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1693745

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date	05/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking and Sexual Offences: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice on tackling female (a) trafficking, (b) exploitation and (c) sexual exploitation in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Criminal justice is devolved in Northern Ireland, with responsibility for the policy and legislative response to modern slavery resting with the Northern Ireland Executive. However, we recognise that trafficking can involve the movement of vulnerable individuals across borders, and we work closely with our partners in the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that our response to modern slavery across the UK is joined-up and the legislation is complementary.</p><p>This includes, at official level, regular engagement with representatives from the Devolved Administrations, through quarterly meetings and the Modern Slavery Engagement Forums. These Forums focus on key policy areas, including enforcement, prevention, adult victim support, and child and victim support policy. Officials also engage in quarterly meetings with representatives on commercial sexual exploitation.</p><p>The Home Office also engages with First Responder Organisations, across the whole of the United Kingdom. In Northern Ireland this includes the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Health and Social Care trusts and Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid. First Responders are trained by their respective organisations to identify indicators of modern slavery and refer potential victims into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). In 2023, there were 462 NRM referrals sent to the PSNI for investigation, accounting for 3% of all referrals received, as published in the National Referral Mechanism statistics on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 13/03/2024 17:53:22 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693746

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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 Intensive Industries: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Energy intensive industries given £12 million boost to cut emissions and costs, published on 13 February 2023, how much of that £12 million went to businesses in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department announced £12 million funding awarded through the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). The IETF provides grant funding to existing industrial sites, helping industry to invest in more efficient technologies and reduce emissions by bringing down the costs and risks associated with investing in decarbonisation technologies. Of the £12 million announced in the press release, £1.5m of this went to businesses in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Spring 2024 window of Phase 3 of the IETF is currently open to applications and closes on 19<sup>th</sup> April.</p><p> </p><p>Information on competition winners of the IETF can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findustrial-energy-transformation-fund-ietf-competition-winners&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C1e63cab15c2945b00c5708dc43438354%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638459204440994796%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7Q%2FQSzYcN3%2BzcaH0MR1Gkt3KHyDky7xu9GrTXl63%2Fis%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/03/2024 11:49:09 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693747

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Wind Power
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 she is taking steps to ensure that developers of wind farms supply a single point of contact for the public.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>All applications for development consent are published on the Planning Inspectorates web-site and are publicly available. The information includes details of the applicant and a link to their web-site which also explains the purpose of the project and the applicant's contact details.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/03/2024 06:21:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693749

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Osteoporosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many over 25s have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested. However, the below table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of osteoporosis, for patients aged 25 years old and over in England, for the years 2020/21 to 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>32,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>43,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>47,015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics from NHS England.</p><p>Note: This data provides a proxy to show overall trends.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/03/2024 17:51:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693220

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expediting applications for Personal Independence Payments made by people with life-threatening conditions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>DWP is committed to improving the way the benefit system supports people nearing the end of their life.</p><p> </p><p>There is no automatic entitlement to PIP in relation to a health condition - except in cases of people nearing the end of life.</p><p> </p><p>A PIP claimant is currently regarded as being end of life if they suffer from a progressive disease and their death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Special considerations apply to such claimants. Currently, claims are processed within 3 days on average.</p><p> </p><p>In the longer term, the Health Transformation Programme will transform the entire PIP service to simplify and shorten the application process for all PIP claimants, including those with life-threatening conditions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 17:07:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693221

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Trussell Trust on the trends in the level of donations required to meet demand for food banks.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>DWP officials regularly engage with a wide range of stakeholders including the Trussell Trust. Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) does not have any role in their operation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The next release of the Households Below Average Income statistics, covering the year 2022/23, is due in March 2024. This will include updated national statistics on both food security and food bank use.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/03/2024 15:43:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693222

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland on trends in the number of children living in households in relative poverty in that region.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>DWP officials regularly meet with colleagues at the Department for Communities and the meetings cover a broad range of topics, including poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Absolute poverty is the government’s preferred measure as the poverty line is fixed in real terms so is not affected by overall median income. In the three years up to 2021/22 (excluding 2020/21), 17% of children in Northern Ireland were in absolute poverty after housing costs compared to 26% in the three years up to 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2024 11:26:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693223

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to introduce legislative proposals to increase the amount of caring allowance available to people who care for more than one person.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given 19 September 2023 to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-14/199589" target="_blank">199589</a> relating to England and Wales. Carer’s Allowance is a devolved matter in Scotland, and social security is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 17:12:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693224

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to provide emergency shelter kits for people in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Since February 2022, the UK Government has pledged £357 million in support of the humanitarian response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This includes work with Ukrainian local partners to provide emergency response items and other vital humanitarian assistance across Ukraine. For example, we have supported the International Organisation for Migration and the Ukrainian Red Cross to provide shelter kits to those affected by shelling, which is increasingly impacting residential buildings, as well as other emergency items to those in urgent need.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/03/2024 13:25:33 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1693225

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on (a) ending transnational repression of and (b) the removal of bounties placed on Hong Kong pro-democracy activists living in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>We continue to make clear with the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities our strong objection to the National Security Law, and attempts to apply it extraterritorially. That extends to the decisions by the Hong Kong National Security Police to issue arrest warrants and bounties for activists living in the UK in 2023. We will not tolerate any attempts to intimidate, harass or harm individuals or communities in the UK. On 17 December, the Foreign Secretary called on the Chinese authorities to repeal the National Security Law and end the prosecution of all individuals charged under it. On 16 February the Foreign Secretary met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference and unambiguously set out the UK's position across a number of areas of disagreement, including on Hong Kong. The National Security Law has no authority in the UK and we have no active extradition agreement with Hong Kong or China.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/03/2024 15:25:23 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon