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1646659

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date	22/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of families are impacted by the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	190823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2020-2021, 88 per cent of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC). Of the remaining 12 per cent, 355,000 paid (or had a partner who paid) the tax charge, and 624,000 chose to opt out of receiving Child Benefit payments as an alternative to paying the charge. Please see the Child Benefit Statistics available on the GOV.UK website here: Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, data at August 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank">High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 15:49:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645309

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on the lessons learned from the implementation of Scan4Safety in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Mandate 2023 sets out the requirement for the National Health Service to adopt digital scanning. By March 2024, all trusts should adopt barcode scanning of high-risk medical devices and submission to the national, mandatory Medical Device Outcome Registry (MDOR) either directly or via a supporting electronic health record (EHR) or inventory management system that can support registry data submission. The registry will be used to improve patient safety and outcomes in procedures that use high risk medical devices.</p><p>MDOR has native barcode scanning, including Unique Device Identifier (UDI) barcodes, so will result in the whole of England having an available UDI scanning solution without having to implement a separate system. The registry was launched in May 2023 and will accept bulk uploads from existing providers’ solutions, including Scan4Safety, that meet the data quality and completeness requirements. The Outcomes and Registries programme will support provider adoption of digital solutions that enable medical device traceability on the electronic patient record.</p><p>The Secretary of State has exchanged letters with the Scottish Government setting out the UK Government’s commitment to delivering the recommendation of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review and on the approach for MDOR. The intention is that each Devolved Administration has the option to ‘opt in’ to existing or future technical registry developments in MDOR, building on the different data programmes and local approaches to traceability and patient outcome monitoring being taken at Devolved Administration levels.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 189960 question first answered 26/06/2023 14:33:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645310

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the roll-out of the Scan4Safety initiative.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Mandate 2023 sets out the requirement for the National Health Service to adopt digital scanning. By March 2024, all trusts should adopt barcode scanning of high-risk medical devices and submission to the national, mandatory Medical Device Outcome Registry (MDOR) either directly or via a supporting electronic health record (EHR) or inventory management system that can support registry data submission. The registry will be used to improve patient safety and outcomes in procedures that use high risk medical devices.</p><p>MDOR has native barcode scanning, including Unique Device Identifier (UDI) barcodes, so will result in the whole of England having an available UDI scanning solution without having to implement a separate system. The registry was launched in May 2023 and will accept bulk uploads from existing providers’ solutions, including Scan4Safety, that meet the data quality and completeness requirements. The Outcomes and Registries programme will support provider adoption of digital solutions that enable medical device traceability on the electronic patient record.</p><p>The Secretary of State has exchanged letters with the Scottish Government setting out the UK Government’s commitment to delivering the recommendation of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review and on the approach for MDOR. The intention is that each Devolved Administration has the option to ‘opt in’ to existing or future technical registry developments in MDOR, building on the different data programmes and local approaches to traceability and patient outcome monitoring being taken at Devolved Administration levels.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 189959 question first answered 26/06/2023 14:33:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645312

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Chemicals: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will meet representatives of the chemical recycling industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the important role chemical recycling plays in driving the circular economy, which is why we have provided ReNew ELP with £4.4 million through the Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge to construct a commercial scale chemical recycling plant.</p><p> </p><p>I have met with the chemicals sector on this important topic previously and I would be pleased to meet representatives of the chemical recycling industry in the future.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/06/2023 11:35:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645314

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Chemicals and Technology: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage investment in (a) new green technology and (b) chemical recycling.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government works with public finance institutions such as UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Export Credit Agency and UK Export Finance, to support investment in green technologies.</p><p> </p><p>Chemical recycling covers a range of emerging technologies that could potentially offer a complementary recycling route for plastics where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic. The Government has funded innovative demonstrator projects, including on chemical recycling, through UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging programme. In April of this year HM Treasury announced plans to consult on whether and how chemically recycled content could be accounted for in the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/06/2023 14:02:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645319

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the review into attracting foreign direct investment will consider the potential merits of attracting investment into domestic recycling infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Lord Harrington’s review into attracting foreign direct investment is primarily, though not exclusively, focused on the Chancellor’s five key growth sectors. One of the key growth sectors is Green Industries, and the review will consider actions to improve investment across Green Industries, including recycling infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/06/2023 11:56:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645325

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy for future need of the number of current and projected students studying STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) skills are in demand by employers across the country, and such demand is growing. The department is investing in STEM education at all levels to ensure people have access to high-quality STEM teaching and can access STEM career opportunities to meet current and future demand. The number of students studying STEM subjects is already growing. Between 2019 and 2022, there was a 9% increase in the number of UK students accepted onto full-time undergraduate STEM courses[1] in the UK, with uptake of Computer Science degrees among the fastest growing.</p><p>Employers have designed over 360 high-quality apprenticeship standards in STEM sectors, including over 100 at levels 6 and 7, to support individuals in England looking to start, or progress, in a career in STEM. 33% of all apprenticeship starts in the first half of 2022/23 academic year have been in STEM. The department is increasing investment in apprenticeships in England to £2.7 billion by the 2024/25 financial year to support more of these high-quality opportunities.</p><p>The department’s Unit for Future Skills (UFS) is working to improve the quality of jobs and skills data, which will support a better understanding of current skill mismatches and future demand across key sectors, including those related to STEM. As part of cross-government work to cement the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower by 2030, the UFS is developing a Skills Dashboard to understand the supply and demand of science and technology skills for priority technologies.</p><p>[1] UCAS data 2019 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 26/06/2023 15:32:20 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645326

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to attract foreign students to study STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>As part of the UK Science and Technology Framework, a cross-government strategy which aims to cement the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower by 2030, the department is committed to establishing a competitive advantage in attracting international talent to the UK. Details from the Framework on attracting talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework#talent-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-science-and-technology-framework/the-uk-science-and-technology-framework#talent-and-skills</a>.</p><p>The UK higher education (HE) sector has been successful for two years running in delivering on the government’s ambition, set out in our International Education Strategy, of hosting at least 600,000 students per year by 2030, which includes many international students studying STEM subjects.</p><p>Our offer to international students, including those wishing to study STEM subjects, is extremely competitive. With our world class universities that excel in both teaching and research, the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for international students from across the globe.</p><p>International students make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s HE sector, which is beneficial for our universities and delivers growth at home.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 26/06/2023 14:02:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645328

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct an inquiry into potential reforms to clinical research and trials to (a) scale up, (b) speed up and (c) increase the number of such trials in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to conduct an inquiry into clinical research reforms as work in this area is already in progress. The Government's vision for clinical research delivery, set out in ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’ (2021), aims to create a patient-centred, innovative, and digitally enabled environment. This includes improving study set-up, speed and efficiency, increasing the participation of patients within clinical trials and integrating clinical research within health and social care practice.</p><p>Lord James O’Shaughnessy was appointed by Government to conduct an independent review into the United Kingdom commercial clinical trials landscape. The Review, published 26 May, makes 27 recommendations, with an emphasis on speed of delivery, transparency of clinical research data and easier recruitment for UK clinical trials. The Government welcomes the recommendations set out in Lord O'Shaughnessy's independent review and in its response makes five headline commitments to improve the commercial clinical trials system.</p><p>No centralised information is available for clinical trials in Scotland, and the Department cannot provide a response on behalf of the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2023 14:29:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1645329

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons from the covid-19 pandemic his Department is applying to its policy on clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	189968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s clinical research ecosystem is actively learning from the successful COVID-19 research response. The UK Government published its vision in ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’ in March 2021. The vision sets out the ambition to create a patient-centred, pro-innovation, and digitally enabled clinical research environment. This includes the prioritisation of the improvement in study set-up speed and efficiency by expediting costing, contracting, and approvals. Implementing the vision will unleash the true potential of our clinical research environment to improve health, capitalise on our renowned research expertise, and make the UK one of the best places in the world to design and deliver research.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2023 14:26:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day