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1698553

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the graduate visa route on (a) the financial sustainability of the university sector and (b) local economies.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	20405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has been commissioned to provide further evidence to support the government’s understanding of how the Graduate Route is operating in practice. The focus of the Graduate Route review will be to prevent abuse and ensure the integrity and quality of our world-leading UK higher education (HE) sector is protected. No decisions have been made on the future of the Graduate Route and the department awaits the report of the MAC in May.</p><p>​</p><p>​The Office for Students (OfS), as the independent regulator of HE in England, is responsible for monitoring and reporting on the sustainability of HE providers. The department works closely with the OfS to understand the impact of international student recruitment on HE provider financial sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 17/04/2024 11:43:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1695462

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Firewood: Housing
	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 estimate she has made of the average annual tonnage of wood burnt in homes in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	18278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Figures on the amount of imported wood and waste wood by country is published in The Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F64c1327990b54500143e83c7%2FDUKES_6.6.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Ce65e4e64590a4ca77dc208dc475963ee%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638463696460932923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vpRzDKAlOn%2BEbWkV136Ziw%2BkTc%2BfqMCv9xydMWSPFxU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Table 6.6</a>, but information on sites is not collected. Imports of waste wood are used in the industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors and all imports of wood are burnt in the domestic sector; of the 2,319 thousand tonnes of wood consumed in the domestic sector in 2022, 198 thousand tonnes were imported.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 18277 question first answered 19/03/2024 06:20:27 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1695460

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Firewood: Imports
	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 estimate she has made of the average annual tonnage of wood imported for burning in (a) industrial and (b) domestic settings; which (i) countries and (ii) sites in those countries that wood is imported from; and how many tonnes on average comes from each of those countries each year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	18277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Figures on the amount of imported wood and waste wood by country is published in The Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F64c1327990b54500143e83c7%2FDUKES_6.6.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Ce65e4e64590a4ca77dc208dc475963ee%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638463696460932923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vpRzDKAlOn%2BEbWkV136Ziw%2BkTc%2BfqMCv9xydMWSPFxU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Table 6.6</a>, but information on sites is not collected. Imports of waste wood are used in the industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors and all imports of wood are burnt in the domestic sector; of the 2,319 thousand tonnes of wood consumed in the domestic sector in 2022, 198 thousand tonnes were imported.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 18278 question first answered 19/03/2024 06:20:27 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1689538

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Tourette's Syndrome: 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, what steps she is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourette's Syndrome are accessible to people outside of London.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	14437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Most services for people with Tourette’s syndrome are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) as they are best placed to plan and improve the provision of services subject to local prioritisation and funding. I know, for example, that there have been recent ICB discussions within the provider trust in Leeds related to strengthening the local offer for Tourette’s syndrome.</p><p>Nationally, the government is taking steps to alleviate workforce demands to support services for Tourette’s syndrome. This includes, increasing the number of trained clinical psychologists available. Health Education England, now merged with NHS England, supported a 60 per cent expansion in the clinical psychology training intake over the past two years.</p><p>Clinical psychologist trainees are able to undertake specialist placements focusing on Tourette’s syndrome, in addition to Tourette’s syndrome featuring as part of the broader neuropsychology curriculum.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/02/2024 11:02:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1689486

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Dementia: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £95 million allocated to the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission will be apportioned to (a) innovations in biomarkers, data, and digital and imaging technologies, (b) Increasing the number and speed of UK-based clinical trials for research into dementia and neurodegeneration and (c) its end-to-end implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	14385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission focuses on three key pillars. The first of which centres on biomarkers and experimental medicine, and will be allocated £44 million out of the total £95 million of funding for the mission, with the intention of securing match funding from industry partners. The second pillar will focus on clinical trial infrastructure and innovation, with two recently announced initiatives to support its delivery. The first of these initiatives is the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Dementia-Translational Research Collaboration Trials Network, with almost £50 million of funding over five years. This will expand the United Kingdom’s early phase clinical trial capabilities for dementia, speeding up the development of new treatments. The second initiative is the Clinical Trials Delivery Accelerator, focused on dementia, and also named the Dementia Accelerator. This was announced in the Autumn Statement 2023, in response to Lord O’Shaughnessy’s independent review into commercial clinical trials in the UK, with up to £20 million of additional funding. The third pillar will be focused on end-to-end implementation, specifically on aligning translational research, clinical practice, and regulatory frameworks to prepare health-systems for new dementia medicines. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS England, the Department, the devolved administrations, and the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission are already working closely together to plan for the implementation of new dementia medicines, should they gain approval in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/02/2024 10:05:20 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1663177

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	Employment: Endometriosis
	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 is taking steps to increase understanding amongst employers of endometriosis and its impact on people affected.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	201031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Women’s Health Strategy sets out ambitions that health conditions and disabilities are no longer a barrier to women’s participation in the workplace. It also sets out our ambitions for tackling taboos, including endometriosis, that can surround women’s health in the workplace, and for improving support for employers and colleagues.</p><p>As part of the Health and Wellbeing Fund 2022-25, the Department of Health and Social Care has awarded almost £2 million across 16 organisations to provide a holistic support offer to assist women with reproductive health issues, including menstrual health and gynaecological conditions, to remain in or return to the workplace. Additionally, the Equality Hub is working with employers to identify existing support on women’s reproductive health in the workplace and, in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care, is building peer networks to promote good practice.</p><p>The Government’s Women’s Health Ambassador is focused on raising the profile for women’s health and supporting implementation of the strategy, including breaking down the stigma surrounding particular areas of women’s health, including endometriosis.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 12:01:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1652414

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Home Office: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) accelerate and (b) support the transition to new approach methodologies for (i) research and (ii) experiments; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	193743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is actively supporting and funding the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs). UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is strongly committed to the 3Rs and provides funding for the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs), which works to drive the uptake of 3Rs technologies and ensure that advances are reflected in policy, practice and regulations on animal research. Since it was established, the NC3Rs has invested £77 million in research and almost £27 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges innovation scheme to UK and EU-based institutions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/07/2023 15:24:49 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1641369

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Public Transport
	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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of vaping on public transport on public health; and if he will take steps to further investigate this matter.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	187368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of vaping on public transport and public health. To date, there is no evidence of health risks of passive vaping by bystanders and therefore we do not intend to investigate this matter further.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/06/2023 12:19:31 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627844

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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	Forests: Commodities
	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 level of sourcing information will be required of companies under the due diligence requirements on forest risk commodities of the Environment Act 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	185097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>We consulted on the implementation of our due diligence regulations under the Environment Act and published a summary of responses and a government response to the consultation in June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 185094 185095 185096 185098 185099 185100 185101 185103 question first answered 24/05/2023 11:20:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1627680

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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	Disability History Month
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to promote UK Disability History Month.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	185089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Disability History Month will run from November 16th - December 16th in 2023. The Disability Unit is currently developing plans to mark the month.</p><p>To mark the month in 2022, we used a range of social media posts to celebrate individuals and their contribution to the advancement of rights for disabled people. We anticipate that we will take a similar approach this year.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/05/2023 09:57:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel