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date	22/01/2024
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	Wetlands: Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) produce centralised guidance and (b) provide training for (i) land managers, (ii) planning authorities and (iii) practitioners on how to create and manage wetlands for flood resilience.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Natural flood management (NFM) is a key part of our approach. As you mention, we acknowledge the vital role that wetlands can play as part of the suite of NFM measures, both in reducing flood risk and in delivering multiple other benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We advocate the need for centralised NFM guidance and training that is relevant to all landscapes, including wetlands. The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fflood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-research-reports%2Fthe-natural-flood-management-nfm-manual&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C82191013081649d0a66908dc1c30d06d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638416243171868370%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FwSGBt6LJqaiDzSzIOMBEuqjqpPOHrdhXfdRHR8ITHw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NFM Manual</a> provides a step-by-step guide to natural flood management from identification through to implementation for a range of NFM measures. Wetlands are primarily covered in chapter 12 on floodplain reconnection.</p><p> </p><p>In summer 2023, the Environment Agency surveyed NFM practitioners on their skills and training needs. The Environment Agency is now exploring training options.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/02/2024 17:45:19 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1175071

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
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 WHO recommendation that member states temporarily suspend HPV vaccination programmes for boys.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The implications of the World Health Organization’s advice on temporarily suspending human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes for boys are due to be discussed at the next meeting of the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) in February 2020. The Department does not currently have plans to suspend the HPV vaccination programme for boys in England, but will take account of the JCVI’s advice in any future review of its policy on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/02/2020 15:44:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

420347

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date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has carried out on the comparative living costs of people (a) in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance and (b) on jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out any analysis on the comparative living costs of these two groups.</p><p>If claimants experience additional costs as a result of their illness or disability, they may be eligible to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which we have exempted from the Benefit cap and will continue to uprate by inflation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:26:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy