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1611721

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
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 will take to promote the importance of WASH in healthcare facilities as a critical element of tackling antimicrobial resistance international at the G7.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	181265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) are critical for preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in healthcare facilities and for achieving Universal Health Coverage.</p><p>Under the 2021 G7 United Kingdom presidency, we secured ambitious commitments on AMR. We have continued to maintain momentum by advocating for improved WASH services and robust action on AMR in both the 2022 and this year’s communiqué negotiations.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care also supports Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office international leadership through the UK’s membership of the WASH In Healthcare Facilities international taskforce, bilateral programming such as our innovative hand hygiene partnership with Unilever, and core multilateral funding including the World Bank and the World Health Organization.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/04/2023 13:08:12 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1611129

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of prescribing mindfulness on the NHS for mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Mindfulness-based therapies are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as a way to treat less severe depression.</p><p> </p><p>The £200 million funding announced for digital mental health by my Rt hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Spring Budget will, in part, be used to modernise and digitise mental health services in England, including by providing wellness and clinical-grade apps, many of which include elements of mindfulness.</p><p> </p><p>Information about mindfulness is included in other resources available to support mental health and wellbeing, such as Every Mind Matters, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/</a></p><p>Further information is available from the NHS website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/mindfulness/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/mindfulness/</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/04/2023 10:58:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1611144

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the carer's allowance earnings threshold in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Earlier this month the weekly Carer’s Allowance earnings limit increased from £132 to £139 net. This increase of 5.5% is in line with growth in Average Weekly Earnings for the year to May-July 2022, as published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).</p><p>DWP uses the ONS Annual Average Weekly Earnings growth measure for benefit uprating purposes where appropriate, as it is regarded as the most robust and up to date estimate of earnings growth across the economy available at the time we review the earnings limit. Increases in the Carer’s Allowance weekly earnings limit are designed to try and ensure that it maintains its value. Therefore, the appropriate proxy for any increase is changes in wages (wage inflation), rather than a wider price inflation measure. Since 2010, the earnings limit will have increased by nearly 40%.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2023 10:30:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1611145

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	Flood Control: Local Government Finance
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 her Department plans to provide additional funding to local authorities for the installation of gullies for flooding and excessive rainfall.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Flood risk management is a devolved matter, and in England surface water flood risk management is the responsibility of lead local flood authorities (LLFAs) to manage and mitigate. They do this in partnership with highways authorities who are responsible for highway and gully maintenance and water companies who have a duty to maintain their sewers to ensure that their area is effectually drained.  It is for LLFAs to determine the best approach to mitigating the risk.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken steps to change partnership funding rules that apply in England to enable more surface water schemes in our new £5.2 billion flood defence programme. Around half of the schemes funded by the programme will be delivered by risk management authorities, such as LLFAs, who apply by using the Partnership Funding rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for England in 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion or 9.4% in cash terms on 2022/23. The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to spend according to local priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations receive funding through the Barnett Formula when changes are made to UK Government departments’ Department Expenditure Limit (DEL). Changes to the local government DEL therefore have an impact on devolved administration funding through the Barnett Formula. Spending Review 2021 set the largest annual block grants of any spending review settlement since the Devolution Acts in 1998. Over the Spending Review 2021 period, the UK Government is providing the devolved administrations with over 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/04/2023 14:11:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1611149

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland on voter ID.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Electoral policy for Northern Ireland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials meet regularly with the Electoral Commission to discuss a range of issues, including the Northern Ireland voter ID system, which has been in place, with minor amendments, since 2002.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 09:01:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608508

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to mark Gypsy, Roma, Traveller history month in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer of 19 January 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-12/122193" target="_blank">122193</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/04/2023 16:58:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608509

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide support to people who are required to visit a third country for biometric checks to apply for a UK visa.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>An individual must, in most circumstances, provide their biometrics, in the form of a facial image and fingerprints, when applying for a visa or a biometric immigration document before they come to the UK. This is to ensure we can confirm their identity and fix them to it, and to conduct background security checks to establish whether they pose a threat to public safety.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office contracts two commercial partners, VFS and TLS Contact, to operate its global network of Visa Application Centres (VACs) who provide application centres in over 230 locations across 138 countries. It is not economically viable for UKVI to have VACs in every city or country across the world and it may not be sustainable to open new locations where volumes are lower.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who are unable to travel to a VAC should not normally make an application until they are able to do so. We have a robust escalation process in place for very exceptional cases where a customer has a compelling reason why they are unable to travel to a VAC.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/04/2023 13:41:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608510

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Algeria: Churches
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 recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the closure of churches in Algeria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all in Algeria. We engage regularly with groups from different faiths to understand their circumstances and any challenges they may face. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for FoRB, Fiona Bruce MP, raised the ability of religious minorities to freely practice their faith with the Algerian authorities during her visit to Algiers in September 2022. The Minister for North Africa, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised church closures when he met the Algerian Minister of Religious Affairs in June 2022 and also with the Algerian Ambassador to the UK in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2023 08:35:08 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608511

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the re-imprisonment of Fariba Kamalbadi and Mahvash Sabet in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK unequivocally condemns the persecution of religious minorities in Iran. Reports of increased detentions, expropriation of land and destruction of homes indicate the regime intensified its repression of the Baha'i community in 2022. On 20 December 2022, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Fiona Bruce, expressed the UK's condemnation of the sentencing of Baha'i leaders Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi to a further decade of imprisonment. We continue to work closely with our international partners to hold Iran to account for its dire human rights record, and to raise these issues with the regime at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2023 10:07:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1608512

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage veterans to use housing support available through the Veterans’ Gateway.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	176586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending veteran homelessness this year. That is why the Chancellor allocated an additional £20m for veterans’ housing in the Spring Budget, further to the £8.55m already announced in December to help us achieve our mission.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Veterans’ Gateway service is the Government funded first point of contact for veterans and their families, providing advice and guidance across a spectrum of welfare areas, such as housing, employment, and health, from a consortium of third sector organisations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Charities, service providers and Government routinely signpost veterans to the Gateway, and further information on the Op FORTITUDE homelessness referral pathway will be passed to the Gateway in due course, allowing veterans in need to be directed to this vital new service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also recently announced a major review into welfare provision for veterans, including the Veterans’ Gateway, which has been commissioned as a result of changes and advances in veteran care during the last decade. This will examine the effectiveness of welfare services, and its recommendations for improvements will be published following the review’s completion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 21/04/2023 08:53:16 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon