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1645021

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s commitments in that strategy that have not been paused as a result of legal action have (a) been fully, (b) been partially and (c) not been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	189778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Please find below a table which sets out which of my department’s commitments in the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021 have been fully and partially implemented. The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) had no commitments in the Strategy paused as a result of legal action, and no commitments that have not been implemented.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DLUHC commitments in the National Disability Strategy (2021)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status of commitment </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will confirm plans to improve the framework to deliver accessible new homes by December 2021.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] is commissioning new research to develop the statutory guidance on meeting Building Regulations, covering access to and use of buildings (Approved Document M).</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] has commissioned new research to develop robust evidence: - to inform building regulation guidance on the fire safety in new care homes and specialised housing. This will conclude by autumn 2021. - to inform policy in England on the means of escape for disabled people from new buildings. This will conclude by autumn 2021.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] has committed that 10% of the 180,000 homes built through the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 will be for supported housing.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will make the new Shared Ownership model, including the reduced (10%) minimum initial stake, available to disabled people buying a home under the HOLD scheme.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Following an independent review of the Disabled Facilities Grant published in December 2018, DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] and DHSC will jointly publish new government guidance for local authorities in England on effective delivery of the £573 million Disabled Facilities Grant during 2021.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will consider how we can support projects that increase high street accessibility for disabled people in the design of any future local growth funding.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will make £30 million available from summer 2021 to accelerate delivery of Changing Places toilets in existing buildings in England.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will publish a new National Model Design Code in the summer (2021), setting out design considerations for local planning authorities. The department will use guidance supporting the Code to stress the importance of providing accessible and inclusive play spaces and equipment for all.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building on the experience of the Access to Elected Office fund and the EnAble fund, DLUHC [formerly MHCLG] will support a new scheme from April 2022 to support those seeking to become candidates and - as importantly - once they have been elected to public office.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Cabinet Office (now DHLUC for Elections) has introduced the Elections Act which will improve the support provided to voters with disabilities who are voting in polling stations. Returning Officers will have a new responsibility to consider additional support for a range of disabled voters in the polling station. This includes meeting voters’ needs in a more tailored way, and providing equipment and resources that most support voters in their local area. The Act will also remove unnecessary barriers to voting including by widening the pool of people able to provide help to disabled people in casting their vote to any companion who is over the age of 18 in UK Parliamentary elections. The Elections Division also convenes the Access to Elections Working Group which meets with representatives of civil society organisations and charities and the elections sector across the UK to discuss and plan to improve accessibility for all disabled electors.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 20/06/2023 16:04:32 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1645022

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 185576 on Disability, which of his Department’s commitments in the National Disability Strategy that have not been paused as a result of legal action have (a) been fully, (b) been partially and (c) not been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	189779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>In January 2022, the High Court declared the National Disability Strategy (NDS) was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made five commitments in the NDS:</p><ul><li>Set out proposals to improve the experience of accessing disability benefits;</li><li>Pilot an Access to Work Passport to help disabled people progress through education and move into employment;</li><li>Make available a passport for all young disabled students, including those receiving Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA), when they leave university;</li><li>Encourage employers to hire disabled people and to create inclusive workplaces by reviewing Disability Confident, strengthening the Voluntary Reporting Framework, and disseminating best practice to employers; and</li><li>Expand trials for supported employment services.</li></ul><p>Since the NDS was published, DWP has:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Published the Health and Disability White Paper, which sets out the Government’s plans to reform the welfare system and make it better meet the needs of disabled people in Great Britain. This includes removing the Work Capability Assessment (meaning claimants will now only have to do one health assessment rather than two) and supporting claimants to try work without fear of losing their financial support;</li><li>Delivered a pilot to test the Adjustments Passport in 3 universities. The pilot results were evaluated by the universities, demonstrating the value of the Adjustments Passport, which as a result is expected to be available, across all nations, beginning in September 2023;</li><li>Implemented a Health Adjustments Passport to support disabled jobseekers and is implementing an Armed Forces Service Leavers Adjustments Passport. The DWP is continuing testing of the Adjustments Passport with various groups, including young people on vocational programmes;</li></ul><ul><li>Paused work directly related to the Disability Confident review and strengthening the Voluntary Reporting Framework. The DWP continues to promote the Disability Confident Scheme and encourage sign-up through our regular engagement with the Business Leaders Group, employers of all sizes and other stakeholders; and</li><li>Provided funding, in partnership with DHSC, for Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) supported employment services in 12 areas across 41 local authorities in England, to support people with health conditions to access paid jobs, and then support both the individual and their employer to ensure that the job is sustained.</li></ul><p>The Government also announced a wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people, and people with health conditions, to stay in, and return to work. This new investment builds on our existing extensive support to help disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to supporting disabled people in the UK through creating more opportunities, protecting their rights and ensuring they fully benefit from, and can contribute to, every aspect of our society. To support this, the DWP will be providing further details of our recent achievements to improve disabled people’s lives in the forthcoming Disability Action Plan consultation due for publication in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of this, I as the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, will write providing a list of these achievements and will place a copy in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/06/2023 15:37:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643759

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how priority conditions are determined when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency considers applications for licensing of new medicines.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not have a specific list of conditions to which it gives priority when reviewing applications for new medicine licenses. However, it does prioritise applications where there is a public health need, for instance a new medicine which offers a treatment which is not yet available or a generic medicine where there might otherwise be a risk to supply. When deciding whether to prioritise a medicine, the MHRA collaborates with the Department and National Health Service to make sure its decisions align with their priorities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 188917 188918 189038 question first answered 20/06/2023 14:52:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643760

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which conditions are considered a priority by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency when assessing applications for new licences for medicines.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not have a specific list of conditions to which it gives priority when reviewing applications for new medicine licenses. However, it does prioritise applications where there is a public health need, for instance a new medicine which offers a treatment which is not yet available or a generic medicine where there might otherwise be a risk to supply. When deciding whether to prioritise a medicine, the MHRA collaborates with the Department and National Health Service to make sure its decisions align with their priorities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 188916 188918 189038 question first answered 20/06/2023 14:52:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643762

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans next to review the list of priority conditions which determine the speed with which applications for licenses for new medicines are considered.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not have a specific list of conditions to which it gives priority when reviewing applications for new medicine licenses. However, it does prioritise applications where there is a public health need, for instance a new medicine which offers a treatment which is not yet available or a generic medicine where there might otherwise be a risk to supply. When deciding whether to prioritise a medicine, the MHRA collaborates with the Department and National Health Service to make sure its decisions align with their priorities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 188916 188917 189038 question first answered 20/06/2023 14:52:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643763

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
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 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to reduce backlogs in D150 applications.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Delays to the processing of marketing authorisation applications have resulted from a combination of factors, including implementation of new licensing pathways and the need to divert resource to deal with urgent and unforeseen public health issues like the COVID-19 pandemic. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is changing its assessment processes to speed up the processing of submitted applications. Resource issues are being addressed as a matter of priority with targeted recruitment. The MHRA is also implementing a new IT system to manage licensing applications and improve processing times.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 189039 question first answered 21/06/2023 14:48:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643764

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to be able to process all D150 submissions within the 150 day timescale.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The statutory timelines for processing national applications is 210 days. However, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working towards progressing priority applications and good quality submissions within 150 days. To achieve this, the MHRA is proactively engaging with the relevant Trade Associations on how best to improve the quality of marketing authorisation applications, including workshops to support companies. With the measures put in place, the MHRA anticipates that all priority and good quality dossiers that are compliant with legislative data requirements received from 1 January 2024 will be progressed within 150 days. Applications that do not meet these requirements will be progressed within the statutory 210 days.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 14:25:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1643765

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Drugs: Licensing
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 products in the D150 submission category have been waiting for Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approval for over 150 days; and how many of those products are specifically for women’s health.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	188921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) offers a 150-day assessment timeline for all high-quality marketing authorisation applications.</p><p>A total of 1,016 medicinal products have been waiting for MHRA marketing authorisation approval for more than 150 days. Of these, 36 are for women’s health.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 189040 189041 question first answered 21/06/2023 14:53:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1628587

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, if he will list which of those report's recommendations that have not been paused as a result of legal action has been (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not been implemented by (i) action and (ii) Department responsible.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	185576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>In January 2022, the High Court declared the National Disability Strategy was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations.</p><p> </p><p>We are disappointed by, and strongly disagree with, the High Court’s finding, and the Secretary of State has been granted permission to appeal the Court's declaration.</p><p> </p><p>As the NDS was found to be unlawful, we are unable to provide you with the information in the format you have requested, as we do not centrally track commitments included in the NDS.</p><p> </p><p>We are fully committed to supporting disabled people in the UK through creating more opportunities, protecting their rights and ensuring they fully benefit from, and can contribute to, every aspect of our society. To support this, we will be providing details of the Government’s recent achievements to improve disabled people’s lives in the forthcoming Disability Action Plan consultation due for publication in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of this, I will write providing a list of these achievements and will place a copy in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/05/2023 11:16:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1623730

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to its consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, which closed in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	182547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Last month we published voluntary guidance for employers on ethnicity pay reporting. The ethnicity pay reporting consultation response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 02/05/2023 13:48:54 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes