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1681107

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that people who (a) live in high-rise buildings and (b) cannot self-evacuate have personal emergency evacuation plans.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Government consulted on personal emergency evacuation plans, identifying concerns over their practicality, proportionality and safety.</p><p>A new package of measures to address these concerns was consulted on, and government is currently considering the responses and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/01/2024 14:44:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1681129

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
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 is her Department is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times in (a) Weaver Vale constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Our Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services aims to reduce Category 2 response times to 30 minutes on average this year. The plan sets out a range of measures to improve urgent and emergency care performance across the patient pathway. To increase capacity and improve ambulance response times, ambulance services are receiving £200 million of additional funding this year. We have already seen significant improvements in ambulance performance this year. Nationally, average Category 2 response times were more than 45 minutes faster in December than the same month last year, despite increases in demand. The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, which serves the Weaver Vale constituency, was almost 34 minutes faster this December.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/01/2024 13:08:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1681133

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's processes for collecting mortality data for homeless people.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>My department does not collect mortality data for people experiencing homelessness. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) hold responsibility for vital events statistics (such as births, marriages, and deaths).</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 17/01/2024 13:43:48 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1677014

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northwich Station: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to announce the outcome of Northwich station's Access for All funding bid.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	6343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Prime Minister's recent Network North announcement, the Government has confirmed £350m will be made available to improve the accessibility of our train stations. We are assessing over 300 nominations for Access for All funding from April 2024, including a nomination for Northwich station. If successful, the funding will create an obstacle free, accessible route from the station entrance to platforms. Successful nominations will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/12/2023 12:30:56 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1677017

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Cladding Safety Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to raise awareness of the Cladding Safety Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	6345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Since the Cladding Safety Scheme fully launched in July, Homes England, who are delivering the scheme, have been carrying out promotional activity. This activity has included site visits, utilising social media platforms, and direct engagement with local authorities and managing agents. Guidance on the Cladding Safety Scheme, including eligibility and the application process, is available on the GOV.UK website and we would encourage those who have yet to submit their application to do so without further delay. The department will continue to work with delivery partners, regulators, building owners and affected leaseholders to ensure affected buildings can be brought into the scheme and remediated.</p><p>The Department publishes monthly statistics which indicate the significant progress we have made with our delivery partners to ensure that buildings with unsafe cladding are made safe by those responsible.  As at the end of October 2023, there were almost 1,000 buildings in the different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 6346 question first answered 18/12/2023 14:16:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1677018

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Cladding Safety Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings have registered with the Cladding Safety Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	6346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Since the Cladding Safety Scheme fully launched in July, Homes England, who are delivering the scheme, have been carrying out promotional activity. This activity has included site visits, utilising social media platforms, and direct engagement with local authorities and managing agents. Guidance on the Cladding Safety Scheme, including eligibility and the application process, is available on the GOV.UK website and we would encourage those who have yet to submit their application to do so without further delay. The department will continue to work with delivery partners, regulators, building owners and affected leaseholders to ensure affected buildings can be brought into the scheme and remediated.</p><p>The Department publishes monthly statistics which indicate the significant progress we have made with our delivery partners to ensure that buildings with unsafe cladding are made safe by those responsible.  As at the end of October 2023, there were almost 1,000 buildings in the different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 6345 question first answered 18/12/2023 14:16:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1677019

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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	Dental Services: Weaver Vale
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 she plans to take to increase the number of NHS dentists in Weaver Vale constituency.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	6347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022 we announced a package of reforms to improve access to National Health Service dentistry, which outlined the steps we are taking to meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Weaver Vale. The changes that have been implemented include improvements to ensure dentists are remunerated more fairly for more complex work and the introduction of a minimum Units of Dental Activity value.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to all integrated care boards (ICBs) across England. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. These include a 40% increase to dentistry undergraduate training places by 2031/32.</p><p>But we know we need to do more, and that there are some areas where access is particularly problematic. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients, and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/12/2023 16:47:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1677020

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	River Severn: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with United Utilities on the level of sewage released into the River Severn.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	6348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with representatives of the water industry to discuss a range of issues, including reducing sewage discharges. This Government will continue to take bold action to tackle sewage pollution and hold all water companies, including United Utilities, to account for delivery.</p><p>The Government is clear that the volume of sewage being discharged into our waters is unacceptable. This is why we launched the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, setting stringent targets to reduce discharges from storm overflows. This Plan will drive the largest infrastructure programme in water company history - £60 billion capital investment over 25 years.</p><p>The River Severn is not a catchment in which United Utilities operates.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 19/12/2023 14:20:25 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1674158

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	System Building: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of large panel system buildings that require remediation work.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	4541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The issues with Large Panel System (LPS) buildings are longstanding and well known. When the Ronan Point tower block collapsed in 1968, following a gas explosion, it became clear that tower blocks erected in the 1960s and 1970s using a system of large pre-cast concrete panels were more vulnerable to collapse than other structures. A programme of remediation was put in place to strengthen these buildings and reduce the risk. In 2017 the Department for Communities and Local Government wrote to all local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness and to outline actions in relation to LPS buildings, advising them to seek expert advice and pointing them in the direction of the existing guidance on managing these buildings. Specifically local authorities were asked to check that buildings were structurally sound and could carry gas safely. Some buildings had gas supplies removed to mitigate the risk.</p><p>Responsibility for the safety and maintenance of large panel system blocks lies with the building owners, including local authorities where they are the owners. Local authorities are also responsible for keeping the housing conditions in their area under review (including structural safety) with a view to identifying any action that may need to be taken by them.</p><p>This system requires the accountable person for a building to take all reasonable steps to ensure they have effective and proportionate measures in place to manage building safety risks and that the appropriate level of protection is provided in these buildings.</p><p>All building owners should continue to fulfil their duties to manage safety risks of all kinds in their buildings in a proportionate, risk-based, and evidence-based manner, and taking action where they deem necessary.</p><p>In addition, and since April, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has a duty to keep under review the safety and standards of all buildings. The BSR is implementing a new safety case regime which all occupied ‘higher-risk buildings’, including all blocks of flats more than 18m, will be subject to. Under this new regime, accountable persons are now required to register with the regulator and provide information about their building, including structural characteristics. They will also need to demonstrate to the Regulator how they are managing building safety risks related to the spread of fire and structural failure, on an ongoing basis. This data will provide the regulator with more information about the prevalence and current condition of LPS buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 4542 question first answered 06/12/2023 17:22:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1674159

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	System Building: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on large panel system buildings that (a) have structural defects and (b) require remediation work.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	4542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The issues with Large Panel System (LPS) buildings are longstanding and well known. When the Ronan Point tower block collapsed in 1968, following a gas explosion, it became clear that tower blocks erected in the 1960s and 1970s using a system of large pre-cast concrete panels were more vulnerable to collapse than other structures. A programme of remediation was put in place to strengthen these buildings and reduce the risk. In 2017 the Department for Communities and Local Government wrote to all local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness and to outline actions in relation to LPS buildings, advising them to seek expert advice and pointing them in the direction of the existing guidance on managing these buildings. Specifically local authorities were asked to check that buildings were structurally sound and could carry gas safely. Some buildings had gas supplies removed to mitigate the risk.</p><p>Responsibility for the safety and maintenance of large panel system blocks lies with the building owners, including local authorities where they are the owners. Local authorities are also responsible for keeping the housing conditions in their area under review (including structural safety) with a view to identifying any action that may need to be taken by them.</p><p>This system requires the accountable person for a building to take all reasonable steps to ensure they have effective and proportionate measures in place to manage building safety risks and that the appropriate level of protection is provided in these buildings.</p><p>All building owners should continue to fulfil their duties to manage safety risks of all kinds in their buildings in a proportionate, risk-based, and evidence-based manner, and taking action where they deem necessary.</p><p>In addition, and since April, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has a duty to keep under review the safety and standards of all buildings. The BSR is implementing a new safety case regime which all occupied ‘higher-risk buildings’, including all blocks of flats more than 18m, will be subject to. Under this new regime, accountable persons are now required to register with the regulator and provide information about their building, including structural characteristics. They will also need to demonstrate to the Regulator how they are managing building safety risks related to the spread of fire and structural failure, on an ongoing basis. This data will provide the regulator with more information about the prevalence and current condition of LPS buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 4541 question first answered 06/12/2023 17:22:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury