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1669251

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
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	Animal Welfare: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an offenders' registry for the perpetrators of animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Police National Computer holds all relevant information for prosecutions made for animal cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and the police may be approached by anyone who has concerns about whether someone should be keeping animals. The Department currently has no plans to establish a public offenders' registry for animal cruelty offences.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 20/11/2023 09:11:37 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1462541

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of loans made under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme to directors that have subsequently been disqualified or made subject to bankruptcy undertakings as a result of bounce-back loan misuse; and what the value of those loans is.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has secured 159 disqualifications of company directors as a result of COVID-19 financial support scheme abuse.</p><p>The Insolvency Service publishes official statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-enforcement-outcomes?msclkid=ef7e0397d12e11ec9414c6c3c95bdbb7" target="_blank">online</a> of its enforcement outcomes.</p><p>Our official statistics do not currently include bankruptcy restriction undertakings with regards to the Bounce Back Loan scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/05/2022 08:22:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1314797

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve waiting times for patients seeking consultation with their GP.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>We have committed to expanding the workforce and supporting general practice to deliver an extra 50 million appointments a year within the next five years and to help expand general practice capacity. In addition, we have made available an extra £270 million funding from November 2020 until September 2021 to ensure general practitioners and their teams are able to continue to support all patients.</p><p>In March, there was 1.24 million appointments per working day, a 5% increase compared to 1.19 million in February 2021. This includes 15.8 million face to face appointments, more than half all appointments.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/05/2021 16:44:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1169456

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department plans to (a) respond to the 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unfair practices in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>We have already implemented a number of recommendations from the Taylor Review, and as announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years.</p><p>This legislation will make workplaces fairer, by providing better support for working families, new protections for those in low-paid work and the gig economy, and by encouraging flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>One of the core measures to the Bill is ensuring that tips and service charges left for workers go to them in full, supporting fairness for workers in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

732962

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England has spent on legal fees in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The available data on NHS England’s spend on legal fees in each of the last three financial years (FY) is set out below.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England legal spend over the past three financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY 2014/15</p></td><td><p>FY 2015/16</p></td><td><p>FY2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Legal Budget spend</p></td><td><p>4,714,212</p></td><td><p>3,914,384</p></td><td><p>3,798,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Programmes Legal spend</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>* 253,183</p></td><td><p>864,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>4,714,212</p></td><td><p>4,167,567</p></td><td><p>4,663,287</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has two sources of legal spend: (1) the central legal budget, which covers the day to day legal business of NHS England; and, (2) programme budgets.</p><p> </p><p>*During 2015/16, the finance system used by NHS England changed. Before this, the system used a generic code for all professional fees so data specifically on legal spend is not available for the full three year period. All legal spend in the central legal budget can be identified as set out above.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/07/2017 16:25:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

349002

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the proposed increase in fees charged by the Health and Care Professions Council; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Care Proffessions Council (HCPC) is a self-financing, independent regulator that is accountable to Parliament through the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) who assesses the HCPC’s performance, conducts audits, scrutinises their decisions and reports to Parliament through the Privy Council. Costs are monitored by the regulator’s Council, and the HCPC’s fees remain the lowest of all the professional regulators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The professional regulators are funded by registrant fees and as independent bodies it is for them to set their fees at a level which ensures they can fulfil their statutory role of protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public. We understand that the HCPC decided to raise their registrant fees for a number of reasons: to fund the periodic fee it is required to pay the PSA; to enable the HCPC to operate more flexibly and efficiently; and to ensure the HCPC’s financial viability in the medium to long term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have received correspondence from registrants objecting to the proposed fee increase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 1370 1372 question first answered 16/06/2015 16:24:13 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson