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1547555

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date	02/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the Department, including predecessor Departments and its agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	101390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts awarded from 2011 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p>Cabinet Office does not hold the historic data centrally as it would involve a disproportionate amount of costs and time to collate the information. A new contract database, Atamis, has been purchased and is now live. This is used to capture all information on current contracts which started on or after January 2022 and all future contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:07 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1547561

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in Wallasey constituency as a result of the implementation of that plan.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	101699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect green jobs data at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/12/2022 17:03:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1547562

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Lecanemab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) develop test infrastructure and (b) recruit testing staff to test patients for Alzheimer's disease to allow early diagnosis and treatment with Lecanemab.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	101727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use of resources.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has been asked by the Department to conduct an appraisal of lecanemab for treating early Alzheimer’s disease. The appraisal is anticipated to begin in late August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/12/2022 12:35:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1547563

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Batley and Spen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Batley and Spen constituency have received Government funding for support in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	101820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in Batley and Spen will have benefitted from the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, cut to fuel duty for 12 months, raising the Employment Allowance to £5,000 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter. In addition, at the Autumn Statement, my Rt Hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Support is also available to SMEs across the UK through the Start Up loan scheme which has provided 148 SMEs in Batley and Spen loans to the value of £1,477,438 as of October 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/12/2022 17:14:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1547564

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Washington and Sunderland West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Washington and Sunderland West constituency received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	101704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in Washington and Sunderland will have benefitted from the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, cut to fuel duty for 12 months and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter.</p><p> </p><p>Support is also available to SMEs across the UK through the Recovery Loan Scheme and the Start Up loan scheme which has provided – 126 SMEs in Washington and Sunderland West loans to the value of £1,096,634 as of October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/12/2022 17:03:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1547565

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93720 on Prescription Drugs, how many Standard Medicines Reviews were offered to (a) GP practices and (b) pharmacies in the last 12 months for which data are available; how many were accepted; and for what reason no specific estimate of the annual savings has been made.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	101688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>While Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) are not commissioned from pharmacies, from November 2021 to October 2022, 2,221,117 SMR appointments were booked in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>SMRs optimise patient care in a number of ways, including by reducing medicine wastage. However, no specific assessment has been made of this impact, as it is among a number of benefits. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has assessed the evidence for interventions to optimise the use of medicines in developing its guideline ‘Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’, which has informed NHS England’s commissioning policy.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/12/2022 16:22:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 40429 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1547566

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps when setting the criteria for selecting the final eight schemes for the New Hospitals to promote the Government's levelling up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	101750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>We are currently assessing 128 expressions of interest received for the eight new hospitals and will consider a range of national and regional healthcare priorities and indicators.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/12/2022 10:31:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1547567

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Environmental, Social, and Governance entitled The UK Green Taxonomy, published in November 2022, if he will take steps to publish a consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	101814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a leading centre for green finance, with London having been ranked first in the world for a third year, according to the Global Green Finance Index. It is important that our approach for the taxonomy builds on this and contributes to our ambition to be the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre.</p><p> </p><p>The value of a taxonomy rests on its credibility as a practical and useful tool for corporates and investors, that its users recognise as science-based. It is important that we learn from the approach taken in other jurisdictions, and take the time to get this right for the UK and the market. The UK Green Taxonomy Consultation is under review and the government will be setting out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been engaging closely with the independent Green Technical Advisory Group and is considering the recommendations which they have recently published. The government has noted the publication of the UK Green Taxonomy report, by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, and will consider the views of a variety of stakeholders as it prepares to set out its next steps.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also been supporting the development of international standards in green finance, for example through the International Sustainability Standards Board.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 101091 101092 101093 101094 101095 101096 101097 101098 101815 101816 101817 101818 101819 question first answered 08/12/2022 15:26:33 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1547568

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled the UK Green Taxonomy, published by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, if he will make it his priority to develop the UK Green Taxonomy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	101815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a leading centre for green finance, with London having been ranked first in the world for a third year, according to the Global Green Finance Index. It is important that our approach for the taxonomy builds on this and contributes to our ambition to be the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre.</p><p> </p><p>The value of a taxonomy rests on its credibility as a practical and useful tool for corporates and investors, that its users recognise as science-based. It is important that we learn from the approach taken in other jurisdictions, and take the time to get this right for the UK and the market. The UK Green Taxonomy Consultation is under review and the government will be setting out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been engaging closely with the independent Green Technical Advisory Group and is considering the recommendations which they have recently published. The government has noted the publication of the UK Green Taxonomy report, by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, and will consider the views of a variety of stakeholders as it prepares to set out its next steps.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also been supporting the development of international standards in green finance, for example through the International Sustainability Standards Board.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 101091 101092 101093 101094 101095 101096 101097 101098 101814 101816 101817 101818 101819 question first answered 08/12/2022 15:26:33 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1547569

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled the UK Green Taxonomy, published by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential impact of developing a UK Green Taxonomy on steps being taken by other nations to implement similar frameworks.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	101816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a leading centre for green finance, with London having been ranked first in the world for a third year, according to the Global Green Finance Index. It is important that our approach for the taxonomy builds on this and contributes to our ambition to be the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre.</p><p> </p><p>The value of a taxonomy rests on its credibility as a practical and useful tool for corporates and investors, that its users recognise as science-based. It is important that we learn from the approach taken in other jurisdictions, and take the time to get this right for the UK and the market. The UK Green Taxonomy Consultation is under review and the government will be setting out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been engaging closely with the independent Green Technical Advisory Group and is considering the recommendations which they have recently published. The government has noted the publication of the UK Green Taxonomy report, by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, and will consider the views of a variety of stakeholders as it prepares to set out its next steps.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also been supporting the development of international standards in green finance, for example through the International Sustainability Standards Board.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 101091 101092 101093 101094 101095 101096 101097 101098 101814 101815 101817 101818 101819 question first answered 08/12/2022 15:26:34 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford