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1312038

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Contact Tracing: Computer Software
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 20 January 2021 to Question 134587 on Contact Tracing: Computer Software, for what reason the Government is not planning to re-design the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app for it to work on older iPhone models; and what recent steps the Government has taken to increase uptake of the covid-19 contact tracing app since 20 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	187336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation. answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 12:50:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1312073

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Sacituzumab Govitecan
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 allow accelerated approval and access to the breast cancer drug Trodelvy, to treat people with serious metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	187337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/04/2021 11:53:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1311808

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to exempt people in long-distance relationships from the covid-19 international travel ban.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	186264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>There are a range of border measures in place to protect the UK from the importation of coronavirus and variants of concern (VoCs), including self-isolation, managed quarantine and testing. These measures are kept under regular review.</p><p> </p><p>Restrictions for England introduced on 29 March 2021 remain in place meaning everyone must “Stay in the UK” unless travelling for a very limited set of reasons. The limited number of exemptions from enhanced border measures for travellers are kept under regular review to ensure they are only in place while absolutely necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The government unveiled a roadmap by which international travel restrictions could be lifted no earlier than 17 May 2020. The Global Travel Taskforce (GTT) developed a framework for a safe, sustainable and robust return to non-essential travel, that is risk based and does not compromise UK public health. The government will confirm by early May whether non-essential international travel can resume from 17 May.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 28/04/2021 10:08:11 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1311847

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	Travel: 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, if he will make an assessment of adding touring artists to the list of jobs that qualify for covid-19 travel exemptions.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	186265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting our world-leading creative industries and to help them to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 travel exemptions are kept under review and any changes are driven by the public health risks.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/04/2021 09:40:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1302557

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	Iraq: Journalism
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent arrests of journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan region; and if he will make representations to his counterparts in the Kurdish Regional Government on the release of those journalists.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	169043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>We are aware of reports concerning the detention and convictions of journalists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and are following the situation closely. A free and independent media is essential to functioning societies. We condemn acts of intimidation against journalists and media organisations, and the suppression of information.</p><p>I have raised and continue to raise my concerns over restrictions on media freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani. In the last few weeks, our Ambassador in Baghdad, and our Consul General in Erbil, has also discussed these issues with their interlocutors in the Kurdistan Regional Government.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 22/03/2021 16:30:51 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1302558

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	Endometriosis: Diagnosis
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 make it his policy to introduce a target for the average time taken to provide a diagnosis of endometriosis of (a) four years or less by 2025 and (b) 12 months or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	169044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>Important research in primary care when women present with endometriosis-like symptoms is currently underway, hosted by the National Institute of Health Research. The results will be published later this year and will help us to understand delays in diagnosis. On 8 March, we launched a 12-week call for evidence as part of the first Government-led Women’s Health Strategy for England. The online survey within the call for evidence seeks information on gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/03/2021 12:22:22 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1302559

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of domestic abuse who commit offences as a result of trauma from their past abuse.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	169045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the ongoing impact that trauma caused by past domestic abuse can have, and the importance of supporting victims who commit offences as a result of their experiences. The Government remains committed to delivering its Female Offender Strategy, published in June 2018, and which makes clear that a different approach is likely to be more effective in addressing the needs of female offenders and women at risk of entering the criminal justice system. £7 million has been invested since publication of the Strategy, which is sustaining and enhancing current women’s services, filling gaps in provision, and providing properties for new women’s centres.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the pandemic, the Government has also committed unprecedented funding to support all victims, including £40m announced by the Ministry of Justice on 1 February for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence and a further £11m announced on 15 March to recruit additional Independent Sexual Violence and Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>This year, we will publish two new strategies that will build on our landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, on violence against women and girls and on domestic abuse, which will take further our drive for a step-change in the response to these crimes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2021 17:01:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1302579

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure law enforcement of vehicle noise limits.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	169046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the impact of traffic noise on health, wellbeing and the natural environment seriously. Vehicles are required to meet strict noise limits before being placed on the market and police have powers to act if they suspect an exhaust has been altered to increase noise.</p><p> </p><p>To support police efforts, the Department commissioned trials of a prototype acoustic camera to assess the potential of the technology for more efficient enforcement. Results are anticipated to be published in the spring following a re-phasing of the work due to pressures arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/03/2021 15:51:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1301885

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Leisure and Retail Trade: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to waive business rates for retail and leisure property until September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	167322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The Budget announced a three-month extension to the business rates holiday for eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors that was provided at Budget 2020. This means over 350,000 properties will pay no business rates for three months.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July 2021, 66% relief will be available subject to a cash cap that depends on whether businesses have been required to close or were able to open. This additional relief takes the total value of support in 2021-22 to £6 billion and means the vast majority of businesses will on average receive 75% relief across the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/03/2021 11:52:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1301899

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of pupil premium funding for (a) mainstream and (b) SEN schools as a result of the new calculations of eligible pupils using the October 2020 census instead of the January 2021 census.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	167323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The January 2021 census will be used to determine pupil premium eligibility for alternative provision and pupil referral units for the financial year 2021-22. Pupil premium eligibility for mainstream and special schools will be based on the October 2020 census. The Department will confirm pupil premium allocations for the financial year 2021-22 in June 2021. This will provide the public with information on the specific amounts that regions, local authorities and schools are receiving through the pupil premium for 2021-22.</p><p>Data on the number of pupils who have become eligible for free school meals since 2 October 2020 is currently being collected in the spring school census and is not yet available.</p><p>The Department publishes information on pupil premium allocations and the number of pupils eligible annually. The most recent publicly available figures can be found via this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2020-to-2021</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/03/2021 12:19:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy