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date	05/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to identify buildings affected by (a) dangerous cladding and (b) other fire safety issues.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that more must be done to accelerate the pace of remediation of unsafe buildings across the country.</p><p>After the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government prioritised identifying and providing funding for the highest risk buildings with unsafe cladding. Fire and rescue services and local authorities conducted a risk review of high-rise buildings over 18 metres in height, and building owners were required to register high-rise buildings with the department and apply for government funding to remove dangerous cladding.</p><p>The Building Safety Act 2022 establishes a new regulatory regime for high-rise buildings, which requires all residential buildings above 18m to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator by October 2023. The regulator has powers to pursue any building owner who fails to comply, including prosecuting for non-compliance.</p><p>In 2022, the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) was launched, to meet the cost of addressing life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 11 metres. We estimate that there may be as many as 7,000 buildings that need remediation that have not yet applied for the scheme. Eligible building owners must apply for this scheme, and leaseholders can utilise ‘Tell us tool’ to self-refer their building. <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ftell-us-about-life-safety-fire-risks-on-the-external-wall-system-of-your-building&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPatrick.Kelly%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb5b3bf3b9b8f46e694aa08dcd34145f5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638617524508668633%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iNm%2FolRZrWMlVAUqoBDrtxZwtyNlP1hyhf1D178f8N4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tell us about life-safety fire risks on the external wall system of your building - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> The department is working at pace to identify buildings eligible for funding that are not coming forward. We are utilising specialist data sources and AI technology tools, and the CSS is contacting owners of identified buildings to check whether they have been assessed for unsafe cladding.</p><p>The Government has pressed the need for urgent action by local regulators to identify and assess buildings for unsafe cladding and other defects. The Government is supporting local authorities to boost their inspection and enforcement action by providing training, guidance and over £14 million in new burdens funding to date. We are writing to all metro mayors in England to ask for their support in driving forward local remediation acceleration plans to ensure buildings are identified and remediated at pace. We will set out further steps on plans to accelerate remediation this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 13/09/2024 13:57:23 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1673916

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Prime Minister launches Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, published 14 August 2022, what progress her Department has made on its commitment to reach dementia research funding of £160 million a year by 2024; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Autumn Statement on that commitment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting research into dementia and has committed to double funding for dementia research. We will double funding for dementia research to £160 million per year by 2024/25. The Government spent over £413 million on dementia research from 2017/18 to 2021/22.</p><p>In August 2022, the former Prime Minister launched the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission, along with £95 million of Government funding. The Mission is part of the commitment to double dementia research funding and aims to speed up the development of new treatments. In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced up to £20 million funding to launch a Clinical Trial Delivery Accelerator, focused on dementia. This investment also contributes to meeting the commitment to double dementia research funding and will scope out innovative new tools and approaches to clinical research in the National Health Service. It will leverage the United Kingdom’s world-class strengths in data, digital sciences and genomics capabilities to increase the speed and quality of clinical trials, while driving down the cost of large-scale trials.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research launched a number of new initiatives to support dementia research, such as investing nearly £11 million to develop new digital approaches for the early detection and diagnosis of dementia.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/12/2023 13:48:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 5137 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1171419

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales are claiming universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.</p><p> </p><p>Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 4415 4417 4418 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:24:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1151957

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department are paid less than the London Living Wage; and what requirements her Department places on contractors to pay the London Living Wage to London-based staff.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to paying people a decent living wage, which is being addressed through the statutory National Living Wage (NLW). In April 2019, the NLW increased to £8.21 per hour, handing a full-time worker a further £690 annual pay rise. By 2024 the NLW will rise to £10.50 per hour, reaching 66% of median UK earnings. The scope will be expanded to everyone aged 21 and over and is expected to benefit over 4 million low paid workers.</p><p> </p><p>There are 85 staff in core-Defra, based in the National pay region, paid less than the London Living Wage (LLW) rate of £10.55 per hour, as set out by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF).</p><p> </p><p>There are less than 5 staff based in the London pay region paid less than the LLW. There will be no staff based in the London pay region paid less than the LLW once the 2019 Defra pay award (effective from 1 July 2019) has been implemented. This is expected to be in November pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will always award contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The service providers contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for Defra managed buildings, including those of our executive agencies, are provided through an outsourced Total Facilities Management contract with Interserve FM. The contract requires Interserve FM to pay all employees the living wage as defined by the LWF. The Facilities Management supplier holds information on the rate of remuneration of its staff. Members of the LWF pay the voluntary real living wage, which is higher than the statutory rate and includes a higher rate for London based staff.</p><p> </p><p>The LWF rates (published online) can be found on the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.livingwage.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.livingwage.org.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/10/2019 14:23:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

750763

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, of 3 July 2017, Official Report, column 886, what additional support has been provided to Merseyside Police to tackle recent increases in gun crime by the (a) National Crime Agency and (b) Regional Serious Crime Unit.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with law enforcement agencies as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Joint working between law enforcement agencies is an operational matter and cannot be commented upon in detail. The National Crime Agency continues to work with all law enforcement partners to tackle the shared threat posed by illegal firearms, and stands ready to support those partners when required. The Regional Organised Crime Units provide specialist capabilities to police forces to efficiently and effectively tackle the threat from serious and organised crime, including that from the criminal use of firearms.</p><p>The Home Secretary has received the letter of 29 June from the Honourable Member for Garston and Halewood and a response will be sent very shortly with a package of support for Merseyside Police to consider. The Security Minister is also arranging to see the Honourable Member very shortly, with other Merseyside MPs, the Chief Constable, and the National Crime Agency, to discuss this issue further.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4414 4415 question first answered 18/07/2017 12:55:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

385971

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in St Helens North constituency are identified as suffering from long-term illnesses; and what the comparable average figure is in the (a) North West and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the Department estimated that approximately 15 million people in England are living with a long term condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some information on long term conditions can be provided at a local and national level through interrogation of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data. However conditions would need to be specified to enable these data to be extracted. Both QOF and HES data can be found on the Health and Social Care Information website at the following links:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/hes" target="_blank">www.hscic.gov.uk/hes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://qof.hscic.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://qof.hscic.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 15:20:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn