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1145757

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Earthquakes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is offering to the Government of Pakistan following the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Azad Kashmir.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	290644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID has been liaising closely with the Government of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) since the earthquake struck on 24 September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Key humanitarian partners, including UN agencies, met with the NDMA to discuss the response to the earthquake on Friday 27 September. The NDMA confirmed that the Government of Pakistan will not launch any formal appeal or request for National or International Assistance, but donors and agencies can provide assistance on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p><p>DFID stands ready to respond and provide funding and the National Disaster Consortium partners have pre-positioned supplies which can be deployed at short notice.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 03/10/2019 16:18:19 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1151613

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department provides to developing countries to support off-grid electricity generation from renewable sources.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	3539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Off-grid renewable energy is often the best way for millions of people to have access to electricity, especially in rural areas. DFID’s support to off-grid electricity generation is delivered through a range of programmes.</p><p>We provide funding for the installation of off-grid solar power, such as through mini-grid projects in Kenya and Rwanda. We provide technical assistance and are helping to establish markets in a number of African countries for household solar power. For example, a programme using results-based financing is delivering clean energy electricity access to millions, while the Africa Clean Energy programme is supporting a market-based approach for private sector delivery of solar home system products and services.</p><p>We also support private sector off-grid projects through the Green Climate Fund. For example, one project is helping 50 poor, rural communities in Mali to switch from fossil fuel-powered diesel generators and kerosene lamps to green energy by installing solar mini-grids. We also support development finance interventions such as the Private Infrastructure Development Group, the Multilateral Development Banks, and CDC – which has, for example, invested substantial equity in M-KOPA, a pay-as-you-go solar energy company.</p><p>Since 2011, the UK has provided 26 million people with improved access to clean energy and installed 1,600 MW in clean energy capacity.</p><p>The Prime Minister announced at the UN Climate Action Summit funding of up to £1 billion for research, development and deployment of new energy technologies and business models to unlock opportunities in developing countries for cleaner growth and better access to clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 28/10/2019 16:07:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1522903

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	General Practitioners: West Midlands
	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 she is taking to improve GP retention in the Black Country ICS area.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	63916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are working with NHS England, Health Education England and the profession to increase the general practice workforce in England, including in the Black Country Integrated Care System area. This includes measures to improve recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession and encourage them to return to practice.</p><p>The updated GP Contract Framework announced a number of new schemes, alongside continued support for existing recruitment and retention schemes for the general practice workforce. This includes the GP Retention Scheme, the GP Retention Fund, the National GP Induction and Refresher, the Locum Support Scheme, the New to Partnership Payment and the Supporting Mentors Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 14:10:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1522906

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	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	General Practitioners: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to Black Country integrated care system to support GP retention in 2022-23; and how much was spent in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	63919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Black Country Integrated Care System received £711,000 in 2021/22 for local general practitioner retention initiatives and new to practice fellowships. Its indicative allocation for 2022/23 is £1.176 million, which includes funding for retention initiatives and fellowships.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/10/2022 15:45:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1536542

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	Fungal Diseases: Research
	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 his answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 45706 on Fungi: Infectious Diseases, and with reference to the World Health Organisation's fungal priority pathogens list to guide research, development and public health action of 25 October, if he will make his policy to increase funding for research in this area.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	72196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is supporting the ‘UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024’, which commits to undertake research on antifungal resistance. In the last five years, the NIHR has invested more than £6 million in research into fungal infection and anti-microbial resistance is a priority for future research. However, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. The Department works with other Government departments and funding agencies as well as the World Health Organization on the approach to antifungal resistance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 17:20:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 29192 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564327

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Medicine: Education
	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 medical students are studying in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/01/2023 11:12:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564437

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Antibiotics
	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 is taking to help reduce the cost of the charge to the NHS for antibiotics.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government relies on competition to drive down prices of generic medicines such as antibiotics. This has led to some of the lowest prices in Europe. Freedom of pricing enables supplies to put prices up quickly to ensure we maintain continuity of supply despite increasing prices within the global market. In secondary care, tendering for antibiotics on a frequent basis ensures best value and supply resilience is optimised.</p><p>No supplier should use the current situation as an opportunity to exploit the National Health Service. Where companies are found to be abusing their dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) can take action against businesses and individuals engaged in anti-competitive conduct. The CMA is working to establish the facts of what is currently happening in the antibiotic market. They stand ready to take action if there is evidence of anti-competitive behaviour that breaks the law.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/01/2023 13:26:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564469

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines have been issued since those prescriptions became legal.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is unable to provide the number of National Health Service prescription items for unlicensed cannabis-based medicines dispensed in the community in England. This information is being withheld in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to the number of items attributed to fewer than five patients and the elevated risk of potential patient identifiable information.</p><p>However, the following table shows NHS and private prescribing data for the number of items prescribed for licensed and unlicensed cannabis based medicines dispensed in the community in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of prescribing</p></td><td><p>Time period</p></td><td><p>Number of items</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS prescribing licensed medicines</p></td><td><p>November 2018 to October 2022</p></td><td><p>11,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private prescribing licensed medicines</p></td><td><p>November 2018 to October 2022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private prescribing unlicensed medicines</p></td><td><p>November 2018 to July 2022</p></td><td><p>89,239</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/01/2023 12:42:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1196084

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Caribbean: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people are registered with his Department as awaiting repatriation from the West Indies as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	47178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The welfare of British nationals remains our top priority, and we remain committed to ensuring that British travellers around the globe are able to return home. The UK Government is working closely with airlines, local authorities and governments in the Caribbean region to help British travellers return to the UK as part of the plan announced by the Foreign Secretary on 30 March - with up to £75 million available for special charter flights from priority countries, focused on helping the most vulnerable travellers. Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff have worked round the clock to bring back more than 300 people from Jamaica and Guyana on charter flights on 8 May. We have supported over 11,000 people to return home from the Caribbean via commercial means, and Post's priority remains to continue providing advice and assistance to British nationals in-country.</p><p>We are aware that there are British travellers remaining overseas in the Caribbean region and our effort is focused on supporting their return as quickly and safely as possible. British travellers wishing to return to the UK have been actively encouraged to register with their nearest High Commission or Embassy as well as to check travel advice for updates regularly. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice. It is difficult to be precise about the numbers because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and British Nationals resident overseas registering for flights even though many were not eligible.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/05/2020 13:47:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1196785

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Jamaica: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were given a seat on the special flight from Kingston, Jamaica to London on 7 May 2020 organised in response to the covid-19 pandemic; what estimate he has made of the number of people still seeking to return to the UK from that country; and what steps are being taken to facilitate the return of people to the UK from that country.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	48266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Over 200 people travelled on the special flight out of Jamaica on 8 May. It is difficult to be precise on the number of people who register for flights because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. Limited indirect commercial flights are currently the only options available in Jamaica for travel to the UK. The Government remains focused on supporting the remaining British travellers in Jamaica. We continue to look at ways to assist British travellers who wish to return to the UK, so that we can support them to get home as quickly and safely as possible. Prior to 7 May, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office assisted over 4,000 people who were short term visitors to Jamaica to return home to the UK on commercial flights.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/06/2020 08:03:11 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar