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1803312

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce reliance on temporary accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	52706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-12/51683" target="_blank">51683</a> on 19 May 2025.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 20/05/2025 12:52:00 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1803314

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	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	Broadcasting
	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 plans to hold discussions with Ofcom on potential changes to its oversight role of the broadcast media.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	52581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>Ofcom is the UK’s regulator for broadcasting and by law carries out its duties independently of the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 20/05/2025 15:53:00 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1803315

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Gardens Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Gardens Scheme for veterans.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	52582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>We recognise the work of the Defence Gardens Scheme, along with so many others working hard to support our Armed Forces community and make a difference to the wellbeing of veterans. The Minister for Veterans and People saw first hand the Defence Gardens Scheme on a visit earlier this year to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs works closely with many Armed Forces charities and organisations who play a vital part of the wider support system for veterans, and the Minister for Veterans and People is actively exploring ways of simplifying and cohering access to Government support, working in partnership with the charity sector, via VALOUR, which was announced on 5 May 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 20/05/2025 11:59:46 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1803332

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	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	Pensions Ombudsman: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Pensions Ombudsman on the adequacy of the time taken for a complaint to be allocated to an adjudicator.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow West
	tabling member printed	Patricia Ferguson
	uin	52757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>I met with the Pensions Ombudsman and Chief Operating Officer to discuss the significant increase over a period of several years in complaints received; a trend that is continuing. This increase has impacted on waiting times for cases to be allocated to an adjudication specialist. In response, The Pension Ombudsman has implemented an Operating Model Review (OMR) programme.</p><p> </p><p>DWP are working closely with TPO to rigorously monitor the impact the OMR is having on waiting times and case allocation to adjudication specialists.</p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 20/05/2025 15:57:22 answering member 5069
	tabling member	5190

1803342

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of regulated public appointments have had substantive information published on who the members of the appointments advisory panel are since 4 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	52697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>The Governance Code on Public Appointments sets out guidance on the role and composition of Advisory Assessment Panels. The Code requires, for all regulated public appointment competitions, that there should be full transparency of the Advisory Assessment Panel. Departments generally publish such details via the public appointments digital service on gov.uk as part of the details of the adverts for individual roles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 20/05/2025 15:11:46 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1803346

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the operation of the Skilled Worker route for marine and waterways transport operatives.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Riverside
	tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
	uin	52704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>The Skilled Worker visa for Marine and waterways transport operatives has not been discussed between DfT and Home Office Ministers. Officials continue to liaise with their Home Office counterparts and update Ministers where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 20/05/2025 09:16:35 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
	tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1803349

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HMP Littlehey: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison spaces are (a) available and (b) projected to be available at HMP Littlehey over the next three years; and what the maximum capacity is at that prison.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Ben Obese-Jecty
	uin	52740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>The operational capacity of each prison is published monthly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-monthly-prison-figures-2025" target="_blank">Prison population: monthly prison figures 2025 - GOV.UK</a>. The current operational capacity of Littlehey is 1241, and there are currently no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 20/05/2025 14:19:00 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5089

1803358

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish an updated response to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
	tabling member printed	Steve Witherden
	uin	52774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor set out the Government’s plans for reforms to sentencing of domestic homicides in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 6 December 2024 (HCWS286). The Law Commission has accepted our request to undertake a review of the law of homicide and the sentencing framework for murder. Drivers for this review include concerns related to gendered disparities for murders committed in a domestic context. The Terms of Reference and more information on the review can be found on the Law Commission’s website and they will publish a detailed timeline for the project shortly.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking more immediate action in the short-term by implementing two of the outstanding recommendations in the independent Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review which was undertaken by Clare Wade KC under the last Government. These measures are statutory aggravating factors for murders involving strangulation and those connected with the end of a relationship. We intend to lay a Statutory Instrument to implement these measures when parliamentary time allows and we have recently completed a statutory consultation with the Sentencing Council that must precede this process.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 20/05/2025 14:16:09 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5221

1803360

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	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	Nicaragua: Christianity
	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 assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the treatment of Christian (a) leaders and (b) communities in Nicaragua.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West and Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	52659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>We share widespread international concern about the relentless suppression of human rights in Nicaragua, including in relation to freedom of religion or belief, which the UK remains committed to championing for all. We continue to urge the Nicaraguan authorities to re-establish democratic freedoms through our engagements in country and with the Nicaraguan Embassy in London, and through our public statements in international fora. We most recently raised these concerns on 28 February 2025 at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 20/05/2025 15:51:27 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1803367

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2025
	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	Social Services: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with suppliers of medical equipment to community care services on social care reform.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	uin	52762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2025 answer text <p>On 30 January 2025, NHS England published guidance on Standardising community health services, specifically codifying core services, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/standardising-community-health-services/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/standardising-community-health-services/</a></p><p>Community health services cover a diverse range of healthcare delivery, and the guidance supports improved commissioning and delivery of community healthcare services. Codifying community health services will help to better assess demand and capacity and will help commissioners make investment choices as they design neighbourhood health provision that shifts care to community-based settings.</p><p>This publication is available for designing, commissioning, and delivering community health services, including neighbourhood health. Integrated care boards and their partners should consider the core components to support demand and capacity assessment and planning with providers, and should ensure the best use of funding to meet local needs and priorities.</p><p>Many National Health Service trusts and local authorities offer an Integrated Community Equipment Service (ICES) within the integrated health and social care system, as they support both the home first agenda and hospital flows. These services can be provided in-house or by external suppliers following a tender exercise. An ICES enables people to remain in or return to their homes as the primary setting for care, avoiding unnecessary stays in hospital or care homes. Also, an ICES facilitates timely hospital admissions, treatment, and discharge processes, minimising delays and improving capacity across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 52764 question first answered 20/05/2025 11:27:26 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5201