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1675925

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date	06/12/2023
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	Yemen: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the UN World Food Programme on the decision to pause food distribution in northern Yemen; and whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the adequate supply of food to that region.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	5601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>After months of negotiations, in November, the World Food Programme (WFP) made the difficult decision to pause food distributions in the north of Yemen due to Houthi unwillingness to target food aid at the families who need it most. The UK has worked closely with WFP as it made this decision. We support WFP's efforts to ensure aid reaches those most in need and will further support WFP to resume food distributions once an agreement with the Houthi authorities is reached.</p><p>Ensuring food security for vulnerable populations in Yemen remains a UK priority. The FCDO's Food Security Safety Net programme will spend up to £250 million over 5 years, aiming to tackle food insecurity by providing cash transfers to up to 1.5 million of Yemen's most food insecure households through funding partners such as WFP, Social Fund for Development, and a consortium of NGOs.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2023 15:23:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1675926

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce animal testing.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	5602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports advances in biomedical science to reduce the use of animals in research, including stem cell research, cell culture, imaging and computer modelling techniques. UK Research &amp; Innovation funds the development of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs) through the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs). UK law requires that animals are only used in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used is the minimum needed to achieve the scientific benefit, and where the potential harm is limited to that needed to achieve the scientific benefit.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/12/2023 09:37:21 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1675927

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Science: Research
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an expert advisory task force on non-animal scientific research.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	5603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to establish an expert advisory group on non-animal research. The Government is committed to fully implementing the 3Rs, techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research, including transitioning to non-animal methods, wherever possible. The Government funds the National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs), which is widely recognised for its expertise, and delivers a range of initiatives to help the scientific community put the 3Rs into practice. The NC3Rs has recently set out its three-year strategy to increase the focus on animal replacement technologies and champion high standards in animal research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/12/2023 09:52:09 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1675928

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Animal Experiments
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the re-testing on animals of (a) materials, (b) chemicals, (c) foods and (d) drugs already in public use.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	5604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to assess the potential merits of legislative proposals to prohibit re-testing of products already in public use. Generally, once a product has had its initial approval, no further animal testing would be expected, though some exemptions exist when scientifically necessary.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/12/2023 09:58:36 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1675929

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to take steps to introduce legislative proposals to (a) phase out animal testing and (b) support a full transition to non-animal approaches.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	5605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The government has no plans to introduce legislative proposals at this time. UK law already requires that animals are only used in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used is the minimum needed to achieve the scientific benefit, and where the potential harm is limited to that needed to achieve the scientific benefit. The Government is committed to fully implementing the 3Rs, techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research, including transitioning to non-animal methods, wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/12/2023 10:05:32 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1675930

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were granted to associated dependants of care workers who were under the age of 18 in the year ending September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	5553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish the information on the number of associate dependents for care worker applications granted who were under the age of 18 in the year ending September 2023, as the Home Office does not publish breakdowns by occupation and dependents are not categorised by age within the data.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca77eac45813c4148c35e08dbf7169119%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375448512024791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rvY2jBKDKS5rzzTJGOq2t5sfSB5sji7CirJpPzw5lxU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of dependents for Health and Care applications granted, are published in table Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2022%2Flist-of-tables%23entry-clearance-visas&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca77eac45813c4148c35e08dbf7169119%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375448512024791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jfOo5rrorE8v3IWnV3kPcox1wFEK86LVH1t3kd0vgD4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to, and including, 2023 Q3 (July to September).</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca77eac45813c4148c35e08dbf7169119%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375448512024791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3%2Fwhv7wrggmlAmKmAYM0cP6hHwhC%2Bkn2lyuUfz9MTgw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/12/2023 17:05:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1675931

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) care workers and (b) senior care workers issued a health and care worker visa were (i) female and (ii) male in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	5554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on sponsored work visas by occupation in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf4cd15f0ef464e6646cc08dbf710d1e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375423826628542%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=92cML07w50ean9yVoT%2B6dIm7B6uxc1HyLomEPCK%2Fm9w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on grants of visas are published in table ‘Occ_D02’ of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23sponsored-work-visas-by-occupation-and-industry&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf4cd15f0ef464e6646cc08dbf710d1e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375423826628542%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Q1YPVSLZizsGvTpv8rtdgZfA8sNleWZQ4Fsu7KgJit4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">sponsored work visas by occupation and industry dataset</a>. Selecting ‘6145 – Care workers and home carers’ and ‘6146 – Senior care workers’ from the occupation filter will output data on care workers and senior care workers respectively. Selecting ‘Skilled Worker – Health and Care’ will also output data on health and care worker visas. Nationality and time frames can also be filtered.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data is from January 2021 up to the end of September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide a gender breakdown in the published dataset.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/12/2023 17:06:57 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1675932

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Pharmacy
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 is taking to help maintain the availability of (a) pharmacies and (b) medication.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	5606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department is closely monitoring changes to the pharmacy network to ensure access to the services they provide on behalf of the National Health Service. Access to services remains good with 80% of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country. Patients can also choose to access NHS pharmaceutical services remotely through any of the approximately 400 internet pharmacies, who are contractually required to deliver medicines to patient home free of charge. Every three years, local authorities in England undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments for their areas to ensure provision continues to meet their population’s needs.</p><p>We have well-established processes for managing and mitigating medicine supply issues, which involve working with the pharmaceutical industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England, the devolved governments and others operating in the supply chain to help ensure patients have access to the treatments they need.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2023 16:38:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 7026 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1675933

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to (a) extend the leave to remain and (b) offer a route to indefinite leave to remain status for individuals on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	5607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>We are mindful that permission will start to expire, for the first arrivals under our Ukrainian schemes, from March 2025, and their need for certainty beyond that point to help them to plan ahead, for example if remaining in the UK, entering into rental agreements and living here independently.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the situation in Ukraine, working closely with the Ukrainian Government, as well as our international counterparts, we keep the need for a possible extension of sanctuary in the UK, beyond March 2025, under consistent review.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government stands with Ukraine and firmly believes that Ukraine will be safe again. When it’s safe to do so, Ukraine will need the repatriation of its citizens to help recover and rebuild their economy and infrastructure. Our approach therefore has been to provide 36 months sanctuary under our Ukraine visas which are temporary and do not lead to settlement or indefinite leave to remain. <br></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/12/2023 12:12:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1675934

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by HMRC as of 6 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	5608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The information held about Red Rated Systems is sensitive and can not be disclosed due to security considerations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 11/12/2023 16:23:49 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda