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1675045

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date	04/12/2023
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking increase support for food banks in winter 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not have any role in the operation of foodbanks. Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations which bring people in local communities together to support one another. This is a great example of the generosity of spirit of communities across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing over £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England to support the impacts of the increase in cost of living. This funding is supporting charities and community organisations right now through the £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund. This fund has closed for applications and is awarding funding to frontline organisations supporting vulnerable households, including those which deliver food. The second strand of the package, the £25.5 million VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme, will provide investment in energy efficiency measures, with more details to be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Taken together, total support over 2022/23-2024/25 to help households with the high cost of living amounts to £104 billion – an average of £3,700 per UK household.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/12/2023 13:37:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675046

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Northern Ireland Administration on a strategy on ending violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recently visited the Women’s Aid Federation NI in Belfast as part of the 16 Days of Action against gender-based violence, to hear about this important issue.</p><p> </p><p>It is disappointing that Northern Ireland remains the only region of the UK without a dedicated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. The UK Government notes the significant work currently underway in the Executive Office to develop a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls. It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored to approve and implement this strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/12/2023 16:46:42 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675047

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Theft: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland on increasing conviction rates for (a) theft and (b) burglary.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is entirely independent and is not superintended by the Attorney General.</p><p>The Attorney General, as Advocate General for Northern Ireland, has limited statutory functions in relation to the PPSNI and the performance of the PPSNI does not fall within this remit.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/12/2023 16:58:45 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675048

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Trade Agreements: Switzerland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that a UK-Switzerland trade deal includes provisions for the (a) digital, (b) data and (c) investment sectors.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is making good progress in negotiations on an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement. Both the UK and Switzerland agree this should include outcomes in areas such as digital, data and investment.</p><p> </p><p>For investment, UK negotiators are seeking legally guaranteed preferential access to the Swiss market for UK investors and companies. On digital, the UK aims to enhance trade commitments such as those supporting paperless trading. For data, UK objectives include seeking to prevent unjustified localisation, facilitating the free flow of data, and upholding the UK’s high standard of personal data protection.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2023 09:29:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675049

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	China: Indo-pacific Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help tackle Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Integrated Review Refresh 2023 reaffirmed the UK's long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. While China is an important source of aid, trade and investment for many countries, including those in the Indo-Pacific, China also poses potential risks. We are therefore deepening cooperation and increasing alignment with core allies and a broad group of partners to strengthen collective security, balance and compete where necessary, and push back against behaviours that undermine international law, violate human rights, or seek to coerce or create dependencies.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/12/2023 12:17:00 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675050

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions her Department has had with automotive manufacturers on levels of production of electric vehicles in Europe; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those levels on uptake of electric vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) provides support for the uptake of plug-in vehicles in the UK.</p><p>The UK’s automotive manufacturing sector is the second highest by value in Europe, employing 166,000 people and with an annual turnover of £70 billion. As part of the Advanced Manufacturing Plan, we have announced £2bn of new capital and R&amp;D funding to 2030, boosting the UK’s competitiveness.</p><p>Government engages closely with industry and automotive manufacturers to understand the impact of European competition and opportunities, including on consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/12/2023 09:22:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675051

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Men
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 put in place specialist services to help tackle changes in the level of ADHD diagnoses of (a) men and (b) boys.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We expect integrated care boards (ICBs) and National Health Service trusts to have due regard to relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when commissioning and providing services for people. It is the responsibility of ICBs to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, in line with these NICE guidelines.</p><p>We are taking steps to improve data on ADHD which will be important in determining where further action may need to be taken to support people, including men and boys. Assessments, diagnosis, and the provision of support for people with ADHD are carried out in various care settings. Data on the number of people waiting for an ADHD diagnosis and how long they have been waiting is not currently collected nationally but may be held locally by NHS trusts or ICBs. We are exploring options for improving data collection and reporting on ADHD assessment waiting times. In line with this, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has recently commissioned a research project to provide initial insights into local ADHD diagnosis waiting times data collection.</p><p>NHS England is also currently scoping a national programme of work on ADHD.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/12/2023 14:29:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675052

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Obesity: Surgery
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 reduce waiting times for gastric band surgery for people who are clinically obese.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting National Health Service waiting lists, including for gastric band surgery, is one of the Government’s top priorities. To facilitate this across elective services, we are increasing activity, with plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, expanding capacity though creating a new network of community diagnostic centres, and maximising all available independent sector capacity. We are managing demand through specialised advice in primary care and giving patients more control over where they receive their care, and we are increasing productivity; through transforming outpatient services, developing new surgical hubs to increase theatre productivity, funded by part of £1.5 billion and working actively with trusts to support and challenge on their performance.</p><p>As a result, we met our target to virtually eliminate long waits of two years or more for elective procedures in July 2022, and as of September 2023, a total of 10,196 patients still remain, a reduction of almost 92% from the peak of 125,000 in September 2021. We continue to make progress to hit our next ambition of eliminating waits of 65 and 52 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/12/2023 16:46:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675053

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of house prices since September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The most reliable measure of average house prices in the UK is published by the ONS. The latest release is for September 2023, when the average house price in the UK was assessed to be £291,400. That leaves average UK house prices 25% higher than their average level in 2019, although 0.2% lower than their average level in Sept 2022.</p><p>While prices have remained resilient, housing market activity has slowed in recent months, largely as a result of rising mortgage rates, which are in part driven by Bank Rate. Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England. The path to lower rates is through low inflation, which is why the government is fully committed to supporting the Bank get inflation back down to the 2% target. The MPC continues to have the Government’s full support as it takes action to return inflation to target through its independent monetary policy decisions.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to limit the impact of rising interest rates on mortgage holders, through the Mortgage Charter. This Charter sets out the standards that signatory lenders – who represent over 90% of the UK mortgage market – will adopt when helping their customers.</p><p>We have also taken a number of measures aimed at helping people to avoid repossession, including protection in the courts through the Pre-Action Protocol, the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS), and Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans. Accordingly, arrears and repossessions remain at historic lows, despite the rise in interest costs.</p><p>The government continues to monitor developments in the housing market closely and consider the implications for its policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 07/12/2023 15:55:45 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon