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1728298

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase access to resettlement to the UK for Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries who are at risk and cannot return to Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Over 300 Sudanese nationals have been resettled in the UK through our refugee resettlement schemes.</p><p>The UK resettlement schemes are not application based; instead, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refers individuals for resettlement in accordance with their standard resettlement submission criteria. These are based on an assessment of protection needs or vulnerabilities. The UK does not seek to intervene in or influence UNHCR’s established selection processes.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 17/09/2024 15:25:13 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1727877

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to engage with LGBT+ people from minority (a) ethnic and (b) religious groups about the impact on them of (i) conversion practices, (ii) prejudice and (iii) abuse.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>It is crucial that all LGBT+ people are safe and protected from discrimination, including those from ethnic minority and/or faith communities.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to deliver the Government’s Manifesto commitments that will enhance legislative protections for LGBT+ individuals. In particular, the Government is committed to delivering a trans-inclusive ban on abusive conversion practices and ensuring that all existing strands of hate crime constitute an aggravated offence.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to continuing to listen to all viewpoints as this work progresses, and engage with a wide range of stakeholders, organisations and all LGBT+ communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 11/09/2024 16:12:00 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1727879

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	NHS: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to audit NHS supply chains to ensure that no medical (a) garments and (b) equipment are sourced from (i) Xinjiang and (ii) other regions with widespread reports of forced labour and human rights abuses.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is committed to tackling the issue of Uyghur forced labour in supply chains, and is taking robust action. We have introduced new guidance on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang specifically in section 6.2 of the guidance, enhanced export controls, and announced the introduction of financial penalties under the Modern Slavery Act. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-china/overseas-business-risk-china#business-and-human-rights" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-china/overseas-business-risk-china#business-and-human-rights</a></p><p>The Procurement Act, which received Royal Assent in 2023, will enable public sector contracting authorities to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain.</p><p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations that supply goods and services and have a total turnover over £36 million to publish a transparency statement annually, to set out what steps they have taken to ensure that modern slavery is not occurring in their supply chains.</p><p>The Department has pledged to put an end to modern slavery in the National Health Service by meeting my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s duty to assess and mitigate modern slavery risk in NHS supply chains. New regulations will require public bodies procuring goods or services for delivering health services in England to assess the risk of modern slavery and implement reasonable steps to procurement and contracting activities, with a view to eradicating the use of goods and services tainted by modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/09/2024 13:31:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1727881

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	NHS: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department and NHS England have made on the Greener NHS initiative.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made on the Greener NHS initiative, with the National Health Service taking important strides toward its target of achieving net zero by 2040 for direct emissions, and 2045 for indirect emissions. Key achievements include: successfully delivering over £1 billion in decarbonisation grant funding under the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, to replace fossil fuel systems with non-carbon alternatives; increasing the energy efficiency of the NHS estate, for instance boosting LED lighting coverage to over 50% of NHS facilities; the introduction of Green Plans by all NHS trusts; and the publication of the first ever NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy in 2023. These efforts are reducing emissions and improving sustainability across NHS operations. We continue to work with partners across the Government and the wider public sector to pursue our shared environmental aims.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/09/2024 13:28:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725858

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Dementia: Social Services
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 implications for his policies of the recommendation in the report entitled A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England, published by Skills for Care's on 18 July 2024, that all social care workers should have dementia training aligned to the Dementia Training Standards Framework
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>National training, including the Department’s Care Workforce Pathway and new Level 2 Adult Care Certificate qualification, has been developed using current standards and competency frameworks to support people with dementia. This includes the Dementia Training Standards Framework.</p><p>As we develop a long-term plan for social care, those working in social care will be at the heart of our reforms. We will outline further plans for social care workforce reform in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 10/09/2024 13:20:56 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725859

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Dementia: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to expand access to dementia training for adult social care workers
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The adult social care workforce provides vital care and support to people of all ages and with diverse needs, including those with dementia. Care workers are essential to those who draw on care and support, helping them maintain their quality of life, independence, and connection to the things that matter to them.</p><p>Enhancing skills for staff working in social care is of critical importance. As such, we will continue to develop the Care Workforce Pathway, the new national career structure for adult social care, and linked to this, a new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification has already been developed and launched.</p><p>We will develop a long-term plan for social care, with those working in social care being at the heart of our reforms. We will outline our further plans for workforce reform in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 10/09/2024 13:02:36 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725922

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 454 on Asylum: LGBT+ People, when her Department last reviewed the level of the risk of (a) discrimination, (b) harassment and (c) violence towards LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum in immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The level of risk for LGBT+ individuals within immigration detention is subject to ongoing monitoring. As set out in Detention Services Order 02/2016 ‘Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Detainees in the Detention Estate’, Immigration Removal Centre suppliers undertake regular equality monitoring and trend analysis for residents with protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 09/09/2024 16:10:58 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725930

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Girls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking in schools to (a) tackle misogyny and (b) ensure girls' safety.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Schools and colleges are under a legal duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and must have regard to ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE), which is the department’s statutory safeguarding guidance. KCSIE contains information about child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment, as well as guidance on managing reports of child-on-child sexual violence and sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p>Every pupil deserves to learn in a safe, calm classroom and the department will always support its hard working and dedicated teachers to make this happen. Schools should be clear in every aspect of their culture that sexism, sexual violence and sexual harassment are never acceptable and will not be tolerated.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) emphasises that schools should be alert to issues such as everyday sexism, misogyny, homophobia and gender stereotypes and take positive action to build a culture where these are not tolerated, with any occurrences identified and tackled. Schools should make clear that sexism, sexual violence and sexual harassment are not acceptable, will never be tolerated and are not an inevitable part of growing up. The full RSHE guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Schools should consider what they can do to foster healthy and respectful peer-to-peer communication and behaviour between boys and girls and provide an environment which challenges perceived limits on pupils based on their gender or any other characteristic.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently reviewing the RSHE statutory guidance. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has been clear that children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of this guidance for schools and, as such, the government will look carefully at the consultation responses, discuss with stakeholders and consider the relevant evidence, including the Cass Review which has since been published, before setting out next steps.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 09/09/2024 12:01:44 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725931

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to implement the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect young people from (a) harmful content and (b) AI-deepfakes.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is focused on implementing the Online Safety Act as quickly as possible working with Ofcom. Ofcom has consulted on its draft Children’s Safety codes of practice which set out the steps companies must take to protect children on their platforms under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom will publish the finalised codes and guidance in Spring 2025 and the government will work to ensure these codes are in effect as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Deepfakes and other forms of manipulated media are captured by the Online Safety Act where they constitute user generated content that is illegal content, or content which is harmful to children. Services that are likely to be accessed by children will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and behaviour on their services, including AI-generated or enabled content.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 09/09/2024 16:24:31 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1725932

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on implementing the commitment in the England Rare Disease Action Plan 2024 to review the criteria for determining whether a medicine should be routed to its Highly Specialised Technologies programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about a range of issues, including about the delivery of public commitments. The NICE will consult on proposed changes to its criteria for highly specialised technology appraisals in 2024/25.</p><p>We have made no assessment of the extent to which the NICE has demonstrated flexibility in making decisions on whether new medicines should be routed to its highly specialised technologies (HST) programme. Decisions on whether topics should be routed to the HST programme are taken independently of the Department by the NICE’s Prioritisation Board, in line with the routing criteria set out in the NICE’s published prioritisation framework, and through engagement with experts and other interested parties. The board’s decisions are published on the NICE’s website.</p><p>This Government is aware of the challenges facing those living with rare diseases, including access to specialist care, treatment, and medicines. The NICE is actively monitoring the impact of the changes that it made to its methods and processes in 2022 on the availability of medicines for rare diseases, and is planning to publish a report by the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 3234 question first answered 09/09/2024 09:37:38 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome