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1689461

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Water: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allow water customers to have a meter removed from their property.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a 20% reduction in water demand by 2038 and halving leakage by 2050. Metering is central to identifying and reducing leakage and enabling better value for money for the consumer. The Government set out that water companies in areas of ‘water stress’ can compulsorily meter, following evidence it provides value for money and has customer support in their resource planning. Where this is the case, a customer may not be able to switch back to unmeasured charges. Other water companies do offer the opportunity for customers to switch back to an unmeasured charge following meter installation. All water companies offer social tariffs as part of affordability packages for consumers who may be struggling to pay their water bills.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 25/04/2024 09:29:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1691371

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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: General Practitioners
	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 improve the knowledge of GPs on the symptoms of young onset dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	15484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We want all general practitioners to have received appropriate training, in order to provide high quality care to people with dementia, regardless of the person’s age or individual needs.</p><p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies who set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and Higher Education Institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators outcome standards.</p><p>Whilst not all curricula may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all nevertheless emphasize the skills and approaches a Health Care Practitioner must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for dementia.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets out NHS England’s commitment to improving training for workers caring for people with dementia.</p><p>The Long Term plan also sets out the plan for there to be more healthcare staff working in and with GP practices, which will mean people will be able to get an appointment with the right professional depending on their needs. This means that those with dementia will be able to access the most appropriate support more quickly.</p><p>The plan will include more GPs, nurses and 20,000 additional pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics, physician associates and social prescribing link. These bigger teams of staff will work with other local services to make sure people, including those with dementia, get better access to a wider range of support for their needs.</p><p>We are seeing more people from younger cohorts with multimorbidity. Multimorbidity challenges the specialised approach to medicine, which has improved our ability to successfully treat single diseases. The Long Term Plan also addresses the increased need for medical and other clinical professionals with generalist and core skills to manage and support patients with seemingly unrelated diseases.</p><p>There are also a variety of resources available on the NHS England E-learning for Health platform, including a programme on dementia care, designed to enhance the training and education of the health and social care workforce.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:49:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1691716

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many types of uncrewed aerial systems the Armed Forces operate.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	15576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>The Military Aviation Authority definitions of types as listed in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-article-ra-1600-remotely-piloted-air-systems-rpas" target="_blank">Regulatory Article 1600</a> for Remotely Piloted Air Systems are:</p><p> </p><p>o Open Class (less than 25 kg)</p><p>o Specific Class (no weight limit)</p><p>o Certified Class (no weight limit)</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces operate Uncrewed Arial Systems/Remotely Piloted Air Systems in all three of these classes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/05/2024 13:25:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1692490

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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	Small Businesses: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of recent economic growth figures on small and medium businesses in (a) Newport West constituency and b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is regularly assessing the impact of economic growth, working with the Secretary of State for Wales to support SMEs.</p><p>The Government continues to support businesses, through Help to Grow: Management, Business Support Helpline and GOV.UK.</p><p>Wales is benefiting from £2.5 billion in levelling up funding to create jobs and grow the economy, and there will be two Investment Zones in Wales worth £160 million each, with one located across Cardiff and Newport.</p><p>The Government has provided business rates relief in England, whilst the Welsh Government has cut the rates relief, effectively doubling business rates in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16236 question first answered 08/05/2024 13:58:20 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1692491

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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	Small Businesses: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Wales on supporting small businesses in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is regularly assessing the impact of economic growth, working with the Secretary of State for Wales to support SMEs.</p><p>The Government continues to support businesses, through Help to Grow: Management, Business Support Helpline and GOV.UK.</p><p>Wales is benefiting from £2.5 billion in levelling up funding to create jobs and grow the economy, and there will be two Investment Zones in Wales worth £160 million each, with one located across Cardiff and Newport.</p><p>The Government has provided business rates relief in England, whilst the Welsh Government has cut the rates relief, effectively doubling business rates in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16235 question first answered 08/05/2024 13:58:20 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1694511

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
	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 announcement at page 34 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, on upgrading more than 100 MRI scanners with AI, what the average time taken for patients to receive relevant test results is; and if she will make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average time taken for patients to receive relevant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test results. The Department is, therefore, unable to make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use. <br> <br> The National Health Service expects that upgrading one MRI scanner with Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration software will lead to an average of 3.71 additional patients being scanned per day in addition to the current average of 24 scans a day.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the figures which estimate that upgrading 100 MRI scanners will mean 130,000 additional patients receive an MRI test each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner (hourly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(daily)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(weekly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(annual)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scanners upgraded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Activity (annual)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>3.71</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MRI AI acceleration software enables scan acquisition time to be reduced, in turn enabling scans to be delivered in shorter time frames and therefore improving the time taken for patients to receive a test result from the point of referral. This is currently supporting the achievement of optimal levels of throughput to be achieved in 80 trusts, where 216 scanners have been upgraded.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 17634 question first answered 14/05/2024 17:21:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 23781 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1694512

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
	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 paragraph 2.20 of Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, if she will publish the modelling used to estimate the number of patients that will be impacted by the proposed upgrading of 100 MRI scanners.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the average time taken for patients to receive relevant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test results. The Department is, therefore, unable to make an estimate of the average time for such results to be received when the new scanners are in use. <br> <br> The National Health Service expects that upgrading one MRI scanner with Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration software will lead to an average of 3.71 additional patients being scanned per day in addition to the current average of 24 scans a day.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the figures which estimate that upgrading 100 MRI scanners will mean 130,000 additional patients receive an MRI test each year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner (hourly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(daily)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests</strong> <strong>per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(weekly)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional tests per upgraded scanner </strong> <strong>(annual)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scanners upgraded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional Activity (annual)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>3.71</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MRI AI acceleration software enables scan acquisition time to be reduced, in turn enabling scans to be delivered in shorter time frames and therefore improving the time taken for patients to receive a test result from the point of referral. This is currently supporting the achievement of optimal levels of throughput to be achieved in 80 trusts, where 216 scanners have been upgraded.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 17633 question first answered 14/05/2024 17:21:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 23783 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1695847

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraphs 28 and 29 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State provided in the High Court case between the King (on the application of Al-Haq) v the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, whether any of the pending 28 arms export licences to Israel identified in the Change in Circumstances review have been approved since January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely.</p><p>The Government can and does respond quickly and flexibly to changing international circumstances. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and are able to be amended, suspended, refused or revoked as circumstances require.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 18621 18622 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:56:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1695849

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraphs 28 and 29 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State provided in the High Court case between the King (on the application of Al-Haq) v the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, if she will provide the dates for when each of the arms export licences to Israel identified in the Change in Circumstances review were issued.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely.</p><p>The Government can and does respond quickly and flexibly to changing international circumstances. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and are able to be amended, suspended, refused or revoked as circumstances require.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 18619 18622 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:56:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1695850

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	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	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraphs 28 and 29 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State provided in the High Court case between the King (on the application of Al-Haq) v the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, whether any of the arms export licences identified by the Change in Circumstances Review have been revoked since January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring the situation in Israel and Gaza very closely.</p><p>The Government can and does respond quickly and flexibly to changing international circumstances. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and are able to be amended, suspended, refused or revoked as circumstances require.</p><p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 18619 18621 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:56:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe