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1523263

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date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole System Root and Branch Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the reforms in the Root and Branch Review of the Parole System published on 30 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	901698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We have increased Ministerial oversight of moves of certain prisoners to open prisons and introduced a process for Ministers to submit a view on release.</p><p>We have allowed for some parole hearings to be held in public and commenced a testing phase for victims to attend parole hearings if they wish.</p><p>Reforms to the release process, including the Ministerial power to refuse release, require primary legislation. We will introduce this when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:35:20 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1523265

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) rehabilitation, (b) employment and (c) reablement programmes provided by HM Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	901702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We are investing £550 million to rehabilitate offenders by getting them off drugs and into work and stable accommodation.</p><p>Between April 2021 and March 2022, the proportion of prisoners released from custody employed at six months rose by almost two thirds.</p><p>Together with NHS England, we are continuing to improve services in prison to ensure that people have access to timely and effective mental health care that is tailored to their needs. This will be reflected in the new National Partnership Agreement on health and social care in England, which is due to be published shortly, and the refreshed NHS England mental health service specification for prisons, which will be rolled out by April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 18/10/2022 14:36:08 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1523266

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prison places.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	901695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We have a significant prison build programme, delivering safe, secure and modern prison places across the country. More than 3,100 places have already been delivered.</p><p>As part of this, we are building brand new prisons with a design focused on security and rehabilitation, supporting family ties and resettlement into the community. These include HMP Five Wells which opened earlier this year and was the first of its design to be built; HMP Fosse Way near Leicester which is due to open next year; and a new prison next to the existing HMP Full Sutton where construction has started, and the prison is due to open in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 18/10/2022 14:08:27 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1523339

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by the armed forces to humanitarian and international aid as an addition to the annual Official Development Assistance budget.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	65855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) works closely with colleagues across Government to ensure humanitarian and international aid gets to the countries that need it.</p><p>The MOD supports the FCDO with its Official Development Assistance programme, facilitates the transportation of humanitarian aid to ODA-eligible countries and contributes to cross-government responses to humanitarian crises and natural disasters. This includes our response to natural disasters in the Caribbean region under Operation VENTUS, with a principle focus on support to UK Overseas Territories during the Caribbean Hurricane Season. Most recently in 2022, support has been provided in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the wake of Hurricane FIONA and in the Cayman Islands after Hurricane IAN.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/10/2022 15:30:49 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1523340

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Immunosuppression
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 recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taking steps to support immunocompromised people who are not able to leave their homes due to the continued risk of covid-19 infection in the context of rising energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	65904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme are supporting millions of households and businesses with rising energy costs, and they will continue to do so from now until April next year. This is on top of the £800 of one-off support to eight million of the most vulnerable households to help with the cost of living.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2022 16:55:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1523341

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	NHS: Labour Turnover
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 number of medical practitioners who leave the NHS after their foundation years to work in other countries in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	66002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Foundation Programme (UKFP) has surveyed doctors finishing their second year of foundation training. The last iteration of the survey in 2019 showed that at the end of training, 635 out of 6,864 trainees or 9.3%, reported their planned next work destination as outside of the UK. However, it is expected that some of these trainees will return to practice in the UK.</p><p>The UKFP survey aligns with the latest information from the General Medical Council’s ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK – the workforce report 2022’, which tracked the location of the 2016 cohort of doctors who completed their second year of foundation training. This shows that of 6,207 doctors who finished placements in England, only 387 or 6% had left the UK workforce after a year and 414 or 7% had left after five years. Those leaving may be working in other countries and also include those no longer working in the medical profession.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 11:14:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1523342

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Farmers: Mental Health Services
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 make it his policy to introduce a grant scheme to help small farmers get online to access mental health support.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The final round of the Future Farming Resilience Fund opened on 3<sup>rd</sup> October and will run until March 2025. The Resilience Fund provides free expert business advice, delivered by third party organisations, to farmers who may need help adapting to the changes during the agricultural transition. One of the key required outcomes for Resilience Fund is that farmers’ mental health and wellbeing are supported where necessary. Some delivery providers are offering this support from in-house experts and others are signposting support available from external expert services. We have worked with the Yellow Wellies charity, to provide advice and information on how to identify potential mental health issues and provide tools for addressing them.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 07/11/2022 12:00:22 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1523343

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the use of parish halls free of charge for (a) English classes for Ukrainian refugees and (b) community hubs for rurally based Ukrainians to meet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>There are a number of such welcome hub initiatives already taking place in church premises. The decision to waive or reduce fees for use of premises is at the discretion of the Parochial Church Council or relevant management committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2022 12:48:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1523344

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Christianity: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will consider the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding to support Christians to self sustain overseas if they are denied employment due to their belief.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>No one should be denied employment on grounds of their Christian beliefs save in the most limited and legitimate circumstances, such as under a genuine occupational requirement. The Church of England comprises many different charitable bodies, each of which has its own charitable purposes. Each body would need to consider whether the provision of such support furthered its objects and came within its powers. There is a difference between support for Christians generally and the promotion of the work and mission of the Church of England, which is the purpose of the national Church. For this reason, the national Church has no plans to provide such support.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/11/2022 18:29:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1523345

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing accommodation on their land for people aged 55 and over with shared values.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has committed £2m towards the second Social and Sustainable Housing Fund [SASH II] managed by Social and Sustainable Capital. SASH II seeks to enable charities and social sector organisations to acquire and own portfolios of property so that they can provide a combination of high quality housing and targeted support to vulnerable people. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/node/45369" target="_blank">Church of England commits £2m to enable charities to purchase housing to support vulnerable people | The Church of England</a></p><p>The Archbishops’ Housing Commission made recommendations to the Church and Government about building new communities and the future use of land. An example is St Bride’s Church in Trafford, which worked with Trafford Housing Trust (THT) to release land that was used to build a new church and the Limelight Centre: 81 extra-care apartments for over 55 year-olds and a new expanded community centre. The full report from the Commission can be found here: <a href="https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sites/abc/files/2021-02/COE%204794%20%E2%80%93%C2%A0HCC%20Full%20Report%20%E2%80%93%20V6.pdf" target="_blank">Archbishops Housing Commission</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2022 16:37:49 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon