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1700370

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure coordination across Government departments on the efficient implementation of the full infected blood compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	21257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministerial colleagues and I, as well as officials in the Cabinet Office and relevant other Government Departments, are working closely to ensure effective design and implementation of the Government response to Inquiry, with regular meetings and engagement across Whitehall.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to responding to the recommendations made by Sir Brian Langstaff in full, after the publication of the final report. The Government has appointed an expert group to provide advice on recommendations regarding compensation, and we are bringing forward amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill at Report Stage in the Other Place to speed up the Government response to the Inquiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 21123 21258 question first answered 17/04/2024 15:48:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1700371

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what preparations his Department is making for the roll-out of the infected blood compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	21258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministerial colleagues and I, as well as officials in the Cabinet Office and relevant other Government Departments, are working closely to ensure effective design and implementation of the Government response to Inquiry, with regular meetings and engagement across Whitehall.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to responding to the recommendations made by Sir Brian Langstaff in full, after the publication of the final report. The Government has appointed an expert group to provide advice on recommendations regarding compensation, and we are bringing forward amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill at Report Stage in the Other Place to speed up the Government response to the Inquiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 21123 21257 question first answered 17/04/2024 15:48:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1666204

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 55 of the Spring Budget 2023, what the planned timescales are for spending the £289 million in start-up funding for childcare; and how much and what proportion of that funding will be allocated to childcare school-aged children.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	203621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced a transformative set of childcare reforms. This included the largest ever investment in childcare including expansions of early years entitlements and wraparound childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The department is investing £289 million in a new wraparound childcare programme to support local authorities to work with primary schools and providers, including childminders, to set up and deliver more wraparound childcare before and after school in the term time. The department’s ambition is for all parents of primary school children who need it to access childcare in their local area from 8am to 6pm.</p><p> </p><p>Parents should expect to see an expansion in the availability of wraparound care from September 2024, with every parent who needs it able to access term-time wraparound childcare by September 2026. Programme funding allocations will be announced at the necessary points to support local authorities and schools to meet these timescales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 26/10/2023 10:19:55 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1639356

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Wetlands: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the monetary value of the benefits delivered by urban wetlands.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	186258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 22 May is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 31/05/2023 12:15:12 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ186258.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1316827

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pets: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Pet Theft Taskforce is taking to tackle the challenges of gathering data on pet theft from police forces, including the (a) inconsistent data collection and recording methods and (b) lack of specific data collection on pet theft.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	4741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the distress pet theft causes will consider the evidence and what more could be done to prevent these cruel crimes. That is why we launched the Pet Theft Taskforce on 8 May. Among the activities that the Taskforce will be undertaking is work with police and other law enforcement partners is to understand the scale of pet theft.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/05/2021 11:57:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1301983

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Climate Change: 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, how the (a) UK and (b) Global carbon budget informs the Government's Climate Change mitigation strategy.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	167361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s independent advisers, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) advised that reaching net zero by 2050 is the right target for the UK, which is consistent with the UK’s contribution to reducing global emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. We followed their advice by legislating for net zero in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>When setting our carbon budgets, which step down towards our 2050 target, we follow the requirements set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. These include taking account of several matters including “scientific knowledge about climate change” and “circumstances at European and international level”.</p><p> </p><p>We will carefully consider the CCC’s advice ahead of setting the sixth carbon budget in legislation later this year. Following the setting of this target, we will be publishing a comprehensive Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26 which sets out the Government’s vision for how we transition to a net zero economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/03/2021 17:49:43 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1150663

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 290620 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control, what steps she is taking to ensure that badgers from the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s Woodchester Park research centre are not inadvertently killed in surrounding cull zones.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	1885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s ongoing study of the wild badger population at Woodchester Park can adapt to assess any new impacts on the badger population, including from licensed badger culling taking place across Gloucestershire, which is in the Bovine TB High Risk Area of England. Woodchester Park’s work will continue to support policy and research in line with our TB strategy’s adaptive and evidence-based approach.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1886 1887 question first answered 28/10/2019 10:51:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1150188

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of cases heard by the Grocery Code Adjudicator (a) were successfully proven (b) were unsuccessfully proven and (c) dropped before a decision could be made in each years since the establishment of the Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Groceries Code Adjudicator’s (GCA) remit is set out in the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013. The GCA’s statutory functions are to investigate suspected breaches of the Code based on issues raised and information received and to arbitrate, where requested, in disputes between suppliers and designated retailers. Since June 2013 the GCA has concluded two investigations and seven arbitrations. In each investigation the GCA found the relevant designated retailer had breached the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. The outcome of arbitrations is confidential.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/10/2019 12:32:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 715 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1149222

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the 10 most frequent causes of admission to an NHS hospital; were in the most recent 12 month period for and how many people were admitted for each of those causes, in that time period which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p><p>NHS Digital published its Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity for 2018-19 on 19 September 2019.</p><p>Data are set out in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Patient admission - sub-chapter description</p></td><td><p>Number of Finished Admissions Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complications of labour and delivery</p></td><td><p>1,056,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other diseases of intestines</p></td><td><p>646,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arthropathies</p></td><td><p>609,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen</p></td><td><p>554,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health services in circumstances related to reproduction</p></td><td><p>539,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disorders of lens (including cataracts)</p></td><td><p>456,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory/respiratory system</p></td><td><p>440,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases of oesophagus, stomach and duodenum</p></td><td><p>430,757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In situ and benign neoplasms and others of uncertainty</p></td><td><p>430,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue</p></td><td><p>387,191</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2018-19" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2018-19</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/10/2019 12:03:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1147981

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Eligibility
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 1 October 2019 to Question 290603, what support is available to people who would otherwise be eligible for benefits and who are undergoing long-term hospital care to pay for (a) mortgages, (b) rents and (c) other personal and care charges to help ensure that they do not lose their unit of accommodation while in NHS-funded care.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	293432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is a long standing principle that there should not be double provision for the same contingency out of public funds. Legislation provides that where any costs of qualifying services are borne out of public funds the disability benefits (Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment) are withdrawn after 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>Certain additions are payable on top of income-related benefits, such as Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, and Universal Credit. Housing costs in legacy benefits and Universal Credit are withdrawn after an adult has been a hospital in-patient for a specified period depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Housing Benefit can remain in payment up to 52 weeks, for people who are hospitalised, as long as they intend to return to their normal dwelling and it has not been sublet during their absence.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/10/2019 14:06:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew