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1471002

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date	16/06/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps the Government is taking to play a leading in role in delivering on the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forest and Land Use.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Presidency is continuing to lead international collaboration on Forest and Land Use, building on progress made at COP26. We held an international ministerial meeting on 1 June in Stockholm and we are continuing to work with countries that have endorsed the Declaration to gather views on implementation. We are creating a space for countries that are actively engaged in accelerating progress on the GLD to drive momentum and collectively address shared challenges.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/06/2022 10:45:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471003

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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
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 estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with orthorexia in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made, as data on the number of people with orthorexia is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/06/2022 16:07:21 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471004

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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
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 adequate funding for care homes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the care needs of the local population and develop and build local market capacity. The Local Government Finance Settlement provides an additional £3.7 billion compared to 2021/22, including £1 billion specifically for social care. Councils also have access to funding from un-ringfenced grants and council tax.</p><p>We are also committing £1.36 billion for the Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care Fund. This will support local authorities to prepare markets for reform and move towards paying providers a fair cost of care.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/06/2022 09:53:26 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471005

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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
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 tackle delays in ambulance response times.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Ambulance trusts receive continuous central monitoring and support from the NHS England and NHS Improvement-funded National Ambulance Coordination Centre. In 2022/23, NHS England and NHS Improvement have allocated an additional £150 million for ambulance service pressures, supporting improvements to response times through additional call handler recruitment, retention and other measures.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/06/2022 16:00:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471006

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the UK's cyber security in the context of the potential increased risk of malicious cyber activity from Russia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Our new National Cyber and Government Cyber Security Strategies set out our approach to making the UK more resilient to cyber attacks and countering cyber threats. We have undertaken significant outreach within the Government and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sectors, and the UK Devolved Administrations, providing mitigating advice to bolster the UK’s cyber preparedness.</p><p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recently wrote to Cabinet colleagues to seek assurances that their departments and sectors are implementing the necessary resilience measures.</p><p>All organisations should follow the <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/actions-to-take-when-the-cyber-threat-is-heightened" target="_blank">NCSC’s guidance</a> on actions to take when the cyber threat is heightened. Individuals should follow the NCSC’s Cyber Aware guidance.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/06/2022 10:42:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471007

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Grasslands: Fertilisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to GrassCheck GB data for the week of 13 June 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the potential need for securing reasonably priced chemical fertiliser to help increase domestic grass yields.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	19597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>While global fertiliser prices have risen and this is undoubtedly a challenging period for our agricultural sectors, the supply chain providing imports of fertiliser to the UK has remained resilient. Within the domestic market, CF Fertilisers continues to produce ammonium nitrate fertiliser from their plant at Billingham.</p><p> </p><p>Through our UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group we are monitoring a range of data around input costs, grass yields and production levels. We have also recently expanded our engagement with industry, to supplement our data with live intelligence We have also established a ministerial-led fertiliser Taskforce to more closely monitor the fertiliser market. More information about the latest work of the Taskforce is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefrafarming.blog.gov.uk%2F2022%2F06%2F23%2Fthe-latest-from-the-fertiliser-taskforce%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C0906cefc7b8244983a8a08da57bd4bf5%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637918767785114962%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lVPg7iGyMqMRm6SC%2Fe%2BGn4dd6PQQfzHYZmLjsaCutqY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The latest from the Fertiliser Taskforce - Future Farming (blog.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>To reflect the challenges the industry is facing, we have already announced a number of measures to support growers at this time. These include delays to the introduction of restrictions to the use of urea fertiliser, further details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme and the bringing forward of half of this year's Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment to July as an advance injection of cash to farm businesses.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/06/2022 10:43:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1471008

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle inequalities for people from minoritized communities due to their protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	19633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>On 17 March 2022 I published ‘Inclusive Britain’, which sets out a ground-breaking action plan to tackle negative ethnic disparities, promote unity and build a fairer Britain for all.</p><p>Work is under way to deliver the 74 actions in Inclusive Britain, which will help to close outcome gaps between ethnic groups in education, employment, health and the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2022 14:56:12 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1471009

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bournemouth East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve rail links to Bournemouth east constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	19581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department regularly reviews levels of service to ensure that there is the best possible outcome for both passengers and the taxpayer. This work continues as we see demand returning following the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/06/2022 14:09:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1471010

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pokesdown Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has taken steps to progress the upgrade to Boscombe Railway Station.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	19582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is working closely with South Western Railway, Network Rail and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to pursue improvements for passengers at Pokesdown for Boscombe station. The Department will provide an update at the conclusion of the ongoing feasibility work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 22/06/2022 13:36:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1471011

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
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	Afghanistan: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Embassy in Afghanistan will be reopened.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	19583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Kabul suspended in-country operations on 14 August 2021. We intend to establish a diplomatic presence in Kabul when the security and political situation in the country allows and are coordinating this effort with allies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/06/2022 13:49:57 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood