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1551695

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	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	Nurses: Migrant Workers
	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 overseas nurses were working in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS England Hospital Trust in each year since 2015; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of (a) recruitment and (b) visas for overseas nurses in year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	110780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Tables showing the number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurses and health visitors with a non-United Kingdom nationality in National Health Service hospital trusts and core organisations in August of each year since 2015 is attached.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment of the cost of recruitment for overseas nurses or visas has been made. However, in October 2021, NHS England commissioned a review by the Nuffield Trust, which estimated the cost of recruiting a nurse from overseas at approximately £10,000 to £12,000. Since August 2020, nurses have paid reduced visa fees through the Health and Care Visa.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/12/2022 17:22:57 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses-HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22.xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse previous answer version 43937 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses&HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22 .xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519028

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Dahua Technology and Hikvision: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using or procuring (a) Hikvision or (b) Dahua surveillance technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings. Specific details regarding the make and model of security systems procured and used by the Government are withheld on national security grounds.</p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure provide guidance on the use of IP-connected cameras and cyber-connected physical security systems.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 09:19:32 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 24434 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

822975

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2018 to Question 121612, what the cost to the public purse is of renaming of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	122658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out in response to 121612, any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/01/2018 16:27:02 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 35209 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

746299

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make electrical safety checks in rented homes mandatory after the working group set up by his Department under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 completes its work.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	1801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Following Royal Assent of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, a Working Group of relevant experts was established to provide recommendations to ministers on what, if any, legislative requirements for electrical safety in the private rented sector should be introduced. The Working Group has concluded and their report and recommendations are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:25:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1425 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

746300

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	1802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Social landlords are already obliged, by law, to maintain the structure and exterior of their properties, and to keep in repair and proper working order the sanitation, water, gas and electricity installations.</p><p>The Homes and Communities Agency’s national standards also require social landlords to ensure (subject to an agreed extension in some instances, which must be explained to tenants) that all their homes meet the Decent Homes Standard and to meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:28:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1427 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535569

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the graduate visa route, introduced in 2021, remains his Department's policy objective.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	69755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69756 question first answered 02/11/2022 11:01:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 29600 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1535570

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of capping the number of graduate visas on the UK’s economy.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	69756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69755 question first answered 02/11/2022 11:01:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 29597 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

823023

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil penalties have been used by local authorities since their introduction in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	122706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 provides new powers for local authorities to impose a civil penalty of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution for a range of offences under the Housing Act 2004. These powers came into force on 6 April 2017. The Government does not collect data on the number of civil penalties issued</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/01/2018 13:48:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 35211 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1248725

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
	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 adults aged 18 and over at time of referral were referred to specialist secondary mental health services with a primary reason of referral of eating disorders between April and August in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020; and what proportion of those referrals were made to an eating disorders service.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	111591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following tables:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders</p></td><td><p>Referred to eating disorder service</p></td><td><p>proportion (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td><td><p>1,112</p></td><td><p>79.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td><td><p>1,201</p></td><td><p>78.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>1,486</p></td><td><p>1,178</p></td><td><p>79.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2019</p></td><td><p>1,704</p></td><td><p>1,306</p></td><td><p>76.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,228</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Referrals of people aged 18 and over with primary reason for referral as eating disorders</p></td><td><p>Referred to eating disorder service</p></td><td><p>proportion (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>1,118</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>75.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td><td><p>1,164</p></td><td><p>79.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>1,931</p></td><td><p>1,575</p></td><td><p>81.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020</p></td><td><p>2,158</p></td><td><p>1,707</p></td><td><p>79.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2020</p></td><td><p>Not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Source: Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS), NHS Digital</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/01/2021 12:48:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 60004 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

746301

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing white goods safety checks in tower blocks in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	1803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the highest sets of product safety requirements in the EU which requires goods to meet strict safety rules before they are put into use.</p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1471 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse