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1609694

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date	14/04/2023
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	Food: Labelling
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 recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food (a) labelling practices by supermarkets and (b) processing legislation.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	179827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels, whether that be mandatory or voluntary, so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy</p><p><br> All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mislead and must enable the safe use of food.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for assessing business compliance with the majority of food legislation rests with Local Authorities (LAs). The Food Standards Agency (FSA) provides a framework for LAs to regulate food businesses. A key aspect of this is the statutory Food Law Code of Practice (Code) and associated Practice Guidance, which establish a set of expectations for the activities LAs are responsible for under food law and how these are to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Food law provides a robust framework that protects public health and requires food businesses that produce, process, and distribute food to apply food safety controls that ensure food they place on the market is safe. The FSA completed a Post Implementation Review of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England ) Regulations 2013 in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/04/2023 10:37:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1609702

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published 16 March 2023, what steps he plans to take to train and support (a) work coaches and (b) disability employment advisors to improve support for disabled jobseekers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	179835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Learning for Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisors already includes health and disability, we are currently working with Policy to impact and iterate learning journeys to align with Policy intent.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP Work Coaches receive comprehensive learning to support customers with additional or complex needs, which continues at point of need throughout their role. The learning provides Work Coaches with the knowledge and skills to enable them to support claimants moving towards employment.</p><p> </p><p>Learning enables the Work Coach to determine what is required and to tailor the support and advice they offer. They complete scenario-based discussions and skills practice to cultivate effective communication skills, including the sensitive use of questions, to reach joint decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Within DWP, the Disability Employment Advisor (DEA) role is expected to have completed the Work Coach Learning Journey prior to commencing specific learning for the DEA role, which provides them with further skills to support specific needs, enabling claimants to progress towards employment and making opportunities more accessible.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2023 10:36:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1609713

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Death Certificates: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the recording of ethnicity on death certificates has not been made mandatory.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	179846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Civil Registration is a devolved matter, and the General Register Office can only advise on death registration in England and Wales.</p><p>The information collected on a death registration is specified in law. As the death registration process itself is not the most effective method to establish ethnicity, there are no plans to change the law.</p><p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has stated that the government plans to include ethnicity information in the new electronic medical certificate of cause of death. The introduction of this new electronic certificate is being led by the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2023 17:22:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1609719

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many priority service visas were processed within five days in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	179852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>At present there is no data available for 2022 and 2023. The Home Office expects to reintroduce this data in the next publication scheduled for 25<sup>th</sup> May 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The published statistics which includes data on performance against Service Level Agreement for Standard, Priority and Super priority visas up to the end of Q3 2021 can be found in this link (Data tab VSI_02): <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1058196%2FUKVI_VC_Transparency_Q4_2021_Published.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf6fcbfb1c8bc42bb7eee08db3f29775b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638173219538878967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XWoXpdBGRzDYHNZu4Vcs0WRsKmd5eF8SbI8U9O6uijo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment‌‌_data/file/1058196/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q4_2021_Published.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 179853 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:55:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1609720

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many priority service visas were not processed within five days in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	179853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>At present there is no data available for 2022 and 2023. The Home Office expects to reintroduce this data in the next publication scheduled for 25<sup>th</sup> May 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The published statistics which includes data on performance against Service Level Agreement for Standard, Priority and Super priority visas up to the end of Q3 2021 can be found in this link (Data tab VSI_02): <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1058196%2FUKVI_VC_Transparency_Q4_2021_Published.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf6fcbfb1c8bc42bb7eee08db3f29775b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638173219538878967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XWoXpdBGRzDYHNZu4Vcs0WRsKmd5eF8SbI8U9O6uijo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment‌‌_data/file/1058196/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q4_2021_Published.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 179852 question first answered 19/04/2023 16:55:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1609723

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of how many Prevention of Future Death reports his Department has received from coroners relating to deaths in prison in the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) collation, (b) review and (c) implementation of the recommendations of those reports.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	179856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports are published on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/coroners-courts/reports-to-prevent-future-deaths/" target="_blank">Reports to Prevent Future Deaths - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary</a>.</p><p>The low number of PFD reports received in 2020/21 is due to the lower number of inquests held due to the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a higher number of reports received when restrictions were lifted in 2021/22.</p><p>All PFD reports arising from inquests into deaths in public sector prisons are handled by a central casework team which works with senior staff at the prison at which the death occurred, and where relevant those responsible for policy within HMPPS and/or MoJ, to draft a response. The response is agreed by the governor and is signed off by the Director General of Operations who responds to the coroner in each case.</p><p>The response explains the action that has been taken to address the matter of concern identified by the coroner and/or describes measures that are being introduced to provide assurance that such action has been effective and that consistent compliance with policy is being achieved. Depending on the nature of the concern this may include actions such as issuing reminders and/or providing refresher training to staff and/or the introduction of additional management checks with a follow-up process to address any identified non-compliance.</p><p>PFD reports are an important part of our broader system for learning from deaths, which also includes internal early learning reviews and independent investigations by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, and we study all these sources carefully to identify themes to inform improved guidance, regular learning bulletins and the development of our prison safety programme more generally.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/04/2023 18:16:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1609724

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to extend the period that Ukrainian refugees can use a Ukrainian driving license to drive in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	179857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>My Department appreciates the unique circumstances that Ukrainians who have come to the UK find themselves in and continues to explore options to support the Ukrainian community residing in the UK. Earlier this month, we launched a consultation proposing to extend the period Ukrainians may use their driving licenses in the UK for up to 36 months, matching the initial length of the Ukraine visa schemes. The consultation closes on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of May and can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/04/2023 08:21:44 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1609727

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an (a) autism and (b) ADHD diagnosis was for (i) everyone, (ii) children, (iii) young people and (iv) adults in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	179860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>However, data from the Mental Health Service Data Set (MHSDS) for 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022 in England indicates that 158,901 patients had an open referral (assessment not yet complete) for suspected autism. Of these, 27,050 have received a first attended contact within the year. The median wait time for these 27,050 patients was 207 days.</p><p> </p><p>98,056 patients aged under 18 at the time of referral had an open referral for suspected autism. Of these 18,747 have received a first attended contact within the year. The median wait time for these 18,747 patients was 231 days.</p><p> </p><p>60,860 patients aged 18 or over at time of referral had an open referral for suspected autism. Of these 8,309 have received a first attended contact within the year. The median wait time for these 8,309 patients was 127 days.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that a lot of autism assessments for children are reported through the Community Services Data Set (CSDS), however it is not currently possible to correctly identify referrals for suspected autism in the CSDS and so we are unable to provide average wait times for this activity. Therefore, the current reported autism data comes from the MHSDS only. A number of providers of MHSDS data were affected by a cyber incident which has had a substantial impact on the data. Therefore, data presented in this answer are imputed estimates based on data from providers not impacted by the cyber incident. The trends and activity reported by these providers is, for the most part, reflective of the providers who were impacted by the cyber incident. However, extreme caution should be used when interpreting these figures.</p><p> </p><p>Data for waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments is not held centrally. The Department is looking into options for improving data collection and reporting on waiting times for ADHD assessments and diagnoses.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2023 16:18:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1609729

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiaircraft Missiles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) owns and (b) intends to procure RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not own RBS 70 NG short-range air defence systems, nor does it intend to procure them. RBS 70 is a Swedish-made laser beam riding missile system with capabilities very similar to the Thales (UK) Starstreak High Velocity Missile system that remains in service with the British Army and Royal Marines and is performing strongly in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:49:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1609732

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the level of defence inflation between 2021 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	179865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Defence inflation for 2021-22 has been estimated as 2.1%. The estimate for 2022-23 is due by the end of March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/04/2023 12:53:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones