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1728824

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Japan: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Japanese counterpart on recent legislation affecting religious groups in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>This is a subject that is reserved for the Government of Japan and institutions of Japan. As a matter of principle, the UK has a long-standing policy to defend freedom of religion or belief for all and promote respect between different religious and non-religious communities. The right to adopt a religion or belief, to practise it without hindrance, to share your faith and to change your religion or beliefs are all key freedoms that everyone should be able to enjoy.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 07/10/2024 15:44:56 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728826

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Bangladesh: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Bangladesh on protecting religious minorities; and what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support (a) religious tolerance and (b) human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a long-standing commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. We are committed to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all, as guaranteed under international human rights law. In July, the UK Government expressed concern about the situation in Bangladesh and called for all sides to work together to end the violence. We support the independent fact-finding mission by the United Nations to identify human rights violations in Bangladesh. The Interim Government in Bangladesh has the UK's full support as it works to restore peace and order, ensure accountability and promote national reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 07/10/2024 15:39:45 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728864

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Peripheral Arterial Disease
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 his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of peripheral arterial disease and (b) ensure that patients have access to safe and effective treatment options for the disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2024 answer text <p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable, through lifestyle changes and a combination of public health and National Health Service action on smoking and tobacco addiction, obesity, tackling alcohol misuse, and food reformulation. Prevention is key to reducing the incidence of peripheral arterial disease, and the NHS England Long Term Plan, published in 2019, has committed to several key ambitions to support the delivery of the aim to help prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes, and dementia cases by 2029, through improving care and outcomes for those individuals with CVD. This includes enhanced diagnostic support in the community, better personalised planning, and increasing access to cardiac rehabilitation.</p><p>Furthermore, NHS England commissions vascular arterial care from a number of specialist vascular arterial centres to ensure appropriate management of the disease. NHS England also commissioned a two-year Commissioning for Quality and Innovation scheme from 2022 to 2024. This scheme incentivised the adoption of the Vascular Peripheral Arterial Disease Quality Improvement Framework to support timely interventions for revascularisation. Additionally, over three-quarters of patients undergoing procedures for peripheral arterial disease in 2022 were current or ex-smokers, with approximately half of patients suffering with diabetes.</p><p>The 2023 National Vascular Registry (NVR) State of the Nation Report, which covers the United Kingdom, reports on both lower limb revascularisation for peripheral arterial disease and major lower limb amputations, and states that during 2022 there were:</p><ul><li>6,432 bypass or open procedures, with 3,565 being elective and 2,867 non-elective;</li><li>8,031 endovascular procedures, with 5,265 elective and 2,766 non-elective; and</li><li>the NVR received details of 3,505 major lower limb amputations across the UK.</li></ul> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5319 question first answered 08/10/2024 13:05:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728866

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Peripheral Arterial Disease
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 his Department holds on the number of cases of (a) peripheral arterial disease and (b) lower-limb amputations carried out due to the progression of that disease each year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2024 answer text <p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely preventable, through lifestyle changes and a combination of public health and National Health Service action on smoking and tobacco addiction, obesity, tackling alcohol misuse, and food reformulation. Prevention is key to reducing the incidence of peripheral arterial disease, and the NHS England Long Term Plan, published in 2019, has committed to several key ambitions to support the delivery of the aim to help prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks, strokes, and dementia cases by 2029, through improving care and outcomes for those individuals with CVD. This includes enhanced diagnostic support in the community, better personalised planning, and increasing access to cardiac rehabilitation.</p><p>Furthermore, NHS England commissions vascular arterial care from a number of specialist vascular arterial centres to ensure appropriate management of the disease. NHS England also commissioned a two-year Commissioning for Quality and Innovation scheme from 2022 to 2024. This scheme incentivised the adoption of the Vascular Peripheral Arterial Disease Quality Improvement Framework to support timely interventions for revascularisation. Additionally, over three-quarters of patients undergoing procedures for peripheral arterial disease in 2022 were current or ex-smokers, with approximately half of patients suffering with diabetes.</p><p>The 2023 National Vascular Registry (NVR) State of the Nation Report, which covers the United Kingdom, reports on both lower limb revascularisation for peripheral arterial disease and major lower limb amputations, and states that during 2022 there were:</p><ul><li>6,432 bypass or open procedures, with 3,565 being elective and 2,867 non-elective;</li><li>8,031 endovascular procedures, with 5,265 elective and 2,766 non-elective; and</li><li>the NVR received details of 3,505 major lower limb amputations across the UK.</li></ul> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5318 question first answered 08/10/2024 13:05:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728886

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Cancer: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available (a) for families of children and young people with cancer and (b) to cover the additional costs that families of children and young people with cancer incur due to additional (i) travel, (ii) energy, (iii) accommodation and (iv) dietary requirements.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available for families of children and young people with cancer. There are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment on the potential merits of providing financial support to children and young people with cancer that must undertake cross-border travel to receive treatment. However, the Government is committed to putting patients first and providing speedy and high-quality care, irrespective of where patients are treated in the United Kingdom. The Government is working with the devolved administrations to deliver this.</p><p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital, or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional. This includes the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS), which provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. Patients who do not qualify for the HTCS and who are on a low income may be able to claim the costs from the Department for Work and Pensions through Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payment. Currently, there are no national schemes in place for families of children and young people with cancer to support with the costs associated with energy, accommodation, or dietary requirements.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5322 question first answered 08/10/2024 13:07:34 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728887

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing financial support to (a) cancer patients under the age of 26 and (b) their families when travel is required from Northern Ireland to England for treatment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>Support for patients required to travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain for medical treatment is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health. However, this Government wants to work with the Northern Ireland Executive, Assembly, and local leaders to support them in delivering better health outcomes.</p><p>Patients in Northern Ireland pay for their own travel to appointments unless they are eligible for the Department of Health’s Hospital Travel Costs Scheme which is for people on a low income, including travel to the rest of the UK for treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 07/10/2024 12:38:31 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728888

registered interest
date	11/09/2024
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	Cancer: Children and Young People
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 have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing financial support to cancer patients under the age of 26 that must undertake cross-border travel within the UK to receive treatment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the adequacy of the amount of financial support available for families of children and young people with cancer. There are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment on the potential merits of providing financial support to children and young people with cancer that must undertake cross-border travel to receive treatment. However, the Government is committed to putting patients first and providing speedy and high-quality care, irrespective of where patients are treated in the United Kingdom. The Government is working with the devolved administrations to deliver this.</p><p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital, or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional. This includes the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS), which provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. Patients who do not qualify for the HTCS and who are on a low income may be able to claim the costs from the Department for Work and Pensions through Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payment. Currently, there are no national schemes in place for families of children and young people with cancer to support with the costs associated with energy, accommodation, or dietary requirements.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5320 question first answered 08/10/2024 13:07:34 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728425

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Allergies: Children
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 recent discussions with (a) medical researchers and (b) other professionals on trends in the level of severe allergies in children in the last 10 years; and steps his Department is taking to screen more children for severe allergies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into all aspects of human health, including research into allergies. The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. These are judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality, and the NIHR will work with researchers to facilitate the development of good-quality proposals that will move the evidence base forward.</p><p>An Expert Advisory Group for Allergy (EAGA) was established in 2023, and brings together key stakeholders, including clinical organisations, with the aim improving the quality-of-life of people with allergies. Chaired jointly by the Department and the National Allergy Strategy Group, the EAGA identifies priority areas for the Department, NHS England, and other Government departments and agencies relating to allergies that require policy change or development, and advises on how to best achieve improved outcomes.</p><p>The Department has also held a number of meetings with the National Allergy Research Foundation (NARF) to discuss both the research and policy aspects of allergies. The NARF is a charity with a mission to make allergy history through pioneering scientific and medical research, to change the lives of those living with allergies, starting with food allergies.</p><p>Blood and skin allergy tests can detect a patient's sensitivity to common allergens, including food allergens, and advice on the circumstances under which such tests should be offered are contained in the guidance, Food allergy in under 19s: assessment and diagnosis [CG116], published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The NICE maintains surveillance of new evidence that may affect its published guidance, and would consult on proposed changes if significant new evidence were to emerge.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 16/09/2024 15:50:24 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728426

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase deterrents for shoplifting.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>Shoplifting continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.</p><p>This Government will end the effective immunity, introduced by the previous Government, granted to low level shoplifting of goods under £200 and introduce a new offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardworking and dedicated staff that work in stores.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 16/09/2024 14:33:43 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728427

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Football: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide levelling-up funding for community football grounds in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, £2.2 million of levelling up investment was committed to the redevelopment of the South Stand at Crusaders FC. The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech forecasted an overspend of £21.9 billion above limits set by the Treasury in the Spring. We must ensure that we are making responsible decisions on public spending. Decisions that have fallen on this Government to take. In this context, the Chancellor has set out a path to confirming plans for this year and next at the forthcoming Budget on October 30th.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 18/09/2024 11:34:51 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon