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1452030

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve cycle safety in Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	906128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing £2 billion over five years to deliver safer and better cycling infrastructure in communities across England. I would be very willing to meet and talk about the work of Active Travel England.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2022 13:53:58 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1452031

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent (a) vessels and (b) cargo of Russian origin from docking in UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	906131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has already taken extensive steps to sanction Russia, including by prohibiting Russian-linked ships docking at UK ports.</p><p>I am working with my international counterparts to ensure more countries follow this type of action.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/03/2022 11:15:24 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1441281

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Amikacin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a planned timetable for Arikayce liposomal becoming available to patients on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>A policy proposal for Arikayce Liposomal, also known as Amikacin, is being considered by NHS England and is progressing through its methods process. The policy proposal is currently undergoing stakeholder testing and a date for consideration at the Priorities Advisory Group has not yet been determined.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 139362 question first answered 22/03/2022 11:27:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441282

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient numbers of specialist teachers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response will outline the information for England only.</p><p>The department is committed to ensuring that all pupils can reach their potential and receive excellent support from their teachers. The reformed initial teacher training core content framework (ITT CCF) and the new early career framework (ECF), both developed with sector experts, will equip teachers with a clear understanding of the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p>All teachers are teachers of SEND. ITT courses must be designed so that trainee teachers can demonstrate that they meet the teachers’ standards at the appropriate level. This includes the requirement that all teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.</p><p>Consideration of SEND underpins both the ITT CCF and ECF, which were both produced with the support of sector experts. The ECF is designed to support all pupils to succeed and seeks to widen access for all.</p><p>The department is determined that all children and young people receive the support they need to succeed in their education. It is a legal requirement for qualified teachers of classes of pupils with sensory impairments to hold the relevant mandatory qualification, referred to as an MQSI. The department’s aim is to ensure a steady supply of teachers for children with visual, hearing, and multi-sensory impairments, in both specialist and mainstream education providers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/03/2022 14:00:05 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441283

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, if his Department will create a MSI education fund for local authorities to employ MSI teachers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response will outline the information for England only.</p><p>The department is firmly committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with multi-sensory impairments, receive the support they need to achieve in their early years, at school and college. Local authorities in England are required to publish information on the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided for children and young people with multi-sensory impairments in a local offer. To ensure local needs are met, they must work with children, young people, and their families to develop this. On the issue of funding for local authorities to support children with multi-sensory impairments, I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave on 8 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-02/133247" target="_blank">133247</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 140440 question first answered 23/03/2022 14:32:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441284

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, what plans his Department has to support children with MSI.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response will outline the information for England only.</p><p>The department is firmly committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with multi-sensory impairments, receive the support they need to achieve in their early years, at school and college. Local authorities in England are required to publish information on the availability of specialist services and support commissioned and provided for children and young people with multi-sensory impairments in a local offer. To ensure local needs are met, they must work with children, young people, and their families to develop this. On the issue of funding for local authorities to support children with multi-sensory impairments, I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave on 8 March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-02/133247" target="_blank">133247</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 140439 question first answered 23/03/2022 14:32:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441285

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to tackle labour shortages in farming; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of those shortages on trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced that the seasonal worker visa route will be extended to 2024 to allow overseas workers to come to the UK for up to six months to harvest both edible and ornamental crops. 30,000 visas will be available. This will be kept under review with the potential to increase by 10,000 if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working with industry to raise awareness of career opportunities within the food and farming sectors to attract more UK workers. The Government does not expect any impacts of temporary labour shortages on our future trade agenda.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 31/03/2022 13:39:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441286

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Agriculture: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enable farms to carry out improvements required to be more (a) efficient, (b) productive and (c) environmentally sustainable.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a range of new schemes designed to help England’s farmers to enhance their efficiency, productivity, and environmental sustainability in the Agricultural Transition Plan of November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Environmentally sustainable farming is fundamental to our new approach to England's agricultural system. We are introducing three schemes that reward farmers for environmental benefits: the <strong>Sustainable Farming Incentive</strong>, <strong>Local Nature Recovery</strong> and <strong>Landscape Recovery</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>These new <strong>Environmental Land Management</strong> schemes will pay for sustainable farming practices, improving animal health and welfare, reducing carbon emissions, creating and preserving habitat, and making landscape-scale environmental changes.</p><p> </p><p>Deploying new innovation and technology is key to boosting efficiency and productivity whilst also enhancing the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Through the <strong>Farming Equipment and Technology Fund</strong>, we recently awarded grants valued at £48 million to over 4,300 farmers and growers. This will allow them to invest in equipment, technology and infrastructure so their businesses can prosper, improve productivity and enhance the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also supporting farmers through the <strong>Future Farming Resilience Fund, </strong>which is an initiative to provide free business support to BPS recipients in England, to help them identify how they may need to adapt their businesses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In spring 2021, Defra launched the £14.5 million <strong>Farming Innovation Pathways </strong>competition in partnership with UK Research and Innovation for 48 collaborative R&amp;D projects aimed at bringing farmers, businesses and researchers together to develop new and existing farm-focused innovations.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on this momentum with the launch of Defra’s new <strong>Farming</strong> <strong>Innovation Programme,</strong> which will unlock innovation and pull-through R&amp;D to deliver solutions to help farmers and growers overcome challenges and make the most of new opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has made £17.5 million available so far in the Farming Innovation Programme and we have seen a fantastic response from the farming sectors so far. More funding is planned to launch in the coming weeks and months.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/03/2022 16:53:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441287

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Eating Disorders: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns on the prevalence of eating disorders and body dysmorphia among young people, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that there is a UK-wide approach to providing care and counselling to young people that is equally accessible across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Care and counselling for young people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. The Department plans to launch a public discussion paper in 2022 to inform the development of a new longer term mental health plan for England, which will include eating disorders. However, we will continue to engage with the devolved administrations on a quarterly basis to discuss our respective approaches, including opportunities for joint working.</p><p>The Department regularly engages with people with lived experience, specialist charities and organisations to understand the impacts of eating disorders and how best to address them. We also work closely with partners to tackle negative body image. The Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office co-chair the Ministerial Task and Finish Group on Mental Health and Wellbeing which coordinates action across Government to promote positive mental wellbeing, prevent mental illness and support people to recover.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/03/2022 14:14:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1441288

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Carers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide free covid-19 tests to unpaid carers beyond 1 April 2022 in order that they can continue to provide care safely to those who may be vulnerable.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The testing regimes for adult social care after 1 April 2022 are currently under review. Further detail will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/03/2022 14:17:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon