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1660945

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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
	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 dental practices are accepting NHS patients per Integrated care system.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	199797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. National Health Service dental practice profiles at NHS.UK show whether practices across England are currently accepting new patients. This information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/09/2023 14:21:00 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1660949

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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	General Practitioners: Veterans
	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 his Department is taking to increase awareness of Op RESTORE procedures among GPs.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	199760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Access to Op RESTORE is by general practitioner (GP) referral, therefore it is vital that there is awareness of the service in primary care. There are direct links between Op RESTORE and the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Veteran Friendly Accreditation Scheme, with accredited practices receiving information on the bespoke veterans’ services, such as Op RESTORE and Op COURAGE, including how to refer to them. To date, over 75% of primary care networks have at least one GP practice that is accredited as veteran friendly. In addition, the service is promoted through the Royal College of General Practitioners clinical toolkits and the Op COURAGE service.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/09/2023 14:58:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1660954

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on rolling out Community Diagnostic Centres.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	199824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>£2.3 billion was awarded at the 2021 Spending Review to transform diagnostic services over the next three years. Most of this will help increase the number of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) up to 160 by March 2025, expanding and protecting elective planned diagnostic services. The remainder of the funding will increase capacity for imaging, endoscopy as well as lung and mammography screening, and improve digital diagnostics.</p><p>As of September 2023, there are 121 CDCs currently operational that have delivered over five million additional tests since July 2021, including large, standard and hub models. This compares with over 92 CDCs being operational as of September 2022, having delivered over two million additional tests since July 2021. We are on track to meet the target of up to 160 CDCs by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2023 10:06:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1660956

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide people who paid a broker to obtain a driving test with financial support.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	199800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199801 199802 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660957

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times to obtain driving tests.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	199801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199802 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660958

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether financial support is available for people who cannot afford to pay for a driving test.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	199802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199801 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660960

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	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 increase the availability of driving tests.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	199803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199801 199802 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660980

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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	Office for Environmental Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Environmental Protection.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	199834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Defra published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Foffice-for-environmental-protection-public-body-review-outcome%2Foutcome-recommendations-from-the-oep-review-2022-to-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cadeb8218e89a4682093a08dbb8395ebf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638306328756014300%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=d74kNiVVc3oly96XjNpgkAFRe%2Bp%2BO3Q7FPDYNj5DEF0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">a review</a> of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) as part of the Government’s Public Bodies Review Programme in July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2023 09:49:44 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1660984

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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	The Elders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with members of The Elders on foreign and development policy.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	199837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not had any recent discussions with members of The Elders. The Foreign Secretary last met with The Elders on 19 October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/09/2023 14:11:25 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1660986

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	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	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	199744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not make an allocation to the RSPB as part of the central business planning processes. The RSPB is able to apply for grant funding.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2023 09:43:32 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight