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1664842

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date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to help disabled people with their energy bills during winter 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the cost-of-living challenges many disabled people are facing.</p><p> </p><p>Last winter, the Government launched a package of support for households and businesses, spending £40 billion and paying around half a typical household’s energy bill last winter.</p><p> </p><p>Since last winter, the Q4 2023 price cap of £1,834 has more than halved compared to the Q1 2023 price cap which stood at a high of £4,279. This is good news for households who have seen their energy bills come down. The Energy Price Guarantee will remain in place as a safety net until the end of March 2024, should energy prices increase significantly during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government is providing further cost of living support to vulnerable households, including a £900 payment for those on means-tested benefits and an extra £150 for people on an eligible disability benefit.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 202537 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:04:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1664843

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of energy on disabled people this winter.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the cost-of-living challenges many disabled people are facing.</p><p> </p><p>Last winter, the Government launched a package of support for households and businesses, spending £40 billion and paying around half a typical household’s energy bill last winter.</p><p> </p><p>Since last winter, the Q4 2023 price cap of £1,834 has more than halved compared to the Q1 2023 price cap which stood at a high of £4,279. This is good news for households who have seen their energy bills come down. The Energy Price Guarantee will remain in place as a safety net until the end of March 2024, should energy prices increase significantly during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government is providing further cost of living support to vulnerable households, including a £900 payment for those on means-tested benefits and an extra £150 for people on an eligible disability benefit.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 202536 question first answered 20/10/2023 08:04:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1664846

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	NHS: Staff and Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to (a) health and (b) social care workers who are affected by ultra-low emissions zones.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Most National Health Service staff on national contracts who necessarily incur charges in the performance of their duties, in relation to parking, garage costs, tolls and ferries shall be refunded these expenses on production of receipts, whenever these are available.</p><p>Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central government. Local authorities work with care providers to determine fee rates, which should take account of wage costs, based on local market conditions. Local authorities should assure themselves that providers are sufficiently remunerating staff to retain an effective workforce.</p><p>The Government has now made available up to £8.1 billion in additional funding over two years to support adult social care and discharge.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 11:22:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662742

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to provide funding through the Energy Bill Support Scheme to people who did not apply before the deadline.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not currently plan to re-open the scheme. The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding launched on 27 February and closed to new applications on 31 May 2023. The Government used a range of methods to inform as many eligible households as possible that they needed to apply for support. This included press notices to highlight the scheme in national and regional media, roundtables with stakeholders who represented eligible households, and a request for local authorities to write to care homes and park home sites in their area.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/10/2023 12:30:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662743

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the cost of insuring electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The transition to zero emission vehicles is crucial to the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Electric vehicles offer most drivers savings in terms of lower running and maintenance costs. The Government is working closely with the insurance sector to ensure that the transition to zero emission vehicles is sustainable and cost effective. The insurance sector will continue to evolve in line with the growing EV market and as data becomes more available, to inform</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2023 15:30:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662746

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of people entering the UK illegally by boat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>We have developed a comprehensive ten-point plan to stop the boats and we are focused on delivering it. So far, small boats are down by more than a fifth compared to last year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:15:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662748

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Cardiovascular System: 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, if he will increase (a) funding and (b) staffing levels for vascular care.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has and will continue to prioritise investment into the National Health Service. Funding confirmed at the last Spending Review was on top of the historic long-term NHS settlement announced in 2018. Taken together with funding announced at the Autumn Statement 2022, this means that the NHS resource budget in England will increase in cash terms to £165.8 billion in 2024/25, up from £123.4 billion in 2019/20.</p><p>It is for local integrated care systems to determine the appropriate funding for vascular care for their populations. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commits to double the number of medical school training places. As these students graduate, we will work with stakeholders to ensure the commensurate growth in specialty training places is sustainable and focused in the service areas where need is greatest.</p><p>The cardiology specialty has seen a higher-than-average increase in the numbers of doctors working in the NHS. There are over 1,400 (63%) more doctors working in the cardiology specialty, including over 700 (89%) more cardiology consultants, compared to 2010.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/10/2023 14:35:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662749

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling physical abuse between people under the age of 18 in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Policing, including the response to physical abuse, is a <del class="ministerial">delegated</del> <ins class="ministerial">devolved</ins> matter for consideration by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>We are open to discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to share knowledge on tackling physical abuse amongst young people.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/10/2023 13:50:03 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2023 09:15:34 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines previous answer version 99450 answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662863

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Coeliac Disease: Endoscopy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to develop coeliac endoscopy NHS waiting lists.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Whilst patients on coeliac endoscopy pathways will be recorded, there are currently no plans to publish specialty level data for coeliac endoscopy National Health Service waiting lists.</p><p>NHS England collects and publishes monthly referral to treatment (RTT) data which is used to monitor NHS waiting times performance against the standards set out in the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012.</p><p>RTT data currently includes waiting list data for 23 treatment pathway categories, where one of these is gastroenterology.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/10/2023 14:36:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1663357

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the approval thresholds for new medications used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the standard cost-effectiveness range that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) uses in the evaluation of new medicines. NICE is responsible for the methods and processes it uses for health technology assessment, and concluded a comprehensive review of its methods and processes for the evaluation of new medicines in January 2022. As a result of the review, NICE introduced a new severity modifier that enables NICE to apply a weighting to medicines licensed for the treatment of more severe diseases. NICE is able to recommend the majority of medicines it appraises for use on the National Health Service, often as a result of confidential commercial agreements struck between the NHS and companies.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/10/2023 16:08:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon