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1503796

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date	02/09/2022
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	Food: Insects
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 steps his Department is taking to help remove obstacles to the growth of the edible insect industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the role the alternative protein sector could have in contributing to UK growth. As stated in the Government's Food Strategy, through funding we will support progress on a wide range of issues, including alternative proteins. We will also work with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to develop dedicated guidance materials for approval of new alternative protein products while reviewing our novel food regulations. This will ensure they are transparent for innovators and investors, whilst maintaining world-leading consumer safety standards.</p><p>In addition, the FSA is aiming to introduce a legislative fix this year to permit edible insect sellers to continue to sell several species while they submit applications for authorisation under the novel food regulations. Novel foods normally require pre-market authorisation but the FSA plans to fix transitional arrangements from the EU retained law to allow necessary time to demonstrate the safety of these products. There are very few restrictions required on the use of insects as feed.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 16/09/2022 12:45:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1503797

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to Named Day Question 33681 on Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Written Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Warley on 11 July 2022 for written answer on 14 July 2022, when he plans to answer Question 6697 tabled by the hon. Member for Warley on 23 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The delay in providing responses to Questions 6697, 33681, 42245 and 45520 was due to an administrative error in the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 24/10/2022 15:59:43 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1503813

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Electricity: Imports
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in hydro-based electricity exports from Norway on the availability and price of electricity imported via interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government works closely with Ofgem, National Grid Electricity System Operator and other key industry organisations to monitor gas and electricity supply and prepare for winter.</p><p> </p><p>Interconnectors are one source of a diverse range of energy supplies. The Government is monitoring the situation with Norwegian reservoirs and understands Norway is securing strategic reserves of water in its reservoirs to guarantee long-term security of energy supply.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and Norway have a bilateral treaty on electricity interconnection and this puts obligations on both nations to ensure the North Sea Link interconnector is operated in a market-based, transparent and non-discriminatory manner.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:49:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1503815

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to (a) Ministers and (b) officials on the retention of (i) social media and (ii) other content on phones provided to them for official use.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Departments set guidance on the retention and disposal of information, for both their ministers and officials, based on the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.</p><p>In order to support Departments, the Cabinet Office has previously published Guidance on the Management of Private Office Papers and Guidance to departments on use of private emails. In addition, a revised Code of Practice on Records Management, issued under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was laid on 15 July 2021 by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/09/2022 11:22:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1503817

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 17012 on Elections: Proof of Identity, when he plans to publish details on the implementation of voter ID cards.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recently published a letter to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding the Elections Act 2022. It sets out details about voter identification and the Voter Authority Certificate, the link to the published letter can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fletter-to-the-chair-of-the-public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee-regarding-the-elections-act-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C79bd7d76585a45c67cf308da9bbe4191%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637993538683059832%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FKPjavUydf6nr72bZR1iLszbL0GsIug%2FCanyoHLZUWo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-chair-of-the-public-administration-and-constitutional-affairs-committee-regarding-the-elections-act-2022</a>.</p><p>Further details on implementation and commencement will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2022 14:07:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504044

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Droughts and Rain
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 his Department's policy is on cloud seeding to encourage rainfall during drought conditions.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Cloud seeding is not appropriate for managing droughts in England due to the weather patterns we receive. This makes it difficult to predict where the resulting rain will fall. There is a risk that the rain falls not in this country and could cause issues for neighbouring countries where rain is not needed. Cloud seeding is used in other countries around the world, but they generally have larger land masses and more stable weather patterns. There are also concerns relating to pollution that could be caused from the compounds used to create 'seed particles', depending on the nature of the particle used and the volume required to form an effective amount of rainfall.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2022 16:57:03 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504252

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Fungal Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) patients admitted to hospital and (b) patients receiving medical treatment following a fungal infection in each of the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows the number of person IDs with a primary diagnosis of fungal infection and finished admission episodes (FAEs) and finished consultant episodes (FCEs) where a main procedure took place in 2019/20 and 2020/21 in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of person IDs with a primary diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Number of person IDs with a primary diagnosis with a procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>7,638</p></td><td><p>5,483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>5,224</p></td><td><p>3,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Person IDs. The Master Person Service (MPS) person identifier. This is a unique identifier for each individual patient, generated via the MPS. This identifier replaces the HESID field and allows an individual’s care to be tracked across years and continuous periods to be identified.</li><li>Primary Diagnosis. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002/03 to 2006/07 and seven prior to 2002/03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</li><li>ICD-10 coding and description. The following ICD-10 codes are indexed under the term ‘fungal infection’:</li></ol><p>- B49.X Unspecified mycosis</p><p>- B20.5 HIV disease resulting in other mycoses</p><p>- B35.0 Tinea barbae and tinea capitis</p><p>- B35.1 Tinea unguium</p><p>- B35.2 Tinea manuum</p><p>- B35.3 Tinea pedis</p><p>- B35.6 Tinea cruris</p><p>- B36.9 Superficial mycosis, unspecified</p><p>- B48.7 Opportunistic mycoses</p><p>Research indicates that fungal infections are also known as mycosis, therefore the ICD-10 block B35-B49 Mycoses may be pertinent and has also been included in the data. It should be noted that there may be other codes within the ICD-10 classification which maybe applicable to the condition.</p><ol start="4"><li>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</li><li>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which it ends. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li><li>Main procedure. The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, for example, time waited, while a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures. It should be noted that some patients are treated for a fungal infection condition during an outpatient appointment. However, diagnoses are extremely seldom recorded in outpatient records, therefore it is not possible to provide useful data from the outpatient data set.</li><li>HES figures are available from 1989/90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time should 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, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</li></ol><p>Data is also held on total systemic antifungal prescribing in NHS hospital trusts recorded as defined daily doses (DDDs) per 1,000 admissions per day in 2020. The total consumption of antifungals in NHS acute trusts in 2020 was 0.63 DDDs per 1,000 admissions per day. This is a 21% increase in the rate of prescribing from 2019. The collection of the NHS England’s antifungal commissioning for quality and innovation data was interrupted by COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 22/09/2022 15:00:49 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504253

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Fungal Diseases
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 he has made of the potential risks posed by treatment resistant fungal infections.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, such as fungal agents, is a factor in the development of drug-resistant pathogens. NHS England’s national pharmacy and prescribing clinical lead is supported by seven regional antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) leads. These AMS leads collaborate with regional National Health Service stakeholders and partner organisations, including infection prevention and control, patient safety, diagnostics and sepsis teams, the Department, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Health Education England and the Care Quality Commission, to contribute to multi-professional endeavours to mitigate the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).</p><p>NHS England’s AMR diagnostics team advise that high-level research has been undertaken to understand the need for optimal fungal diagnostics and resistance testing. This has highlighted opportunities for improvement in data collection regarding the use of diagnostics, surveillance and consistent access to diagnostics.</p><p>The UKHSA reports on antifungal resistance against systemic antifungals utilised in the treatment of candidaemia, in the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance report. Resistance to the key antifungals, amphotericin B, caspofungin and fluconazole, appears to have been decreasing in all Candida species. Fluconazole resistance decreased from 8.2% of Candida blood isolates tested in 2016 to 3.2% in 2020. Resistance to amphotericin B and caspofungin decreased slightly from 2016 to 2020, by 1.3% to 1.1%, and 3.4% to 3.3% respectively.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 22/09/2022 14:50:00 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504254

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Fungal Diseases: Research
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 current level of funding for research into fungal infections is; and what the projected budget for such research is for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including fungal infection research. However, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In the last five years, the NIHR has invested more than £6 million in research into fungal infection.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 13:45:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504295

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Natural Gas: Energy Supply
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 assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism and (b) potential merits of introducing such a mechanism in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism contains measures for a potential gas supply shortfall that are specific to Australia’s position as a Liquified Natural Gas exporter. The United Kingdom does not produce Liquified Natural Gas, therefore such measures would not be appropriate here.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:43:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar