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1723444

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fund further research relating to suicide amongst (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	1772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">As the responsible Minister for leading the work on the mental health of all our serving and former Serving personnel, I take this matter extremely seriously.</ins></p><p>The Ministry of Defence continues to monitor the long-term impact of operational deployments. A study mapping the mortality rates and causes of death, including suicide, of military personnel who served since 2001, including those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is underway. The focus of this study is to understand the long-term impact of military service. It will compare findings with the general population.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Suicide Register has also been launched. This is an ongoing Defence-led project to provide an evidence-base specific to Serving personnel by better understanding circumstances surrounding individual deaths. It draws together information from multiple data sources across Defence, enabling internal analysis across organisational boundaries to inform evidence-based prevention, intervention, and postvention activity.</p><p> </p><p>Research suggests that the risk of suicide in our veteran population as a whole is no higher than that in the general population. However, it suggests that certain younger cohorts of veterans may be at a higher risk. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs is working across Government and with civil society to ensure veterans have access to the health support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 02/08/2024 14:09:11 question first ministerially corrected 08/08/2024 09:57:54 answering member 5235 previous answer version 2494 answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns answering member 5235
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1723065

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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	Fly-tipping: South Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of fly tipping there were in South Norfolk constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Windsor Framework maintains the free flow of trade from GB to NI in the UK internal market. We are committed to implementing the Windsor Framework in good faith and protecting the UK internal market.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">DAERA as the responsible administration, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as the regulator, liaise with manufacturers and grower groups on issues around Plant Protection Products (PPPs) availability to ensure the impacts on the farming industry in both NI and GB are minimised where possible.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department publishes annually, at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fenv24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england.&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFlytipping%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca9d1ce7c47b0405f83ae08dcabbf7f6d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638574086178649864%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nkO3WB%2FxwOHT8fsDbG492WJ30kvgokCIj7O1a%2BA%2FJbE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england.</a> This data isn't available at a constituency level and excludes the majority of private-land incidents. </ins></p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 29/07/2024 14:03:16 question first ministerially corrected 29/07/2024 17:02:56 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh previous answer version 1236 answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5205

1723914

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase public trust and confidence in policing.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	John Slinger
uin	900123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">For far too long, violence against women and girls has been treated as an inevitability rather than the national emergency that it is. Our mission is to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool at our disposal to protect victims and to get dangerous offenders off the streets.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">That must start with drastically improving the policing and criminal justice response, ensuring that every force has the specialist capability to respond swiftly and robustly to these devastating crimes, and we will be bringing forward plans shortly to drive up standards across policing.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is essential that the public can have confidence in the police; the government has committed to restoring confidence in policing to record levels, alongside halving violence against women and girls and halving knife crime over a decade. These are core aims of the government's mission to take back our streets.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government is also committed to improving police standards by strengthening the police misconduct system and introducing mandatory national vetting standards.</ins></p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 29/07/2024 15:43:55 question first ministerially corrected 14/08/2024 14:57:06 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson previous answer version 1282 answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips answering member 4370
tabling member	5127

1721712

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Health: Dudley
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 he plans to take to reduce health inequalities in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley
tabling member printed	Sonia Kumar
uin	427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>As part of our health mission, the Government is committed to ensuring people live well for longer. This includes tackling the determinants that underpin stark health inequalities, to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.</p><p>We are working closely with local Directors of Public Health to ensure the ring-fenced Public Health Grant funds evidence-based activity to improve health and tackle health inequalities. The grant allocated to the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council for 2024/25 was £23,251,698. In addition, £1,221,970 was allocated to invest in drug misuse services. <ins class="ministerial">Dudley is one of 75 local authorities with high levels of deprivation receiving funding to improve outcomes for families with babies as part of the £300 million Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme. </ins><del class="ministerial">The council also receives funding, £1,533,953 from 2023/24 to 2024/25, for the Family Hub and Start for Life Programme. This programme is creating a network of family hubs with services that support families from conception to the age of two. </del></p><p>We are also working alongside NHS England Midlands and the Black Country Integrated Care System to support a range of local initiatives and to embed the Core20PLUS5 approach, focused on clinical areas with the most need of accelerated improvement in the poorest 20% of the population and other underserved population groups identified locally. Work also continues with the West Midlands Combined Authority to take forward a health in all policies approach across the wider determinants of health.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 23/07/2024 15:12:37 question first ministerially corrected 08/08/2024 09:57:26 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne previous answer version 241 answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5274

1312430

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parking: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of on-street car parking charges in (a) Newry, (b) Lisburn, (c) Belfast and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	188164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon Member in the time available before Dissolution.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The provision of car parking is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Therefore, the funding allocated to this specific service is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive to allocate from within the substantial resources provided by the UK Government. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2021/22, the UK Government is providing £14.2bn to the Northern Ireland Executive to enable it to deliver public services for the benefit of all people and communities in Northern Ireland. In addition to this, the UK Government is continuing to drive forward investment through a comprehensive and ambitious set of City and Growth Deals across Northern Ireland, and the creation of the UK Community Renewal Fund, the Levelling Up Fund and the Community Ownership Fund to create opportunities for further investment in people, communities and infrastructure. </ins></p><p><br /> <br /></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 29/04/2021 12:55:07 question first ministerially corrected 30/04/2021 09:23:35 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 101506 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1312248

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible young people have been referred to the Kickstart scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	187214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As of 22<sup>nd</sup> April 2021, our Work Coaches have referred over 603,000 young people at risk of long-term unemployment to apply for Kickstart job vacancies.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As of 22<sup>nd</sup> April 2021, our Work Coaches have made over 603,000 referrals to Kickstart jobs. Young people on the Kickstart Scheme can be referred to multiple Kickstart jobs and several young people can be referred to each job.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Once a referral is made, individual employees interview, review and hire young people to placements as they would for other jobs.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2021 08:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 12:48:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 100776 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1311549

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Choirs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the timescale for allowing choirs to sing (a) indoors and (b) outdoors as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
uin	185798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Non-professional performing arts activities such as choirs are currently permitted outdoors, within the legal gathering limits. People should only take part in non-professional performing arts activities outdoors in groups of up to 6 people, or as a group of 2 households. A group made up of 2 households can include more than 6 people, but only where all members of the group are from the same 2 households (each household can include an existing support bubble, if eligible). Social distancing should be maintained between people who do not live together or share a bubble.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Non-professional activity indoors is not permitted indoors at this time. The intention is that this will be permitted from Step 3 of the Roadmap (no earlier than 17 May). This is subject to review and further guidance will be provided in advance of step 3.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Rules on outdoor singing for non-professionals will be relaxed at Step 3 of the roadmap and no earlier than 17 May, in line with the changes to social contact limits and wider performing arts activity restarting. Amateur singing indoors, is expected to return at Step 4 of the Roadmap and no earlier than 21 June.</del></p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 spreads from person to person through small droplets, aerosols and through direct contact. Singing, playing some musical instruments, shouting and physical activity increases the risk of transmission through small droplets and aerosols. The cumulative effect of aerosol transmission means the more people involved, the higher the risk of transmission. This means that it is currently important to limit the total number of individuals involved in singing as far as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:27:02 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 12:48:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 99799 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1311648

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Development Aid: Biodiversity and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the official development assistance budget was spent on climate and biodiversity in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	185994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">FCDO is unable to provide details of 2020/21 Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend on Climate and Biodiversity at this stage. Final, audited spend data for 2020/21 will be published in our annual report later this year. This report will contain detailed breakdowns of the UK's ODA spend, including an activity level dataset.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Foreign Secretary has outlined via Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament the thematic and regional allocations for FCDO ODA spend. Official Development Assistance budgets for 2021/22, along with final audited spend for 2020/21, will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts in due course.</ins></p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/04/2021 16:33:22 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2021 16:54:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 99986 answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1311016

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	River Wye: Pollution
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 his Department has had with the Welsh Government on tackling pollution in the River Wye.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	185301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Defra is committed to improving our water environment and reducing the impact of excess nutrients, including on the River Wye.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Natural England, the Environment Agency and other partners, including Natural Resources Wales, have been working together through a Nutrient Management Board to find effective solutions and document these through an action plan which is currently being drafted. This will identify measures needed to both restore the site to favourable condition and seek to create capacity for development, without harming the natural environment.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Additionally, since 2016 the Environment Agency has been undertaking a significant amount of agricultural compliance and regulatory activity using satellite technology to identify and target locations at high risk of contributing to nutrient and soil pollution. This has been backed up by an extensive programme of advisory and support work delivered by Catchment Sensitive Farming and catchment partners such as the Wye and Usk Foundation and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust to improve agriculture sources of pollution to the River Wye.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Furthermore, there is work underway to tackle phosphate pollution from waste water treatment in the River Wye through catchment partnerships. The Nutrient Management Board, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and the recently announced Storm Overflows Task Force will seek to make further improvements in this space.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">I accept that there is more to be done. As this is a devolved matter I, and officials in my department, remain engaged with our Welsh counterparts to align efforts on cross-border pollution issues and monitor progress closely.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">I have been informed by Natural England that the section of the River Wye in Gloucestershire is not in unfavourable condition and therefore the implications of the ruling in the Dutch Nitrogen case do not currently apply in this area. However, we are working across Government to address the issues arising out of the ruling and the subsequent requirement for development to achieve ‘nutrient neutrality.’</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">I co-chair a Task-force with Minister Pincher bringing together Defra, MHCLG, Natural England and Environment Agency officials to develop a clear action plan to tackle the issue. The aim of this group is to both ensure housebuilding can proceed near our most important protected areas whilst not negatively contributing to their condition, and develop long term solutions to the underlying issue of the condition of protected sites such as the River Wye/Lugg.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In Herefordshire, Herefordshire Council has developed its wetlands scheme and is commissioning the drafting of an ‘Interim Delivery Plan’ which includes a Phosphate Calculator, with advice from Natural England. This will assist in the development of mitigation options in catchment. Similar schemes are underway at other currently affected sites and are moving forward, such as agreed mitigation being in place for the River Avon SAC.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Furthermore, Natural England’s guidance to local authorities is being updated and they are working closely in catchments such as that of the River Wye and Lugg to share details of this ongoing work. We will continue to support developers and local authorities to meet the requirement for nutrient neutrality. We are also working to identify strategic actions to improve the overall condition of the sites and bring them back into a favourable condition.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In Herefordshire, this will include working with Welsh Government and their agencies. I have written to the Welsh Government Minister for the Environment to signal the need to work closely on this issue. Natural England and the Environment Agency, together with Natural Resources Wales and Herefordshire Council, will continue to work together to identify the measures to restore the site to favourable condition, and on creating capacity for development.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The requirement for nutrient neutrality will not affect current levels of Phosphate discharge to the river but it will avoid any further deterioration caused by additional nutrient pollution from waste water at these sites. The Nutrient Neutral approach, once mitigation has been agreed at particular sites, will allow for housebuilding to resume without causing this additional deterioration. There is a national programme under the Water Framework Directive for monitoring the status of rivers and we will continue to assess whether the site is moving toward good ecological status.</del></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/04/2021 13:07:57 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2021 09:12:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 99115 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1311220

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations are proscribed under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000 due to their association with terrorism in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL15139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As set out under Schedule 2 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and published on gov.uk, the following groups linked to Northern Ireland Related Terrorism are proscribed: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Continuity Army Council</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Cumann na mBan</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fianna na hEireann</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish National Liberation Army</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish People's Liberation Organisation</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Irish Republican Army</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Loyalist Volunteer Force</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Orange Volunteers</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Red Hand Commando</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Red Hand Defenders</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Saor Eire</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Defence Association</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Freedom Fighters</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ulster Volunteer Force</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/04/2021 12:57:02 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 13:30:45 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie previous answer version 101532 answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn