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1627112

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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	Medicine: Overseas Students
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 international medical students are studying at UK universities.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Office for Students publishes statistics on number of entrants into medical courses. Latest figures show there were 875 entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom that were ineligible to pay home fees, this is around 9% of the total number of entrants (9,820).</p><p>The Department does not hold information on breakdown of nationalities or where international medical students go after training.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 184717 184718 question first answered 18/05/2023 15:50:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627113

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
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	Medicine: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the breakdown of nationalities of International medical students studying in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Office for Students publishes statistics on number of entrants into medical courses. Latest figures show there were 875 entrants to medical schools in the United Kingdom that were ineligible to pay home fees, this is around 9% of the total number of entrants (9,820).</p><p>The Department does not hold information on breakdown of nationalities or where international medical students go after training.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 184716 184718 question first answered 18/05/2023 15:50:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626764

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 180134 on Railways: Concessions, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its review of the Disabled Persons Railcard.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department is currently working alongside the Rail Delivery Group and the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee to undertake a review of the Disabled Persons Railcard and expects to complete the review during 2023.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/05/2023 09:16:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626339

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the level of funding for active travel.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>Officials from the Department meet regularly with active travel stakeholders to discuss questions of funding, policy and programme delivery. This includes regular meetings of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Stakeholder Advisory Group, which last met on 27 April.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2023 14:46:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626340

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the level of funding planned for active travel until the end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>A total of over £3 billion of Government funding is projected to be invested in active travel over the five years up to 2025 from a wide range of ring-fenced and non-ring-fenced funds. The Department has confirmed that a total of at least £100m of dedicated capital funding for active travel will be provided over the two-year period of 2023/24 to 2024/25. It is currently finalising the revenue budget for active travel for those years as part of its consideration of all future spending plans.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/05/2023 11:51:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626341

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the current level of revenue funding for active travel.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has confirmed that a total of at least £100m of dedicated capital funding for active travel will be provided over the two-year period of 2023/24 to 2024/25. It is currently finalising the revenue budget for active travel for those years as part of its consideration of all future spending plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/05/2023 11:49:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1626342

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect the active travel 4 budget.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	184179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>Active Travel England will be shortly announcing the recipients of the £200 million of ATF4 funding. Investing in active travel is a transformative way to improve health and air quality, cut carbon emissions and support local economic growth. The £200m is part of over £3 billion which the Government is investing into active travel up to 2025.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2023 14:49:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1624738

registered interest
date	28/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were processed by her Department in the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these applications were made by Palestinians.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	183258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on initial decisions made on asylum applications by nationality can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 183259 question first answered 09/05/2023 12:34:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1624739

registered interest
date	28/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Palestinians
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 applications for asylum made by Palestinian people were successful in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	183259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on initial decisions made on asylum applications by nationality can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 183258 question first answered 09/05/2023 12:34:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1624110

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising the disabled person's bus pass as an official form of identification across Government services.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	182934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Each individual government service decides what constitutes acceptable forms of identification, based on the requirements of the service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service, in collaboration with other government departments, is developing a single sign-on and identity verification service, named GOV.UK One Login. One Login will allow people to create and reuse a digital identity to access public services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>One Login’s secure and robust identity checking process currently accepts two forms of photographic documentation: passports and driving licences.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recognise that not everyone has a passport or driving licence and therefore, over time, we will implement other ways for users to verify their identity when using GOV.UK One Login. This is to ensure as many people as possible can access the services they need online.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This will involve reviewing options to use the disabled persons bus pass in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/05/2023 16:48:34 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel