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1756281

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date	16/01/2025
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Renewable Obligation system of (a) subsidies and (b) regulation in the context of the Ofgem investigation into Drax Power Limited.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	24498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Ofgem’s recent investigation related to a breach of annual profiling reporting requirements. Whilst Drax complied with sustainability standards, it had failed to report data accurately. This is a serious matter and Government expects full compliance with all regulatory obligations. Drax’s subsequent £25 million redress payment underscores the robustness of the regulatory system.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 21/01/2025 12:18:53 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1756228

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 payments have been made under the Frequently Flooded Allowance; and (a) where and (b) when each payment was made.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>The list of projects to receive funding from the first round of the Frequently Flooded Allowance was announced under the previous Government in 2023 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/frequently-flooded-allowance-funding-for-repeatedly-flooded-communities" target="_blank">Frequently Flooded Allowance: Funding for repeatedly flooded communities - GOV.UK</a>. The Environment Agency is best placed to provide detailed information about each project.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 21/01/2025 11:45:54 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1756230

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Flood Control: Finance
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 steps he is taking to ensure that all eligible communities receive funding under the Frequently Flooded Allowance.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Protecting all communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. We will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience, by building, maintaining, and repairing flood defences.</p><p> </p><p>The list of projects to receive Government funding in 2025/26 will be agreed by the Environment Agency over the coming months in the usual way through Regional Flood and Coastal Committees, with local representation.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 21/01/2025 11:43:28 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1756248

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Climate Change Convention
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 progress he has made on meeting the UK's obligations under the (a) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 10 and (b) Paris Agreement.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset and Hanham
tabling member printed	Dan Norris
uin	24412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>The 2015 Paris Agreement, Article 7 established the global goal on adaptation. At COP28, the UK adopted the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience and agreed to launch a two-year work programme on indicators related to those targets. Defra is working to meet these targets alongside other Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a Paris Agreement aligned, ambitious and credible Nationally Determined Contribution target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels, excluding international aviation and shipping emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK submitted its first UNFCCC Biennial Transparency Report in December 2024, detailing the UK’s mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and support for developing countries to tackle climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The UK over-achieved against the first, second and third carbon budgets. We will deliver an updated Plan in due course out to the end of Carbon Budget 6 in 2037 with full detail of policy packages for all sectors.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 21/01/2025 12:05:09 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	221 label Biography information for Dan Norris

1756101

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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: North East Somerset and Hanham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people there are in care homes without access to dental treatment in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset and Hanham
tabling member printed	Dan Norris
uin	24410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>We recognise that certain groups of patients may be vulnerable to oral health problems and may find it difficult to access dental care. Specialised dental services are in place to provide dental treatment in several settings, including care homes.</p><p>Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary care dental services, including domiciliary care. Domiciliary care may be delivered by any dentist holding a contract to deliver general dental services, or it may be commissioned as an additional service.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 21/01/2025 10:41:44 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	221 label Biography information for Dan Norris

1756105

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Cardiovascular System: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting times for a first appointment following a routine referral to vascular services at (a) Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Widnes and Halewood
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	24413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>The mean average waiting time from referral to the first outpatient appointment for patients under vascular services at the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is 78 days. For the Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a breakdown of the data on vascular services is not currently held by the Department.</p><p>The Elective Reform Plan outlines our commitments on reforming outpatient care to reduce waiting times for first and subsequent appointments. These include improving the NHS App and the Manage Your Referral Website to give patients more control over their outpatient care, increasing Advice and Guidance to ensure that patient care takes place in the right setting, and reducing missed appointments and less clinically valuable follow ups. These reforms will help to free up clinicians’ time and reduce waiting times for those patients who most need care, including first appointments and clinically necessary follow ups. Outpatient transformation will help fulfil the Government’s commitment that 92% of patients return to waiting no longer than 18 weeks from Referral to Treatment by March 2029, a standard which has not been met consistently since September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 21/01/2025 10:11:20 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1756107

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting times in Accident and Emergency for each Acute Hospital Trust in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
tabling member constituency	Widnes and Halewood
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	24414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Information on accident and emergency performance is published monthly by NHS England. The headline metric used is the four-hour accident and emergency waiting time standard. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p><p>Provisional data is published on median average waiting times in emergency departments by National Health Service provider. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/provisional-accident-and-emergency-quality-indicators-for-england" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/provisional-accident-and-emergency-quality-indicators-for-england</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 21/01/2025 10:03:55 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1756108

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Hospital Beds: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the bed occupancy rate is in each Acute Hospital Trust in the Cheshire and Merseyside ICB area.
tabling member constituency	Widnes and Halewood
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	24415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>Bed occupancy rates for each National Health Service trust are published monthly by NHS England. The latest data is for December 2024, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 21/01/2025 10:02:31 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1756115

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Suicide: Health Services
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 publish a yearly evaluation of the suicide prevention training programme; and what steps he is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the programme.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	24604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future, we have set out our commitment to deliver a renewed drive to tackle the biggest killers, including suicide, while ensuring people live well for longer. As part of this, an additional 8,500 mental health workers will be recruited across children and adult mental health services, and those new workers will be specially trained to support people at risk.</p><p>We recognise that bringing in the staff needed will take time, as will ensuring they have the necessary training. We are working to develop a plan to deliver this expansion of the mental health workforce, including where they should be deployed to achieve maximum effect.</p><p>The NHS is committed to ensuring that all healthcare professionals receive the necessary mental health training to meet the current and future needs of patients. In September 2023, NHS England published its suicide prevention toolkit for NHS staff to use.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 21/01/2025 09:20:55 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5317

1756150

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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 reply to correspondence of 19 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbott on his constituent Hall. A.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Martin Wrigley
uin	24541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2025 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 12 December 2024 with Departmental reference PO-1548072.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 21/01/2025 10:05:14 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5111