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1690187

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Listed Events Regime: Digital Rights Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the Digital Rights Review 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL2538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are undertaking a review to look at whether, in the face of technological change, the objectives of the existing regime are still being met and whether digital rights should now be included in the regime.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In considering this issue, it is important that we maintain the right balance between access for audiences, and the commercial freedoms that allow rights holders to reinvest in their sport at all levels. This is a complex issue and it's important we get it right.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Government is undertaking a review to look at whether, in the face of technological change, the objectives of the existing regime are still being met and whether digital rights should now be included in the regime.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In considering this issue, it is important that we maintain the right balance between access for audiences and the commercial freedoms which allow rights-holders to reinvest in their sport at all levels. We will publish further details in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 04/03/2024 17:53:03 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2024 15:16:47 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay previous answer version 21234 answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1689470

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there were in England on 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 40 FTE below the Target Staffing level. </ins></p><p>This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies, and therefore netting vacancies against surpluses is a reasonable reflection of the overall national position.</p><p>At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/02/2024 14:39:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2024 15:57:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 18636 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689487

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Horticulture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken steps with Cabinet colleagues to issue guidance to people with horticultural seasonal worker visas on how to register with a GP; and what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of people with horticultural seasonal worker visas who registered with a GP in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	14386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour’s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour’s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on how many workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme were injured at work during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Seasonal Workers enjoy the same workplace protections as resident workers, and as such workplace safety is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive. </ins></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2024 16:07:10 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2024 17:01:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 18398 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1687859

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the introduction of the Border Target Operating Model, what estimate his Department has made of the cost per consignment of acquiring health certificates for sanitary and phyto-sanitary controls.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22905 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687861

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls
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 an estimate of the cost to the public purse for the direct administration of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22906 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687900

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Import Controls
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 he will estimate the average cost to businesses of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:35:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22907 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687580

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	First Time Buyers: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve affordability for first time buyers in the leasehold sector.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	13090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Whilst we will always fulfil our obligations under relevant legislation, we have simply got to move away from identity politics infecting every facet of public discourse. The Government is committed to reforming leasehold for everyone, irrespective of background or any other characteristic.</del> <ins class="ministerial">This Government is committed to supporting home ownership and first-time buyers. We have also introduced the Leasehold and Freehold Bill to reform leasehold for everyone. </ins></p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 13/02/2024 18:58:58 question first ministerially corrected 14/02/2024 11:00:12 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 17383 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1686966

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	Dementia: Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time it takes for a person with Dementia to receive a completed care and support plan.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	12804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">NHS England is committed to delivering high quality care and support for every person with dementia, and central to this is the provision of personalised care and support planning for post diagnostic support.</del> Information on the average length of time it takes for a person with dementia to receive a completed care and support plan is not collected centrally<ins class="ministerial">.</ins><del class="ministerial">, and there are no plans to do so.</del></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/02/2024 11:23:22 question first ministerially corrected 13/02/2024 10:49:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 16983 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1687050

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the pause of future funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the provision of emergency shelter for internally displaced civilians in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	12833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK is appalled by allegations that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. <del class="ministerial">The UK's pause in any future funding of UNRWA will remain in place until we review the allegations, and we are looking to our partners in the UN to carry out a robust and comprehensive investigation. Further questions on the investigation are a matter for the UN.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are pausing any future funding of UNRWA while we review the concerning allegations. Gaza still stands. This support is helping people in Gaza get food, water, shelter and medicines. The UK is providing £60 million in humanitarian assistance to support partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">However, we remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza who desperately need it, and our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response. Our commitment to trebling aid to Gaza still stands, and we are getting on with aid delivery through funding multiple implementing partners including other UN agencies and international and UK NGOs. This support is helping people in Gaza get food, water, shelter and medicines. The UK is providing £60 million in humanitarian assistance to support partners including the British Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Egyptian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to respond to critical food, fuel, water, health, shelter and security needs in Gaza.</del></p><p>We are currently supporting NGOs and UN partners to deliver medical aid and care in the Gaza Strip. This includes support for primary healthcare, trauma and emergency care services, disease surveillance and outbreak response, and deployment of Emergency Medical Teams. <del class="ministerial">We are also exploring further options to help meet the medical needs of Palestinians.</del></p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/02/2024 17:14:20 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2024 10:20:54 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 16666 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1686751

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of availability of follow up MRI scans for women who have undergone mastectomies to tackle lobular breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	12666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">No specific assessment has been made of the adequacy of availability of follow up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for women who have undergone mastectomies, to tackle lobular breast cancer.</del></p><p>£2.3 billion was awarded at Spending Review 2021 to transform diagnostic services over the next three years. Most of this will help increase the number of community diagnostic centres up to 160 by March 2025, expanding and protecting elective planned diagnostic services. The remainder of the funding will increase capacity for imaging, including MRI scans, endoscopy as well as lung and mammography screening, and improve digital diagnostics.</p><p>Growth in the MRI asset base and increased use of MRI acceleration software is creating additional capacity for approximately 572,000 MRI examinations per annum within the NHS in England.</p><p>The Department and NHS England have taken steps to improve the treatment of invasive lobular breast cancer (ILBC) but are aware that more needs to be done. In September 2022, the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre announced funding from NHS England and the Welsh Government of £5.4 million to support delivery of six new national cancer audits. Two of these focus on breast cancer, one on primary and one on metastatic, and include ILBC.</p><p>Additionally, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supports breast cancer research funded by research partners in the charity and public sectors. Over the last five years, the NIHR Clinical Research Network has supported 10 ILBC-related studies.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2024 15:42:40 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2024 16:01:34 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 16540 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson