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1522903

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date	17/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: West Midlands
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 she is taking to improve GP retention in the Black Country ICS area.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	63916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are working with NHS England, Health Education England and the profession to increase the general practice workforce in England, including in the Black Country Integrated Care System area. This includes measures to improve recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice.</p><p>The updated GP Contract Framework announced a number of new schemes, alongside continued support for existing recruitment and retention schemes for the general practice workforce. This includes the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the National GP Induction and Refresher, the Locum Support Scheme, the New to Partnership Payment and the Supporting Mentors Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 14:10:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1522904

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Health Services: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of local retention initiatives in the Black Country Integrated Care System area.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	63917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, the NHS People Plan sets out a range of actions to improve staff retention through strengthening measures to address health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working. NHS England also support systems to develop tailored health and wellbeing offers to meet the needs of the local workforce. This includes the mental health hubs in each integrated care system (ICS) and occupational health services which are being supported through the Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing programme.</p><p>The Black Country ICS is implementing national retention initiatives in addition to a dedicated pensions portal and collaboration with organisations such as Timewise to support flexible working within clinical areas. Targeted assessments of the general practitioner workforce are made and reported via a monthly partnership board.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2022 11:20:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1522906

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to Black Country integrated care system to support GP retention in 2022-23; and how much was spent in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	63919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Black Country Integrated Care System received £711,000 in 2021/22 for local general practitioner retention initiatives and new to practice fellowships. Its indicative allocation for 2022/23 is £1.176 million, which includes funding for retention initiatives and fellowships.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/10/2022 15:45:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1521802

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Salar Abnoush
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 has made of the need to apply Magnitsky sanctions against Salar Abnoush.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	62686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has over 200 sanctions designations in place against Iran in relation to human rights, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On 10 October, the UK used the dedicated Iran Human Rights sanctions regime to designate the so-called Morality Police, two of its leaders and five others for serious human rights violations. This brings the total to 85 individuals and two entities sanctioned under that regime. It is longstanding practice not to speculate on future sanctions designations, as to do so could reduce the impact of the designations. A full list is available on the UK Sanctions List.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-sanctions-on-iran-relating-to-human-rights</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/10/2022 16:58:12 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1521804

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hamas: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for (a) belonging and (b) professing to belong to Hamas since that group was fully proscribed.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	62687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Hamas’ military wing (Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades) has been proscribed since 2001. This was extended to cover the organisation in its entirety in November 2021.</p><p>Data on arrests, charges and convictions for the proscription offences in sections 11 - 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 can be found in the quarterly Home Office publication ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. Data is not published on the specific proscribed organisation that the arrest, charge or conviction relates to. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2022, was published on 8 September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022</a></p><p>The quarterly publications establish transparency by ensuring that data is publicly available on the use of police powers in a consistently categorised way. As with all crime statistics published by the Home Office, the data published in the Terrorism statistics are offence based, where police provide a count of the number of offences recorded. Data providers are not required to provide further detail on events leading to the arrest, as to do so would place a disproportionate burden on the organisations responsible. This includes the National Counter-Terrorism Police Operations Centre, the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter-Terrorism Division, the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters. As with all Official Statistics, we continually review outputs taking account of user needs.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 62688 question first answered 19/10/2022 16:34:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1521806

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hamas: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for publishing an image or another article in support of Hamas since that group was fully proscribed.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	62688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Hamas’ military wing (Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades) has been proscribed since 2001. This was extended to cover the organisation in its entirety in November 2021.</p><p>Data on arrests, charges and convictions for the proscription offences in sections 11 - 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 can be found in the quarterly Home Office publication ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. Data is not published on the specific proscribed organisation that the arrest, charge or conviction relates to. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2022, was published on 8 September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022</a></p><p>The quarterly publications establish transparency by ensuring that data is publicly available on the use of police powers in a consistently categorised way. As with all crime statistics published by the Home Office, the data published in the Terrorism statistics are offence based, where police provide a count of the number of offences recorded. Data providers are not required to provide further detail on events leading to the arrest, as to do so would place a disproportionate burden on the organisations responsible. This includes the National Counter-Terrorism Police Operations Centre, the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter-Terrorism Division, the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters. As with all Official Statistics, we continually review outputs taking account of user needs.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 62687 question first answered 19/10/2022 16:34:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1519579

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department made of the cost of (a) repairing and (b) maintaining the Rough Gas Storage Field in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Centrica closed Rough in June 2017 for commercial reasons. This was not a decision for BEIS or Government ministers.</p><p> </p><p>At the time, external analysis produced by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) found that the closure of Rough had limited to no impact on security of supply or the price of gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:28:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1519580

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much gas is currently in storage in the UK; and what percentage the gas stored represents the total annual gas usage.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a working gas storage capacity of 1.5bcm (billion cubic meters). This is equivalent to around 2% of typical total annual gas demand. Based on the Aggregate Gas Storage Inventory (AGSI) figures, as of Tuesday 11 October, GB storage is 100% full.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:28:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1507250

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken steps to implement changes in general policy arising from the decision published on 14 January 2022 on the case of R(on the application of SGW) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Biometrics – family reunion policy).
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	53271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has published updated biometric policy and family reunion guidance on GOV.UK clarifying that an individual must, in most circumstances, provide their biometrics when applying for a visa or a biometric immigration document to come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/09/2022 15:00:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1507175

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 45708 on Commodity Markets: Fossil Fuels, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of financial speculation on the underlying price of crude oil and natural gas in global markets.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	51422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The responsibility for the integrity of trading in oil and gas derivatives falls under the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which regulates the financial services industry in the UK, including commodity trading venues.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:56:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar