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1719402

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date	20/05/2024
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	Jewellery: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support independent jewellers in Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Independent jewellers in Southport and across the country have benefited from the extension of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief for 2024-25, a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion and a freeze to the small business multiplier for a fourth consecutive year, protecting over a million ratepayers from bill increases.</p><p>Government provided an unprecedented package of support for businesses with energy costs through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the Energy Bill Discount Scheme. Together these schemes have provided around £7.5 billion to businesses for energy costs.</p><p>The industry led Retail Sector Council is developing a strategic approach for retail and continues to invite views on the opportunities and challenges for business set out in the recently published discussion paper Retail: The Great Enabler.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 09:37:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718788

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	Community Relations: Urban Areas
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 his Department is taking to help promote community cohesion in (a) towns and (b) cities.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/05/2024 12:10:47 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718037

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Shingles: Vaccination
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 (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help (i) facilitate and (ii) increase the voluntary uptake of the shingles vaccine by people aged 66 to 69 in (A) Southport and (B) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The current policy offers the shingles vaccine Shingrix to anyone who turned 65 or 70 years old on or after 1 September 2023, and to anyone aged 50 years old and over, which includes those aged 66 to 69 years old, who is at higher risk of serious complications as a result of having a severely weakened immune system, and who has been prioritised for vaccination by the National Health Service.</p><p>Healthy 66 to 69 year olds who do not have a severely weakened immune system are not currently eligible to receive the shingles vaccine, although they will become eligible when they turn 70 years old, as they would have done prior to 1 September 2023.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides public facing information, including translations into over 20 different languages, including braille, audio, large print, and British Sign Language, to help increase the uptake of the shingles vaccine and information for healthcare professionals.</p><p>Decisions regarding eligibility and the design of the current programme roll-out are based on clinical advice, including the independent advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and follow a similar pattern to the 2013 roll-out of the single dose shingles vaccine. However, the Government recognises the concerns of those currently aged 65 to 69 and is looking at ways to improve our approach. This includes options for working with NHS England and the UKHSA to enhance the way in which eligibility for this immunisation is communicated to the public, but also considers potential wider changes.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2024 16:13:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718041

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps through the criminal justice system to support small businesses affected by criminal damage.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates 623k criminal damage offences in the year ending December 2023, which is a decrease of -73.9% since year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Government is working to reduce crime against businesses. Police forces across England and Wales made a significant commitment to follow up on any available evidence where there is a reasonable chance it could lead them to catching a perpetrator and solving a crime. This is a substantial and meaningful commitment that we believe will help drive down crime, improve investigations and improve the criminal justice system outcomes to support all victims.</p><p>We are taking action to support the retail sector, including small, independent retailers. The Government’s plan – &quot;Fighting retail crime: more action&quot; was launched on 10 April and includes commitments to make it easier for small independent businesses to report crime to the police.</p><p>In 2021-22, the Home Office provided £75,000 to the National Business Crime Centre to support the creation of a retail crime hub on their website and to establish it as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for business crime. The crime hub hosts a range of information and crime prevention guidance for businesses, including specific resources for preventing shop theft and prolific offending: Business Support (nbcc.police.uk). The Home Office will be providing further funding to the NBCC to carry out commitments in the Government’s retail crime plan.</p><p>We know anti-social behaviour blights neighbourhoods, makes people’s lives a misery and stops businesses and individuals from flourishing. That is why last year the Government launched the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan to crack down on anti-social behaviour and restore public confidence that these crimes will be quickly and visibly punished.  Under the Plan, which is backed by £160m of funding, we are supporting increased patrols in anti-social behaviour hotspot areas, and making sure offenders are made to repair the damage they cause, in some cases within as little as 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/05/2024 14:13:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1717668

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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	Nuclear Fusion: Government Assistance
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 steps her Department has taken to support (a) companies and (b) individuals in the development of fusion technology.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced its plan to launch the Spherical Tokomak for Energy Production (STEP) procurement process on 22nd May. This multi-stage competition, which offers the chance to bid for up to hundreds of millions of pounds in the initial contract period until 2029, will seek to find industry partners in engineering and construction, to form a world-leading public-private alliance led by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS). Meanwhile, UK Research and Innovation invest in research grants for fusion, doctoral training and support fusion companies through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's prosperity partnership.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 17/05/2024 05:21:30 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1717670

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	25947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The statement I made on 21st May to Parliament provided clarity on the Government response to the Inquiry’s second interim report. The Scheme responds directly to and is in line with the recommendations made by the Infected Blood Inquiry in its second interim report, which considered the earlier study into compensation by Sir Robert Francis KC.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/05/2024 16:19:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore