12620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The 2024/25 government hourly funding rates for all the early years entitlements for individual local authorities were announced on 29 November 2023 to reflect the funding uplifts and the national living wage increase.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in close communication with local authorities and recognises the need to ensure childcare providers have early confirmation of their early years funding rates for 2024/25. The department now anticipates that all local authorities will have confirmed funding rates that come into force from 1 April 2024 no later than the end of February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 January 2024, the department can confirm that over 40 local authorities in England have published their final funding rates for providers. Where local authorities have not yet published the final rates, the vast majority have provided indicative rates to their providers to support in their business planning.</p><p>On 2 February 2024, the department also took steps to provide greater funding certainty to nurseries and childcare providers going forwards. Each year, the government sets out funding rates in the autumn, to take effect in the following financial year. A window, likely to be 8 weeks, will be introduced, within which local authorities have to confirm rates, after the point the department announces local authority hourly rates. The department will work with the sector in the coming weeks to finalise the approach.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 06/02/2024 17:24:43 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1686656

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Mitre on the potential merits of employing instructors to train staff on how to direct asylum-seekers on to planes for Rwanda in Bedfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	12624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Government has had training facilities to ensure escorts can respond professionally to the challenges of removing people with no right to be in the UK. This includes practical sessions, so escorts have the skills they need to deal with different scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>As we continue to remove those with no legal right to be here, we will continue to ensure new escorts have the required high quality training and facilities as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/02/2024 13:22:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1686662

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Ukraine: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has had discussions with Donald Trump's presidential campaign team on US support for Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Richard Foord
uin	12627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK and the US have been at the forefront of support to Ukraine since the beginning of Putin's illegal invasion. The Foreign Secretary travelled to Washington on 6-7 December where he heard strong support from all sides for future military and non-military aid. We will continue to work with US counterparts to deepen and strengthen our mutual priorities. Continued US support, funding, and leadership through 2024 is critical for Ukraine's prospects against Russia's continued egregious actions. We hope that US Congress will be able to agree a new funding package for Ukraine as part of its wider ongoing budget negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/02/2024 16:59:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1686663

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
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 her Department plans to take to regulate the locations of point of sale displays for vapes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	12628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children. Youth vaping has tripled in the last three years, and one in five children now use a vape. The health advice is clear: if you don’t smoke, don’t vape, and children should never vape.</p><p>The Government is committed to having the biggest impact possible in reducing youth vaping. On 29 January 2024, we announced our plans to regulate how vapes can be displayed within shops, alongside broader measures to restrict flavours, vape packaging, and to ban disposable vapes. We will introduce legislation as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/02/2024 16:42:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1686664

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to take steps to restrict the advertising of vapes at (a) sporting venues, (b) on packaging and (c) at point of sale.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	12629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years and one in five children having now used a vape. The health advice is clear: if you don’t smoke, don’t vape, and children should never vape.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response to the recent smoking and vaping consultation sets out our plan to introduce legislation as soon as possible. Whilst there are no current plans to ban the advertising of vaping products in sports venues, we will introduce powers to limit where and how vapes can be displayed within shops, as well as how vapes are packaged.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/02/2024 16:51:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1686665

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) users and (b) people that have experienced harm due to the use of nitrous oxide.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	12630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 1.3% of people aged 16 to 59 years old, and 4.2% of people aged 16 to 24 years old, had used nitrous oxide in the year leading to March 2023. This was a 48% and 54% decrease compared with the year ending March 2020, respectively.</p><p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is the Government’s independent expert advisory body on drug-related issues. In March 2023, the ACMD published a report on the updated assessment of the health and social harms of nitrous oxide. This report is available at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nitrous-oxide-updated-harms-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nitrous-oxide-updated-harms-assessment</a></p><p>The Home Office has committed to publishing a broad-ranging assessment of the effect of controlling nitrous oxide as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. This will be published three years from the date of its control, in November 2026.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/02/2024 16:48:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1686677

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many home EV charging points have been installed in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	12523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Government is working across Departments on methods to estimate the number of domestic chargepoints and will publish in the usual way once confirmed.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 06/02/2024 15:47:56 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1686684

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish an update to the national road traffic projections.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	12524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The National Road Traffic Projections were last published in December 2022. The Department regularly reviews evidence and data on the drivers of travel demand and will publish an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/02/2024 11:54:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1686685

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
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 patients are recorded as being on a waiting list for treatment more than once for the same condition.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	12493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Data is not collected based on the patient’s condition, but rather by what category of treatment they are waiting to receive. This Referral to Treatment data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/02/2024 17:25:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne