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1519085

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on how many and what proportion of staff have regularly worked on their rest days per quarter over the last three years in (a) each train operating company and (b) Avanti.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of train operating companies to ensure they have adequate staffing to resource their operations.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 09:51:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1519086

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of days that Avanti staff worked on previously booked rest days between June and August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information across all staff grades at Avanti West Coast (AWC).</p><p> </p><p>On 30 July 2022, AWC experienced a near total cessation of drivers volunteering to work passenger trains on rest days. As noted by Avanti in its stakeholder bulletin of 8 August, it had regularly and reliably seen approximately 400 services a week worked by drivers on their rest day. This figure fell suddenly by 90 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>Daily driver rest day working has remained minimal since then.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 09:52:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1519587

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Biofuels: Electricity Generation
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 his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass used for energy generation on (a) biodiversity and (b) the UK’s overseas land footprint.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK sustainability criteria are some of the most stringent in the world and include requirements under the land criteria and GHG (greenhouse gas) criteria. The land criteria take into account a range of social, economic, and environmental issues, including protecting biodiversity and land use rights.</p><p> </p><p>Where biomass is sourced from forests, the land criteria include requirements around regeneration rates and sustainable harvesting in the sourcing regions, requiring that the carbon stock of the forest from which biomass is derived is not decreased.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:33:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1519588

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Biofuels: Subsidies
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the value for money of subsidies given for the use of biomass for electricity generation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has in place conditions to ensure generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with the UK’s strict sustainability criteria. In 2021, biomass made up 12.9% of total electricity generation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:33:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1506237

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Dementia: Clinical Trials
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 (a) phase I, (b) phase II and (c) phase III clinical trials for dementia have been hosted in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	49731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on clinical trials hosted in Wales and Scotland is not held centrally. A table showing the number of phase one, two and three clinical trials supported by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research Clinical Research Network in England for dementia from 2012/13 to 2021/22 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 49792 question first answered 22/09/2022 08:33:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick attachment 1 file name Formatted TABLE PQ 49792 attachment.docx title Dementia clinical trials in England 2012 to 2022
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1491556

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the eligibility for the spring booster vaccine to people with motor neurone disease who are clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	42098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>On 21 February 2022, the Government accepted advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to offer a COVID-19 booster vaccination to specific vulnerable groups. This included residents in care homes for older adults; adults aged 75 years old and over; and individuals aged 12 years old or over who are immunosuppressed.</p><p>On 15 July 2022, the Government accepted advice from the JCVI to offer a booster vaccination to additional vulnerable patient cohorts in autumn 2022. This includes all clinical risk groups and those with motor neurone disease.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 06/09/2022 13:13:43 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1490313

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Defibrillators and First Aid
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 increase public access to (a) first aid kits and (b) defibrillators in public locations.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	38732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>With St John Ambulance, NHS England is co-ordinating skills development to increase the use of automated external defibrillators by individuals in community settings, supported by confident cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills. This will include a national network of community advocates to champion the importance of first aid and training 60,000 people to save up to 4,000 lives each year by 2028.</p><p>The Government encourages organisations in England to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of first-aid equipment, in particular for locations where there are high concentrations of people. Many community defibrillators have since been provided through national lottery funding, community fundraising schemes, workplace funding or by charities in public locations, such as shopping centres.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 25/07/2022 15:27:48 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1490315

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10 Year Cancer Plan will include provisions on expanding system infrastructure to deliver innovative cancer treatment such as radioligand therapy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	38733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper MP) on 19 July 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-11/33937" target="_blank">33937</a>.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 38616 question first answered 25/07/2022 10:55:09 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1490320

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Radioligand Therapy
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 NHS England is taking to ensure standardised approaches to developing radioligand therapy services across the country.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	38734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2022 answer text <p>NHS England is appointing a new National Specialty Advisor for Nuclear Medicine to ensure the opportunities for radioligand therapies approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are realised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 01/08/2022 14:36:48 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1486543

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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	Forests: Conservation
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 its policy to introduce a Great British rainforests strategy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	31167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The international importance of temperate rainforests (also termed Atlantic woodland) in supporting rare and threatened species has been recognised in domestic biodiversity policy for many decades. Many temperate rainforests are protected by existing policy. Many are ancient woodlands, which are protected from development in all but wholly exceptional circumstances. We have also committed in the England Trees Action Plan to increase protections in the planning system for long established woodland in situ since 1840. Many of our temperate rainforests support rich assemblages of species and are in our series of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). SSSI selection guidelines for woodlands are focused on securing a representative series rather than protecting every example.</p><p> </p><p>This government has made a world-leading commitment to halt the decline in nature by 2030, which will rely on the restoration and creation of habitats across the country. This will be supported by funding from the Nature for Climate Fund, future farming schemes including Landscape Recovery, and new funds such as the Big Nature Impact Fund. We will consider, while designing and rolling out these schemes, how they might support the protection and restoration of certain types of woodlands including ‘temperate rainforest’. We also provide financial support to the buffering and expansion of valuable woodlands such as temperate rainforests through the England Woodland Creation Offer, and funding for the improvement and restoration of temperate rainforest sites through the Regional Restoration Funds.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working on the revision of the 25 Year Environment Plan, the next Environmental Improvement Plan, due January 2023. This is the overarching strategy for the environment, as set out in the Environment Act, and where relevant we will consider the role of temperate rainforest in helping to meet our substantial environmental commitments.</p><p> </p><p>Forestry policy is devolved, so the protection and restoration of temperate rainforests outside England is a matter for the devolved authorities.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 14/07/2022 16:32:27 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies