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1581128

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Members: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, when an updated version of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament and Guide to the Rules will be published.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	133602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Following a debate on 12th December 2022, the House approved a revised Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament and Guide to the Rules, with effect from 1st March 2023. The publication of these documents is a matter for the House, rather than the Government.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 31/01/2023 09:38:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1580056

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	NHS 111
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 he is taking to ensure that 111 advice line has adequate capacity to provide a timely service, including for members of the public calling when they are not able to access other parts of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	131227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service is building the capacity of NHS111 to give patients the help they need, including arranging clinical advice direct from healthcare professionals, making urgent appointments at a range of health services, or offering a timed slot at a local accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>NHS England has invested an additional £50 million in funding for NHS111 in 2022/23 to increase capacity and NHS111 call handling performance is also being improved through the implementation of regional call management, enabling better integration between providers, and ensuring total NHS 111 capacity is being used effectively.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2023 12:12:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1580059

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Trinidad and Tobago
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to swap their home country driving licences for full UK driving licences after 12 months in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	131230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Arrangements for the exchange of foreign licences in GB depend on the driver testing and licensing standards in the candidate country being assessed as equivalent to those in GB. A request for the exchange of licences issued in Trinidad and Tobago was not progressed following an assessment in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency would be happy to consider any further request from Trinidad and Tobago. Agreement to exchange licences is subject to assessment of all current aspects of testing and licensing standards, a public consultation and the necessary legal process.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 30/01/2023 13:13:07 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1567048

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to improve staff retention at nurseries and other early years childcare settings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	123982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The department is providing a package of training, qualifications, expert guidance, and targeted support for the early years sector to focus on the development of the youngest and most disadvantaged children, and to help address retention challenges. We are funding a range of programmes, including additional funding for graduate level specialist training, leading to early years teacher status and an accredited level 3 early years special education needs coordinator qualification. More information on the early years education recovery programme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-education-recovery-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-education-recovery-programme</a>.</p><p>The department also has a range of support for staff who take advantage of training opportunities. For example, the early years initial teacher training programme includes an employer incentive payment to cover trainee travel costs, to support release time for trainee mentoring and for other associated costs such as purchasing training materials. Similarly, across all three phases of the professional development programme, nurseries and childminders receive a day rate for programme attendees, to cover various costs including travel and subsistence and to cover for staff absence. Our early years experts and mentors, recruited from the sector to support those most in need, will be paid a day rate to ensure costs do not fall to their employer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 20/01/2023 12:57:46 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1567055

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the languages used for the driving theory test.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	123983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to review this.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/01/2023 11:07:58 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1551991

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to address staffing gaps in nursery and childcare sectors in Bristol West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	111613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The department acknowledges that recruitment and retention are key issues for the early years sector in England. Supporting the early years workforce continues to be a priority for the department, and we are working proactively with the sector and local authorities, including those in the Bristol West area, to build our understanding of the situation and how we might support the sector to attract more staff to work in early years education and childcare.</p><p>The department is providing a package of training, qualifications, expert guidance, and targeted support for the early years sector to focus on the development of the youngest and most disadvantaged children and help to address existing recruitment and retention challenges. This includes providing additional funding for graduate level specialist training leading to early years teacher status and an accredited level 3 early years special education needs coordinator (SENCO) qualification. More information on the early years education recovery programme can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-education-recovery-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-education-recovery-programme</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 20/12/2022 17:08:14 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1545791

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Parliamentary Capability Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to allocate additional resources to the Parliamentary Capability Team.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	97517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Capability Team sits within the Cabinet Office as part of the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit, and is a small group of expert civil servants bolstered by secondments from Parliament. Their training is designed in partnership with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, the Leaders and Government Whips Offices in both Houses, and departmental parliamentary and legislative teams. The critical nature of the work is recognised and the capacity of the team will be reviewed in the context of the Civil Service HR review, which is overseen by the Minister for the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2022 14:40:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1545792

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Government Departments: Parliament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, whether each Government department has a parliamentary champion.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	97518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The role of parliamentary champion exists in 18 ministerial departments to provide senior leadership, support and visibility for work to build parliamentary capability in the department. The Cabinet Office's parliamentary champion and Parliamentary Capability Team support the work of the parliamentary champions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2022 14:22:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1545887

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's decision on Evusheld, what steps he is taking to help protect those people acutely vulnerable to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	97544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to make a range of antiviral treatment options available in the community for patients at highest risk of COVID-19 infection. For those in this cohort who test positive for the virus, antiviral treatments can be accessed through COVID Medicines Delivery Units. Patients identified as potentially eligible for antiviral treatments can also order lateral flow device tests from GOV.UK or NHS 111.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/12/2022 15:58:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1542388

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Parliament: Handbooks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will update the Guide to Parliamentary Work for officials.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	87868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Alongside UK Parliament Week, the updated Guide to Parliamentary Work was published on Monday 14th November and is now available on Gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work). The guide has been produced by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, working closely with colleagues across government, and in the service of the House of Commons and House of Lords, and is designed for civil servants who work closely with Parliament and, in particular, Parliamentary teams across Whitehall.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/11/2022 10:16:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire