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1686736

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date	01/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the import of bearskin from Canada for use as hats.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence only purchases bearskin ceremonial caps made from pelts sourced from Canada which are:</p><ul><li>Legally imported into the UK by our suppliers and in accordance with all import controls.</li><li>By-products of legal and licensed hunts authorised by each individual Canadian Province and Territory.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/02/2024 11:34:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1686789

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of attempts to log into the UK Visas and Immigration portal failed in each of the past six months.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office only retains the data for 30 days.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/02/2024 16:15:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1686798

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help social care providers to (a) apply for a sponsorship license for social care staff and (b) complete online applications to sponsor a social care worker visa.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>There is a significant amount of information published for sponsors which helps to set out their duties and responsibilities. Further information on the general guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sponsorship-information-for-employers-and-educators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sponsorship-information-for-employers-and-educators</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked with the Department of Health and Social Care and Skills for Care on a range of information to assist those seeking to recruit into adult social care. Information can be found on the Skills for Care website at: <a href="https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Recruitment-support/International-recruitment/International-recruitment.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Recruitment-support/International-recruitment/International-recruitment.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this guidance there is a dedicated team in UKVI who handle most health and care applications who are available to assist with any issues with the sponsorship process.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/02/2024 16:15:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1686803

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the UK Visa and Immigration portal for social care workers visas.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The accessibility statement for the social care visa online application can be found through the following link: <a href="https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/accessibilityStatement" target="_blank">https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/accessibilityStatement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/02/2024 16:31:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1686808

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department provides social care providers on using the social staff visa application portal.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>Once licensed, sponsors are given access to the sponsorship management system (SMS). This online function allows them to carry out day-to-day activities and report any changes to UKVI, such as a change of organisation address. Sponsors can also use SMS to create and assign Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to workers they wish to sponsor and report changes of circumstances of their sponsored workers.</p><p>SMS has help text embedded throughout to aid navigation of the system, however, this is not sector specific. In addition, UKVI publish sponsor guidance and SMS user guides which are available on gov.uk to assist sponsors in understanding their sponsor duties and navigating SMS; however, this is not sector specific.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/02/2024 16:16:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1686224

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who are projected to move into work following the removal of the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity mobility descriptor in the Work Capability Assessment in the next (a) 12 months, (b) two years and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our welfare system encourages and supports people into work, while providing a vital safety net for those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>To reflect new flexibilities in the labour market and to ensure more people are supported to move closer to work, from 2025, we will remove the Mobilising activity used to assess Limited Capability for Work- and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) in the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). To ensure that those with the most significant mobilising limitations are still protected we will retain the LCWRA Risk regulations for physical health. This means that where work preparation would lead to a deterioration in a claimant’s physical health they would still meet the eligibility criteria for LCWRA.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the WCA will come into effect from 2025 so impacts will be seen from 2025/26 onwards. The OBR judge that the cumulative rises in employment year-on-year from the removal of the LCWRA Mobilising descriptor are estimated to be 500 in 2025-26, 1,800 by 2026-27 and 5,900 by 2028-29. Adding to this, the expansion of the Universal Support scheme increases funding for placements of disabled people in existing vacancies and for a 'place and train' programme to support them. We expect this to increase employment by around 15,000 by 2028-29.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support will be offered to those moving from the LCWRA group into the Limited Capability for Work (LCW) group. This includes Employment Advice in NHS talking therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions, and the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, a supported employment model aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to enable them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2024 17:56:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1685954

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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	Multiple Sclerosis: Menopause
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 with Cabinet colleagues to support research into the potential impact of menopause on people with multiple sclerosis.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds research on menopause, but it is not currently funding any specific research into the potential impact of menopause on people with multiple sclerosis.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and we want to ensure that we answer the most important research questions and address topics that make the biggest difference to patients, and the public. On 18 October 2023, World Menopause Day, the James Lind Alliance (JLA) launched a Priority Setting Partnership focused on menopause. This initiative engages women who have experienced menopause as well as healthcare professionals, to identify research priorities. This will result in the creation of a public Top 10 list that researchers can access and consider as a focus for their work. The final priority setting process will be a full day workshop facilitated by the JLA in October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/02/2024 11:08:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1685955

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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	Cancer: Screening
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 and what proportion of women who (a) have and (b) do not have multiple sclerosis attended (i) cancer screening appointments, (ii) mammograms and (iii) cervical screening appointments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service screening programmes do not collect data on an individual’s long-term condition, and therefore no data is available on what proportion of women who have multiple sclerosis, participate in cancer screening programmes.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS screening providers have a legal duty to make sure screening services are accessible to everyone, including people with long term conditions, who may have issues with access.</p><p>The following table provides data on the percentage of coverage for the three cancer screening programmes, breast, cervical and bowel, within the age groups invited for NHS screenings, in England over the last five years:<br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breast Screening – ages 50 to 71 years old</p></td><td><p>74.9%</p></td><td><p>74.6%</p></td><td><p>74.2%</p></td><td><p>64.2%</p></td><td><p>65.3%</p></td><td><p>66.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cervical Screening – ages 25 to 64 years old</p></td><td><p>71.4%</p></td><td><p>71.9%</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td><td><p>70.2%</p></td><td><p>69.9%</p></td><td><p>68.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bowel Screening – ages 60 to 74 years old</p></td><td><p>59.2%</p></td><td><p>59.5%</p></td><td><p>60.5%</p></td><td><p>64.3%</p></td><td><p>66.1%</p></td><td><p>70.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong>Note: Data for bowel cancer screening is not separated based on sex.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/02/2024 17:21:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1685956

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled people with mobility problems into employment.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with mobility problems, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Access to Work grants</strong> helping towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>A <a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>digital</strong></a><strong> information service for employers</strong> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Increased Work Coach support</strong> in Jobcentres for disabled people and people with health conditions to help them move towards and in to work;</li><li><strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>Introducing <strong>Employment Advisors to Musculoskeletal Conditions (MSK) services</strong> in England, helping individuals with MSK conditions to return to or remain in employment.</li><li>Work in partnership between the DWP and health systems, including Employment Advice in <strong>NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, and the <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for <strong>Occupational Health</strong> provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2024 17:34:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1685957

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of advertised jobs that can be undertaken solely at home in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	12124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 30th January is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/02/2024 15:36:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ12124.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald