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1718509

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 25289 on Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) holding and (b) collecting data on the provision of vision rehabilitation support.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	26533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working with local authorities and other organisations to identify the data needed to support the delivery of adult social care, and provide insight into adult social care outcomes. We are committed to reducing the burden of data collection on local authorities and adult social care providers, so the benefits of any new data collection will need to be balanced against the potential burden it would create.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/05/2024 08:53:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1716501

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the provision of vision rehabilitation support services.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	25289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not collect or hold this information. However, the Department is working with local authorities and other organisations to identify the data needed to support the delivery of adult social care, and provide insight into adult social care outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/05/2024 11:07:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1713587

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	International Law: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has received reports from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law since January 29 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	23534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government periodically reviews advice on Israel's overall commitment to International Humanitarian Law, and Ministers act in accordance with that advice.</p><p>On 8 April 2024, following advice from the Foreign Secretary, the Business and Trade Secretary took the decision that our position on export licences would remain unchanged. This was consistent with the advice Ministers received. We are keeping all licences for Israel under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 29/04/2024 16:04:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1713589

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	International Law: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has shared legal advice from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law with representatives of her workforce within (a) the Public and Commercial Services Union and (b) other unions.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	23535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>FCDO advice informs decisions made by the Department for Business and Trade Secretary of State as the decision-making authority. The content of this advice is confidential. Union membership is a matter for individual staff members and does not alter the manner in which teams work in the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 29/04/2024 16:34:47 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1712702

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Elbit Systems: Standard Individual Export Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 22087 on Elbit Systems UK: Exports, whether she holds information on the type of items approved for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence granted to Elbit Systems Limited in Israel; and whether those items were used in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The items licensed for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) were intended for flight trials and testing. Items exported under a temporary SIEL must be returned to the UK within 12 months of the date on which the licence was granted.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely. All licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 26/04/2024 10:01:25 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1712703

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Elbit Systems: Standard Individual Export Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 22087 on Elbit Systems UK: Exports, whether the items approved for export under the temporary standard individual export licence granted to Elbit Systems Limited in Israel are used in the Hermes 450 drone.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The items licensed for export under the temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) were intended for flight trials and testing. Items exported under a temporary SIEL must be returned to the UK within 12 months of the date on which the licence was granted.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely. All licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 26/04/2024 09:43:07 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1702254

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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	Pension Protection Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend member and trade union representation to the board of the Pension Protection Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for the Board of the Pension Protection Fund to include member or trade union representation, and there are no plans to extend representation to these groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Pension Protection Fund does, however, have Member Panels – which Board members are invited to attend – to enable members to feed in views on the service offered and thoughts about changes that could be made in the future.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/04/2024 13:59:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1701501

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Elbit Systems UK: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether an Elbit Systems UK (a) company, (b) subsidiary and (c) agent has been issued with a licence to export aero-engines for military use since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our records show that since 2008 and up to 30 June 2023, which is the date of the Government’s most recent Official Statistics release on export licensing decisions, we have not issued an export licence to ‘Elbit Systems UK’ to export aero-engines for military use.</p><p> </p><p>Our records also show that as at 30 June 2023, we had granted one temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) to export military aero-engines to ‘Elbit Systems Limited’ in Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold a comprehensive list of all of the subsidiaries or companies owned by Elbit Systems Limited.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 22087 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:45:37 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1701502

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Elbit Systems: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether military aero-engines have been exported to (a) Elbit subsidiaries and (b) companies owned by Elbit Systems Ltd in Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	22087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our records show that since 2008 and up to 30 June 2023, which is the date of the Government’s most recent Official Statistics release on export licensing decisions, we have not issued an export licence to ‘Elbit Systems UK’ to export aero-engines for military use.</p><p> </p><p>Our records also show that as at 30 June 2023, we had granted one temporary Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) to export military aero-engines to ‘Elbit Systems Limited’ in Israel.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold a comprehensive list of all of the subsidiaries or companies owned by Elbit Systems Limited.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 22086 question first answered 19/04/2024 13:45:37 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1698520

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Israel: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Canadian counterpart on the reasons for which that country has suspended arms exports to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	20359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We have regular engagement with our allies, including Canada, on the conflict. Canada has made clear that, while it has not approved new licences for military equipment since 8 January of this year, it has not suspended extant licences approved before that date.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 18/04/2024 16:23:00 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon