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1675156

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date	04/12/2023
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: Staff
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 increase retention levels of experienced hospital staff.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The NHS People Plan and the People Promise set out a comprehensive range of actions to improve staff retention. They provide a strong focus on creating a more modern, compassionate and inclusive culture within the National Health Service by strengthening health and wellbeing, equality and diversity, culture and leadership and flexible working.</p><p>NHS priorities and operational planning guidance 23/24 has asked systems to refresh their 2022/23 whole system workforce plans to improve staff retention through a systematic focus on all elements of the NHS People Promise.<strong> </strong>Staff wellbeing should be strategically aligned with elective recovery plans, including workforce demand and capacity planning.<strong> </strong> In addition, the NHS Retention Programme is continuously seeking to understand why staff leave, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan builds on the People Plan and sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the NHS over the next 15 years. This includes measures to help retain experienced staff, such as implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/12/2023 15:44:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1675274

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	NHS Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason students studying Masters of Pharmacy courses do not qualify for support from the NHS Learning Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	5132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Learning Support Fund (LSF) is available <ins class="ministerial">broadly</ins><del class="ministerial">only</del> to those courses which were eligible for the NHS Bursary prior to the 2017 reforms, and therefore, subjects such as pharmacy are outside of the scope of the LSF arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/12/2023 15:46:56 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2023 14:14:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 5737 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1674554

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub post offices there were in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of post office branches open since 2012. Government requires Post Office to maintain a network of at least 11,500 branches, and to fulfil access criteria, which ensures that 99% of the population lives within 3 miles of a Post Office. 2020-2021 was the only period in the last ten years where the number of branches fell below the Government-set 11,500 minimum, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period Government granted a waiver which permitted the Post Office to have fewer than 11,500 open branches. The numbers of post office branches for 2022/23 have not yet been published.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of Post office branches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>11780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>11696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>11634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 2016</p></td><td><p>11643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 2017</p></td><td><p>11659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 2018</p></td><td><p>11547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 - 2019</p></td><td><p>11638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 - 2020</p></td><td><p>11638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 - 2021</p></td><td><p>11415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 - 2022</p></td><td><p>11635</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/12/2023 17:43:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674555

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support volunteering through the Big Help Out campaign.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Volunteering is vital for society and the Government recognises this. It benefits volunteers and the organisations involving them and has transformational impacts on beneficiaries and their communities.</p><p>My department is funding and supporting the launch of the 2024 Big Help Out, following the success of the inaugural day of community volunteering to mark the Coronation of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty The Queen, held on 8 May 2023. The Big Help Out aims to raise awareness of volunteering and to provide opportunities for people to support their communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2023 12:57:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674556

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, if he will publish the latest version of his Department’s Sustainable Procurement Working Group strategic plan.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for the Sustainable Procurement Working Group (SPWG) 'Strategic Plan' to be published.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/12/2023 16:35:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1674567

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the policy paper entitled Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published on 19 October 2021, when she plans to publish the nuclear roadmap for delivery; and whether her Department has consulted with relevant stakeholders on this roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	4836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is finalising plans for the civil nuclear roadmap, which will be published soon. The document aims to send a clear signal to industry and set out the Government’s role in supporting and enabling the delivery of our nuclear ambitions. The Department regularly engages with the nuclear sector regarding a range of issues, and these have helped inform the priorities for the civil nuclear roadmap.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 06/12/2023 16:19:32 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1674571

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Movement Assistance Scheme and Trader Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in (a) implementing and (b) monitoring the (i) Trader Support Service and (ii) Movement Assistance Schemes.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Trader Support Service (TSS) and Movement Assistance Schemes (MAS) are both important schemes that provide support to traders.</p><p> </p><p>The Movement Assistance Scheme is operated by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Across DEFRA and APHA a combined 24.75 FTE staff are employed in the implementation and monitoring of the scheme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The TSS is overseen by HMRC and operated by a Fujitsu-led consortium. There are currently 378 FTE staff employed by the consortium. Additionally, there are 39.4 FTE staff within HMRC working on the implementation of the service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2023 17:14:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674575

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent of the coronation ceremony; and how this money was spent.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	4841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla was a moment of celebration for the UK and my department was privileged to play its part in this historic occasion.</p><p>The Government contributes funding to national state occasions. As with all events of this kind, we will publish costs in due course once all spend has been reconciled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2023 13:00:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1674588

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
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	Global Disinformation Index: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what funding his Department has provided to the Global Disinformation Index to assess media markets overseas in this financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO has not provided any funding to the Global Disinformation Index this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/12/2023 16:26:09 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674590

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	North Wales Coast Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of when the North Wales Coast Railway will be electrified.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	4807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>We are working closely with the rail industry to develop and deliver on the Government priorities outlined in the Prime Minister’s Network North announcement, which includes an unprecedented £1 billion investment to fund the electrification of the North Wales Main Line, bringing parts of North Wales within an hour of Manchester. We are in the early stages of planning the next steps for the North Wales electrification scheme and will share further information when that work is complete. Our investment is intended to enable the operation of electric trains over the full North Wales Coast line between Holyhead and Crewe.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 4808 4809 question first answered 06/12/2023 14:16:26 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones