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1346240

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Prescriptions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the NHS is making on the rollout of electronic prescribing medications systems.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	32421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service is on course to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals and achieve the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to introduce digital prescribing by 2024. Since 2018, we have invested £78 million with 216 NHS trusts having received a share of this fund. The proportion of trusts with an electronic prescriptions and medicines administration system is estimated to have risen from 19% in 2018 to more than 80% to date.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/07/2021 12:08:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1346243

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments has taken to ensure that there is no conflict of interest in UKGI director Mr Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of a private consulting firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As with all external interests of its staff, UKGI discussed the disclosure of Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of private consulting firm TKGC Consulting following its incorporation.</p><p> </p><p>In considering the external interests of its staff, UKGI ensures it has asked for appropriate detail in determining whether a conflict of interest exists and so that it can satisfy itself that the external position or interest held by a staff or board member is appropriate and in line with its existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:05:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346245

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK Government Investment pays UKGI director Mr Thomas Cooper’s salary through his firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>All UKGI employees are remunerated directly and not via any external firm.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/07/2021 08:29:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346248

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any compensation claims have been brought against his Department by personnel assessing the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>To date, no personal injury claims have been identified by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 12:28:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346249

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Institute for Naval Medicine's report commissioned in May 2020 on the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle has been made available to General Dynamics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Institute of Naval Medicine's final report was shared with General Dynamics on 16 December 2020, having been received by Defence Equipment &amp; Support on 10 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:55:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346250

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of EU procurement law on his Department's procurement policy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Amendments to the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) came into force at the end of the Transition Period to ensure these rules operate effectively following the UK's departure from the EU. The main change is that legal rights of access to UK procurements are now limited to UK and Gibraltar based suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy published in March 2021, the Government is using the opportunity offered by our departure from the EU to develop a defence and security procurement regime tailored to better meet the UK's needs. We have embarked on a comprehensive review of the DSPCR, as part of the broader Cabinet Office led reforms of procurement regulations set out in the December 2020 Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:50:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346251

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what period of time elapsed between the provision of the Institute for Naval Medicine's report on AJAX to his Department and the cessation of the assessment of the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The full Institute for Naval Madicine report was received in late November 2020 after acceptance and conversion activity had been stopped.</p><p>The Institute for Naval Medicine's assessment of Noise and Vibration within the Ajax platform was conducted in August 2020. An initial report was provided in September 2020 which prompted the Army's Environmental Monitoring Team, together with Dstl, to conduct a specific assessment of in-ear noise in October 2020. The initial findings of this assessment resulted in a halt to all acceptance and conversion activity in early November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 12:22:53 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346252

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people employed by his Department are (a) responsible for and (b) engaged in developing climate change policies for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	32565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Following the merger of FCDO, we have created a new Climate &amp; Environment Directorate (CED). The Director and all staff are engaged in various aspects of COP26 and climate change policy, galvanising increased global action to tackle the climate crisis and protect nature. The Directorate and our Heads of Mission are supported in their climate work by our overseas network of Climate, Energy and Environment Attachés. They are additionally supported by senior COP26 Regional Ambassadors. The information on numbers is not held centrally.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary provided information to the FAC on this issue on 18 June 2021, in the Government's response (https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmfaff/440/44002.htm) to the FAC's report on &quot;A Climate for Ambition: diplomatic preparations for COP26&quot;. More information on our work and priorities for the FCDO can be found in our upcoming Annual report, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 19/07/2021 16:41:09 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 14562 answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1346253

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Accidents: Compensation
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 potential merits of bringing forward proposals to broaden the scope of claimants entitled to a bereavement award under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	32479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government considered the case for reform when responding to a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in February 2020.</p><p>The Government believes that the existing system involving a fixed level of award and clear eligibility criteria represents a reasonable, proportionate and practical approach, and the Government does not currently have any plans for wider consultation on the bereavement damages regime or the Fatal Accidents Act more generally.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/07/2021 15:58:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1346254

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific training is given to disability assessors used by her Department for (a) personal independence payment and (b) work capability assessments on mental health to ensure that they are able to (i) accurately assess a mental health disability and (ii) make necessary adjustments during the assessment process.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	32566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>DWP require all Health Professionals (HPs) conducting assessments on behalf of the department to have appropriate skills in assessing people with conditions affecting mental health, including history taking and ability to perform a relevant examination. They are fully qualified in their health discipline, receive training in disability assessment and specific training in mental health conditions and how to identify the impact of these.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are given the opportunity to alert their assessment provider of any additional requirements they may have and the providers will meet any reasonable requests. Furthermore, companions or advocates are encouraged to attend and can play an active role in assessments. This can be particularly helpful for claimants with mental, cognitive or intellectual impairments who may not be able to provide an accurate account of their condition due to a lack of understanding or unrealistic expectations of their ability. Claimants with severe mental health conditions, who may have no support network in place, can also be provided with additional support during the claims process if they need it.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/07/2021 13:22:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds