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1584371

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date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether energy consumers have a right to ask for a smart meter to be removed and replaced with a traditional meter.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	140153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>Smart meters are modernising the energy system and benefit households and small business across Great Britain. Energy suppliers are responsible for the provision of metering and are required to take all reasonable steps to install a smart meter where a meter is fitted for the first time or when an existing meter needs to be replaced. Energy suppliers are best placed to make decisions on individual circumstances in accordance with customer needs and availability of existing traditional meters.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/02/2023 10:30:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1584411

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136627 on Police: DNA, whether existing police offices as well as police candidates will be included in that stronger vetting.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	140163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Vetting Code of Practice sets out the standards of vetting which are to be applied to all police forces in England and Wales. This includes applicants to the police service as well as individuals employed by police forces, such as police officers, police staff and members of the Special Constabulary.</p><p>Guidance stipulates that successful policing candidates should be informed that their fingerprints are retained on the Police Elimination Database (PEDb) until an individual leaves the police force. Their DNA profile will also be retained on the Centralised Elimination Database (CED) until 12 months after the date the individual leaves the police service.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/02/2023 13:24:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1582212

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2023 to Question 129799 on Police: DNA, whether biometric vetting with consent always includes DNA testing against the police database; and whether the College of Policing's vetting authorised professional practice guidance is mandatory.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>Police forces are expected to carry out vetting in line with both the College of Policing’s statutory Vetting Code of Practice and Authorised Professional Practice (APP) guidance.</p><p>The APP highlights that successful policing candidates will be asked to provide their fingerprints and a DNA sample by consent. These are checked against the relevant local and national databases before commencing employment.</p><p>The APP is non-statutory guidance which supports the consistent application of the minimum standards of vetting, set out in the Vetting Code of Practice. Principle 4 of the Vetting Code of Practice highlights that police vetting should comply with the standards laid out in the APP.</p><p>In light of significant concerns raised around vetting of the police workforce, the Home Secretary has recently asked the College of Policing to strengthen the Vetting Code of Practice to make the obligations all forces must legally follow stricter and clearer.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2023 12:17:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1582213

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	ORIGINAL: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2023 to Question 126639 on Trade Promotion, whether her Department identifies a difference between diaspora and diversity.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The question answered on 27 January, UIN: 126639, made reference to both diversity and diaspora, and the response from my Hon. Friend for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, the former Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Exports, highlighted our department’s commitment to diversity, however, we do not hold data on the involvement of diverse diaspora in trade delegations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2023 13:43:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1582026

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	Government Office for Technology Transfer: Staff
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 30 January 2023 to Question 132388 on Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed at the Government Office for Technology Transfer.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	135350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) is a Directorate of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). As of the end of January 2023,19.4 full-time equivalent BEIS staff currently work in GOTT.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/02/2023 14:37:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1581473

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	NHS: Databases
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 26 January 2023 to Question 129798 on Palantir: Contracts, how much was paid to Palentir for its Foundry platform in each of the years it was providing this service; and whether her Department plans to use this platform after June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	133960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>Contract spend for the provision of Foundry core platform services to National Health Service organisations was £23.5 million from 12 December 2020 to 11 December 2022, and £11.5 million from December 2022 to June 2023.</p><p>NHS England is in the process of re-procuring the COVID-19 Data Platform, which is hosted on Foundry, and has recently launched an open tender for a Federated Data Platform and Associated Services. It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded to the successful supplier in Autumn 2023.</p><p>NHS England is undertaking a fair, open and transparent procurement process to re-procure this service. It is inevitable that some form of transition will be required regardless of the successful supplier and as such, it is likely that NHS England will be required to continue to contract with the incumbent supplier to manage this transition.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/02/2023 15:48:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 52253 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1581359

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	Clinical Trials: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost incurred by companies of running (a) phase one, (b) phase two and (c) phase three clinical trials in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	133644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on costs incurred by companies of running clinical trials in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/02/2023 15:26:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 51900 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1581363

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	Medicine: 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 remit is of the National Institute for Health and Care Research for the commercialisation of early-stage clinical research.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	133648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) invests in research, clinical expertise, specialist facilities, workforce and support services across a range of clinical areas. All NIHR research infrastructure actively supports collaboration with the life sciences industry and supports the commercialisation of new research and related technologies to help grow new companies (including SMEs). The NIHR has a dedicated IP Unit that aims to develop the capacity of NIHR to enter into commercial research partnerships with relevant life science or healthcare organisations as well as providing support in the area of commercial processes, IP management and advice in order to maximise return on investment.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/02/2023 15:28:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 51902 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580908

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation
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 17 January 2023 to Question 118994 on Innovation: Public Expenditure, what specific (a) remit, (b) funding and (c) legislative powers the Office for Technology Transfer has to directly lead innovation and cross-governmental research and development.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government Office for Technology Transfer does not possess a mandate, funding, or specific legislative powers to directly lead innovation or cross-government research and development. Its role is to support public sector organisations to identify, protect and exploit their knowledge assets to deliver financial, social, and economic benefits for the UK economy and the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/01/2023 15:17:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580909

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Innovation and Research
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 17 January 2023 to Question 122137 on Innovation and Research, if he will set out a timetable for publishing the report and interactive tool on clusters of R&D strength.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>BEIS has received bids for the research to identify clusters of firms performing R&amp;D and innovation in the UK, using innovative methods to collect and analyse granular data on the activities and potential of clusters. The work will start in February and BEIS will aim to publish the findings via a report and digital interactive cluster data mapping tool with an initial version in May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/02/2023 16:59:02 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah