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1584811

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date	07/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of parity in sentencing guidelines between hate crime based on disabilities and hate crime based on race.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	141586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are a matter for the independent Sentencing Council. However, the approach to the sentencing of hate crimes is primarily set out in legislation.</p><p>This Government recognises that hate crime legislation, having been developed and added to over time, has prompted concerns that it is not sufficiently coherent and is difficult for practitioners and criminal justice agencies to implement. These concerns include parity between disability and other hate crime strands.</p><p>Recognising these issues, we asked the Law Commission to conduct a review into the coverage and approach of hate crime legislation. This review examined the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission reported its recommendations in 2021.</p><p>The Government is considering its proposals carefully and will respond to the recommendations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2023 12:48:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1584827

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Nurses: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on industrial action.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has met with representatives from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) several times over the last few months.</p><p>We wrote to representatives of health unions early in January to invite them to meet to discuss the evidence that the Government will be submitting to the Pay Review Bodies for the 2023-24 pay round. RCN representatives were present at meetings on 9 January and 12 January.</p><p>The Government is focused on the 2023-24 pay review process but recognises that despite over one million National Health Service workers receiving a pay rise of at least £1,400 this financial year, global economic headwinds are putting household budgets under pressure. We will continue to listen to concerns from health unions about this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/02/2023 09:40:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1584830

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 implications for her policies of the finding in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, entitled An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum seeking children March to May 2022, published on 19 October 2022, on staff working in hotels housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children without having been DBS checked.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	141460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>All individuals working directly with the young people accommodated at the hotels have Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks, and all those working or operating on the hotel sites have DBS clearance.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/02/2023 11:12:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1584837

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 132334 on Asylum: Children, if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of collecting data on the number of (a) missing children and (b) days each child has been missing in a reportable format for any future incidents of unaccompanied asylum seeking children going missing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	141409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Any child going missing is extremely serious, and we closely work with the police and local authorities to seek to urgently locate them and ensure they are safe.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that we must end the use of hotels as soon as possible. The National Transfer scheme (NTS) has seen 3,148 children transferred to local authorities with children’s services between 1 July 2021 and 30 September 2022. This compares to 739 children transferred in the same time period in the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing local authorities with children’s services with £15,000 for every eligible young person they take into their care from a dedicated UASC hotel, or the Reception and Safe Care Service in Kent, by the end of February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We have robust safeguarding, welfare and security procedures in place to ensure UASC in hotels are as safe and supported as possible as we seek urgent placements with a local authority.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/02/2023 16:06:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1584843

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Hospitals: 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 make an assessment of the potential merits of asking primary care services to operate step-down facilities to help increase the rate of hospital discharge.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	141464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p><strong></strong>We have no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of asking primary care services to operate step-down facilities to help increase the rate of hospital discharge.</p><p>Working with local authorities and voluntary and community partners, NHS England has begun to develop and pilot a new approach to intermediate care. Initial learning emerging from the pilot sites will be available by April 2023, and this will support more widespread adoption and implementation during 2023/24. By autumn 2023, NHS England will develop a new planning framework and national standard for rapid discharge into intermediate care, building on the learning from the pilot sites.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/02/2023 14:49:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1584847

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
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 her Department has contacted the International Union for Conservation of Nature to request its view on the potential impact of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill on wildlife numbers in Africa.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	141349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Our approach on hunting trophies has been informed by our consultation and call for evidence on controls on the import and export of hunting trophies which ran between 2 November 2019 and 25 February 2020. As part of this exercise, we sought and received views and evidence from a wide range of stakeholders, including the International Union of the Conservation of Nature Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group.</p><p> </p><p>The summary of responses and the Government response to the consultation were published in December 2021 and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hunting-trophies-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hunting-trophies-call-for-evidence</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/02/2023 09:02:06 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1584861

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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: Telephone 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 improve the telephone service on the UK Visas and Immigration general enquiry line.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	141468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Teleperformance are our commercial provider who deliver contact centre services on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>UKVI closely monitor the volumes of calls and emails received to the general enquiry lines and are able to increase the number of call agents deployed to support any increase in demand. UKVI works closely with the service provider to review performance and ensures that service standards are maintained.</p><p>Quality and complaint standards are regularly monitored to ensure that information given to customers is accurate, professional, consistent and of the highest quality.</p><p>To date, the helpline services receive less than 0.1% of complaints against overall contact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 141469 question first answered 14/02/2023 12:19:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1584862

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK Visas and Immigration general enquiry line.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	141469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Teleperformance are our commercial provider who deliver contact centre services on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>UKVI closely monitor the volumes of calls and emails received to the general enquiry lines and are able to increase the number of call agents deployed to support any increase in demand. UKVI works closely with the service provider to review performance and ensures that service standards are maintained.</p><p>Quality and complaint standards are regularly monitored to ensure that information given to customers is accurate, professional, consistent and of the highest quality.</p><p>To date, the helpline services receive less than 0.1% of complaints against overall contact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 141468 question first answered 14/02/2023 12:19:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1584866

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Hearing Impairment: Children
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 support deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department is taking a number of steps to support deaf children. The Action Plan on Hearing Loss (2015) sets out key objectives on hearing loss including: prevention, early diagnosis, maximising independence, and enabling people, including children to take part in every-day activities. NHS England has produced a series of guides to help deliver the recommendations of the Action Plan which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/what-works-guides-action-plan-on-hearing-loss/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/what-works-guides-action-plan-on-hearing-loss/</a></p><p>Commissioning of hearing services takes place at a local level based on the needs of the local population. NHS England, with input from the National Deaf Children’s Society, produced a guide for commissioners and health and local authority providers who support children and young people with hearing loss which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf</a></p><p>The guide provides practical advice to organisations, commissioners and providers on how they can ensure children with hearing loss receive the support they need, so that they can lead successful, fulfilling and independent lives.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/02/2023 11:15:12 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1584867

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Auditory Verbal Therapy for deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	141474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) for deaf children or the adequacy of the accessibility of AVT for deaf children on the National Health Service.</p><p>Commissioning of hearing services takes place at a local level based on the needs of the local population. The Secretary of State has, therefore, no plans to hold discussions with Auditory Verbal UK on NHS funding for early intervention programmes for deaf children.</p><p>In 2019, NHS England, with input from the National Deaf Children’s Society, produced a guide for commissioners and health and local authority providers who support children and young people with hearing loss, this can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/what-works-chswg-guide.pdf</a></p><p>The guide provides practical advice to organisations, commissioners and providers on how they can ensure children with hearing loss receive the support they need, so that they can lead successful, fulfilling and independent lives.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 141475 141476 question first answered 14/02/2023 13:13:59 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft