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1355641

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the total funding provided by the Government to Wales to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	903369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The funding provided to Wales by the UK Government demonstrates the value of the Union to Wales and reflects Wales’ value to the Union.</p><p>The UK Government has provided over <strong>£3.4 billion</strong><strong> </strong>in direct support to businesses across Wales, an additional <strong>£8.6 billion</strong><strong> </strong>to the Welsh Government to tackle the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/09/2021 14:06:30 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1353320

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Iran: Capital Punishment and Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN on launching an inquiry into the (a) 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners and (b) Government of Iran's implementation of calls in the UN General Assembly Human Rights Council resolution 43/24 for justice and accountability for serious human rights violations in that nation.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	44302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The British Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. The UK has designated Iran as a human rights priority country, and we continue to take action with the international community to press Iran to improve its poor human rights record. This will include using all opportunities during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session.</p><p>We urge Iran to allow the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran access to the country, so that he can conduct research and investigations into human rights concerns reported there, including the events of 1988. Meanwhile, we have always been clear that Iran must uphold its own international legal obligations, including conducting thorough and independent investigations into suspected human rights violations, both past and present.</p><p>We are in regular contact with the Iranian Government and expect to engage with President Raisi on a number of issues now he has taken office, including human rights. We call on President Raisi to set Iran on a different course and commit to improving human rights in Iran.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 44303 44304 question first answered 15/09/2021 14:57:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1353322

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Iran: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) recognise the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran as a crime against humanity and (b) assist people who are being persecuted for seeking justice and the truth about those extrajudicial mass executions.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	44303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The British Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. The UK has designated Iran as a human rights priority country, and we continue to take action with the international community to press Iran to improve its poor human rights record. This will include using all opportunities during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session.</p><p>We urge Iran to allow the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran access to the country, so that he can conduct research and investigations into human rights concerns reported there, including the events of 1988. Meanwhile, we have always been clear that Iran must uphold its own international legal obligations, including conducting thorough and independent investigations into suspected human rights violations, both past and present.</p><p>We are in regular contact with the Iranian Government and expect to engage with President Raisi on a number of issues now he has taken office, including human rights. We call on President Raisi to set Iran on a different course and commit to improving human rights in Iran.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 44302 44304 question first answered 15/09/2021 14:57:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1353323

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Ebrahim Raisi
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 assessment he or officials in his Department have made of any historic involvement of Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a UN inquiry into that matter.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	44304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The British Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. The UK has designated Iran as a human rights priority country, and we continue to take action with the international community to press Iran to improve its poor human rights record. This will include using all opportunities during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session.</p><p>We urge Iran to allow the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran access to the country, so that he can conduct research and investigations into human rights concerns reported there, including the events of 1988. Meanwhile, we have always been clear that Iran must uphold its own international legal obligations, including conducting thorough and independent investigations into suspected human rights violations, both past and present.</p><p>We are in regular contact with the Iranian Government and expect to engage with President Raisi on a number of issues now he has taken office, including human rights. We call on President Raisi to set Iran on a different course and commit to improving human rights in Iran.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 44302 44303 question first answered 15/09/2021 14:57:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352260

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many grants were awarded by Health Education England to enable existing and aspiring nurses to train as non-medical practitioners to support the prostate cancer workforce in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan published in July 2020 committed to offering training grants to 250 nurses in 2020/21 to enable them to become cancer nurse specialists. In order to maximise training opportunities, Health Education England awarded 1,238 training grants in 2020/21 to existing and aspiring cancer nurse specialists. This offer was further extended in 2021/22 with a further 250 training grants made available. Uptake data for the current financial year is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/09/2021 13:02:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352261

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Urology: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Health Education England has plans to improve reporting on the number of clinical nurse specialists working in (a) urology and (b) prostate cancer as part of its review into the long-term strategic trends in the health and social care workforce.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service Electronic Staff Record does not enable the identification of cancer nurse specialists.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/09/2021 13:22:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352262

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Health Education England (a) audits the amount of money made available to NHS Trusts for training purposes and (b) assesses whether NHS Trusts are investing the money to meet the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan for enhanced professional skills development within the cancer workforce.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) provides activity-based education funding to National Health Service trusts which supports continuing professional development, workforce development and the development of the future workforce. Where this funding is provided by HEE, it is managed through the NHS Education Contract. HEE monitors the delivery of education programmes funded by HEE, including those related to the cancer workforce, to ensure delivery of the funding objectives.</p><p>NHS trusts have other sources of training income and are responsible for how they invest this money and train their staff. It is the responsibility of individual NHS organisations who invest this funding to undertake relevant assurance processes to ensure outcomes are being met.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/09/2021 13:00:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352263

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
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 the latest statistics published in NHS England’s Monthly Provider Based Data and Summaries, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of referrals for suspected prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 41825 question first answered 09/09/2021 10:28:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352264

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
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 the National Disease Registration Service’s Rapid Cancer Registration and Treatment Data, what recent assessment he has made of the trend in the level of prostate cancer diagnoses up to the end of April 2021; and what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The number of people coming forward with symptoms and being referred with suspected cancer recovered throughout 2020. Urological cancers, including prostate cancer, referrals were almost at pre-pandemic levels by June 2021.</p><p>The latest phase of the ‘Help us help you’ campaign raises awareness of abdominal symptoms of cancer, including for urological cancers. Awareness of prostate cancer risk and symptoms is also being raised through media and charities. Those presenting to their general practitioner with symptoms which could be prostate cancer will be assessed and referred in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance, which states that they should be referred on a suspected cancer pathway for an appointment within two weeks. This guidance has remained in place throughout the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/09/2021 13:20:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1352265

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of data set out in NHS England’s Monthly Provider Based Data and Summaries, published in May 2021, on the length of the waiting time for patients to be diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	41825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 41823 question first answered 09/09/2021 10:28:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman