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1582870

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help educate young people about knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department works across Government to support all young people to lead happy, healthy and safe lives, and to foster respect for others.</p><p>The statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education contains content that can help address the underlying causes of gun and knife crime. This includes references to situations that often lead young people to carry weapons, such as criminal exploitation though involvement in gangs and county lines drugs operations. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>.</p><p>Gun and knife crime can also be taught as part of a school’s wider curriculum. Schools can choose to include lessons on weapons awareness and gangs as part of their personal, social, health and economic education or citizenship curriculum.</p><p>The Department works across Government on wider initiatives to prevent serious violence. As part of the cross Government Beating Crime Plan, the Department has worked with other government departments to make over £45 million available to fund specialist support in mainstream and alternative provision schools in the areas where serious violence like knife crime most affects young people.</p><p>One cross government project that the Department is implementing is the Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforces (APST). This places multidisciplinary taskforces of specialists, including speech and language therapists, youth workers, family support workers, and mental health workers in schools in 22 areas where serious violence is most prevalent. The Department works closely with cross Government partners, including the Youth Justice Board and NHS England to deliver the APST programme, including the placement of their frontline specialists in schools.</p><p>The Department continues to work with other departments and stakeholders on curriculum content and will be reviewing the statutory guidance this year, looking at areas of the guidance that need to be strengthened.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/02/2023 13:55:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1582871

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to deter knife crime among young people.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime amongst young people is a top government priority and we are working tirelessly to keep young people, families, and communities safe. At the Home Office we are redoubling our efforts with a twin-track approach, combining tough enforcement to get dangerous weapons off the streets – including through stop and search methods – with programmes that steer young people away from crime.</p><p>This financial year we have invested £64m in our network of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of violence in their area. VRUs are delivering a range of early intervention and prevention programmes to divert people away from a life of crime. They have reached over 215,000 vulnerable young people in their third year of funding alone.</p><p>Our £30m ‘Grip’ programme operates in these same 20 areas as VRUs and is helping to drive down violence by using a highly data-driven process to identify violence hotspots – often to individual street level – and target operational activity in those areas. In their first three years of funded delivery, these programmes have collectively prevented an estimated 136,000 violence without injury offences.</p><p>In addition, the Serious Violence Duty which commenced on 31<sup>st</sup> January requires a range of public bodies to work together to prevent and reduce serious violence in their local area. Of course, the Home Office is not able to tackle violence alone, and we work closely with a range of government departments to build protective factors against violence.</p><p>For instance, we work with the Department for Education as we know that education is a powerful protective factor against violence for young people. The Government is investing over £45 million to fund specialist support in both mainstream and Alternative Provision (AP) schools in the areas where serious violence is most damaging to local communities.</p><p>Additionally, we are also delivering the £3.3 million Creating Opportunities Forum with the Department for Work and Pensions to provide meaningful employment-related opportunities and raise the aspirations of young people at risk of serious violence.</p><p>The Government remains wholly committed to preventing youth violence and keeping young people safe from harm.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/02/2023 14:41:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1582873

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to regulate the kinds of materials that may be used to wrap residential buildings during cladding remediation works.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Remediation is vital to make buildings safe but we recognise that remediation projects can cause significant disruption to residents and negatively affect their welfare, in particular the wrapping of buildings whilst unsafe cladding is removed and replaced.</p><p>Fundamentally, building owners are responsible for making their buildings safe without delay, and decisions on the approach are down to them. As part of this they must ensure that works are taken forward efficiently in a way that minimises disruption to residents.</p><p>To that end, we are reviewing what expectations should be placed on those responsible for remediating unsafe buildings. We plan to work with the sector to develop a Code of Practice, taking account of residents' needs, with the intention of it being introduced later this year. <br> <br>I am keen to continue to work with colleagues where there are concerns on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/02/2023 14:23:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1582874

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Bangladesh: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen ties between the UK and Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK was one of the first countries to recognise Bangladesh's independence in 1971, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations in February 2022. We continue to expand the UK/Bangladesh ties, including on trade and investment, defence and security, people-to-people links and cooperation on Rohingya and climate. Bangladesh is a key trading partner in the region, with UK-Bangladesh trade totalling $4.5 billion per year. Last year, we provided £75 million of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Bangladesh. As Bangladesh works toward graduation from Least Developed Country status in 2026, the UK is proud to stand as a close partner, strengthening ties and building on our shared interests.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/02/2023 15:22:19 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1582903

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve data collection on the rate of learning disabilities among those in the prison system.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The implementation of Personal Learning Plans for all prisoners, together with the introduction, by 2024, of Neurodiversity Support Managers (NSMs) in all English and Welsh prisons, will help us to improve data collection in relation to prisoners who may need support with their learning and development.</p><p>As of January 2023, 51 NSMs have been recruited, and we are actively championing Autism Accreditation across the prison estate to increase support for neurodivergent people.</p><p>Since April 2019, 173,885 Learning Difficulties and Disabilities assessments have been conducted, with 91,987 prisoners receiving active support.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/02/2023 17:30:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1583007

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations of the Education Select Committee's prison education report of May 2022, what steps he is taking to provide individual learning plans for those in the prison system linked to their sentence plan.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>We are working to ensure that every prisoner has a Personal Learning Plan.</p><p>Since April 2019, 35,832 have been created, and we are further developing these plans to bring together key information on the prisoner’s learning and support needs, as well as their aspirations and goals. In this way, we will ensure that everyone working with the prisoner on their education, skills and work pathways is aware of their individual needs.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/02/2023 17:32:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1581512

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Dentistry: 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, what steps he is taking to improve retention of dentists in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	134014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Last year, NHS England negotiated amendments to the National Health Service dental contract with the British Dental Association and other stakeholders. These improvements, which came into effect in November 2022 and are supported by the sector, will ensure dentists are more fairly remunerated for the delivery of NHS care and making NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work and improve access for patients.</p><p>Further reforms are planned in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 06/02/2023 14:22:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1581198

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Dental Services
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 increase the number of dentists offering services on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	133690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Since 2020/21 (during COVID), there has been an increase of 539 dentists delivering National Health Service care and an 120% increase in courses of treatment delivered.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care. These will increase access to NHS dentistry by adults and children, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices.</p><p>We have taken action to implement these changes, including through regulations that came into effect on 25 November 2022.</p><p>NHS England is holding further discussions with the British Dental Association and other stakeholders for additional reforms of the NHS Dental System planned to take place in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 01/02/2023 12:15:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1580689

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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, with reference to the announcement made in the Women's Health Strategy published in July 2022, what assessment he has made of the impact on patients of the additional breast screening units his Department plans to fund in East Suffolk and North Essex NHS foundation trust.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	132571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has benefited from the additional funding with new mammography equipment installed at Colchester Hospital, to replace an existing machine. This installation is expected to take place within the next few months.</p><p>Additionally, the trust’s mobile breast screening unit will be receiving a £12,000 technology upgrade as part of this programme. This upgrade will allow staff at the unit to send images back to the hospital digitally, improving efficiency.</p><p>These upgrades will benefit patients through efficiency upgrades allowing staff to spend more time in clinical settings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/02/2023 17:12:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1580743

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Ipswich Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 impact of the planned new accident and emergency department at Ipswich Hospital on (a) ambulance waiting times and (b) capacity pressure at the hospital.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	132580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have considered the impact of the planned new accident and emergency department at Ipswich hospital on ambulance waiting times and capacity pressures as part of the NHS England assurance process.</p><p>ESNEFT anticipates that the new Urgent Treatment Centre at Ipswich hospital will ease pressure on the hospital’s Emergency Department, freeing up staff to focus on providing care for the most critically ill and seriously injured patients.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2023 15:09:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt