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1581719

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date	30/01/2023
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	Developing Countries: Floods
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 his Department is taking to provide (a) short term aid, (b) flood defences and (c) other preventative measures to countries affected by flooding.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	135244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO supports the multilateral system which regularly responds to flooding around the world. For example, we have recently provided £36 million of aid to the flood relief efforts in Pakistan, and we are longstanding partners of the UN Central emergency Response Fund (CERF), contributing more than $1.7 billion since 2006 and supporting their work including in response to flooding. The UK has also recently announced a commitment to triple our spend on climate adaptation finance, from £500 million in 2019 to £1.5 billion in 2025. This funding will help countries build their resilience to climate change impacts, including floods.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/02/2023 11:47:58 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581720

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	Blood: Donors
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 are taking to encourage more blood donations across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	135245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service and the Welsh Blood Service are responsible for raising awareness of blood donation in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Since September 2021, the science relating to blood, organ and stem cell donation is taught as part of the secondary school curriculum in England, aimed at promoting awareness of donation in young people.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT uses a range of media, marketing activity, donor and patient case studies, partnerships and engagement with faith organisations to raise awareness. NHSBT’s Community Investment Scheme committed £400,000 to support 35 grassroot, community and faith-based organisations to drive awareness, understanding and behaviour change.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT continues to invest and prioritise the diversification of the donor base, in particular, increasing donations from people of Black heritage, to support the changing demographics of NHS patients. NHSBT marked black history month launching it’s ‘Not Family, But Blood’ campaign with Marvel Studios. This high-profile campaign led to an additional 884 people of Black heritage signing up to donate on the first day.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/02/2023 14:46:42 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581721

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of pothole injury compensation from April 2021 to April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	135246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the public purse of pothole injury compensation from April 2021 to April 2022.</p><p>In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland responsibility for maintaining the highway rests with the respective devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/02/2023 10:49:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581722

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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: Artificial Intelligence
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 help ensure that the NHS can benefit for advances in artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	135247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department is funding the NHS Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NHS AI Lab), which was created to accelerate the safe, ethical and effective adoption of AI in health and social care.</p><p>The NHS AI Lab has provided more than £100 million to 77 of the most promising AI technologies, through its Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award. The technologies are being tested and evaluated in 53 hospitals and support clinicians in diagnosis, monitoring disease and managing health conditions at home.</p><p>The NHS AI Lab is also working on projects focusing on streamlining regulation, to make it easier for the health and care system to deploy AI technologies as well as improving the route for AI vendors into the system.</p><p>The NHS AI Lab is working with regulatory organisations, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and Medicines and Health products regulatory Agency, and the wider AI community, including the Alan Turing Institute and the Ada Lovelace Institute, to ensure AI technologies are ethical and safe.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/02/2023 11:44:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581971

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the implementation of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	135336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of Northern Ireland Executive ministers, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2022 provides Northern Ireland civil servants with the clarity they require to take the limited but necessary decisions to maintain delivery of public services and operate in the public interest. Specifically, in clause 3, subsections (1) and (3) remove the need for Ministers or an Executive Committee to be in place to enable the exercise of departmental functions by senior officers in Northern Ireland departments if they deem it in the public interest.</p><p>The accompanying guidance to the Act, published on 19 December 2022, helps NI departments determine whether exercising a function is in the public interest and lists the principles that they should take into account when making such a determination. The Government cannot and should not anticipate the decisions that civil servants will need to take under this Act. Consequently, the Government does not intend to comment on which decisions NI departments should be taking forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 02/02/2023 17:32:09 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581466

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will include businesses delivering animal health and welfare standards in livestock production.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>All non-domestic energy consumers using electricity or gas from the grid will be eligible for support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:14:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581112

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Heatstroke: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died of heat stroke in the UK in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 26 January is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 31/01/2023 17:10:26 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ133592 .pdf title UKSA Response to PQ133592
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581113

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to increase trade with Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan share a deep, £8bn trade and investment relationship. Longstanding Trade Talks with Taiwan are held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. In November 2022 my Rt. Hon. Friend for Chelsea and Fulham, the former Minister of State for Trade Policy, co-hosted the UK-Taiwan 25<sup>th</sup> annual Trade Talks in Taipei, during which discussions were held on areas of mutual interest, including on barriers to trade in sectors like fintech, food and drink and pharma, aimed at helping more UK firms export and invest in Taiwan. We are exploring a range of opportunities to further enhance our trade partnership.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/02/2023 12:40:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581114

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	Eyesight: 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, what steps he has taken to help improve eye health in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter. Access to regular sight tests is critical for eye health and early detection and access to treatments to prevent sight loss. In England, many people qualify for a free eye test and optical vouchers to contribute towards the cost of glasses, with over 12 million National Health Service sight tests provided in England in 2021/22.</p><p>Diabetic Retinopathy screening is also offered annually to individuals aged 12 or over with diabetes and the Government has well established programmes on reducing smoking and obesity, both long terms risk factors for sight loss. Furthermore, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has invested over £100 million over the last five years to support research into diagnosis, prevention and treatment of eye conditions.</p><p>NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering how eye care services should be commissioned for the future to improve access to care and patient outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 06/02/2023 17:20:35 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581115

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	Scarlet Fever and Streptococcus: Antibiotics
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 adequacy of the supply of antibiotics to help tackle (a) Strep A and (b) Scarlet Fever.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We have taken decisive action to boost supply of antibiotics used to treat Strep A and demand has reduced. We are continuing to work with manufacturers and wholesalers to ensure that they expedite deliveries, bring forward stock they have to make sure it gets to where it is needed and boost supply to meet demand. We have issued eight Serious Shortage Protocols to allow pharmacists to supply an alternative form of penicillin V, or alternative antibiotic, to make things easier for them, patients and general practices.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2023 15:06:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon