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1755155

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	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	Armed Conflict: Explosives
	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 recent steps he has taken with (a) international counterparts and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence to remove explosive ordnance from areas that have previously been conflict zones.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>The FCDO-funded Global Mine Action Programme (GMAP) is the Government's main programme for removing mines, cluster munitions and other explosive ordinance from previous conflict zones. GMAP currently funds clearance in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Laos, Somalia, South Sudan, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. The Integrated Security Fund also funds clearance in Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. In October 2024, the UK participated in a Ukraine mine action conference, that re-affirmed donor commitment to supporting Ukraine's national mine action strategy. In November 2024, the UK participated in the 5th Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Clearing legacy contamination is outside the remit of Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 17/01/2025 12:06:37 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1755163

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of how many full time employees will not be paying income tax when the freeze on personal tax thresholds ends in April 2028.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>At the National Minimum Wage rates effective from April 2025 and working 35 hours per week a full-time employee over 21 would earn £22,222.22 –which is above the Personal Allowance of £12,570.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, when the freeze on personal tax thresholds ends in April 2028 a full-time employee earning at least the minimum wage would have pay more than the personal allowance and thus would be expected to pay Income Tax.</p><p> </p><p>This government is committed to keeping taxes as low as possible for working people while ensuring fiscal responsibility, which is why it will not extend the freeze on personal tax thresholds, allowing them to rise with inflation the following year.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 17/01/2025 08:21:56 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1755178

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Government Bills: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that all Departments publish impact assessments to Bills when they are published at first reading.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring Parliament has the information it needs to hold the Government to account and to understand the impact of legislation. When a bill is published the Explanatory Notes include information regarding any financial implications.</p><p>I have written to all members of Cabinet regarding their ministerial responsibilities to Parliament. Best practice guidance is also provided to departments through the Cabinet Office Guide to Making Legislation, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-making-legislation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-making-legislation</a>.</p><p>Published impact assessments, including their date of publication, are available on the Parliament website (<a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Manchester Central answering member printed Lucy Powell question first answered 17/01/2025 10:43:10 answering member 4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1755184

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders who were convicted of child sexual abuse have been released early from prison since 5 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>Sex offences were automatically excluded from both the End of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme which ceased on 9 September 2024 and from the current SDS40 scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 17/01/2025 14:01:51 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1755198

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	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	Pharmacy: Rural Areas
	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 his Department is taking to ensure rural and semi-rural communities have access to pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for understanding the health needs of their areas and for commissioning services to meet those needs. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment every three years to assess whether their population is adequately served and must keep these assessments under review. These assessments inform ICBs when reviewing applications for National Health Service pharmacies.</p><p>The Pharmacy Access Scheme provides additional funding to further support pharmacies in more remote areas. Additionally, in rural areas where there is no pharmacy, general practitioners are permitted to dispense medicines. Patients can also choose to access medicines and pharmacy services through any of the nearly 400 NHS online pharmacies that are contractually required to deliver prescription medicines free of charge to patients.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 17/01/2025 09:06:25 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1755200

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	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	Influenza: Health Services
	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 made an assessment of the potential impact of increases in cases of flu on NHS healthcare provision.
	tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>During winter there is an increase in hospital admissions from seasonal respiratory conditions such as flu. This can impact hospital occupancy and the flow of patients through hospitals, which in turn impacts on accident and emergency, and ambulance services. Respiratory conditions can also impact the number of staff absences, which can further increase pressure on the provision of health care.</p><p> </p><p>This year the number of beds occupied with flu has been higher than last year. The latest data shows there were, on average, 4,693 patients in hospital with flu in the week ending 12 January 2025, above the peak figure of 2,478 reported during winter 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 17/01/2025 09:28:21 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1755203

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Palliative Care: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the level of Government funding to (a) hospices and (b) the palliative care sector.
	tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>The Chancellor and I work closely with the Health Secretary on issues related to health and social care funding.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in December 2024 that we are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care, as well as £26 million in revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices. This will help to ensure that hospices in England can continue to deliver the highest quality end of life care possible for their patients, families, and loved ones.</p><p> </p><p>In England, integrated care boards are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 17/01/2025 13:56:02 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1755207

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Choir Schools Association: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to continue the grant to the Choir Schools Association in the next academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>The department will announce future funding for the Music and Dance Scheme for the 2025/26 academic year following the conclusion of the Spending Review in the spring. This includes consideration of the grant to the Choir Schools Association for the Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The department has provided a grant of over £216,000 per year for the Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme between 2010 and 2025.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell grouped question UIN 23836 question first answered 17/01/2025 13:32:54 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1755208

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Choir Schools Association: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department granted to the Choir Schools Association through the Music and Dance Scheme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>The department will announce future funding for the Music and Dance Scheme for the 2025/26 academic year following the conclusion of the Spending Review in the spring. This includes consideration of the grant to the Choir Schools Association for the Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The department has provided a grant of over £216,000 per year for the Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme between 2010 and 2025.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell grouped question UIN 23835 question first answered 17/01/2025 13:32:54 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1755213

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	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	Prostate Cancer: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Prostate Cancer Audit's report entitled NPCA State of the Nation Report 2024, published January 2025, what steps he is taking to tackle inequalities preventing Black men from (a) receiving early diagnosis and (b) accessing NICE recommended treatments following advanced prostate cancer diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2025 answer text <p>To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer earlier, we have invested £16 million in the United Kingdom-wide TRANSFORM trial, aimed at helping find the best ways of detecting prostate cancer in men, even if they are not displaying any symptoms. This research will aim to address some of the inequalities that exist in prostate cancer diagnosis by targeting black men in trial recruitment, ensuring that one in ten participants are black men.</p><p>Following publication of the 10-Year Health Plan, we will publish a new National Cancer Plan, which will include further details on how we will improve access to treatments and outcomes for all tumour types, including prostate cancer. We are now in discussions about what form that plan should take, and what its relationship to the 10-Year Health Plan and the Government’s wider Health Mission should be. We will provide updates on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 17/01/2025 09:08:52 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy