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1401796

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 January 2022, Official Report, column 283, what consequential funding will be made available to the Welsh Government.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	101735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, the Barnett formula applies to changes in UK Government department budgets.</p><p>The Welsh Government's existing funding already includes Barnett consequentials on changes in overall funding provided to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which is responsible for cladding remediation in England. Most recently, Spending Review 2021 provided the Welsh Government with the biggest annual block grants, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since devolution in 1998.</p><p>It is for the Welsh Government to allocate funding as it sees fit across its devolved responsibilities including tackling unsafe cladding in residential properties in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/01/2022 14:15:23 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1402646

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Social Services: Dementia and Parkinson's Disease
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 that the £500 million funding allocated to supporting and developing the social care workforce includes dedicated training on Parkinson's and Parkinson's-related dementia for staff involved directly in providing care.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	103711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Equipping the health and social care workforce with the skills they need is crucial to providing high quality of care for those living with dementia.</p><p>As announced in our recent white paper, People at the Heart of Care, Government will invest at least £500 million over the next three years in the training and development of the social care workforce. This will include co-producing a sector-wide Knowledge and Skills Framework, building on existing frameworks including the Dementia Training Standards Framework and providing hundreds of thousands of training places and qualifications for the workforce, including those working to support individuals with Parkinson's and dementia.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/01/2022 09:19:18 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1402647

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the training and development of the children's social work workforce.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	103712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the training and development of their children’s social care workforce, including ensuring that their social workers meet the standards set out in the ‘Post qualifying standards: knowledge and skills statement for child and family practitioners’.</p><p>The government is providing local authorities with £4.8 billion of new grant funding over the Spending Review period to 2025. This will enable the sector to maintain vital frontline services including children’s social care. Moreover, the government has given over £6 billion in un-ringfenced funding directly to councils to support them with the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 spending pressures. Local authorities are best placed to decide how much to invest in the training and development of their children’s social care workforce.</p><p>The government supports local authorities by funding the initial training of social workers. The Department of Health and Social Care provides funding of approximately £77 million per annum for social worker initial training (both child and family and adult social). In addition, the department provides approximately £50 million per annum on fast-track initial training programmes.</p><p>The government works closely with local authorities to ensure that child and family social worker have the right skills and capability to meet the needs of children and families.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/01/2022 16:57:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1402648

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Test and Trace Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what eligibility criteria is used to allocate discretionary Test and Trace Support Payments for each Local Authority area in England.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	103584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency considers a range of factors to allocate discretionary funding for the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. This centres on incidence levels and the number of discretionary payments made by the local authority in the last allocation period. Local authorities are responsible for setting the criteria for discretionary payments in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/01/2022 16:30:10 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 44304 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1402649

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Human Rights: Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) viability and (b) operational capabilities of human rights organisations around the world in the context of recent closures or restrictions on established organisations in Russia and Israel.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	103554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy outlines our commitment to defending human rights. Civic freedom is under threat around the world and human rights organisations - as well as other actors within civic space - increasingly face restrictions and even threat of physical violence. Our annual Human Rights and Democracy Report tracks this trend and details how the UK has responded.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 24/01/2022 16:37:26 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1402650

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Human Rights: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK’s building of new economic partnerships will not adversely impact human rights overseas.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	103555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that more trade will not come at the expense of human rights. The UK will continue to show global leadership in encouraging all states to uphold international human rights obligations and hold those who violate human rights to account. In doing so we will continue to bring to bear all of the diplomatic and development tools available to us. We have, for example, used the powers provided by the Global Human Rights sanctions regulations to impose sanctions on 81 individuals and entities involved in serious human rights violations or abuses around the world.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 20/01/2022 17:17:49 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1402651

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	NHS: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on retention of NHS staff as a result of the mandatory covid-19 vaccine programme for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	103585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s impact assessment estimated the number of workers who may remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 at the end of the 12-week grace period and are not medically exempt. For National Health Service staff, this is estimated to be 4.9% or 73,000. The Government continues to encourage unvaccinated staff to make the positive choice to be vaccinated.</p><p>The latest data of 13 January 2022 shows that since the Government consulted on the policy in September 2021, there has been a net increase of over 81,000 NHS trust healthcare workers receiving a first dose.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/01/2022 13:48:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1402652

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Act 1988
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to review the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	103652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will be conducting a call for evidence on parts of the Road Traffic Act 1988. It is expected that we will be in a position to publish this in the first half of 2022.</p><p> </p><p>While details are still being worked up as to its scope, it is expected that it will include drink and drug driving offences, and the offence of failure to stop and report.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/01/2022 09:52:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1402653

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the oral Answer of 6 January 2022, Official Report, column 146, on the Criminal Justice System: Disclosure between Parties, when the independent review on the disclosure failings at the Serious Fraud Office will commence; who will be conducting that review; and what the (a) timescale and (b) terms of reference for that review are.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The details of the review, including the intended timescales and the terms of reference, will be published once they have been agreed. I am committed to ensuring that this review is conducted as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 18/01/2022 09:08:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1402654

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the findings of the Building Research Establishment that 2.6 million homes contain at least one category one hazard, what steps the Government is taking to tackle those hazards and improve housing standards in England.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	103556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has a safe home. Since 2009, the total number of households with Category 1 Hazards has reduced from 21% to 10% as of 2019. As part of its ongoing work to improve the quality of housing, the Government is reviewing the Decent Homes Standard and Housing Health and Safety Rating System, to make standards easier to understand and act on.</p><p>The Government is also providing £3.9 billion of funding over the next three years which will improve the energy efficiency of many homes, increasing their thermal comfort, and reducing hazards associated with the cold.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/01/2022 14:43:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon