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1692472

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the NHS Pay Review Body on its potential recommendations on the 2024-25 pay round.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	16108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had no discussions with the NHS Pay Review Body on its potential recommendations for the 2024/25 pay round.</p><p>My officials have regular engagement with the Pay Review Bodies (PRB) secretariat, however as independent bodies the PRBs will not discuss their potential recommendations with stakeholders, these are received alongside their report.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/03/2024 16:40:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1692473

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Nurses: Pay
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 is taking to ensure all general practice nursing staff will receive a pay uplift for 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	16109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>We hugely value and appreciate the vital work carried out by general practice (GP) nurses. The Government accepted the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body’s recommendation on salaried GP staff pay, and increased the 2023/24 GP contract to provide funding for them to receive a 6% pay rise. We encourage all practices to pass this on to staff. As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for GPs to determine employee pay.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/03/2024 11:47:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1692005

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Horizon Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to (a) expand the Government's support for the Horizon Europe pump priming collaboration and (b) end the rule that research applications to Horizon Europe must identify a call and topic in Pillar 2.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	15875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The British Academy has received considerable interest in the Pump Priming grants scheme, and the Government is pleased with the level of engagement, including from those new to the programme. There are no plans to expand the recently launched pump priming grants.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for Horizon Europe grants are made directly to the European Commission. All calls within Horizon Europe work programme 2024 and beyond are funded by the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 01/03/2024 11:35:24 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1690735

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Offshore Industry: Biodiversity
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on the global biodiversity framework.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	15055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to implementing the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss and contains a target to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a comprehensive legal framework of environmental protection measures for offshore oil and gas activities. Section 12 of the Impact Assessment published alongside the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill sets out how the environmental principles of the Environment Act have been considered in the development of this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/02/2024 12:17:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1690358

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending funding for the UK Council for International Student Affairs on the adequacy of support available to international students.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	14852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The government appreciates the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to UK higher education.</p><p>The government remains committed to the ambitions set out in its International Education Strategy, including the aim to host 600,000 international students in the UK per year by 2030. The government is proud to have met this ambition two years running.</p><p>Universities also offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies. Organisations such as the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) and the British Council continue to provide information to international students entering the UK.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 28/02/2024 11:39:46 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield