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1623959

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date	26/04/2023
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	Mobocertinib
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the drug Mobocertinib will be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based recommendations on whether drugs represent a clinically and cost-effective use of National Health Service resources. The NHS in England is legally required to fund all medicines NICE recommends, usually within three months of final guidance, and cancer drugs are eligible for funding through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) immediately after NICE issues positive draft guidance.</p><p>NICE published final draft guidance recommending mobocertinib for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy in adults whose tumours have epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations on 16 November 2022. It is therefore routinely available for clinicians to prescribe to eligible NHS patients in line with NICE’s recommendations, having been previously funded through the CDF.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/05/2023 12:45:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623960

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Cancer: Artificial Sweeteners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential link between artificial sweeteners and cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2023 answer text <p>The safety of sweeteners is the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency (FSA). As with other food additives, sweeteners are regulated, and safe use levels are established in legislation. Although occasional studies published in the scientific literature have attributed adverse health effects, including cancer, to sweeteners, this has not been substantiated. There is currently no credible evidence linking exposure to sweeteners in humans to cancer. The FSA will continue to assess new scientific data on food additives, to ensure that consumers are safe.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 05/05/2023 09:13:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623961

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timeframe is for the DVLA to meet its service delivery standards for issuing driving licences across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s published business plan target for 2022/23 is to despatch 95% of driving licences within three working days where the application was made online and 90% within ten working days where the application was made by post.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is responsible for driver licensing in Great Britain. Driver licensing is devolved in Northern Ireland and is the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Agency, part of the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/05/2023 09:59:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623962

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help ensure that all eligible workers are paid holiday pay.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>Almost all workers are entitled to statutory paid annual leave. The government has produced guidance for employers and workers on how holiday pay should be calculated. If workers feel that they are being denied their holiday pay, they should speak to their employer or to Acas for free and impartial advice on employment matters. Workers can also make a complaint to an Employment Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/05/2023 10:54:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623963

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's most recent guidance is on working from home.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Due to the rise in the number of workers working from home, either on a permanent or hybrid basis, the Health and Safety Executive expanded its Home Worker guidance to cover employer’s responsibilities This updated guidance was published in November 2021 <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/home-working/index.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Home working - HSE</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 16:17:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623964

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Iraq and Syria: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of prisoners in Iraq and Syria who are likely to join Islamic State.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Daesh's ability to direct, enable and inspire attacks continues to represent the most significant global terrorist threat, including to the UK, our people and our interests overseas. The threat emanating from camps and detention centres in north east Syria is particularly acute. We continue to work with our international partners, notably through the Global Coalition Against Daesh, to tackle the insurgencies in Iraq and Syria, prevent Daesh's resurgence and further degrade its network. We continue to monitor developments in the region very closely.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/05/2023 15:16:31 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1623965

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
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 18 April 2023 to Question 176520 on Nitrous Oxide: Misuse, with reference to the Working Protocol between the Home Secretary and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, published 15 November 2011, for what reasons the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs was not advised in writing of the Government’s reasons for rejecting the Council’s recommendations on nitrous oxide in advance of any public comment.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	182762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>On 27 March we published the Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action Plan announcing our intention to control nitrous oxide as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.</p><p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs were notified in writing of our intention not to accept recommendation 1 of their updated harms assessment in advance of the publication of the ASB Action Plan. In line with the Working Protocol, the letter set out the reasons behind our decision to reject their recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/05/2023 13:43:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1623966

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Horticulture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government Food Strategy policy paper, published on 13 June 2022 and the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question HL3858 on Horticulture, when the decision was taken not to develop a Horticulture Strategy; for what reasons the Department is not developing a strategy; and who was consulted on that decision.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	182809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to an increasingly prosperous horticulture sector and as referenced in the answer to Question HL 3858 published on 30 January, we will not be developing a published strategy for the horticulture sector as originally envisaged in the Government Food Strategy. The sector operates in a complex, ever-evolving commercial and political landscape as such we are prioritising policy work that maximises impact through multiple avenues, this includes establishing the seasonal worker visa route, the labour review, automation, the Farming Innovation Programme and the Farming Investment Fund and working across Government on energy support and planning.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 02/05/2023 10:44:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1623967

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Horticulture
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 appointed an industry expert on Controlled Environment Horticulture as announced on 11 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	182810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The decision to appoint an industry expert on Controlled Environment Horticulture was made by former Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Member for North East Hampshire (Ranil Jayawardena). After further consideration following a change in government it was decided to adopt a different approach and not continue with the appointment.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 02/05/2023 10:35:15 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1623968

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she made of the potential impact of the School Food Standards on (a) children’s health and childhood obesity and (b) the Government’s net zero carbon strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	182811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Obesity is a complex problem caused by many factors. The Department of Health and Social Care launched ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ in July 2020. The strategy demonstrates an overarching campaign to reduce obesity and takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan, including the ambition to halve the number of children living with obesity by 2030.</p><p>The Department for Education (the Department) wants pupils to be healthy and well nourished and encourages a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through school funding, legislation, and guidance. The Standards for school food are set out in The Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014. They are designed to ensure that schools provide pupils with healthy food and drink options, and to ensure that pupils get the energy and nutrition they need across the school day.</p><p>The Department has committed to support schools to improve their sustainable practices on food. Schools can voluntarily follow the Department’s buying standards, which include advice about sustainable sourcing. The Department also recognises the importance of plant based foods from a health and environmental point of view. The School Food Standards already allow schools the freedom to provide plant based meals as needed.</p><p>The School Food Standards ensure the right foods are available for pupils every day. Schools are required to provide one or more portions of vegetables or salad as an accompaniment. One or more portions of fruit must be provided every day and at least three different fruits and three different vegetables each week. My right hon. Friends, the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, have not met on this matter.</p><p>The Department believes that the current standards provide a robust yet flexible framework to ensure that pupils in England continue to receive high quality and nutritious food, that builds healthy eating habits for life. The Department is keeping the standards under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 182812 question first answered 02/05/2023 12:42:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy