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1689983

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Agency Nurses: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	14504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The amount spent on agency nurses by year for each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Agency (nursing) spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£843 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£879 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£838 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£1.1 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£1.37 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan sets out a path to reduce the National Health Service’s reliance on agency. We estimate that the reliance on temporary staffing in FTE terms will reduce from 9% in 2021/22 to around 5% from 2032/33 onwards, with mostly bank staff fulfilling the requirement for temporary staffing.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/04/2024 12:26:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 18764 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1689991

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2023 to Question 140032 on Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel, what the grades of UK-produced steel purchased for the (a) Batch 1 Type 26 and (b) Type 31 frigates were, broken down by (i) each order’s classification under the SAE grading system and (ii) the value and tonnage of each of those orders.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	14480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to question 14479 answered on 5 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/04/2024 15:41:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 14479 - Fleet Solid Support Ships Iron and Steel.docx title Fleet Solid Support Ships: Iron and Steel
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1689461

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Water: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allow water customers to have a meter removed from their property.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	14360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a 20% reduction in water demand by 2038 and halving leakage by 2050. Metering is central to identifying and reducing leakage and enabling better value for money for the consumer. The Government set out that water companies in areas of ‘water stress’ can compulsorily meter, following evidence it provides value for money and has customer support in their resource planning. Where this is the case, a customer may not be able to switch back to unmeasured charges. Other water companies do offer the opportunity for customers to switch back to an unmeasured charge following meter installation. All water companies offer social tariffs as part of affordability packages for consumers who may be struggling to pay their water bills.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 25/04/2024 09:29:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1689470

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there were in England on 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 40 FTE below the Target Staffing level. </ins></p><p>This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies, and therefore netting vacancies against surpluses is a reasonable reflection of the overall national position.</p><p>At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/02/2024 14:39:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2024 15:57:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 18636 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1688891

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
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	Inland Border Facilities: Ashford
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce safeguards to ensure that, under their Border Target Operating Model, there can be no interference with consignments which enter the UK via the Port of Dover prior to inspections being carried out at the Sevington inland border facility.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL2470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Goods selected for inspection will not be legally cleared for sale or use within the UK until they have attended and been cleared at the BCP. Where the BCP has concerns, either due to non-attendance or evidence of non-compliance, there are existing provisions, including requiring return or destruction of the goods, or for the goods to be referred for inland controls by the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Any vehicles suspected to be carrying illegal imports (e.g. those for which customs declarations and pre-notification have not been made or suspected to have been made in bad faith) will continue to be stopped and dealt with by Border Force at the point of entry to the UK, not sent to Sevington.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 26/03/2024 14:26:39 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1688893

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
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	Meat: Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much meat has been seized at the UK border by officials in each of the last six months; and whether they expect to completely eradicate the import of illicit produce under their Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL2472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The data we have relates to seizures of “products of animal origin, contaminated goods and packaging” (not necessarily just meat) reported to Defra by English PHAs only. Any seizures made by other officials or seizures not reported to Defra are not included here. The data below relates to all EU and Rest of World imports.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of seizures of products of animal origin reported to Defra by English Port Health Authorities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total weight (kilogrammes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (w/c 22 October 2022-w/c 31 December 2022 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (w/c 7 January 2023 to 30 December 2023 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>53,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (w/c 6 January 2024 to w/c 27 January 2024 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>7,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65,574</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain (GB) for personal use, depending on the country that the traveller is coming from. There are restrictions on meat, dairy and other products.</p><p> </p><p>African swine fever (ASF) cases in Europe in 2022 represented new “jumps” in disease distribution towards the United Kingdom. While we consider that the overall risk of entry of ASF virus into the UK from all combined pathways remains at medium, the particular pathway of human-mediated transport of non-commercial, infected products from the EU is considered to be high risk. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) conducts outbreak risk assessments on ASF in the EU, published here <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fafrican-swine-fever-in-pigs-and-boars-in-europe&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca5af9722cebf49b5be4b08dc4d7223a8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638470399819769241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gE%2FKCR5tKPguo%2FVWa1WsXhdO6LRssdjtdfNmssdCom0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/african-swine-fever-in-pigs-and-boars-in-europe</a> and attached to this answer.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, we announced controls restricting the movement of pork and pork products into GB to help safeguard Britain's pigs. Travellers are no longer allowed to bring pork or pork products weighing over two kilograms into GB, unless they are produced to the EU’s commercial standards. The controls, which came into force in September 2022, strengthen the standards for bringing pork and pork products into GB from the EU and EFTA states. This measure helps limit possibly infected pig meat being brought into GB through various means, such as in passengers’ luggage or in vehicles.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 02/04/2024 11:30:11 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller attachment 1 file name HL2472 attachment.pdf title African swine fever in Europe
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1688813

registered interest
date	12/02/2024
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	Meat: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the tonnage of illegal meat intended for import into the UK seized following UK customs checks in each of the last five years; and what is their assessment of the risk to UK pig farms from African Swine Flu present in consignments of imported meat.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL2406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The data we have relates to seizures of “products of animal origin, contaminated goods and packaging” (not necessarily just meat) reported to Defra by English PHAs only. Any seizures made by other officials or seizures not reported to Defra are not included here. The data below relates to all EU and Rest of World imports.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of seizures of products of animal origin reported to Defra by English Port Health Authorities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total weight (kilogrammes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (w/c 22 October 2022-w/c 31 December 2022 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (w/c 7 January 2023 to 30 December 2023 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>53,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (w/c 6 January 2024 to w/c 27 January 2024 inclusive)</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>7,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65,574</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain (GB) for personal use, depending on the country that the traveller is coming from. There are restrictions on meat, dairy and other products.</p><p> </p><p>African swine fever (ASF) cases in Europe in 2022 represented new “jumps” in disease distribution towards the United Kingdom. While we consider that the overall risk of entry of ASF virus into the UK from all combined pathways remains at medium, the particular pathway of human-mediated transport of non-commercial, infected products from the EU is considered to be high risk. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) conducts outbreak risk assessments on ASF in the EU, published here <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fafrican-swine-fever-in-pigs-and-boars-in-europe&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca5af9722cebf49b5be4b08dc4d7223a8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638470399819769241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gE%2FKCR5tKPguo%2FVWa1WsXhdO6LRssdjtdfNmssdCom0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/african-swine-fever-in-pigs-and-boars-in-europe</a> and attached to this answer.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, we announced controls restricting the movement of pork and pork products into GB to help safeguard Britain's pigs. Travellers are no longer allowed to bring pork or pork products weighing over two kilograms into GB, unless they are produced to the EU’s commercial standards. The controls, which came into force in September 2022, strengthen the standards for bringing pork and pork products into GB from the EU and EFTA states. This measure helps limit possibly infected pig meat being brought into GB through various means, such as in passengers’ luggage or in vehicles.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 02/04/2024 13:10:03 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller attachment 1 file name 25_January_2024_African_swine_fever_in_Europe.pdf title Attachment for HL2406
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1687101

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vaping products were registered with the Environment Agency; how much was received by Government in UK WEEE Regulations Compliance Fees for vaping products; and if he will make an estimate of how many vaping products were (a) recycled and (b) incorrectly disposed of in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	12866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>Vape producers need to register with the Environment Agency under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations and report the tonnage of vapes that they place on the market each year. Prior to 2022, vapes were not reported at a product specific level; they were reported as Category 7 EEE, which encompasses all Toys, Leisure, and Sports Equipment. Therefore, within the data the Environment Agency received from registered producers, it is not possible to identify the types of products that a company handles and thus it is not possible to determine how many vaping products were reported as being placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>For 2022 and 2023, the Environment Agency requested Compliance Schemes in England to submit data on the tonnage of vapes that their producer members placed on the market. For 2022, the total is 1,637 tonnes. The 2023 data is pending. Producers that register directly with the Environment Agency rather than with Compliance Schemes still include vapes within their Category 7 data, meaning the Environment Agency does not collect or hold vape specific data for direct registrants.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold detailed data on compliance fee payments under the UK WEEE Regulations, as this is managed independently of government. Compliance fee payments are broken down by categories, laid down in the WEEE Regulations and not by individual product level.</p><p> </p><p>Treatment sites that recycle WEEE submit recycling data to the Environment Agency. This data is also not product specific and thus it is not possible to determine how many vaping products have been recycled. The Environment Agency does not collect or hold data on incorrect disposal of vapes.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/04/2024 12:14:33 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1685443

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to minimise harm to the environment as a result of improper disposal of vapes.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	11835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>Following the consultation on creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, the recently published government response confirmed that the UK Government intends to bring forward legislation as soon as possible to ban the sale and supply of disposable vapes in England. Scotland and Wales also confirmed they intend to bring forward similar legislation and Northern Ireland is considering next steps following the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 09/04/2024 09:27:39 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1685210

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Food: Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the proposed 70 per cent cut in funding from DEFRA from April 2024 for the inspection team of Dover Port Health Authority, and (2) how this will affect the action of this team to maintain UK food safety and security.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>On the 31 January 2023 we introduced the first stage of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) which balances the need to protect biosecurity with the impact on trade. All port health authorities (PHAs) and local authorities (LAs) undertaking the new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on EU goods from 30 April 2024 will be able to issue charges to recover their costs in the way they do now for Rest of the World goods. In 2022, Defra began providing a temporary financial support package to PHAs and LAs to retain staff until the introduction of the BTOM. In that time, these staff were focused on supporting wider biosecurity work. This included supporting Border Force with enforcing the temporary African Swine Fever (ASF) safeguard measure on pork and pork products from the EU, in place pending implementation of a new SPS policy for goods intended for personal use.</p><p> </p><p>Defra remains committed to protecting biosecurity and we are confident that this will not negatively impact UK food safety and security. We are working closely with all border stakeholders in the lead up to all implementation dates of new SPS controls. We are working with them to train and upskill staff to ensure that any new controls that are brought in are enacted in an efficient manner so as not to disrupt trade, but which crucially will maintain our high biosecurity standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 26/03/2024 14:26:10 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson