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1603329

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Asia-Pacific Region: Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps is he taking to improve British defence capacity in the Asia-Pacific region.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	904025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>We have increased our military presence in the Indo-Pacific, expanding our exercising and training to build capacity of UK and partner forces. We have deployed two Offshore Patrol Vessels and uplifted our Defence Network, whilst maintaining a permanent presence in Singapore, Brunei and the British Indian Ocean Territory. We have also signed a new treaty with Japan to enable increased access to the region.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/03/2023 16:22:48 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1346004

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	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	General Practitioners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help improve the quality of local GP practices.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	902652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>In January 2019 a five-year framework for general practitioner (GP) contract reform was agreed to implement the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including care quality and outcomes improvement.</p><p>In 2020 we also committed at least an additional £1.5 billion for general practice until 2023 to support our commitment to recruit 26,000 extra staff to support GPs and ensure patients have better access to a wider range of health professionals.</p><p>We have also made an additional investment of an extra £4.5 billion a year by 2023/24 in primary and community care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 17:00:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1284524

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What resources she is making available to police forces nationally to help tackle violent crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	911949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is proposing a total police funding settlement of up to £15.8 billion in 2021/22, which is an increase of up to £636 million compared to 2020/21.</p><p>Additionally, over two years, in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence, we have invested over £100m to surge police capacity and £70m into multi-agency Violence Reduction Units.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/02/2021 16:42:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1167588

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Soil: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans she has to (a) evaluate and (b) tackle soil degradation.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	900258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Defra’s 25 Year Environment Plan (25 YEP) sets out our ambition to sustainably manage our soils by 2030. The 25 YEP indicator framework will measure and evaluate ‘Healthy Soils’. We are currently funding research to develop these indicators and accompanying monitoring plans. These will further inform policy for tackling soil degradation. We are already taking action to enhance and protect soil. Defra’s Farming Rules for Water protects soil through measures on erosion control and fertiliser application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 05/11/2019 13:26:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1235881

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to increase the number of people applying to join the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	906267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Interest in the Armed Forces has been strong over the last recruiting year with 2019-20 seeing intake increase by 31%.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment campaigns and the advertising that accompanies them continues as planned. There is a Covid-related reduction in basic training capacity but all three Services are looking to work around this. Most notably, we’ve seen sailors passing out alongside their officers at BRNC Dartmouth last month.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/09/2020 16:40:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1458670

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the announcements in the Spring Statement 2022 on prospects for meeting COP26 objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	906497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>Since March 2021, through the 2021 Budget and Spending Review, the Government will have committed a total of £30 billion of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>And my Right Honourable Friend, the Chancellor built on this in his recent Spring Statement by setting out measures for exemptions on business rates for green technology, a 100% relief on low-carbon heat networks and extending VAT relief from 5% to 0% on the installation of energy saving materials.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/04/2022 16:59:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1122171

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To the ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) breast cancer clinical nurse specialists and (b) other support workers required to meet the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	245629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of cancer patients that do not access emotional support services is not routinely collected.</p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme aims to improve access to cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) for all cancer patients when they need it, including those with secondary breast cancer. The new NHS Long Term Plan commitment is that all patients, including those with secondary cancers, will have access to the right expertise and support, including a CNS or other support worker by 2021.</p><p>Following publication of the Long Term Plan, Health Education England is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for further development of cancer services. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding to lead a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p><p>The latest published dataset on the number of patients with secondary breast cancer is for 2016. All 140 NHS trusts who were expected to submit data on the number of patients with secondary breast cancer did so.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 245627 245630 question first answered 30/04/2019 13:05:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1196535

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept id	207
	answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, whether an environmental impact assessment has been carried out for the Restoration and Renewal project on the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	48279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body has agreed a strategic objective to mitigate the environmental impact of the Restoration and Renewal Programme during the construction phase and to minimise the impact in relation to the Palace's future operation. This objective has been endorsed by the Commissions of both Houses and will be kept under review as the Programme progresses. An Environment Impact Assessment will be conducted in due course once the preferred approach to the works has been determined as part of the business case process, which will consider the impact on air quality and river ecology. The Programme is also expected to agree a series of controls and mitigations, as well as monitoring arrangements, for air quality during the construction phase as part of the planning process. The merits of using the river for moving materials to and from the construction site, to minimise the effects of construction on road traffic emissions, will also be considered by the Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 48275 48280 question first answered 22/05/2020 13:02:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1196536

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept id	207
	answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what steps he will take to minimise air pollution in central London from the Restoration and Renewal project on the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	48280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body has agreed a strategic objective to mitigate the environmental impact of the Restoration and Renewal Programme during the construction phase and to minimise the impact in relation to the Palace's future operation. This objective has been endorsed by the Commissions of both Houses and will be kept under review as the Programme progresses. An Environment Impact Assessment will be conducted in due course once the preferred approach to the works has been determined as part of the business case process, which will consider the impact on air quality and river ecology. The Programme is also expected to agree a series of controls and mitigations, as well as monitoring arrangements, for air quality during the construction phase as part of the planning process. The merits of using the river for moving materials to and from the construction site, to minimise the effects of construction on road traffic emissions, will also be considered by the Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 48275 48279 question first answered 22/05/2020 13:02:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1260360

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept id	207
	answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effect of the parliamentary restoration and renewal project on roadside air pollution in London.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	128055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p><strong>The Restoration and Renewal Programme is currently creating its business case. Part of this work, once the preferred option has been agreed, will be an environmental assessment on both the construction phase and operations of the restored buildings, where impacts will be assessed and mitigations proposed. The Programme is committed to sustainability and to meeting its environmental obligations.</strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/01/2021 10:12:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman