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1181327

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	World Obesity Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it is his Department's policy to support the aims of World Obesity Day 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	21988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports the aims of world obesity day and is delivering a world-leading childhood obesity plan to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. This has been recognised in Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, as ‘paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment’. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are bringing forward a wide range of measures to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21989 21990 question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 10096 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225831

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether minimum staffing levels at the new prison will be contractually mandated; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75305 75306 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225833

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020, G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of the decision to appoint a private contractor to run the establishment in comparison with the notional public-sector prepared as part of the bid evaluation process.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75304 75306 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225834

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020, G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether the successful contractor will be required to follow Prison Service Instruction 07/2017, Regime Management Planning, to ensure that the regimes are safe, decent, secure, resilient and sustainable.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75304 75305 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225835

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, when the new prison will receive its first prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75304 75305 75306 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1363064

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has (a) for inclusive stakeholder engagement in advance of the Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and (b) to include one of the UK’s experts in tobacco harm reduction in the preparations for that COP.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	62723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We have consulted widely on issues related to the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. In line with Article 5.3 of the Convention, the Department engages only with those stakeholders and experts who are independent of the tobacco industry.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/10/2021 16:18:31 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1653247

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2023
	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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	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 5 July 2023 to Question 191860 on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, who will lead the UK delegation; what instructions his officials will be given on the authorisation of measures that will involve a cost to the public purse; and if he will make a statement to the House on (a) his Department's approach before and (b) the outcomes of the convention after November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	194235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom delegation will consist of officials from the Department of Health and Social Care, as is usual practice for this Conference of the Parties. A decision on who will attend is yet to be made.</p><p>The delegation will not agree to any decisions which would impact on our ability to deliver our bold ambition to be Smokefree by 2030. Any measures involving a cost to the public purse will follow the normal Departmental approval processes.</p><p>Following the conference, decisions will be published on the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control website. There are no plans for a statement on the conference to be made to the House.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/07/2023 09:35:58 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1519495

	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	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) her Department's target is for processing and (b) the average processing time was in the latest period for which data is available for a family visa for the spouse of a British citizen.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	59732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>An applicant applying for a family visa at entry clearance should get a decision within 24 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk#join-family-in-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An applicant applying in the UK to extend a family visa (spouse or partner on a 5-year route to settlement) should get a decision within 8 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#switch-to-or-extend-a-family-visa" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An applicant applying in the UK for settlement should get a decision within 6 months.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#applying-for-settlement" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for spouse/partner applications and are not published.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 10:58:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1144469

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the visa application system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	286229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/09/2019 16:23:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1386996

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2021
	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	Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government is selling the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	90873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>VMIC was a project set up in the 2017 Life Sciences Sector Deal to support UK leadership in next generation vaccine manufacturing technology. The pandemic has dramatically accelerated both the demand and the technology of vaccine production since VMIC was established. The Government has invested over £380 million to secure and scale-up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic, as well as any future pandemics, and in support of vaccine innovation at numerous facilities across the UK. Our positive engagement with industry and the UK’s strong science base and international reputation has also seen a number of private investments across the whole of the UK announced over the past year. These include Serum Institute of India’s £50m investment into Oxford Biomedica, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s £70m expansion of its Swindon site and Fujifilm’s £400m investment into its Billingham, Teesside facility.</p><p>One such facility that the Government provided support to is the Vaccine Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) which has the potential to be a significant part of the UK vaccine manufacturing ecosystem. VMIC is a private company, limited by guarantee, and as such the UK Government does not exercise any ownership rights.</p><p>Officials are working closely with VMIC and other third parties to ensure that the UK retains a strong domestic vaccine manufacturing capability to contribute to our response to COVID-19 and resilience to other future health emergencies. We will ensure that the UK’s vaccine capabilities continue to benefit from the public investment. Discussions are commercially sensitive between VMIC and private potential acquirers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/12/2021 10:16:16 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 39501 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon