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1661002

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Swimming: Public Service Messages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has for provision of public information on bathing water testing at locations across England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The results of water quality sampling by the Environment Agency at designated bathing waters in England are displayed on the Environment Agency’s Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>. Local authorities are required to provide information about each bathing water through signage in the vicinity of the site, including the site’s current bathing water quality classification and any advice against bathing which has been issued there. Signs often include a link to water sampling information on the Swimfo website.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:36:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661003

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body is responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is the public body responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results. The Environment Agency provides this information on the Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:33:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660776

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that it takes his Department to respond to Members’ correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office do not routinely report against average response times. Data regarding the volume of correspondence responded within the Cabinet Office set 20 day service level agreement, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q2-2023" target="_blank">Customer service operations data: Q2 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>In the last reporting period (April – June 2023) the Home Office responded to 98% of correspondence from Members within 20 days.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2023 11:57:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660777

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time is that it takes his Department to respond to Members’ correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to treat correspondence from parliamentarians as a priority and the Cabinet Office standard for responses is 20 working days. Volumes continue to be higher than they were pre-pandemic, and we are working though detailed recovery plans to improve our response rates.</p><p>With regards to the timeliness of responses to enquiries received by members, the Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all Government Departments on GOV.UK in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2023 11:20:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660778

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that police forces investigate every reported crime.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>On 28 August, the Home Secretary announced that, following discussions with Ministers, police forces across England and Wales have committed to pursuing all leads where there is a reasonable chance it could result in catching a perpetrator and solving a crime.</p><p>This commitment applies to all crime types, with new guidance from the College of Policing providing clear direction on applying a consistent standard of service to have the greatest chance of securing a positive outcome for a victim.</p><p>It also builds on wider work the government has delivered with policing to cut crime and build stronger communities, including recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/09/2023 11:41:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660803

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has requested from the Exchequer for next year’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund allocation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>As announced in March, the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) fund will be replaced by a new UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) from 2024/25. The new Fund will support the implementation of key Integrated Review Refresh (IRR) objectives, funding projects both at home and overseas to tackle some of the most complex national security challenges facing the UK and its partners. As part of this approach, funding will be raised to almost £1 billion in 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/09/2023 10:32:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660526

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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	Ophthalmology: Surgery
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 number of people on waiting lists for ophthalmology surgery in North Central London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The most recent published NHS England statistics from July 2023 show that there were 11,167 people waiting for ophthalmology surgery within the North Central London Integrated Care Board.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2023 09:52:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660564

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Swimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to extend the period of testing bathing water sites to 52 weeks a year.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Defra will continue to reflect on changes in how and where people use bathing waters, including new evidence where it exists around when and where people use bathing waters, to feed into future bathing water policy development.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:36:20 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660569

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Swimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce real-time water quality monitoring stations in designated bathing water locations.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>During the bathing water season (May to September) the Environment Agency regularly monitors the bathing water quality at every designated site, resulting in the annual classifications. Alongside this the Environment Agency also issues daily pollution risk forecasts and warnings throughout the bathing water season, advising when there is likely to be reduced water quality. Defra will continue to reflect on changes in how and where people use bathing waters, including new evidence and technologies where these exist, to feed into future bathing water policy development.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, the Government will require sewerage undertakers wholly or mainly in England to report on discharges from storm overflows in near-real time by spring 2025. Furthermore, in April, we also launched our consultation on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. This outlines the Government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflow and final effluent discharges. The Government’s response to this consultation was issued on 14 September 2023. Water companies are now taking forward plans to implement this programme from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2023 10:18:40 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660570

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Swimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of designated bathing water locations classified as excellent in England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The number of bathing waters in England meeting the ‘excellent’ (highest) standard in 2022 was 72.1%, which is the highest since new more stringent standards were introduced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase of nearly 21 percentage points compared to 2010, when only 51.3% of bathing waters met the highest standard then in force. The Environment Agency works closely with local stakeholders at all designated bathing waters to drive water quality improvements.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/09/2023 10:14:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord