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1644583

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness and targeting of Cold Weather Payments.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Cold Weather Payments are targeted at those most vulnerable to the cold including, older people in receipt of Pension Credit, disabled adults and children, and families with children under five who receive an income-related benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Met Office review the Cold Weather Payment scheme each year to assess whether the linkages between postcode areas and weather stations remain the best available. The Department continues to monitor Cold Weather Payment policies and procedures to review the scheme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/06/2023 13:29:34 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644592

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Music Venues: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same level of funding to grassroots music venues that host contemporary music as provided for opera and classical music.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	189601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we are supporting them to develop the next generation of British talent, by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>This is in addition to other government support provided to the live music sector, including over £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund since 2019.</p><p>Contemporary, operatic, and classical music subsectors receive funding through a wide variety of sources, including Arts Council England. Decisions made by the Arts Council about the allocation of funding are taken at arm's length from Government. Decisions are made in line with the Council’s ten-year strategy, which sets the direction for all of the artforms and sub-sectors it supports, including opera, contemporary, and classical music.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in regular discussions with all parts of the music industry, including live venues of all sizes across the country. The Department works closely with interested parties and across Government to ensure the live music sector continues to thrive. Whilst industry-led discussions on the proposal of a ticket levy are ongoing, we have no plans to enforce large venues to impose a ticket levy.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 189602 question first answered 22/06/2023 14:23:12 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1644593

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Music Venues: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring large music venues to charge a ticket levy to fund investment in (a) musicians and (b) grassroot music venues.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	189602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we are supporting them to develop the next generation of British talent, by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>This is in addition to other government support provided to the live music sector, including over £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund since 2019.</p><p>Contemporary, operatic, and classical music subsectors receive funding through a wide variety of sources, including Arts Council England. Decisions made by the Arts Council about the allocation of funding are taken at arm's length from Government. Decisions are made in line with the Council’s ten-year strategy, which sets the direction for all of the artforms and sub-sectors it supports, including opera, contemporary, and classical music.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in regular discussions with all parts of the music industry, including live venues of all sizes across the country. The Department works closely with interested parties and across Government to ensure the live music sector continues to thrive. Whilst industry-led discussions on the proposal of a ticket levy are ongoing, we have no plans to enforce large venues to impose a ticket levy.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 189601 question first answered 22/06/2023 14:23:12 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1644594

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Strategic Operating Concept has been published.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	189489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Integrated Operating Concept (IOpC). It was originally published in Sep 20 and updated in Sep 21. A copy of the IOpC can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-integrated-operating-concept-2025&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSimon.Kinsey630%40mod.gov.uk%7C3062c262a8434e6f3c5f08db70c5084b%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638227763762421868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=udf7eKjHy01xXut4ivSnS6AxJ3QhkorSgNuzFru6BaM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-integrated-operating-concept-2025</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/06/2023 14:51:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1644595

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Out-patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's publication entitled Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health and care systems, published on 17 May 2022, on what evidential basis NHS England decided that outpatient follow ups should be reduced by a minimum of 25 per cent against 2019-20 activity levels by March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	189603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>NHS England’s 2023/24 Planning Guidance makes clear that whilst the national ambition is to reduce outpatient follow-ups by 25%, the opportunity to do so will differ by trust and specialty, and local planning should inform how the ambition will be delivered across the system. The 25% reduction only applies to follow-ups where a procedure does not take place and excludes specific services like maternity and mental health.</p><p>These appointments are often termed as reviews, and some patients and clinicians will argue that these are often of low value and that patients should only attend reviews when they are clinically necessary.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2023 14:24:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1644596

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Out-patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the target in NHS England's publication entitled Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health and care systems, published on 17 May 2022, that outpatient follow ups should be reduced by a minimum of 25 per cent against 2019-20 activity levels by March 2023, what steps he is taking to ensure that an adequate level of care is provided to (a) patients with chronic illnesses and (b) other patients who receive reduced levels of outpatient follow ups.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	189604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The decision to follow-up with a patient will always be driven by clinical need and appropriateness. NHS England has produced guidance to support systems and providers to take a risk-based approach to reducing follow-ups, including the Clinically-led Specialty Outpatient Guidance, published in April 2023, which provides practical, condition-specific advice for services to focus on which are safe and clinically appropriate for specialities with the highest number of long waits.</p><p>NHS England’s guidance for Patient initiated follow-up (PIFU) is clear that people with long term conditions who are placed on a PIFU should still have a periodic review in line with clinical guidance for the specialty.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/06/2023 12:01:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1644597

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Out-patients: Finance
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 increase funding for outpatient (a) services and (b) staff training.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	189605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently have plans to increase funding specifically for outpatient services or staff training. Outpatient transformation and recovery is supported by the existing elective recovery funding package and we are working closely with NHS England to establish how best to support the National Health Service to transform the way they provide outpatient care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/06/2023 13:26:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1644598

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of public transport services operating between Greater Manchester and Bolton.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	189606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>Regarding train services, this was reviewed as part of the work of the Manchester Taskforce, which concluded that increasing the train lengths to meet capacity was the priority, rather than adding more services, as this would provide an improvement in operational performance. This was implemented as part of the timetable change in December 2022. The successful implementation of this timetable, which has significantly reduced delays within Manchester, is the first phase in the Manchester Taskforce programme. Last month this government announced a further £72m infrastructure package around Manchester Victoria to make train journeys for passengers more reliable in Greater Manchester. In addition, Network Rail are also electrifying the route between Wigan North-Western station and Lostock Junction near Bolton in a £78 million upgrade. Electrifying the route will complement the electrified line between Preston, Bolton and Manchester which was completed in 2019, and the project provides train operators with more operational flexibility to deploy trains to the Wigan and Bolton areas.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to local transport services, the Government has invested over £3.5 billion in buses and light rail since March 2020, including our recently announced package of up to £300 million to protect and improve bus services long-term. The Government believes that Local Transport Authorities, working closely with operators, are best placed to determine the shape and structure of their local transport network to deliver high quality services for passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/06/2023 13:20:14 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1644599

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) entry clearance (b) permission to stay in the UK for family members of people already in the UK on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (i) have been received, (ii) been granted, (iii) are still awaiting a decision and (iv) have been refused since August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	189546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>A breakdown of the data requested is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/06/2023 16:24:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1644600

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support Afghans eligible for resettlement under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy who did not secure housing in the UK before travelling.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	189547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2023 - GOV.UK</a> (published on 25 May 2023), show that a total of 21,004 people have been resettled in the UK under the Afghan schemes – the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).</p><p> </p><p>We do not want to see Afghan families and individuals in bridging accommodation for any longer than is necessary – and we are working alongside c.350 local authorities to support all Afghan families and individuals, including those relocated here under the ARAP, into homes of their own. From the end of April 2023, the government began issuing families and individuals in hotels and serviced accommodation 3 months legal notice to leave their temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Dedicated multi-disciplinary teams, consisting of Home Office Liaison Officers, DWP staff, and local authority officials are based in hotels and provide bespoke support to Afghan households, including information on how to rent in the private sector, find jobs and access English language training.</p><p> </p><p>The government is providing £285 million of new funding to local authorities supporting the Afghan resettlement schemes. This includes £35 million in new cash for local authorities, which will go towards increasing the level of support available and overcoming key barriers in accessing the housing system and employment and a £250 million expansion of the Local Authority Housing Fund to help councils to source homes to house Afghans currently in bridging accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>More information concerning the support being provided to hotel guests, and additional funding being offered to Local Authorities and Councils can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk%2F2023%2F04%2F24%2Fuk-government-support-for-resettled-afghans-in-bridging-accommodation-factsheet-april-2023%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRRRSCo-ordinationHub%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C83515ada1080411f941308db680b87ce%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638218170944436299%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DhcAi4%2FVYoJJbrNLOwlH52vK3wjJ2LojfEY2ASJgRTU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK government support for resettled Afghans in bridging accommodation factsheet – April 2023 - Home Office in the media (blog.gov.uk)</a></em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/06/2023 16:17:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis