Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1719342

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	South Asia Bio Bank: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with (a) the National Institute for Health Research and (b) other NHS funding streams on the potential merits of increasing the level of funding made available to the South Asian Biobank to help monitor (i) disease diagnoses and (ii) health outcomes from that project among people from South Asian backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	27023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The South Asian Biobank, originally funded by the Wellcome Trust, is an international research study designed to prevent the high risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer among South Asian people. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research via a range of programmes, with eligibility criteria to support applicants to decide where to apply. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. The NIHR has provided funding for research projects associated with the South Asian Biobank through open competition, and welcomes any future applications. In addition, the NIHR provides funding to NIHR research infrastructure through open competition. The NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and the Clinical Research Network have provided support for the South Asian Biobank.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 27025 question first answered 23/05/2024 07:42:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1719343

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	UK Biobank: Ethnic Groups
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 she has had with (a) UK Biobank and (b) UK Biobank funders on the adequacy of the proportion of UK Biobank participants from BAME backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	27024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The scientific and ethical impacts of cohort diversity on the generalisability of research findings is part of ongoing conversations on health data, including with UK Biobank. As a funder, the Government routinely engages in discussions about diversity with UK Biobank through the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health and Care Research. The Department is committed to increasing participation of ethnic minority groups in health and social care research, and is working in partnership with diverse communities to ensure they have a stronger voice in shaping priorities for research, the design and delivery of research, inclusive recruitment into studies, and the mobilisation of evidence into practice.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/05/2024 13:29:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 36821 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1719345

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	South Asia Bio Bank: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding allocated to the South Asian Biobank.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	27025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The South Asian Biobank, originally funded by the Wellcome Trust, is an international research study designed to prevent the high risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer among South Asian people. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research via a range of programmes, with eligibility criteria to support applicants to decide where to apply. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. The NIHR has provided funding for research projects associated with the South Asian Biobank through open competition, and welcomes any future applications. In addition, the NIHR provides funding to NIHR research infrastructure through open competition. The NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and the Clinical Research Network have provided support for the South Asian Biobank.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 27023 question first answered 23/05/2024 07:42:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1718427

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emergencies: Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to fulfil the requirements of the National Resilience Framework, last updated on 4 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	26442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Strengthening national resilience is a key priority for the Government.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister delivered the first Annual Statement to Parliament on risk and resilience in December 2023. Since then, in February he has convened the UK Resilience Forum to garner insight from key stakeholders from across the resilience system and drive a whole of society approach. He will do so again in July.</p><p>The Government has already taken significant steps to implement the Resilience Framework, including publishing the most transparent ever National Risk Register, an updated list of Lead Government Departments for the risks it sets out and testing Emergency Alerts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/05/2024 16:37:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1718428

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emergencies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding is available for resilience support in case of emergencies for (a) local authorities, (b) Walsall Council and (c) the Black Country Integrated Care Board.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	26443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of broad civil contingencies duties, all local authorities are expected to assess the risks of emergencies and have plans in place to respond to a range of scenarios.</p><p>In extreme emergency circumstances, discretionary funding may be made available where the expenditure of local authorities is more than could be reasonably expected to cover, such as severe weather events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/05/2024 16:38:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681075

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum applications and (b) other applications for leave to remain were awaiting a decision as of 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on immigration applications in the following releases:</p><ul><li>Provisional data on the number of asylum applications awaiting an initial decision is published in table IMB_02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Final statistics on the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision are published in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’, in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’</a>.</li><li>The number on non-asylum applications awaiting a decision (Work in Progress) is published in the Migration Transparency collection, in table VSI_03 of the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca8f3d7eaaf1646903d0d08dc128457fa%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638405606816915204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KAP0LToBzi5KYiG9SxoOiUiVAxEvS3I5BGhds2%2FvgpY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and citizenship data</a>’.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 14:01:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681076

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met his French counterpart to discuss the matter of illegal migration to the UK by boats crossing the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Secretary spoke to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on 21 December and during this conversation they discussed the ongoing joint efforts by the UK and French governments to stop small boat crossings of the English Channel.</p><p>The Home Secretary and Minister Darmanin have agreed to meet in the coming weeks to continue this discussion. Officials from across the Home Office engage regularly with French counterparts to continue to monitor our progress in stopping small boats, and our close cooperation with France led to a 36% reduction in small boat arrivals last year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2024 17:47:53 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681077

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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 Services: Migrants
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 revenue the health surcharge for migrants generated in each year from 2018 to 2022 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Please note that the IHS figure is made up of both Retained Income and Consolidated Funds. The IHS amounts for financial years from 2018 to 2022 inclusive are as follows:</p><p>- 2017/18: £240,483,000</p><p>- 2018/19: £297,927,000</p><p>- 2019/20: £597,677,000</p><p>- 2020/21: £480,822,000</p><p>- 2021/22: £1,423,284,000</p><p>- 2022/23: £1,706,112,000</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/01/2024 17:39:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 11228 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681078

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were waiting for a hearing date in the first tier immigration tribunal as of 1 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that are waiting for a hearing date, as at 30 September 2023, is 24,085.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on a quarterly basis. The latest set of data available covers the period up to 30 September 2023. Data provided in answer to this question is a sub-set of the published caseload data.</p><p>Published statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023.</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:43:50 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681160

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Walsall South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4137 on Child Trust Fund: Walsall South, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which Child Trust Funds have not been claimed.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>There could be several reasons why matured Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts have not been accessed by those who are entitled to the funds. The National Audit Office in its report titled Investigation into Child Trust Funds published in March 2023 (www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-child-trust-funds/) considers some of these.</p><p> </p><p>Primary responsibility for communicating with account holders and their registered contact (usually a parent) lies with the CTF account providers. The government is committed to helping people identify and access the savings they are entitled to and continues to explore new routes to reunite young people with their matured CTFs.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC actively engages with the industry, other government departments, organisations such as the Money and Pensions Service, and youth focused charities to raise awareness of CTFs amongst young people. HMRC also issues a range of communications and provides resources for key intermediaries such as the University and Colleges Admissions Service, who have greater influence and visibility amongst the CTF audience.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/01/2024 14:25:25 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz