Wera Hobhouse To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the volume of rooftop solar that has been deployed since the closure of the Feed-In Tariff scheme and the Export Tariff. false Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs Bath House of Commons 2019-05-23T13:53:11.227Z Kingswood Chris Skidmore false 2019-05-23 Biography information for Chris Skidmore <p>The number of domestic solar installations during April 2019 will be published by BEIS on Thursday 30 May using information from the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) installation database. These are provisional numbers which are subject to revision in future publications.</p><p> </p><p>Solar photovoltaic deployment statistics is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a>.</p> 201 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Biography information for Wera Hobhouse 1 2019-05-17 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 255693 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Bath 910144 2019-04-01 1 false Home Office 2019-04-01T15:53:49.137Z Romsey and Southampton North Caroline Nokes false 2019-04-01 Biography information for Caroline Nokes <p>The level of the minimum income threshold was set after considering advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. The Supreme Court has endorsed the lawfulness of this approach and agrees that the minimum income requirement strikes a fair balance between the interests of UK citizens wishing to sponsor a non-EEA spouse and of the community in general.</p> Immigration: Families 1 Home Office Wera Hobhouse What assessment his Department has made of the effect on low-paid workers of the minimum income requirements for non-EEA residents to bring family members to the UK. Home Office Wera Hobhouse Home Office Migrant Workers: Social Workers To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring the effective recruitment of care workers from EU and non-EU countries to meet demand in the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU. Home Office 2019-04-02T15:59:15.577Z Romsey and Southampton North Caroline Nokes false 2019-04-02 <p>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “the UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. This route will not be capped allowing all of those who meet our requirements to come to the UK.</p><p><br>The White Paper also includes a transitional route for temporary workers which will be open to anyone from qualifying countries, wishing to fill posi-tions at any skill level, for up to 12 months. We do not intend to impose a cap on the number of people wishing to use the route.</p> 1 1 236557 Home Office 2019-03-25 Bath false Home Office Home Office 2019-04-02T15:48:04.527Z Romsey and Southampton North Caroline Nokes false 2019-04-02 <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> Bath Wera Hobhouse false 1 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to extend the the salary exemption for international nurses under the Tier 2 visa process to citizens of the EEA in the event of the UK leaving the EU. 236576 Home Office Visas: Nurses 2019-03-25 1 202 1 2019-03-20 234768 International Trade false Trade Agreements: NHS Bath 2019-03-25T11:28:42.673Z Meon Valley George Hollingbery false 2019-03-25 Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery <p>I refer the Honourable Friend for Bath to the answer I gave to the Member for Ealing, Southall on 18 March 2019, UIN: 231970.</p> Wera Hobhouse International Trade Department for International Trade To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential effect of future trade deals on the NHS. Home Office 2019-02-14T17:53:16.657Z Louth and Horncastle Victoria Atkins false 2019-02-14 Biography information for Victoria Atkins <p>The Department for Education has made no recent assessments of the impact of child protection procedures on families affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis.</p><p>Local authorities must undertake enquiries if they believe a child has suffered or is likely to suffer significant harm and decide if any action must be taken under section 47 of the Children Act 1989. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) sets out the parameters and principles of high quality child protection assessments and procedures. The local authority is under a duty to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare and child protection decisions are based on the professional judgement of social workers and the circumstances of the individual child. The Equality Act 2010 is clear that all institutions, including local authorities, cannot discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability.</p><p>The Government is undertaking wide-ranging reforms to improve the quality of social work practice and decision-making, including through assessment and accreditation against Knowledge and Skills Statements, which are also the post qualifying standards for child and family social work.</p> 2019-02-06 Home Office false Bath Wera Hobhouse Children: Protection 1 Home Office 217626 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of child protection procedures on families affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis. 1 Wera Hobhouse International Trade To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2018 to Question 202327 on UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation: Staff, whether the total workforce of 155 in the Defence and Security Organisation includes the Export Support Team. 216427 Bath false 2019-02-11T14:21:32.617Z Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart false 2019-02-11 Biography information for Graham Stuart <p>Yes – the figure includes the Defence and Security Organisation’s Export Support Team.</p> Department for International Trade 202 1 2019-02-04 International Trade Defence and Security Organisation: Staff Bath Wera Hobhouse Health and Social Care Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent funding has been made available for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis. 17 2019-01-23 2019-01-31T17:21:07.067Z Gosport Caroline Dinenage false 2019-01-31 Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), on behalf of the Department, funded £1,495,363 of programme research on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), over the last three financial years (up to 2017/18). Further information on this research is available through the NIHR Journals Library at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including ME/CFS; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> 211844 Department of Health and Social Care Health and Social Care false false Health and Social Care Bath 211845 Health and Social Care Haemochromatosis: Research Wera Hobhouse To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has made available for research into haemochromatosis. Department of Health and Social Care 2019-01-23 2019-01-31T17:21:56.033Z Gosport Caroline Dinenage false 2019-01-31 <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including haemochromatosis. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p> </p><p>NIHR funded infrastructure is currently supporting a clinical trial into haemochromatosis, through the NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre. The trial is testing a new formulation of hepcidin as a treatment for haemochromatosis.</p> 17 1 2019-01-10T14:50:01.247Z Rossendale and Darwen Jake Berry false 2019-01-10 Biography information for Sir Jake Berry <p>The Government has a duty to inform people and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for Brexit. <br> <br> Over the coming weeks, we will be using a range of channels to direct UK citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit. <br> <br> Information on the costs associated with this campaign will be released in due course as part of normal data transparency releases.</p> 7 Wera Hobhouse Housing, Communities and Local Government To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department is spending on a public information campaign to prepare people for the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2019-01-07 false Housing, Communities and Local Government 1 206011 Bath Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit 0 1 10 111