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1183893

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Intensive Care: Doctors and 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 critical care trained (a) nurses and (b) doctors there were working in the NHS in (i) March 2020 and (ii) each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	27551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/03/2020 12:14:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1183909

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Patients: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8395 on Visual Impairment, what plans his Department has to begin collecting data on patients' experiencing loss of sight while awaiting NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	27558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to begin collecting data on patients’ experiencing loss of sight while awaiting National Health Service treatment.</p><p>The current NHS access standard for referral to elective treatment requires that patients will be seen within a maximum waiting time of 18 weeks. Clinical priority is the main determinant of when patients should be treated followed by the chronological order of when they were added to the list.</p><p>NHS England’s Elective Care Transformation Programme is supporting hospital eye service departments to better manage demand and minimise the risk of significant harm to patients. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transforming-elective-care-services-ophthalmology" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transforming-elective-care-services-ophthalmology</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/03/2020 12:30:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1183910

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Visual Impairment: 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 estimate his Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) average waiting times for NHS eyesight services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	27559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>There is no evidence that patients looking to access National Health Service sight tests in primary care are facing delays. There were 13.2 million NHS sight tests carried out in 2018/19, an increase of 1.5% on the previous year.</p><p>The current NHS access standard for referral to elective treatment requires that patients will be seen within a maximum waiting time of 18 weeks. Clinical priority is the main determinant of when patients should be treated followed by the chronological order of when they were added to the list.</p><p>There were 2 million first outpatients ophthalmology appointments, within NHS trusts in England or commissioned in England from the independent sector, during 2018/19 and of those, the average waiting time (mean), as reported by NHS Digital Hospital Episodes Statistics, was 51 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/03/2020 12:31:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1183918

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government plans to provide to UK universities to help compensate for a potential loss of income in the event that there are decreases in the number of overseas students attending those universities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	27566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that the impact of the covid-19 outbreak will pose a significant challenge to institutional management, efficiency and financial planning.</p><p>The Department for Education is working closely with the Office for Students, which will monitor the impact of covid-19, among other factors, on the financial health of registered English higher education (HE) providers. We are also working with Universities UK, which has established a coordination group of HE institutions and other sector bodies to prepare for the effects of an outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 13/03/2020 12:50:18 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1183926

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Gender Dysphoria: Clinics
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 his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for treatment at gender identity clinics.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	27500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2018 NHS England published two new service specifications for adult gender identity services, formed through a process of extensive stakeholder engagement and public consultation. NHS England and NHS Improvement have now completed several procurements to identify which organisations are best placed for future delivery of these services.</p><p>In addition, NHS England will pilot new gender dysphoria services for adults in 2020/21 in a number of localities across England, following which national rollout will be considered. The first of the new services will be established in London at a National Health Service HIV and sexual health clinic in Soho, the planned ‘go live’ date is April 2020.</p><p>These new services will increase the number of patients that are able to access specialised services and reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/03/2020 12:36:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1183927

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allocate additional (a) funding and (b) resources to the provision of music teaching in schools in (i) the North West, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Wirral and (iv) Wallasey.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	27501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government believes that music is an important subject and that all pupils should receive a high-quality music education. The subject is compulsory in the national curriculum up to age 14.</p><p>To support schools to deliver high quality music education for all their pupils, the Government has provided funding of over £300 million for music education hubs across England between 2016 and 2020, including £76 million in 2019-20, and further funding to support hubs with the additional costs under the teachers’ pension scheme. This is a significant increase over the £58 million we gave hubs in 2014.</p><p>The Government recently announced a further year’s funding for music hubs, to help thousands more children learn to play musical instruments, as well as continued support for a range of smaller music and arts programmes, totalling £85 million. We will also be offering an ‘arts premium’ of £90 million each year for secondary schools in England from 2021 to fund enriching activities for all pupils.</p><p>The North West region is served by ten individual music education hubs, which in the coming year will receive between them over £9.6 million in funding.</p><p>Merseyside is served by the Merseyside Music Education Hub Alliance, a conglomerate of music hubs based in Warrington and Halton, Sefton and Knowsley, Liverpool and St Helens. In the 2020-21, we will be providing these hubs with over £2 million of funding to continue to support the region’s schools to deliver high-quality music education. In 2016-17, the last year data for which data is available, these hubs provided individual lessons to over 2,400 pupils, small group lessons for over 5,800 pupils and whole class ensemble teaching to over 26,000 pupils. The hubs also supported or delivered 125 ensembles.</p><p>Wirral is served by the Musical Routes Music Education Hub. In 2020-21, the Government will be providing the hub with over £470,000 of funding. In 2016-17, the hub provided individual lessons to 850 pupils, small group lessons for over 1,200 pupils and whole class ensemble teaching to over 6,000 pupils. The hub also supported or delivered 25 ensembles.</p><p>The Government trusts that with the announced funding, the music education hubs in the North West will be able to continue their important work in supporting the schools in the region to deliver a high-quality music education for all their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2020 12:40:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1183933

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Compressed Natural Gas
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 9 March 2020 to Question 25169, what steps his Department have taken to encourage the uptake of compressed natural gas vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	27569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial (LEFT) has supported 61 zero and low emission heavy goods vehicles into operation on UK roads, including some using compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative to diesel.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions testing is a key aspect of project evaluation that will ensure we have a clear and independent view on the environmental impact of these vehicles. The programme is on-going with the final report expected to be published by the summer.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2018 Budget, the Government confirmed that it would maintain the difference between alternative fuel (including CNG) and main road fuel duty rates until 2032 (subject to a review in 2024) to support the decarbonisation of the UK transport sector.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/03/2020 12:46:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1183934

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Hydrogen
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 4 March 2020 to Question 25168, what discussions he has had with his Welsh counterparts on hydrogen-powered trains on Welsh railways.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	27570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The DfT is working with Network Rail and the rail industry to determine which parts of the network are best suited to use of hydrogen trains, as well as battery and electrification. DfT is also supporting the development of hydrogen technology through innovation funding and research to overcome barriers to its deployment. This work supports deployment of hydrogen technology across the GB railway.</p><p> </p><p>I have not had conversations with my Welsh colleagues on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 13/03/2020 13:27:56 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1183952

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Hydrogen: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the export potential for green hydrogen produced in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	27502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is engaging with UK suppliers from the hydrogen industry, sector specific research centres and trade associations to understand UK capability across low carbon hydrogen technologies, including green hydrogen production. The Department is also working with UK suppliers, foreign Governments and procuring authorities to identify potential export markets and opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/03/2020 12:39:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1183953

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Compressed Natural Gas: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the export potential for green compressed natural gas.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	27503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been undertaken by the Department for International Trade of the export potential for green compressed natural gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/03/2020 12:40:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams