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1174397

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps has he taken to help promote peace between Palestinians and Israel.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We consistently call for an immediate end to all actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution, including terrorism, anti-Semitic incitement, settlement expansion, and the demolition of Palestinian property in the West Bank. Steps to transform the situation in Gaza are also needed. We have a regular dialogue with both the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel at all levels. We are encouraging both sides to maintain calm and avoid taking unilateral actions that may make peace more difficult to achieve.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/02/2020 17:40:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1174398

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prospects for peace between Palestine and Israel.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by the lack of progress in the Middle East Peace Process and note the UN Secretary-General’s assessment that the situation on the ground has deteriorated over the last three years. The ongoing violence underlines that a just and lasting resolution that ends the occupation and delivers peace for both Israelis and Palestinians is long overdue. We continue to believe the best way to achieve an end to this conflict is through substantive peace talks between the parties, but international action has a role in facilitating progress. We have a regular dialogue with both the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel at all levels. We are encouraging both sides to maintain calm and avoid taking unilateral actions that may make peace more difficult to achieve.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/02/2020 17:42:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173980

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients that have waited for more than 18 weeks for treatment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Latest official statistics show that at the end of November 2019, 690,096 patients had been waiting more than 18 weeks for first definitive treatment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/02/2020 17:42:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173989

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p>NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---september-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---september-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics</a></p><p>As at September 2019, the latest available data there were 105,518 vacancies in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups. A majority of vacancies are covered by bank and agency staff.</p><p>The NHS People Plan, which will be published by the NHS in early 2020, will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities, with a focus on growing and sustaining a well-skilled workforce across the whole NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/02/2020 13:51:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1174027

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Pregnancy: Smoking
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 reduce smoking rates among pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing the prevalence of women smoking during pregnancy to 6% or less by 2022. The NHS Long Term Plan makes provision for smoking cessation support to all pregnant women and their families in secondary care, and this includes a new smoke-free pregnancy pathway with focused sessions and treatments. In addition, Public Health England continues to work collaboratively with NHS England on the Maternity Transformation Programme to reduce the number of pregnant women who smoke.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:50:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1174029

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce obesity rates among year six children.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are delivering a wide range of measures to reduce childhood obesity. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p>Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, recognised that “the United Kingdom is paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment”. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:51:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173488

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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: Out of Area Treatment
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 Government is taking to reduce the number of people sent out of area for mental health treatment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>We are taking forward a number of actions to improve rehabilitation pathways and ensure that patients with mental health conditions can receive treatment as close as possible to where they live.</p><p>This includes improving our understanding of how people currently cared for in long-term inpatient settings might be better supported closer to home, and in the community, and supporting local areas to test innovative approaches to providing locally-based care for those with the most complex needs. NHS England and NHS Improvement are also providing targeted support to local areas to develop robust recovery plans where there is reliance on out of area placements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 30/01/2020 11:34:54 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173696

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the rate of reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory publishes assessments of annual greenhouse gas emissions. The table below shows the annual percentage change in the UK’s emissions of carbon dioxide for the years 2014-2018. Data are not yet available for 2019 emissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Change in UK carbon dioxide emissions from previous year</strong></p></td><td><p>-8.4%</p></td><td><p>-3.9%</p></td><td><p>-5.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.3%</p></td><td><p>-2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:40 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173697

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress on decarbonising energy for (a) heat and (b) transport.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to publishing a heat policy roadmap in 2020. This will set out our plans to deliver the low carbon heat needed to meet our climate targets, and a programme of work to enable key strategic decisions in the first half of the 2020s on how we achieve mass transition to low carbon heating.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we continue to support low-carbon heating through the Renewable Heat Incentive and the Heat Networks Investment Programme, and we are developing policies to deliver low carbon heating in the 2020s and meet our climate targets. A Future Homes Standard, introduced by 2025, will require new build homes to be future proofed with low carbon heating and world leading levels of energy efficiency. We are also committed to phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in off gas grid properties and accelerating the decarbonisation of our gas supplies by increasing the proportion of green gas in the grid. We will be consulting on these commitments in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are preparing an ambitious, cross-modal Transport Decarbonisation Plan to step up our efforts and deliver the carbon emission reductions needed for the sector to play its part in reaching net zero by 2050. On roads, delivering on our Manifesto commitment, we will soon consult on the earliest date we can phase out the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1173699

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Renewable Energy: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of jobs in the low carbon and renewable economy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>We want to deliver on our net zero commitment in a way that maximises the economic benefits of our transition to cleaner economic growth, creating green jobs and new business opportunities across the country. There are now over 460,000 people working in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country, up from the revised 2017 estimate of 447,000 and low carbon exports are worth billions of pounds each year. According to a recent estimate, the UK low-carbon economy could grow more than four times faster than the rest of the economy between 2015 and 2030 – delivering £170 billion of exports and supporting up to 2 million jobs.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi