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1541361

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what additional support the Government is providing to Armed Forces charities to help increase the capacity and delivery of (a) mental health and (b) suicide prevention initiatives for veterans.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	83603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>This government will continue to prioritise supporting veterans with their mental health needs. There is a range of statutory support for veterans across the UK, including the bespoke mental health service for veterans in England: Op COURAGE.</p><p>Charities continue to play a vital role in helping veterans with their mental health, and I pay tribute to them for all they do. The Government provided £20m in 2021 to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to support Service charities comprising the £10m annual allocation plus extra £10m announced in the 2021 Budget. In addition, we provided £5m through the Afghanistan Veterans’ Fund. These funds included provision for initiatives to improve capacity in mental health and wellbeing provision, and suicide prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/11/2022 11:35:28 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1541364

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Suicide: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to increase their engagement with veterans charities to help inform local authority suicide prevention action plans.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	83604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>We continue to work with local authorities to ensure that suicide prevention action plans remain effective and include at-risk groups, such as veterans.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/11/2022 17:17:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1541365

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Bereavement Counselling and Mental Health Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to include clear signposting for local veteran-specific support services including (a) mental health services and (b) bereavement support.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	83605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are encouraged to receive updates from the National Health Service which outline initiatives in support of the armed forces community, including information on Op COURAGE. Bereavement support is commissioned locally to meet the need of the local population. NHS England has developed guidance for integrated care boards which requires commissioners to ensure there is sufficient access to bereavement support services.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/11/2022 11:56:40 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1539224

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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	Heart Diseases: Screening
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 18th July 2022 to Question 26734 on Heart Diseases: Screening, whether he is taking steps to reduce waiting times for echocardiography.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	78675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in echocardiography. To increase diagnostic activity and reduce patient waiting times, the Department has committed £2.3 billion for up to 160 community diagnostic centres (CDCs). As of 23 October 2022, CDCs have now completed 54,759 additional echocardiography checks since 13 July 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/11/2022 12:42:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537191

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of in-person inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	73828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>.</p><p>The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:20:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31833 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1537192

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published in October 2022, what assessment she has made of that report's finding that over 95 per cent of non-compliance incidents were self-reported from 2019 to 2021; and whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of unannounced inspections of establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	73829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Regulator has strengthened its regulatory oversight and published its process of full system audits at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-research-technical-advice#process-and-standards-for-establishment-full-system-audits</a>. The Regulator’s audit programme for compliance assurance purposes is delivered in accordance with the requirements defined in the legislation. This includes in-person announced and unannounced visits to licensed establishments.</p><p>Self-reporting of non-compliance, in regulatory frameworks, is generally indicative of a willingness towards compliance. The Regulator encourages self-reporting as part of a good governance framework and a culture of compliance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:19:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31831 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1524733

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 so that it considers animals recognised as sentient in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	67885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act recognises cephalopods and decapods as sentient. The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) was amended in 2013 to include cephalopods for protections to animals in scientific research. The Government has previously indicated that it will consider the implications of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act for ASPA to improve the welfare of animals used in science and maintain a regime of protection that enables the delivery of benefits.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/11/2022 17:25:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29578 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1524205

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Cancer: Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-Year Cancer Plan includes specific strategies to improve access to radiotherapy cancer treatments.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	66942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Following a call for evidence for a new cancer plan held earlier this year, we received approximately 5,000 responses. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/10/2022 16:31:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1523671

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	Pigs: Animal Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department conducted a comparative review of free farrowing systems in the Uk and other countries in 2020 in response to the recommendation of the Independent Report of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee entitled Opinion on Free Farrowing Systems, published in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	65704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Defra’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published last year, outlined that we would be examining the confinement of farm animals, including the use of farrowing crates for pigs. As part of this examination, we are considering the many different pig production systems, used both in the United Kingdom and in other countries.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann question first answered 27/10/2022 15:24:47 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1522461

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the Government response to the public consultation on managing pavement parking; and whether her Department plans to introduce legislation to prohibit parking on grass verges in England outside London.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	63165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>We are actively considering the options for pavement parking policy (including parking on grass verges) in light of the consultation findings. The Department will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 21/10/2022 10:55:22 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith