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1688986

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date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Medals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to establish a medal for police officers injured on duty.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	13935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>We owe a tremendous gratitude to dedicated police officers for their continued hard work and sacrifice. There is no doubt that police officers who have their service cut short through injury have made, and in many cases will continue to make, an invaluable contribution to the emergency services.</p><p>It is right that there are provisions to support police officers who are injured in the line of duty, through the provision of paid leave, the injury benefit scheme and medical retirement where appropriate. Alongside the existing Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and the King’s Police Medal, work is continuing on an appropriate way to mark the contribution of emergency workers and other public servants who are killed while serving the public. The Government has no plans currently to introduce a medal specifically for police officers who are injured on duty.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 17:02:04 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687922

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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: 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, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of disposable vapes on (a) wildlife and (b) the wider environment.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	13323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>A ban on the supply and sale of disposable vapes has been announced as part of the Government’s response to its consultation on smoking and vaping, launched in October last year. When littered, disposable vapes can introduce plastic, nicotine salts, heavy metals, lead, mercury, and flammable lithium-ion batteries into the natural environment. These items and substances contaminate waterways and soil, posing a risk to the environment and animal health. A ban on the supply and sale of these throwaway items will help to protect our environment, as well as future generations, from the harmful effects of disposable vapes. Defra commissioned external research to further understand the environmental harms of disposable vapes, which is published <a href="https://sciencesearch.defra.gov.uk/ProjectDetails?ProjectId=21447" target="_blank">online</a>. The objectives of this reported included understanding the UK single-use vape market, disposal methods, environmental impacts and other international approaches to regulating vapes.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 22/02/2024 15:30:11 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687923

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on ensuring a consistent approach across the UK to the Government's proposed ban on disposable vapes.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	13324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 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 supply and ban 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. We are in regular discussions with the devolved administrations on these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 13828 question first answered 19/02/2024 09:55:07 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687365

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Sewage: Chipping Barnet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any storm overflow discharges took place in Chipping Barnet constituency in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency have instructed water companies to introduce Event Duration Monitors (EDMs), which provide them with much more information about where and when storm overflow discharges have occurred. Water companies submit annual returns of their EDM data, which are publicly available. The annual returns for 2023 are not yet available. At the end of 2023, the Government target of having all storm overflows in England monitored was met, so the EDM data for all sites should soon be available.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/02/2024 16:54:43 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687366

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Sewage: Chipping Barnet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there were storm overflow discharges into Pymmes Brook in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra and the Environment Agency have instructed water companies to introduce Event Duration Monitors (EDMs), which provide them with much more information about where and when storm overflow discharges have occurred. Water companies submit annual returns of their EDM data, which are publicly available. The annual returns for 2023 are not yet available. At the end of 2023, the Government target of having all storm overflows in England monitored was met, so the EDM data for all sites should soon be available. Three of the EDMs on the Pymmes Brook are new and therefore not online yet.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/02/2024 15:57:40 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687367

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Sewage: Chipping Barnet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce storm overflow discharges into Pymmes Brook.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is holding the water industry to account on a scale never seen before. It has significantly driven up monitoring and transparency from water companies in recent years. This includes achieving 100% Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) coverage across England, which measures how often and for how long storm overflows are used. Thames Water have installed 8 EDMs on the Pymmes Brook.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2022 the Government launched the most ambitious plan to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows in water company history.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) works closely with the sewerage undertaker, Thames Water Utilities, to help identify and resolve misconnections along the Pymmes Brook. Misconnections, which are difficult to trace, are wrongly plumbed connections that mean dirty water or sewage that should be directed to foul sewers or a combined drainage system has been linked to a surface water sewer. This can mean water from household appliances such as dishwashers, showers, baths or toilets, can be flowing directly into the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Pollution from misconnections can be from multiple sources and can be continuous, with a low to medium impact on outfalls connected to the watercourse. The EA ensures those identified polluted outfalls are added to Thames Water’s asset management plan programme to resolve.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 22/02/2024 15:28:09 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687369

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Sewage: Chipping Barnet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent pollution caused by plumbing misconnections in the Chipping Barnet constituency.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the harms that can be caused by misconnected plumbing. There are powers under existing legislation that in certain cases enable water companies to investigate and fix problems caused by misconnections, including powers of entry and powers to disconnect wrongly connected drains from public sewers. Where private drainage is unsatisfactory or causing a nuisance or hazard, local authorities can serve a notice requiring the owner to make satisfactory provision for drainage, with the ability to carry out works and recover costs where the owner fails to act.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 22/02/2024 15:26:13 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687381

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with NHS England on improving awareness of inequalities in black and Asian maternal health outcomes amongst clinicians.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and reducing disparities in health outcomes. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has not had specific discussions with NHS England about improving clinician awareness. However, the Maternity Disparities Taskforce, of which I am a co-chair, was established in February 2022 to tackle disparities for mothers and babies and reduce maternal and neonatal deaths.</p><p>The taskforce brings together experts from across the health system, governmental departments, and the voluntary sector to explore and consider evidence-based interventions to tackle maternal disparities. One of the key priorities of the taskforce at present is focusing on improving access to effective pre-conception and maternity care for women from ethnic minorities, and those living in the most deprived areas.</p><p>NHS England has also published their Equity and Equality guidance for Local Maternity Systems, supported by a £6.8 million investment, which focuses on actions to reduce disparities for women and babies from ethnic minorities and those living in the most deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 12/02/2024 16:25:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 16717 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687382

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide additional funding for research into the development of effective interventions to help tackle disparities in maternal health outcomes for black and Asian women.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department funds research in maternal and neonatal health through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including disparities in maternal health outcomes for black and Asian women.</p><p>In January my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the first ever NIHR Challenge, backed by £50 million, to task researchers and policymakers with finding new ways to tackle maternity disparities. We expect the funding call to launch in spring 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2024 10:10:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1687384

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
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 she is taking to measure progress made by initiatives to tackle health inequalities in maternity care in the black and Asian community.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	12960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services outlines an ambition to reduce inequalities for all in access, experience, and outcomes, and provide targeted support where health inequalities exist. As part of this plan, NHS England will utilise several metrics to track the impact on maternity and neonatal outcomes based on ethnicity, to measure progress towards improving equity for mothers and babies. These metrics are of sufficient sensitivity and statistical power to track changes in clinical outcomes for the groups most at risk of adverse outcomes.</p><p>Ethnic coding data completeness has improved year on year since 2019, helping to better understand health outcomes for different ethnic groups. NHS Resolution’s Maternity Incentive Scheme safety action two also sets a data quality standard to improve ethnic coding data completeness.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/02/2024 16:11:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers