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1701581

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grants for higher education students from the least advantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	22095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government believes that income contingent student loans are a fair and sensible way of financing higher education (HE). It is only right that those who benefit from the system should make a fair contribution to its costs. The government have continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs for undergraduate and postgraduate students each year, with a 2.8% increase for the 2023/24 academic year and a further 2.5% increase announced for 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government have frozen maximum tuition fees for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. By 2024/25, maximum fees will have been frozen for seven successive years. The department believe that the current fee freeze achieves the best balance between ensuring that the system remains financially sustainable, offering good value for the taxpayer, and reducing debt levels for students in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people have been facing with the cost of living and has taken action to help. The government have already made £276 million of student premium and mental health funding available for the 2023/24 academic year to support successful outcomes for students including disadvantaged students.</p><p> </p><p>The government have also made a further £10 million of support available to help student mental health and hardship funding for the 2023/24 academic year. This funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship and hardship support schemes. For the 2024/25 financial year, the government have increased the Student Premium (full-time, part-time, and disabled premium) by £5 million to reflect high demand for hardship support. Further details of this allocation for the academic year 2024/25 will be announced by the Office for Students in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, support to households to help with the high cost of living is worth £108 billion over 2022/23 to 2024/25, which is an average of £3,800 per UK household. The government believes this will have eased the pressure on family budgets, which will in turn enable many families to provide additional support to their children in HE to help them meet increased living costs.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/04/2024 10:24:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1699200

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Horse Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of (a) horses and (b) horse riders on roads.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	20740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of horse riders and other vulnerable road users very seriously and is committed to reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on England’s roads.</p><p> </p><p>Following Parliamentary approval, The Highway Code was updated on 29 January 2022 to include changes to improve safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2024 11:18:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1697346

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce maternal mortality.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	902133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>At the Spring Budget, the Government announced £35m over the next three years to improve maternity safety across England.</p><p>This is in addition to our three-year maternity plan, backed by £186m per year from April. Through this, we have introduced 14 maternal medicine networks to provide specialist advice to pregnant women, and we expect all CSs to have a Maternal Mental Health Service by the end of the month.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 15:22:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1695894

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on redress for people affected by mesh implants following the publication of The Hughes Report on 7 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	18548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report, and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations, and will respond substantively in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/03/2024 10:34:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1687063

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	Care Homes: Kent
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 adult social care residential care home places there were in (a) Kent and (b) Canterbury in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	12842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) publish the CQC Care Directory annually, which lists the number of care home registrations in the adult social care sector. This includes the number of care home beds, with or without nursing. The following table shows the number of CQC registered care home beds for Kent, on 1 January of each year from 2015 onwards:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Registered Care Home Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>14,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>14,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>14,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>14,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>14,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>14,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>14,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>14,638</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of care home beds for Canterbury, on 1 January of each year from 2015 onwards:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Registered Care Home Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>1,087</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: This data is also from the CQC Care Directory but cross-referenced with postcode data to identify care home beds in Canterbury with or without nursing.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/02/2024 17:39:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1684795

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Dental Services: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the availability of NHS dentistry appointments and patient access to bone-strengthening medication to treat cancer.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	11405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Whilst the Department has not made a formal assessment, some integrated care boards (ICBs) may be looking at this, using the flexible commissioning model opportunity to meet the needs of their populations. Cancer services remain a priority for ICBs.</p><p>The Government has implemented a package of reforms to improve access to National Health Service dental care, which has had an effect with more patients being seen and a 23% increase in NHS activity in the past year. We know we need to do more, and the Department’s Dentistry Recovery Plan will be published shortly, setting out a big package of change.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/01/2024 09:47:26 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1684796

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department has received for certificates of exemption to keep an American Bully XL type dog in (a) Canterbury constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	11406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra received over 61,000 applications for Certificates of Exemption ahead of the deadline from dog owners in England and Wales. These applications are still being processed and may include duplicates, errors or ineligible applications. Defra does not collate this data by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/02/2024 09:52:44 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1684797

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time for a DBS check is in (a) Canterbury constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	11407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>DBS publishes its performance data on a quarterly basis. For the third quarter of 2023-24, DBS achieved the following performance:</p><p> </p><p>The target to process 85% of Basic checks within 2 days was met, with an average attainment of 88.1%. The 85% target was met on day 2 and the average turnaround time was 0.9 days.</p><p> </p><p>The target to process 85% of Standard checks within 5 days was met, with an average attainment of 88.5%, the 85% target was met on day 3 and the average turnaround time was 1.5 days.</p><p> </p><p>The target to process 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days was not met during the quarter, with an average attainment of 76.7%. The 80% target was met on day 18 and the average turnaround time was 11.5 days.</p><p> </p><p>For the Canterbury constituency, the average turnaround time between 1/04/2023 and 31/12/2023 was 19.8 days for Enhanced checks and 1.3 days for Standard checks.</p><p> </p><p>For the Kent, the average turnaround time between 1/04/2023 and 31/12/2023 was 19.9 days for Enhanced checks and 1.3 days for Standard checks.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 29/01/2024 17:34:58 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1684542

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Afghanistan: Hazara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the treatment of the Hazara community in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	11166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK works closely with the international community, including the G7, G20 and through the UN, to protect the human rights of all of Afghanistan's people and to coordinate a consistent international response. In December, the Minister for South Asia and Human Rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised recent attacks on Hazaras with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/01/2024 17:31:25 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1682573

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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	Prescription Drugs: Internet
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 to help prevent the online sale of prescription drugs without a prescription.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	9913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the regulator in the United Kingdom for human medicines and is responsible for enforcing the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. The MHRA has identified the illegal sale and supply of human medicines as a global challenge. This includes the sale of prescription drugs from unregulated sources. Criminal gangs, often based overseas, advertise medicines through illicit websites resembling those of legitimate pharmacies, while others exploit online marketplaces or sell social media platforms.</p><p>The MHRA has a dedicated Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) that works with partners across government and policing to prevent and disrupt this illegal trade and to bring to justice those involved. The CEU monitors online channels for evidence of illegal activity and takes proportionate regulatory action. This includes using the full range of the Agency’s powers to investigate and prosecute offenders where necessary and appropriate. The unit also works to remove illegally trading websites and remove criminal profits from offenders. Through its #Fakemeds communications campaign, the MHRA also provides quick and easy tools to help the public avoid buying illegally traded medicines when they shop online.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/01/2024 09:45:00 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield