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1460437

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Junior Doctors: Pay
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 plans to take steps to increase the pay of junior doctors in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	160471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Junior doctors are currently in a collectively agreed four-year pay deal from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2023. The deal states that the investment in each year is a total of 2.3% in 2019/20 and 3% in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.</p><p>Of this, 2% each year was used to provide an annual pay uplift, whereas the remaining investment of approximately £90 million was used to fund other specific changes. These changes cover a new higher nodal point, an uplift to the weekend allowance, an enhanced rate of pay for shifts that finish after midnight and by 4am, a £1,000 a year less than full-time allowance, changes to the academic pay premia and extension of transitional pay protection. This was agreed by both staff side and employers as part of their negotiations. The Department continues to honour the agreement entered into with trades unions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/04/2022 09:41:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1459158

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the revised Model Tenancy Agreement in supporting more tenants in privately-rented homes to own a pet dog or cat.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	157323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of pet ownership to many renting in the private rented sector. We have therefore taken steps to make it easier for responsible tenants to keep pets in the private rented sector.</p><p>We have revised the national Model Tenancy Agreement, the government’s recommended contract for assured shorthold tenancies in the private rented sector, in order to make it easier for tenants with pets to find private landlords who will accept them. The revision aims to strike the balance between protecting private landlords from situations where their properties are damaged by badly behaved pets and ensuring responsible pet owning tenants are not unfairly penalised.</p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of the revised Model Tenancy Agreement in supporting pet ownership in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 157324 question first answered 26/04/2022 16:43:56 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1459160

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government plans to take steps to support private renters who would like to own a pet dog or cat to do so responsibly, in the context of Battersea’s Pet Friendly Properties campaign.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	157324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of pet ownership to many renting in the private rented sector. We have therefore taken steps to make it easier for responsible tenants to keep pets in the private rented sector.</p><p>We have revised the national Model Tenancy Agreement, the government’s recommended contract for assured shorthold tenancies in the private rented sector, in order to make it easier for tenants with pets to find private landlords who will accept them. The revision aims to strike the balance between protecting private landlords from situations where their properties are damaged by badly behaved pets and ensuring responsible pet owning tenants are not unfairly penalised.</p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of the revised Model Tenancy Agreement in supporting pet ownership in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 157323 question first answered 26/04/2022 16:43:56 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1458171

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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 and Social Services: 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 he is taking to support health and care staff with the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	906522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to give NHS workers a pay rise and are looking to pay review bodies for a recommendation.</p><p>The pay review bodies are independent so I cannot pre-empt their recommendations, but we will carefully consider them.</p><p>The majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who set pay and conditions, independent of central government. It is the responsibility of local authorities to work with care providers to determine pay.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 19/04/2022 15:48:32 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1458276

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 25 February 2022 to the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	155681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>I have been in touch with the hon. Member on 20 April 2022 to organise a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/04/2022 16:47:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1457449

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	153865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to bringing forward legislation, when Parliamentary time allows, to ban conversion therapy. We are currently analysing responses to our recent public consultation.</p><p>The Government’s actions to protect people from conversion therapy extend beyond legislating. We are procuring a support service for victims and those at risk via a helpline and website which will provide initial pastoral support, and signposting to services such as counselling and advice about emergency housing.</p><p>The Government has reluctantly taken the decision to cancel this summer’s Safe To Be Me conference. We have been proud to work alongside civil society partners, businesses and others to develop ambitious plans for the conference and appreciate the time and effort that all stakeholders have put into this.</p><p>We are disappointed that the conference will no longer be going ahead and remain committed to strengthening LGBT rights and freedoms. We will continue to support human rights defenders globally and to influence and support countries on the path to decriminalisation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 153807 153930 question first answered 21/04/2022 15:24:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1457450

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage other countries to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	153866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK government is fully committed to ending the practice of Conversion Therapy. The UK, as current co-chairs of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) a grouping of 42 countries working to advance LGBTI equality, led on the drafting of the ERC's first five year Strategy. The Strategy launched in July 2021 and includes a commitment for all ERC Member States to work collaboratively to advance ending Conversion Therapy.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 21/04/2022 13:59:04 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1457690

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Dogs: Smuggling
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on puppy smuggling and similar crimes of introducing visual checks on dogs and other animals entering the country via the Pet Travel Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	153867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>We operate one of the most rigorous and robust pet travel checking regimes in Europe. All non-commercial cats, dogs and ferrets entering Great Britain on approved routes (every route other than Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies) under the pet travel rules undergo 100% documentary and identity checks by authorised pet checkers.</p><p> </p><p>To enter Great Britain pets must have been implanted with a microchip or have a legible tattoo imprinted prior to 3 July 2011. A pet's identity is checked by ensuring that the microchip or tattoo details correspond to the details in the pet's documentation. Carriers can refer suspected non-compliances to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). APHA staff are highly trained to deal with intercepted shipments.</p><p> </p><p>APHA works collaboratively with Border Force and other operational partners at ports, airports and inland, sharing intelligence to enforce the pet travel rules, disrupt illegal imports, safeguard the welfare of animals and seize non-compliant animals.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 8 June 2021 and will progress as soon as parliamentary time allows. The Bill allows us to further protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/04/2022 16:43:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1458013

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to expedite enhanced DBS checks for (a) Ukrainian refugees and (b) UK applicants to the Homes for Ukraine scheme to help reduce the processing time for children coming to the UK through that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	153868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answers given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-29/149457" target="_blank">145857</a> on 28 March 2022 and Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-22/144955" target="_blank">144955</a> on 29 March 2022, which include links to published guidance and information at Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 21/04/2022 15:29:57 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1458014

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 April 2022 to Question 145835 on Coronavirus: Screening, what criteria are used to determine commercial sensitivity; and what his timescale is for publishing the number of lateral flow device tests issued to the public or used in healthcare settings since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	153869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The specific expenditure on lateral flow device (LFD) tests is commercially sensitive as it could prejudice the Department’s future commercial relations with suppliers if this information were to be disclosed. On 14 April 2022, we published data on the number of LFD tests dispatched from September 2020 to February 2022, by use case. This information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-statistics-for-nhs-test-and-trace-england-31-march-to-6-april-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-statistics-for-nhs-test-and-trace-england-31-march-to-6-april-2022</a></p><p>Prior to September 2020 LFD tests were not in use.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/04/2022 11:17:16 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 64539 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma