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1606254

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Doctors: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 166289 on Doctors: Workplace Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) raising the annual allowance and (b) the abolition of the lifetime allowance on pensions on the number of doctors working for the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	171488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The decision to claim pension benefits or reduce working commitments is a personal one and it is not possible to assess the impact of a specific factor. Estimates based on projected pension scheme data indicate that around 22,000 senior National Health Service clinicians could exceed the previous £40,000 annual allowance in 2023/2024 and that around 31,000 clinicians had reached at least 75% of the £1.073 million lifetime allowance.</p><p>A survey undertaken by the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested that 72% of doctors will retire earlier because of the previous decision to freeze the lifetime allowance and 61% of respondents stated that they would reduce the amount of work that they do for the NHS.</p><p>The chair of the BMA’s Pension Committee said that removing the lifetime allowance will be potentially transformative for the NHS as the majority of senior doctors will no longer be forced to retire early and can continue to work within the NHS, providing vital patient care and that the rise in the annual allowance will mean far fewer doctors will receive large pension tax bills and will significantly reduce the perverse incentive to reduce hours due to pension tax.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 171489 question first answered 30/03/2023 14:43:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 65905 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1606255

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Doctors: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 166289 on Doctors: Workplace Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional number of hours doctors will work in the NHS as a result of (a) raising the annual allowance and (b) the abolition of the lifetime allowance for pensions.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	171489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The decision to claim pension benefits or reduce working commitments is a personal one and it is not possible to assess the impact of a specific factor. Estimates based on projected pension scheme data indicate that around 22,000 senior National Health Service clinicians could exceed the previous £40,000 annual allowance in 2023/2024 and that around 31,000 clinicians had reached at least 75% of the £1.073 million lifetime allowance.</p><p>A survey undertaken by the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested that 72% of doctors will retire earlier because of the previous decision to freeze the lifetime allowance and 61% of respondents stated that they would reduce the amount of work that they do for the NHS.</p><p>The chair of the BMA’s Pension Committee said that removing the lifetime allowance will be potentially transformative for the NHS as the majority of senior doctors will no longer be forced to retire early and can continue to work within the NHS, providing vital patient care and that the rise in the annual allowance will mean far fewer doctors will receive large pension tax bills and will significantly reduce the perverse incentive to reduce hours due to pension tax.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 171488 question first answered 30/03/2023 14:43:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 65909 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1606287

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on allowing victims of crime to seek appeals of sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	171541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is an important mechanism to ensure that victims of crime can have confidence that justice will be served. The Victims’ Code entitles victims to be informed about the scheme, promptly after sentence, so that they may refer sentences for consideration by the Law Officers within the time limit. The Attorney General’s Office receives requests to review sentences from victims; their family members; the CPS; the police; MPs and members of the public. In 2022, 139 sentences were referred to the Court of Appeal and in 95 cases (68%), sentences were increased.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2023 16:53:21 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606288

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the European Union on introducing a new visa which would allow people in the creative industries to spend more than 90 days consecutively working in EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	171451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the UK’s creative and cultural industries, not only to the economy and international reputation of the United Kingdom, but also to the wellbeing and enrichment of its people. We want musicians and performers to be able to tour abroad easily.</p><p>EU Member States are principally responsible for deciding the rules governing what work UK visitors can undertake in each Member State. That is why we have engaged with EU Member States about the importance of touring; most recently raised at the EU-UK Partnership Council in March. From these discussions, almost all Member States have confirmed they offer visa and work permit free routes for musicians and creative performers, many for up to 90 days. This includes most of the UK’s biggest touring markets such as France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.</p><p>Beyond these exemptions, creatives are required to obtain the relevant visa or work permit for the relevant Member State, as artists from other third countries are required to do. We have developed guidance on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> to support artists to understand the visa and permit requirements for medium and long term stays in Member States.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the sector to adapt to these new arrangements, and we continue to work with the sector and directly with Member States to clarify what creative workers need to do.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/03/2023 10:57:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1606417

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	NHS: Agency Workers
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 set a target date for stopping NHS spending on off-framework agencies.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	171492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>While we have not set a target date for stopping National Health Service spending on off-framework agencies, we continue to bear down on their use.</p><p> </p><p>A temporary workforce market allows the NHS to meet demand fluctuations without the need to increase capacity above that which would be required on a sustained basis. Staff can be drawn from internal staff banks or external agencies. Our policy is to reduce the use of agency staff and to prioritise the use of in-house staff banks. Together with NHS England, we continue to monitor the rate of agency spending, and support trusts to develop in-house NHS staff banks, helping to ensure they have staff available when required and to reduce their requirement for agency staff.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England works in partnership with trusts, systems and approved framework operators to reduce/eliminate off-framework supply into the NHS in order to give assurance on quality and value for money standards of the staff working via agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, we have controlled agency spend through price caps and procurement frameworks. Trusts are only able to override the capped agency rates or use off-framework suppliers on exceptional patient safety grounds.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/03/2023 16:01:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1606461

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British International Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value was of British International Investment’s (BII) revaluations for its (a) total investment portfolio and (b) intermediated fund investments in each of the last 10 years for which data are available; and what the value was of BII’s largest individual (i) negative and (ii) positive revaluation in each of the last 10 years for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	171418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>British International Investment (BII) is a long-term patient investor investing across developing countries. The regions where BII invests are often subject to significant macro-economic challenges and financial volatility. In isolated years market conditions and events may significantly impact on the value of individual companies and BII's portfolio is subject to significant fluctuation in value. BII publishes the value of its portfolio and its portfolio return in its Annual Review and each Annual Review is available on BII's website.</p><p>For the past ten years, the value of i) BII's total portfolio (all of investments that BII holds); and ii) BII's investments through intermediated funds only is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Portfolio value - all investments (end of year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funds value only (end of year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Returns value (for the year) (%) USD - total portfolio</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>$3,017m</p></td><td><p>$3,017m</p></td><td><p>-4.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>$3,585m</p></td><td><p>$3,504m</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>$4,146m</p></td><td><p>$3,715m</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>$4,557m</p></td><td><p>$3,979m</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>$4,420m</p></td><td><p>$3,088m</p></td><td><p>-0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>$4,740m</p></td><td><p>$2,665m</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>$5,324m</p></td><td><p>$2,757m</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>$5,531m</p></td><td><p>$2,529m</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>$6,273m</p></td><td><p>$2,511m</p></td><td><p>-2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>$7,059m</p></td><td><p>$2,484m</p></td><td><p>-0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>$8,142m</p></td><td><p>$2,832m</p></td><td><p>10.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For the past ten years, the value of BII's largest individual (i) negative and (ii) positive individual investment level valuation changes are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Largest individual positive valuation change (end of year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Largest individual negative valuation change (end of year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>$53.7m</p></td><td><p>$-42.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>$96.7m</p></td><td><p>$-10.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>$165.7m</p></td><td><p>$-23.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>$111.1m</p></td><td><p>$-9.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>$97.6m</p></td><td><p>$-121.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>$51.8m</p></td><td><p>$-51.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>$94.7m</p></td><td><p>$-81.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>$39.3m</p></td><td><p>$-61.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>$24.4m</p></td><td><p>$-97.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>$46.7m</p></td><td><p>$-43.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>$126.9m</p></td><td><p>$-48.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 31/03/2023 13:15:11 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1606502

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release of 18 March 2023 entitled UK and Rwanda strengthen agreement to deal with global migration issues, if she will publish the new addendum to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership referred to in that press release.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	171427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda will be published imminently on Gov.UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/03/2023 15:41:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1606503

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda, and her designation of Rwanda as a safe country for the purposes of that agreement, of recent reports of threats by the government of Rwanda to remove asylum seekers and refugees from that country to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	171428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Rwanda is a State Party to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the seven core UN Human Rights Conventions and has been recognised globally for its record in welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees. Our own comprehensive assessment as set out in the relevant country policy and information notes (CPINs) Rwanda is a safe and secure country. Our CPINs are kept under constant review and updated periodically on the Gov.uk website. Any decision to relocate a person to Rwanda will be made on a case-by-case basis and take into account their individual circumstances and relevant country information.</p><p>Safeguards and assurances were considered throughout the development of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda, and have been included in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). An independent Monitoring Committee will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 171429 question first answered 28/03/2023 15:25:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1606504

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda, and her designation of Rwanda as a safe country for the purposes of that agreement, of provisions in the extradition treaty recently agreed by the governments of Rwanda and Mozambique in relation to the potential return of asylum seekers and refugees from Mozambique to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	171429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Rwanda is a State Party to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the seven core UN Human Rights Conventions and has been recognised globally for its record in welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees. Our own comprehensive assessment as set out in the relevant country policy and information notes (CPINs) Rwanda is a safe and secure country. Our CPINs are kept under constant review and updated periodically on the Gov.uk website. Any decision to relocate a person to Rwanda will be made on a case-by-case basis and take into account their individual circumstances and relevant country information.</p><p>Safeguards and assurances were considered throughout the development of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda, and have been included in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). An independent Monitoring Committee will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the Memorandum of Understanding, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of support in Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 171428 question first answered 28/03/2023 15:25:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1606606

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Misuse of Drug Act 1971 on the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	904349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made. Assessments are made on a case by case basis as individual drugs or drug harms are identified. Drug Legislation forms part of our wider approach to preventing drug misuse alongside prevention and education, supporting treatment and recovery, and tackling the supply of illicit drugs.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/03/2023 15:50:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford