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1753694

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of AI road cameras at reducing road accidents in high risk areas.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Ian Roome
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of AI road cameras at reducing road crashes in high-risk areas.</p><p> </p><p>However, trials of new technology including the use of AI cameras in small scale operational activity has been carried out under the Roads Policing Review. Evidence from these is being considered.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways has also worked with police forces to understand the role of technology to detect and enforce mobile phone and seatbelt violations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 15/01/2025 13:59:46 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5138

1753748

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2025
	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	Bangladesh: Assets
	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 steps his Department is taking to assist the Central Bank of Bangladesh in repatriating UK-based assets diverted illegally from that country.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Phil Brickell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The UK is committed to assisting investigative, prosecuting and judicial authorities in combating international crime. We have robust illicit finance legislation and instruments which can be used to support asset recovery requests. We would not comment on any individual Asset Recovery cases but we are in discussions with the International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre hosted by the UK's National Crime Agency and the International Centre for Asset Recovery on how to support the Interim Government of Bangladesh. In October 2024, the UK National Crime Agency visited Dhaka as part of the UK's effort to support Bangladesh in this area, as well as wider engagement on law enforcement issues. We will continue to support these recoveries to the extent that we can.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 15/01/2025 12:18:49 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	tabling member	5128

1754072

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	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	NHS Trusts: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to NHS Trusts on adopting a standardised FOI request system.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Clive Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department has no intention to publish guidance on how National Health Service trusts respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Guidance for organisations on responding to FOIs is published by the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 15/01/2025 10:14:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5207

1752871

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many air cleaning units were provided to education facilities in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>Between January 2022 and April 2023, the department provided over 9,000 air cleaning units to over 1,300 education and childcare settings that had been identified with poor ventilation.</p><p>Four air cleaning units were provided to education settings in the Birmingham Northfield constituency, 269 units were provided to education settings in the Birmingham City Council area and 996 units were provided to education settings in the West Midlands. In total, 8,848 air cleaning units were delivered to education settings in England. These figures do not include units provided to early years settings.</p><p>The department has published guidance on how to use CO<sub>2</sub> monitors and air cleaning units, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-co-monitors-and-air-cleaning-units-in-education-and-care-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-co-monitors-and-air-cleaning-units-in-education-and-care-settings</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 14/01/2025 16:59:58 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5234

1754046

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US Surgeon General’s recommendations to include health warnings on alcohol labels; and whether he has plans to re-visit his Department's closed consultation entitled Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives, published on 28 September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Health Service fit for the future, with a greater emphasis on the prevention of avoidable health harms, supporting people to live well for longer.</p><p>We have noted the United States Surgeon General’s recommendations, and will continue to consider how alcohol labelling can be improved to support consumers in making informed decisions about the products they are purchasing, whilst also promoting low risk consumption.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/01/2025 13:21:59 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1753952

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Flexible Working Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21859, on Flexible Working Taskforce, on what dates that taskforce met in each year from 2018 to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The Flexible Working Taskforce met on fourteen occasions between 2018 and 2022.</p><p>The dates of these meetings were:</p><p>29 March 2018; 09 May 2018; 11 July 2018; 12 September 2018; 16 November 2018; 16 January 2019; 27 March 2019; 02 July 2019; 22 September 2020; 14 April 2021; 27 April 2021; 07 July 2021; 13 October 2021; 07 February 2022.</p><p>The Government is committed to regular engagement with stakeholders on the topic of flexible working and other related issues.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 14/01/2025 13:13:53 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	5234

1753321

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2025
	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	General Practitioners: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to allocate the £100m of capital funding to upgrade 200 GP practices; and how GP practices will be able to apply for that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Clive Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England are working with integrated care boards, including primary care representatives, to identify and prioritise high-impact projects where investment can unlock significant productivity gains and additional usable space from existing buildings. Further detail on this process will be published in forthcoming capital guidance, which is due to be published later this month.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 14/01/2025 10:46:30 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	5207

1753317

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2025
	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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December to question 19158 on GP recruitment, for what reason this information is unavailable; and if he will make it his policy to publish the data once it is available.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Clive Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>Information on the number of recently qualified general practitioners for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme is currently being collated. We are working to verify the data and establish its reliability, which is necessary before any dataset can be published.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 13/01/2025 18:12:17 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 28894 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	5207

1752351

	registered interest
	date	03/01/2025
	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	Prize Money: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the research her Department commissioned from London Economics on large scale commercial prize draws.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
	tabling member printed	Dr Scott Arthur
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the findings of the independent research, which looked at the size and nature of the prize draw market, as well as possible gambling harm associated with these products. This research is informing our policy considerations, as whilst not regulated as a gambling product under the Gambling Act, we want people who participate in large scale commercial prize draws to be confident that proportionate protections are in place. We will update Parliament further in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 13/01/2025 17:14:06 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	tabling member	5212

1752340

	registered interest
	date	03/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Boys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the number of white working-class boys taking up apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	East Grinstead and Uckfield
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>Meeting the skills needs of the next decade is central to delivering all of the government's five missions – economic growth, opportunity for all, a stronger NHS, safer streets, and clean energy. Through delivering the Opportunity and Growth Missions, we will ensure that we have the skilled workforce needed to deliver the national, regional and local skills needs, aligned with the Industrial Strategy and break down the barriers to opportunity for learners.</p><p>The department is developing new foundation apprenticeships to give more young people a foot in the door at the start of their working lives, whilst supporting the pipeline of new talent that employers will need to drive economic growth.</p><p>Foundation apprenticeships will be a work-based training offer that will provide young people with clear progression pathways into further work-based training and employment.</p><p>The department is engaging with relevant stakeholders to inform our thinking to maximise the positive impact of foundation apprenticeships on young people, including those in disadvantaged areas. More detail on foundation apprenticeships will be set out in due course.</p><p>The department continues to pay additional funding to employers and training providers to support them to take on young apprentices, apprentices with learning difficulties and disabilities, and care leavers.</p><p>The department also continues to promote apprenticeships through the Skills for Life campaign and in schools and colleges through the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) Programme. Through the ASK Programme, the department increases awareness of apprenticeships amongst students in years 10 to 13, as well as parents, carers, teachers and careers advisers. During the 2023/24 academic year, ASK engaged with 2,366 schools and colleges and reached over 575,000 students.</p><p>There were 82,080 apprenticeship starts by white male apprentices that were aged under 25 in the 2023/24 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 13/01/2025 15:47:46 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies