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1675392

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	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	Sports Competitors: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Get Active: a strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published on 30 August 2023, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding deaf athletes at the elite level.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	5279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s “Get Active” strategy commits to making talent pathways accessible and inclusive, so our most talented athletes have a chance to be successful regardless of background.</p><p>Sport England has committed £1.2 million between 2022 and 2027 to UK Deaf Sport to boost deaf sport at the grassroots level and build wider participation. Beyond this, they have also agreed to explore a series of small-scale talent pilots for d/Deaf athletes. These pilots will see Sport England, National Governing Bodies, and UK Deaf Sport working together to explore support around elite competitions and suggest potential solutions.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/12/2023 14:13:32 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1675444

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the resilience of the defence supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	5178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently working to operationalise the Defence Supply Chain Strategy and the wider strategic supply chain commitments made by the MOD since 2020 and more recently in the Defence Command Paper. This includes designing resilience into future supply chains from the outset, developing a closer and more collaborative relationship with industry on supply chain design, and improving analysis and monitoring to allow for the rapid implementation of interventions to tackle risks when they arise.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2023 11:03:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1675543

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the (a) most recent inspection outcome for each institution in the secure estate and (b) the last date on which each institution in the secure estate was last classified as good.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	5297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) are the primary inspectorate responsible for inspecting Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Oakhill Secure Training Centre, supported by HMIP and Secure Children’s Homes in England. Ofsted also inspect education delivery at the YOIs in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspect healthcare across all English settings.</p><p> </p><p>Care Inspectorate Wales (CiW) are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Hillside Secure Children’s Home, with Estyn inspecting their education delivery. Additionally, Estyn inspect the education delivery at Parc YOI.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes of these inspections are published on their respective websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/" target="_blank">HMIP</a></li><li><a href="https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Ofsted</a></li><li><a href="https://www.careinspectorate.wales/our-reports" target="_blank">Care Inspectorate Wales</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5298 question first answered 11/12/2023 08:54:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1675545

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many education settings in the youth secure estate were rated as good on 5 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	5298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) are the primary inspectorate responsible for inspecting Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Oakhill Secure Training Centre, supported by HMIP and Secure Children’s Homes in England. Ofsted also inspect education delivery at the YOIs in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspect healthcare across all English settings.</p><p> </p><p>Care Inspectorate Wales (CiW) are the primary inspectorate responsible for assessing Hillside Secure Children’s Home, with Estyn inspecting their education delivery. Additionally, Estyn inspect the education delivery at Parc YOI.</p><p> </p><p>The outcomes of these inspections are published on their respective websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/" target="_blank">HMIP</a></li><li><a href="https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Ofsted</a></li><li><a href="https://www.careinspectorate.wales/our-reports" target="_blank">Care Inspectorate Wales</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5297 question first answered 11/12/2023 08:54:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1675546

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of safety of children in the youth secure estate.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	5299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The safety and well-being of the young people in our care is paramount. I am clear that levels of violence amongst the challenging cohort in our youth secure estate are too high and we are taking strong action to improve safety.</p><p> </p><p>All Youth Custody Service establishments have a safety strategy to address their specific local risks of violence, and conflict resolution practitioners work to resolve conflict where it occurs between individuals or groups. Staff receive specialist training to provide specialised support to young people. They are equipped with body worn video cameras to protect themselves and record vital evidence when an incident occurs.</p><p> </p><p>A safeguarding referral will be made where there is any concern about the wellbeing of a child in our custody. The number of recorded safeguarding referrals for each Young Offender Institution (YOI) and Secure Training Centre (STC) is in the table below.</p><p><strong>YOIs </strong></p><p>Cookham Wood 108</p><p>Feltham 134</p><p>Parc 79</p><p>Werrington 135</p><p>Wetherby 276</p><p>YOI Total 732</p><p><strong>STC </strong></p><p>Oakhill 162</p><p><strong>Grand Total 894</strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5300 question first answered 11/12/2023 08:57:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1675548

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals have been made from each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	5300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The safety and well-being of the young people in our care is paramount. I am clear that levels of violence amongst the challenging cohort in our youth secure estate are too high and we are taking strong action to improve safety.</p><p> </p><p>All Youth Custody Service establishments have a safety strategy to address their specific local risks of violence, and conflict resolution practitioners work to resolve conflict where it occurs between individuals or groups. Staff receive specialist training to provide specialised support to young people. They are equipped with body worn video cameras to protect themselves and record vital evidence when an incident occurs.</p><p> </p><p>A safeguarding referral will be made where there is any concern about the wellbeing of a child in our custody. The number of recorded safeguarding referrals for each Young Offender Institution (YOI) and Secure Training Centre (STC) is in the table below.</p><p><strong>YOIs </strong></p><p>Cookham Wood 108</p><p>Feltham 134</p><p>Parc 79</p><p>Werrington 135</p><p>Wetherby 276</p><p>YOI Total 732</p><p><strong>STC </strong></p><p>Oakhill 162</p><p><strong>Grand Total 894</strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5299 question first answered 11/12/2023 08:57:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1675567

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	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	Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of patients with suspected (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerative colitis waiting over 18 weeks to receive a diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	5406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top priorities. We are making progress on tackling the longest waits, to ensure patients get the care they need when they need it.</p><p>Diagnostic checks are a key part of many elective care pathways. Our ambition is that 95% of patients needing a diagnostic check receive it within six weeks by March 2025. We are working together with NHS England to increase diagnostic capacity as quickly as possible, including for patients with suspected Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, through the continued rollout of community diagnostic centres (CDCs).</p><p>As of November 2023, there are 136 CDCs currently operational that have delivered over five million additional tests since July 2021.</p><p>In addition, the Getting it Right First Time programme has launched a set of ‘Further, Faster’ pilots in July to support groups of trusts to accelerate progress on outpatient transformation, including gastroenterology. The pilots aim to accelerate service transformation across a range of specialities. Within gastroenterology, the pilots are driving forward interventions such as the introduction of Patient Initiated Follow Up, which can be beneficial for patients with chronic conditions like inflammatory bowel disease.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/12/2023 13:02:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1675604

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's policy is on (a) British Gas and (b) other energy providers reducing direct debit payments when customers' accounts are in credit; and what information her Department holds on the amount of customers' money held in credit by energy providers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	5338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>As the independent regulator, Ofgem requires British Gas and other energy providers to refund a domestic customer’s credit balance promptly unless they have reasonable grounds not to, which must be explained to the customer. Customers may also review the level of their direct debit payments at any time by taking a meter reading and contacting their provider. This Department does not hold information on the amount of customers’ credit balances held by energy providers.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 11/12/2023 07:12:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1675605

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of differences in the time taken for (a) British Gas and (b) other energy providers to (i) increase the value of direct debits when accounts are in debt and (ii) reduce the value of direct debits when accounts are in credit.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	5339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The aim of a direct debit payment arrangement should be for the customer to have a zero balance on their accounts at the end of a year.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2022, Ofgem changed the licence conditions on suppliers to ensure that direct debits are based on the best and most current information available. Energy suppliers typically review their customers’ direct debit arrangements twice a year and this should be based on an actual meter reading to ensure payments are set at the correct level to avoid a large credit or debit balance building up.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/12/2023 12:47:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1675026

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate financial burdens to households which arise from malfunctioning smart meters leading to an inaccurate energy bill.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are obligated under licence conditions to ensure their customers’ smart meters continue to function. Ofgem is responsible for regulating energy suppliers against their obligations. The Department is actively working with suppliers to increase the number operating in smart mode.</p><p> </p><p>Around 92% of smart meters are operating as they should. Smart meters not operating in smart mode will continue to record consumption accurately like a traditional meter, with meter readings taken manually to ensure billing on the basis of actual energy use.</p><p> </p><p>Government encourages any consumer experiencing a loss of smart services to speak to their supplier for further advice and remedy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/12/2023 09:48:34 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick