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1666560

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date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's target timescales are for the processing of naturalisation applications.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	203793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The service standard for applications for naturalisation is six months.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain/after-youve-applied#:~:text=get%20your%20certificate-,After%20you%27ve%20applied,will%20not%20affect%20the%20decision." target="_blank">Apply for citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain or 'settled status': After you’ve applied - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:45:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1666561

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to approve naturalisation applications was in each of the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	203794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s Home Department publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.uk website. We do not publish data on average processing times for naturalisation applications.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CIan.Page%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0fd42ac1b24f49e85b3c08dbad3e6427%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638294255692779769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fntzjp8AXZT0DZdMr6HAq49eWecFfFUCQHIzr0KaDgs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:46:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1666565

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2023 to Question 202950 on Naturalisation: Applications, if she will correct the broken link to her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 in that Answer; if she will provide a link to the reference to naturalisation in those Report and Accounts; and whether her Department collects information on the length of time taken to process naturalisation applications.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	203795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We apologise for error in UIN 202950. The link to the HO Annual report is :<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:33:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665818

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Diabetes and Obesity
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 hospital admissions were due to issues relating to obesity and diabetes in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of these admissions.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	203265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows hospital admission data due to diabetes mellitus and obesity and other hyperalimentation episodes:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Admissions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Diabetes Mellitus</p></td><td><p>Obesity and other hyperalimentation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>59,828</p></td><td><p>11,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>54,811</p></td><td><p>4,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>61,663</p></td><td><p>7,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>61,796</p></td><td><p>8,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, NHS Digital</p><p>The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme supports those identified at high risk of type 2 diabetes to reduce their risk. Latest figures in February 2023 shows a 20% reduction in risk for those who are referred to the programme compared to those who are not.</p><p>The weight loss drug Semaglutide (Wegovy) was launched in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2023 and will be made available on the National Health Service in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations to ensure cost effective use. A two-year pilot backed by up to £40 million is being developed to explore ways to make these drugs accessible to patients living with obesity outside of hospital settings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/10/2023 14:57:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 101595 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665819

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
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 hospital admissions were due to alcohol consumption in each year since 2019-20; and what steps his Department is taking to help tackle this issue.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	203266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows recorded hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions (conditions solely caused by alcohol) and alcohol-related conditions (conditions partially caused by alcohol):</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of admissions, England, persons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alcohol-specific conditions</p></td><td><p>Alcohol-related conditions (broad)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>To be released February 2024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>342,795</p></td><td><p>948,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>347,761</p></td><td><p>814,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>318,596</p></td><td><p>976,423</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: OHID, Local Alcohol Profiles for England.</p><p> </p><p>We have a strong programme underway to address alcohol-related harm, including investing £27 million of funding to establish alcohol care teams in the 25% of hospitals in England with the greatest need. This is expected to prevent a further 50,000 hospital admissions over five years.</p><p>We are also working to reduce excess alcohol consumption and associated harm among people who regularly drink above the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines (over 14 units per week) by facilitating substitution of standard strength alcohol with no and low-alcohol alternatives. On 28 September 2023, we launched a consultation on updating our labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives, to improve clarity of consumer information, and to support innovation in the sector. This will provide greater choice for consumers to help them moderate excess alcohol consumption. More information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/updating-labelling-guidance-for-no-and-low-alcohol-alternatives/updating-labelling-guidance-for-no-and-low-alcohol-alternatives-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/updating-labelling-guidance-for-no-and-low-alcohol-alternatives/updating-labelling-guidance-for-no-and-low-alcohol-alternatives-consultation</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/10/2023 13:25:02 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665304

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of security checks for naturalisation applications have expired and required subsequent re-vetting in the last month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	202947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:23:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665305

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on the training NHS staff should receive on (a) assistance dogs and (b) supporting blind and visually impaired people.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	202948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged, including disabled people with assistance dogs.</p><p>National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers must comply with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) to meet the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss, including blind and visually impaired people. NHS England has completed a review of the AIS to help ensure that everyone’s communication needs are met in health and care provision. The review considered the effectiveness of the current AIS, how the standard is implemented and enforced in practice, and identified recommendations for improvement. The revised standard will be published in due course.</p><p>Following publication, NHS England will continue work to support implementation with awareness raising, communication and engagement and updated e-learning modules on the AIS to ensure NHS staff are better aware of the standard and their roles and responsibilities in implementing it. Assistance dogs are not covered within the scope of the AIS.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 11:45:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 99506 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665306

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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: Visual Impairment
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 and what proportion of blind and visually impaired people were prevented from accessing NHS estates with guide dogs in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	202949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally. Under the Equality Act 2010, health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged, including disabled people with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled people have the same access to National Health Service estates.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 11:46:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 99508 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665307

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long has her Department's current longest-running naturalisation application taken so far to be processed as of October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	202950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. Published data regarding naturalisation applications can be found via the Transparency Report (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-annual-report&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Hughes26%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caf1337e1b3ac46e73b8908dbd0880826%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333054882628934%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K9uigDB8cVN2z2RQHCupU1%2Buscgxe9yglsQKB890S6g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report</a>) and the Migration statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023</a>).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:22:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1663655

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of prioritising earlier detection of heart failure as part of the Major Conditions Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	201509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>We have heard from a wide range of stakeholders, and their views are informing the development of the Major Conditions Strategy (MCS). This will include the responses we have received following the call for evidence.</p><p>We are engaging across the conditions in the MCS rather than individually; therefore, specific conversations prioritising earlier detection of heart failure have not taken place.</p><p>From April 2022, Primary Care Networks have been required to support earlier identification of heart failure and better management of cholesterol to prevent heart failure.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/10/2023 15:46:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma