7 1 10 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 Biography information for Caroline Nokes <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 Biography information for Wera Hobhouse 1 236557 Home Office 2019-03-25 Bath House of Commons false 1 false Wera Hobhouse Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia Department for International Trade 2019-07-15T15:23:43.003Z Beverley and Holderness Graham Stuart false 2019-07-15 Biography information for Graham Stuart <p>Representatives of Saudi Arabia will be invited to DSEI 2019.</p><p> </p> 2019-07-11 To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether representatives from Saudi Arabia (a) have been or (b) will be invited by the Government to send a delegation to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition taking place at the Excel Centre in London 10-13 September 2019. 276264 International Trade International Trade 202 Bath Health and Social Care 1 256374 false 2019-05-29T14:26:43.147Z Thurrock Jackie Doyle-Price false 2019-05-29 Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is working with NHS England to develop and implement measures to reduce waiting times. NHS England has increased funding for the Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) by around 150% since 2015/16, but the Trust continues to face challenges in recruiting clinical staff in GIDs with significant experience and expertise.</p><p>The service has trialled several initiatives to provide support to young people who are referred, this includes - but is not limited to:</p><p>- an ongoing recruitment drive;</p><p>- initiatives to actively manage the waiting list offering consultations to local services in complex cases while they wait for specialist input;</p><p>- consultation sessions with local mental health services and group sessions with children under 10 years of age;</p><p>- regularly reviewing communication around the waiting lists to equip young people with information which is as accurate as possible about their wait;</p><p>- reviewing policies and procedures around first appointments, for example looking at Did Not Attend (DNA) policies to ensure those offered appointments to take them up;</p><p>- giving more attention to clinically appropriate timely transitions between the Trust’s gender identity service and adult services; and</p><p>- clinician operated ‘helpline’ for urgent enquiries/concerns from young people, their families and referrers on the waiting list.</p><p>NHS England has also committed to reviewing the service specification for GIDS in 2019/20.</p> Health and Social Care 2019-05-20 Gender Dysphoria: Young People Wera Hobhouse To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken in the last six months to reduce the waiting time for transsexual youths at the Tavistock Hospital Gender Identity Clinic. 17 Department of Health and Social Care Bath 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 <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 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 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 1 2019-05-17 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 255693 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Wera Hobhouse 1 911016 2019-05-21T13:48:00.747Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-05-21 Biography information for Robert Jenrick <p>We are determined to tackle air pollution and reduce its impact on public health and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £3.5bn to improve air quality for the entire population.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of toxic Nitrogen Oxides have fallen by almost 29% since 2010 and are at their lowest level since records began, but there remains more to do.</p> false 14 Treasury 2019-05-21 Treasury Economic Situation: Air Pollution Bath Treasury What assessment the Government has made of the economic effect on vulnerable people of air pollution. 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 0