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1173565

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Fireworks
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 22 January 2020 to Question 4707, when the Office for Product Safety and Standards will publish the findings of its fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The work that the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is conducting to develop an evidence base is ongoing. It is continuing to review new and emerging data and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/02/2020 14:54:07 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 4123 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1172559

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
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 20 January 2020 to Question 3669, what the average waiting time was from (a) referral to first assessment and (b) first assessment to commencement of treatment for children to receive speech and language therapy by local authority area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/01/2020 16:49:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1172065

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2019 to Question 8582 on maternity allowance, what the average working day turn around for Maternity Allowance claims was from (a) 16 to 31 October 2019, (b) 1 to 15 November 2019, (c) 16 to 30 November 2019 and (d) 1 to 15 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	5322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The average working day turn-around for Maternity Allowance claims for the periods quoted are:</p><p> </p><p>16<sup>th</sup>-31<sup>st</sup> October – 10.5 weeks</p><p>1<sup>st</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> November – 9 weeks</p><p>16<sup>th</sup>-30<sup>th</sup> November – 7.5 weeks</p><p>1<sup>st</sup> – 15<sup>th</sup> December – 6 weeks</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 27/01/2020 17:39:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1172069

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 1893 on Maternity Allowance, by what date she plans for her Department to meet its target of clearing Maternity Allowance claims within 24 working days.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	5323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>As of 23<sup>rd</sup> January our outstanding work volumes are below the aspirational target of 24 days. We continue to monitor progress on a weekly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2020 13:42:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171642

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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	Fireworks: Environment Protection
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 recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the effect of fireworks on the local environment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Fireworks Act 2003 and the Fireworks Regulations 2004 govern the use of fireworks, including possession of fireworks and the use of fireworks between certain hours. The enforcement of the Fireworks Regulations is the responsibility of the police, and responsibility for the legislation lies with Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards has been working to develop a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks, which includes environmental impact. The aim of the evidence base is to build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify what action - if any - is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/01/2020 15:35:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171643

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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	Fireworks: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer to Question 119263 of 18 December 2017 on Fireworks: Antisocial Behaviour, to Question 119263, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of strengthening existing regulations on the (a) supply, (b) storage, (c) possession and (d) use of fireworks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether any further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/01/2020 11:12:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171486

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for responding to the April 2019 consultation on Violence and abuse toward shop staff.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse can have on victims, businesses, and the wider community; and we are committed to tackling this issue.</p><p>To ensure that our response to retail crime is as robust as possible we work with a wide range of partners through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, including the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and British Retail Consortium.</p><p>In addition, we launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. The call for evidence has now closed and we are carefully analysing the responses before deciding what further action may be required. We intend to publish the government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/01/2020 17:01:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171112

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
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 assessments for children's speech and language therapy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapy. Local areas will design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>In the development of the NHS People Plan, the capacity requirements, as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, have been modelled to ensure appropriate capacity for all the allied health professions. This includes speech and language therapy.</p><p>‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, the Prevention Green Paper, confirmed the Government will continue to prioritise improving early speech and language outcomes as a preventative measure.</p><p>The following table shows the mean and median waiting time<sup>1</sup> for a first outpatient attendance<sup>2</sup> for patients aged under 18 with a treatment specialty of Speech and Language Therapy<sup>3</sup> in England from 2017-18 to 2018-19<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total First Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>Mean Waiting Time (days)</p></td><td><p>Median Waiting Time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>11,306</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p>1. The waiting time is the period in days between the date of the appointment date and either the referral request received date (reqdate) or the Did Not Attend date, if given. The waiting time is not calculated if reqdate is missing or invalid.</p><p>2 Attendances at outpatient clinics. Includes first attended and first telephone consultations, excludes did not attends and cancellations.</p><p>3. Treatment Speciality: A code that defines the specialty under which the consultant responsible for care of the patient is working, which may be different to the specialty under which the consultant is registered.</p><p>4. Assessing growth through time (Outpatients) HES figures are available from 2003-04 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p>NHS Digital have advised that information on waiting times from assessment appointment is not held in the format requested as they are unable to identify in which appointment treatment started.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 3667 3668 3669 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:07:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171113

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
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 children who have met the threshold for speech and language therapy to receive that therapy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapy. Local areas will design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>In the development of the NHS People Plan, the capacity requirements, as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, have been modelled to ensure appropriate capacity for all the allied health professions. This includes speech and language therapy.</p><p>‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, the Prevention Green Paper, confirmed the Government will continue to prioritise improving early speech and language outcomes as a preventative measure.</p><p>The following table shows the mean and median waiting time<sup>1</sup> for a first outpatient attendance<sup>2</sup> for patients aged under 18 with a treatment specialty of Speech and Language Therapy<sup>3</sup> in England from 2017-18 to 2018-19<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total First Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>Mean Waiting Time (days)</p></td><td><p>Median Waiting Time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>11,306</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p>1. The waiting time is the period in days between the date of the appointment date and either the referral request received date (reqdate) or the Did Not Attend date, if given. The waiting time is not calculated if reqdate is missing or invalid.</p><p>2 Attendances at outpatient clinics. Includes first attended and first telephone consultations, excludes did not attends and cancellations.</p><p>3. Treatment Speciality: A code that defines the specialty under which the consultant responsible for care of the patient is working, which may be different to the specialty under which the consultant is registered.</p><p>4. Assessing growth through time (Outpatients) HES figures are available from 2003-04 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p>NHS Digital have advised that information on waiting times from assessment appointment is not held in the format requested as they are unable to identify in which appointment treatment started.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 3666 3668 3669 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:07:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171114

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
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 waiting time is from referral to first assessment for children's speech and language therapy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapy. Local areas will design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>In the development of the NHS People Plan, the capacity requirements, as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, have been modelled to ensure appropriate capacity for all the allied health professions. This includes speech and language therapy.</p><p>‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, the Prevention Green Paper, confirmed the Government will continue to prioritise improving early speech and language outcomes as a preventative measure.</p><p>The following table shows the mean and median waiting time<sup>1</sup> for a first outpatient attendance<sup>2</sup> for patients aged under 18 with a treatment specialty of Speech and Language Therapy<sup>3</sup> in England from 2017-18 to 2018-19<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total First Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>Mean Waiting Time (days)</p></td><td><p>Median Waiting Time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>11,306</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>9,740</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p>1. The waiting time is the period in days between the date of the appointment date and either the referral request received date (reqdate) or the Did Not Attend date, if given. The waiting time is not calculated if reqdate is missing or invalid.</p><p>2 Attendances at outpatient clinics. Includes first attended and first telephone consultations, excludes did not attends and cancellations.</p><p>3. Treatment Speciality: A code that defines the specialty under which the consultant responsible for care of the patient is working, which may be different to the specialty under which the consultant is registered.</p><p>4. Assessing growth through time (Outpatients) HES figures are available from 2003-04 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p>NHS Digital have advised that information on waiting times from assessment appointment is not held in the format requested as they are unable to identify in which appointment treatment started.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 3666 3667 3669 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:07:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe