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1697891

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
	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 tackle the sale of illegal vapes on the black market.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years, and one-in-five children having now used a vape. Underage sales and illicit vapes are undermining the work the Government is doing to protect our children's health.</p><p>To address this, in April 2023, the Government announced a £3 million investment over two years to enhance work on illicit vape enforcement. Led by National Trading Standards, this builds on existing work by local trading standards officers across the country to ensure that vapes sold in the United Kingdom comply with The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, as well as other relevant legislation that applies to vaping products. Activities include data collection and analysis to understand the scale of illegal products and sales, and market surveillance work. Through this work, they identified that 2.1 million illicit vapes were seized across England by trading standards from 2022 to 2023.</p><p>To strengthen our enforcement activity, the Government will also provide an additional £30 million of funding per year for enforcement agencies, including trading standards. This increase in investment will help to stamp out criminal activity by boosting the enforcement of illicit tobacco and vapes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2024 20:33:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 26257 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1696464

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Counter-extremism Centre of Excellence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to ensure the (a) independence, (b) impartiality and (c) academic integrity of the counter-extremism centre of excellence.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Civil Service code applies to all civil servants. Further details of our work on Counter Extremism will be set out in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/03/2024 16:59:38 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1693948

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	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	Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicine supply issue notifications her Department has received in each month since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>There are around 14,000 licensed medicines, and the overwhelming majority are in good supply. However, the medicine supply chain is highly regulated, complex, and global and supply disruption is an issue which affects countries all around the world.</p><p>The Department’s medicines Discontinuations and Shortages (DaSH) portal was established in October 2020 to collect notifications from suppliers of potential supply issues. Data from before October 2020 cannot be provided as this information is not held. The following table shows the number of supply issue notifications added to the DaSH portal, each month since 2020:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month added to DaSH</p></td><td><p>Number of supply issue notifications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2020</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2020</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2020</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2021</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2021</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2023</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2023</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2024</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/03/2024 13:57:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 22710 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1694769

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2024
	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	Kimberly Liu
	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 in response to the Kimberley Liu: Prevention of future deaths report, published on December 29, 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department takes all prevention of future death reports seriously, including working with healthcare partners where appropriate to develop our responses. We are conscious of the statutory deadline for these reports, and the Department will provide a formal response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 17:47:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1694981

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.81 of the Autumn Statement 2023, published in November 2023, what his planned timetable is to open the consultation on the VAT treatment of private hire vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>As announced at Spring Budget, the Government will launch the consultation on the impacts of the July 2023 High Court ruling in Uber Britannia Ltd v Sefton MBC in April.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/03/2024 15:39:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1684455

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Utilities: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the powers available to Local Authorities to hold utility companies to account for defects left behind after excavation work on grassed areas and grass verges.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	11161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Highway authorities have a range of powers to deal with utility street works. If the grassed area or verge is part of the public highway, utility companies carrying out excavations need to apply for a permit from the relevant highway authority, and they must reinstate them after works have been completed in line with requirements in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specification-for-the-reinstatement-of-openings-in-highways" target="_blank">Specification for Reinstatement of Openings in the Highway (SROH)</a>. Authorities can inspect the quality of the reinstatement, during works and up to two years later, and can require any defects to be repaired.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>New guidance and regulations introducing a performance-based inspections regime came into force <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/street-works-inspections" target="_blank">on 1 April 2023</a>. The new regime enables highway authorities to carry out more inspections of poorly performing utility companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/01/2024 17:08:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1684453

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	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	Prostate Cancer
	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 reduce the number of prostate cancer deaths.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	11159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to improving survival rates for cancer, including prostate cancer, and thereby reducing the number of cancer deaths. The Department is taking steps to reduce cancer diagnosis and treatment waiting times and is working jointly with NHS England on implementing the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care. This includes plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment.  <br> <br> To support early diagnosis, NHS England introduced the Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) which sets a maximum target of 28 days from urgent suspected general practice or screening referral to patients being told that they have cancer, or that cancer is ruled out. To achieve this target, NHS England have streamlined cancer pathways, including implementing a best-timed prostate cancer diagnostic pathway so that those suspected of prostate cancer receive a multi-parametric, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan first, which ensures only those men most at-risk undergo an invasive biopsy. Best practice timed pathways support the on-going improvement effort to shorten diagnosis pathways, reduce variation, improve experience of care, and meet the FDS. For patients, the prostate best-practice timed pathway may reduce anxiety and uncertainty of a possible cancer diagnosis, with reduced time between referral and receiving the outcome of diagnostic test</p><p><br> In November 2023 we announced a £42 million screening trial with Prostate Cancer UK, to find ways of detecting the country’s most common male cancer earlier. The first-of-its-kind trial, called TRANSFORM, will use innovative screening methods like MRI scans to detect prostate cancer, and will see hundreds of thousands of men across the country participating</p><p><br> On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy to consider the six conditions, including cancer, that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England. We published the Major Conditions Strategy: Case for Change and Our Strategic Framework on 14 August 2023, which sets out our approach to making the change over the next five years that will deliver the most value in facing the health challenges of today, and of the decades ahead.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/01/2024 15:48:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1683191

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	India: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether an Indian Police Service officer was expelled from London in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>It is longstanding government policy not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 25/01/2024 17:47:16 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1679625

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Telecommunications: Permitted Development Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on requirements to (a) consult residents on and (b) notify residents of the use of permitted development powers for the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas; and whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of such requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Permitted development rights (PDR) are a national grant of permission that allow certain building works and changes of use to take place without having to submit a planning application. They are subject to limitations and conditions to manage impacts and protect local amenity. In some cases, prior approval is required which allows the local planning authority to consider specific planning matters before development can take place. The local community may comment on the matters for prior approval.</p><p> </p><p>Individual permitted development rights including their associated limitations, conditions, and where relevant, matters for prior approval are set out in the General Permitted Development Order. There is no specific guidance on the permitted development rights for electronic communications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the planning framework, additional duties and obligations relating to telecommunications installations are included in the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”).</p><p> </p><p>The 2003 Regulations require that in certain PDR cases, the operator must notify the local planning authority of its intention to deploy certain apparatus, provided that they have no pre-existing equipment in the area. The local planning authority may give written notice of conditions with which they wish the Operator to comply with in respect of the installation of the apparatus (although these do not have to be complied with to the extent they are unreasonable in all the circumstances).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there is a Code of Practice (The Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016) in place relating to the siting of cabinet and pole installations. This was developed in 2016 by the Government, in collaboration with two major fixed-line operators and other interested parties. It provides guidance on ways operators can ensure these installations are placed appropriately, and that local authorities and communities are engaged with regarding proposed installations. For example, it sets out that where new poles are to be installed the operator should place a site notice to indicate to nearby residents the intention to install a pole, and the proposed location.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that communities benefit enormously from the deployment of high quality digital infrastructure, with all the economic and social benefits it brings. We want to make sure that deployment happens efficiently, but at the same time, in ways that make sure the impact on communities and the environment is taken into account and broad support is maintained for the rollout of this critical infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/01/2024 12:34:08 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1679522

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the viability of alternative schemes to the Highways PFI contract for Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department has assessed the viability of a range of alternative schemes to the Birmingham PFI contract. Following this, we have committed to continue Birmingham’s existing funding at approximately £50m for 2024/5. In subsequent years, Birmingham would be allocated formula funding in the same way as other local highways authorities across the country, as part of the highways maintenance block grant. This will be paid via the West Midlands Combined Authority in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will increase the additional funding going to the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) under the Network North Roads Resurfacing fund to take account of the fact that the allocations announced in November 2023 did not include an amount for Birmingham. WMCA is also benefiting from over £1 billion of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) funding up to 2026/27, and set to benefit from indicative CRSTS2 funding of over £2.6 billion between 2027/28 and 2031/32.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2024 12:24:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill