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1692701

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's data collection on the number of households in emergency temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	16406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The department’s temporary accommodation statistics are classified as accredited official statistics by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 07/03/2024 14:56:16 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1692342

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for fixing road surfaces.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>In October, the Prime Minister announced an additional £8.3 billion of roads resurfacing funding over the period 2023/24 to 2033/34, with £150 million being made available in both this financial year and the next. This funding, made possible by reallocating funds from the HS2 programme, is enough to enable local highways authorities across England to resurface at least 5,000 miles of road.</p><p> </p><p>As roads policy in the UK is devolved, provision of additional highways maintenance funding in Northern Ireland is a decision for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/03/2024 15:24:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692343

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken recent steps with the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland on tackling domestic abuse in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>As the question rightly implies, responsibility for tackling domestic abuse is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>But just as domestic abuse is a society wide issue, so is it an issue for the whole of the UK. The jurisdictions routinely share progress, ideas and collaborate on projects.</p><p>This includes the current pilot of a codeword scheme that provides a discreet way for victims of domestic abuse to signal that they need emergency help in 19 Jobcentres across the UK including 4 Jobs and Benefit Offices in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 06/03/2024 16:16:46 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692344

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Menopause: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care continue to identify menopause as a priority area in the second year of the Women’s Health Strategy, and Government more widely sees women’s health, and particularly menopause, as an essential factor when supporting the recruitment and retention of older women in the workforce.</p><p>Helen Tomlinson - Head of Talent (UK &amp; Ireland) at The Adecco Group - was appointed to the voluntary role of Government’s Menopause Employment Champion on 6 March 2023 by the Department for Work and Pensions and is working closely with the Minister for Disabled People, Health &amp; Work. The Menopause Champion is driving awareness of issues surrounding menopause in the workplace; encouraging employers to develop policies that create a more supportive environment to help women stay in work and progress.</p><p>On World Menopause Day (18 October 2023), Government launched the <a href="https://helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk/menopause-and-the-workplace/" target="_blank">Menopause Resources Hub</a> on the <strong>Help to Grow</strong> portal - new guidance providing businesses, large and small, with the resources they need to help educate their organisation and workers about the menopause.</p><p>The report <em>“No Time to Step Back”</em> summarises the work of Helen Tomlinson in the first six months after her appointment and highlights progress made by businesses during this time. The Menopause Employment Champion’s 12-month progress report “shattering the silence about the Menopause” is due to be published on International Women’s Day.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/03/2024 11:21:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692347

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to reduce the time taken to process special educational needs and disabilities applications for education, health and care plans.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	16083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The department wants to ensure that education, health and care (EHC) plan applications are processed promptly and, where required, plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need. In March 2023 the government set out its plans to reform and improve the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system through its SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan. The SEND and AP Improvement Plan commits to establishing a single national system that delivers for every child and young person with SEND so that they enjoy their childhood, achieve good outcomes, and are well prepared for adulthood and employment.</p><p>As part of these reforms, the department is currently testing measures to deliver a nationally consistent EHC plan system to improve the quality and speed with which support is put in place. The department is also considering the skills and training which local authority caseworker teams require and is offering some short-term legal training to local authority caseworker teams.</p><p>Where local authorities are failing to deliver consistent outcomes for children and young people with SEND, we work with them using a range of improvement programmes and SEND specialist advisors to address weaknesses.</p><p>The department is monitoring Sandwell’s EHC plan performance and is offering specialist support through a specialist SEND Advisor. Following the Ofsted and CQC visit in July 2023, three areas for improvement were identified. The local area has published its Sandwell Local Area Partnership Inclusion (SEND and AP) Plan 2023/2026 and progress on improvement will be continuously monitored by the department and NHS England.</p><p>Following the Ofsted and CQC re-visit to Dudley in February 2022, an Accelerated Progress Plan (APP) was put in place to address six areas of weakness. EHC plan timeliness was not identified as an area of weakness, although through the APP, the department, along with a specialist SEND Advisor and NHS England, works closely with the local area to ensure they are supported in addressing issues and driving improvements to services, including continuous improvement in EHC plan timeliness.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 14/03/2024 11:44:19 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

1692352

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	L3Harris: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 27 February 2024 on Israel and Gaza, Official Report, column 163, if he will provide a response to the queries raised by the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion in relation to licences for L3Harris.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	16084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>We have a robust arms export licensing regime, and all exports are regularly assessed against clear criteria. We regularly publish data on export licensing decisions.</p><p>We regularly review Israel's capability and commitment to International Humanitarian Law. We act in accordance with that.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 07/03/2024 15:04:21 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1692353

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Prescription Drugs: Shortages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a strategy to (a) tackle critical medicines shortages and (b) help improve the resilience of the community pharmacy sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	16184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to publish a strategy. There are around 14,000 medicines licensed for supply in the United Kingdom, and most are in good supply. However, the medicine supply chain is highly regulated, complex, and global, which means that there can sometimes be supply issues which affect the UK, along with other countries around the world. Medicine supply problems may be caused by several factors, including manufacturing difficulties, regulatory non-compliance, demand surges, problems with the supply of raw materials, and issues related to distribution of the product. We work with industry, NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the devolved administrations, and other stakeholders to address these issues and help ensure patients continue to have access to the treatments they need. Communications about supply issues requiring active management are issued to healthcare professionals, and guidance is provided to help them manage their patients, where necessary.</p><p>Access to community pharmacies in England is good, with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking distance from a pharmacy, and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas. We are funding pharmacies with £2.6 billion per year, and have invested up to an additional £645 million in the sector across this and next year, for the recently launched Pharmacy First service and the expansion of the existing Blood Pressure Check Service and Pharmacy Contraception Service. The contractual arrangements and funding for 2024/25 are being currently consulted on with Community Pharmacy England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/03/2024 12:42:37 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1692358

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on implementing the International Education Strategy, published on 16 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	16186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The department has been implementing a whole of government approach and working closely with Cabinet departments including the Department for Business and Trade, Home Office, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and other government departments to implement the International Education Strategy published on 16 March 2019. This includes ministerial and official attendance from across government at the Education Sector Advisory Group meetings, a valued forum that convenes three times per year and enables sector representatives to engage with the government to implement the strategy.</p><p>The department remains committed to the International Education Strategy and has published regular updates, most recently in May 2023: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-2023-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-2023-update</a>. This sets out progress to date, including total UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity estimated to be £25.6 billion in 2021 and meeting the international student ambition for both 2020/21 and 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 07/03/2024 10:53:25 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1692359

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given contaminated blood transfusions by the NHS in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	16068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of people who were treated with contaminated blood products and given contaminated blood transfusions by the National Health Service, in South Holland and the Deepings constituency and Lincolnshire.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/03/2024 13:01:06 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1692361

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Sewage: South Holland and the Deepings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many storm overflow discharges there have been in South Holland and The Deepings constituency in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	16069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has significantly driven up monitoring and transparency of water companies in recent years. The number of storm overflows monitored across the English network has increased from 7% in 2010 to 100% now monitored.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>To improve transparency this data is now publicly available on the Government website (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.data.gov.uk%2Fdataset%2F19f6064d-7356-466f-844e-d20ea10ae9fd%2Fevent-duration-monitoring-storm-overflows-annual-returns&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C290a84c9e3ff4dd3d5cc08dc39e7b836%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638448914584301038%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5dfvAkUufvy6lv6SBTsQPmz6yb2mL1kHL6eluwKVV6E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflows - Annual Returns - data.gov.uk</a>). This shows the following discharges records for South Holland the Deepings:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In 2019, 61 discharges were recorded, all from 1 asset.</li><li>In 2020, 52 discharges were recorded, all from 1 asset.</li><li>In 2021, 267 discharges were recorded, from 7 different assets.</li><li>In 2022, 187 discharges were recorded, from 7 different assets.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The difference in the figures is due to the increase in the number of assets being monitored. 2023 data will be available in March this year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 08/03/2024 15:09:33 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes