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1723113

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet representatives of UK nuclear test veterans.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
uin	HL279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>This is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country. As part of the Minister for Veterans and People’s role, he will regularly meet and engage with veterans including UK nuclear test veterans, to learn about their experiences and understand how the Government can provide the right support to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Veterans and People has engagements planned in the coming weeks to discuss specific concerns raised by nuclear test veterans.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 13/09/2024 10:18:38 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1724372

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Business Interests: Civil Servants and Special Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time is for the Cabinet Office to process a business appointments rules application from (a) crown servants and (b) special advisers.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office processes Business Appointment Rules applications for civil servants and special advisers from within the department, as well as Permanent Secretaries from across all Government departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For Cabinet Office civil servants and special advisers below the ACOBA threshold (those below SCS pay band 3 or below special adviser pay band 4), the Cabinet Office oversees the full process and makes final decisions. For Cabinet Office civil servants and special advisers above the ACOBA threshold (SCS pay band 3 or above and special adviser pay band 4) the Cabinet Office provides a recommendation and supporting information to ACOBA, who then conduct their own analysis and provide advice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Business Appointment Rules applications at SCS2 and below are managed at a departmental level. It can take between 11 and 32 working days depending on the grade and former and prospective roles to process these applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 13/09/2024 09:10:45 answering member 5305
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1726128

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of the Bounce Back Loans scheme; what proportion of the loans have been (a) returned and (b) written off; and whether all data related to the scheme has been recorded in OSCAR II.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	3447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Businesses have drawn a total of £46.59 billion under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. 12.97% of facilities by volume have been repaid and 59.44% of facilities by volume are on schedule. 19.77% of facilities by volume have been settled under the Government guarantee. The Department publishes performance data on the COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes on a quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p>The final year-end outturn is recorded in OSCAR II for years 22-23 and prior. The 23-24 data is still pending final updates based on the finalisation of DBT’s accounts for 23-24.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 13/09/2024 10:08:39 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
tabling member	5158

1726596

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations have been made to the Commonwealth to accelerate the publication by the Commonwealth Observer Group to the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections of its final report on its findings on those elections.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Secretariat deploys independent Commonwealth Observer Groups to monitor elections. It is the responsibility of the Commonwealth Secretary-General to approve the publication of Commonwealth Election Observation Reports. Whilst we hope to see the report on the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections soon, we do not wish to influence the independent Commonwealth process.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 13/09/2024 12:09:48 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1726598

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital: Gender Dysphoria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many young people are on the waiting list to access support at the specialist gender services at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital; and what is the current average length of time spent by young people on the waiting list before attending their first appointment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green
uin	HL628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>As of July 2024, there were 6,033 individuals on the national waiting list for NHS Children and Young Peoples Gender Services, which includes the services in London and the North West, with a median waiting time of 95 weeks.</p><p>NHS England has published an ambitious two-year action plan, which sets out how it will continue to transform and improve services. Investment in children and young people’s gender services in 2024/25 has more than doubled compared to 2023/24, and will increase further as new services are established.</p><p>In April 2024, NHS England opened two new services in the North West and London that offer a fundamentally different clinical model, embedding multi-disciplinary teams in specialist children’s hospitals. A third new service will open in the South West in the autumn, and a fourth in the East of England in spring of next year. NHS England is advancing towards meeting its commitment for there to be a specialist children’s gender service in every region by 2026. These new services will increase service capacity and reduce waiting lists.</p><p>We understand that it must be challenging for all those on the waiting list for services, but it is important that we get these services right, which involves developing teams with specialist clinical skill sets and ensuring that research is embedded within services. NHS England has also written to all children and young people on the waiting list for services, to offer them a mental health assessment, and has rolled out an improved referral pathway into services, which ensures that children are assessed more holistically through referral via pediatrics or children’s mental health services.</p><p>In his House of Commons written statement HCWS70 on 4 September 2024, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care outlined the significant progress that has been made in the transformation of children and young people’s gender services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 13/09/2024 10:18:09 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4725 label Biography information for Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green

1727098

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for North West Norfolk of (a) 9 and (b) 31 July 2024 on the New Hospitals Programme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	4028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>We have received the hon. Member’s correspondence of 9 and 31 July 2024, and we will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 13/09/2024 08:45:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1727183

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	Multiple Myeloma: Medical Treatments
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 commission research to (a) track and (b) compare international access to myeloma treatments; whether his Department holds data on the use by other countries of isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of myeloma patients; and when he expects NICE to publish its final guidance on the use of isatuximab with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in the treatment of such patients.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	4164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to commission research to compare international access to myeloma treatments. There are a number of independent publications that compare international access to new medicines, including cancer medicines, such as the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ W.A.I.T Indicators, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://efpia.eu/media/vtapbere/efpia-patient-wait-indicator-2024.pdf" target="_blank">https://efpia.eu/media/vtapbere/efpia-patient-wait-indicator-2024.pdf</a></p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published guidance in November 2020 that recommended isatuximab with pomalidomide and dexamethasone as an option for the treatment of adults with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma meeting specified clinical criteria within the Cancer Drugs Fund, for a period of managed access to collect more data and reduce the uncertainty in the available evidence base. The NICE is currently updating its guidance, taking into account real world evidence generated through the Cancer Drugs Fund and published final draft guidance in June 2024. The NICE has received appeals against its draft recommendations that will be heard by its independent appeal panel on 23 September 2024. The NICE will update stakeholders on timescales for its appraisal following the appeal hearing.</p><p>Isatuximab with pomalidomide and dexamethasone will remain available to eligible patients through the Cancer Drugs Fund in line with the NICE’s guidance published in November 2020, pending the NICE’s final updated guidance. If it is ultimately not recommended, patients who are receiving the treatment at the time will continue to do so in line with the managed access agreement entered into by the company with the NICE. There are a number of multiple myeloma topics that are currently being evaluated in the programme, some of which are expected to conclude late this year and early next year.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 13/09/2024 09:40:18 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1727283

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Nationalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of determining the sequencing of when train operating companies will be brought into public ownership by their operational performance.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	4221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that passenger train operations will transfer to a public-sector operator as current contracts end or reach their contractual break point, avoiding the need to pay compensation to the current operators. The Secretary of State is considering the timing of the transfer of services under each contract and is continually monitoring performance. She will not hesitate to take appropriate action when operators fall short, up to and including termination if the relevant contractual conditions are met.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 13/09/2024 13:01:43 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1727284

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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 Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that water companies in breach of their operating licence are able to continue to operate with no material sanction.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Charlie Maynard
uin	4320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, carries out its work in the manner it considers best meets its duties, including its duty to secure that water companies properly carry out their functions.</p><p> </p><p>Where companies have failed to meet statutory or licence obligations, Ofwat is responsible for enforcing. Ofwat have the power to take action through an enforcement order or financial penalty (up to 10% of a company’s relevant annual turnover).</p><p> </p><p>The ultimate enforcement tool is an application for special administration. The Secretary of State, or Ofwat with the consent of the Secretary of State can apply to the High Court for a special administration order. The High Court can only make a special administration order in certain circumstances, including where it is satisfied that:</p><ul><li>There has been or is likely to be a contravention of a principal duty (i.e. The general duties under sections 37 and 94 of the Water Industry Act 1991) or</li><li>an enforcement order where, in either case, it is serious enough to make it inappropriate for the company to continue to hold its appointment or licence; or</li><li>the company is or is likely to be unable to pay its debts.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 4333 question first answered 13/09/2024 10:47:58 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5325

1727285

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Thames Water
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 take steps with Ofwat to place Thames Water in special administration.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Charlie Maynard
uin	4321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation, and Ofwat continues to engage with Thames Water.</p><p> </p><p>The company remains stable, and it would be inappropriate to comment in detail on hypotheticals – however it is important to provide reassurance that the Government is prepared for all scenarios across all our regulated industries – as any government should be.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 4332 question first answered 13/09/2024 10:50:01 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5325