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date	31/10/2022
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	Maternity 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) producing a workforce plan for maternity services and (b) long-term funding for (i) safe and (ii) sustainable staffing across all of NHS England’s maternity services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>In 2022, a further £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. We have also provided almost £450,000 to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to develop a new workforce planning tool to improve how maternity units calculate medical staffing requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention. There are no current plans to produce a specific workforce plan for maternity services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 17:19:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1537411

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish data on current levels of social security fraud; and what steps he is taking to reduce social security fraud.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Data on the levels of fraud in the benefit system is published annually, with the latest figures available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2021-to-2022-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2021 to 2022 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Our Fraud Plan, Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System, published on 19 May 2022, sets out our plans for reducing the level of fraud and error in the welfare system by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Investing in DWP’s frontline counter-fraud professionals and data analytics, including recruiting 2,000 trained specialists to review over two million Universal Credit cases.</li><li>Creating new legal powers to investigate potential fraud and punish fraudsters (subject to legislation).</li><li>Bringing together the full force of the public and private sectors to keep one step ahead.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The full document can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fighting-fraud-in-the-welfare-system" target="_blank">Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System-GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £1.4bn of funding over the next three years to combat fraud and error. This includes additional invest to save funding, which will help stop over £2.0bn of loss in fraud and error during this time.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/11/2022 11:56:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1537833

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Royal Commissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of conducting another Royal Commission on Policing.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that crime is changing and that the future will present new challenges to policing. We are taking action to ensure that the police have the resources and tools they need to respond to the evolving profile of crime while also continuing to get the basics right and deliver safer streets for the public. This includes recruiting 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023 and increasing funding for policing by up to £1.1 billion this year, which includes over £350 million to provide police with the tools and skills they need to meet the technological challenges of the future.</p><p>A Royal Commission into policing would be a substantial undertaking that would distract policing from their core mission- cutting crime, making the safer streets the public deserve, and delivering justice and high-quality outcomes for victims.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:16:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 31828 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1537835

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the starting salary of police officers in order to attract more potential candidates to the profession.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The independent Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) makes recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers.</p><p>The PRRB gathers and invites parties to submit evidence to inform its recommendations. This includes both written and oral evidence from the Government, police employers and police staff associations. The PRRB weighs the evidence, considers independent research, and formulates detailed recommendations.</p><p>On 19 July the Government announced that it had accepted in full the recommendations of the PRRB to award a consolidated increase of £1,900 to all police officer ranks and pay points with effect from 1 September 2022. The award is targeted at those on the lowest pay points to provide an uplift of up to 8.8%.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, 15,343 additional uplift officers have been recruited in England and Wales through the Police Uplift Programme, 77% of the target of 20,000 additional officers by March 2023.</p><p>Nationally forces have received 244,166 applications since the start of the uplift and interest in policing careers remains strong.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/11/2022 14:09:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1537836

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Computers and Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allotting targeted funding to allow for the efficient and quick analysis of (a) mobile phones and (b) computers in investigations.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	74812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Decisions about the allocation of police resources locally, are a matter for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayors exercising with PCC functions and the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime).</p><p>Where we have identified a specific need for targeted investment, such as through the Digital Forensics Programme, the Home Office is providing funding to allow for the efficient and quick analysis of digital devices. For example, as part of commitments made under the Rape Review we provided £5m in 2021/22 to support policing to acquire technology that will enable police forces to extract data more swiftly from mobile devices belonging to rape victims, with further investment to bolster these capabilities agreed for this financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/11/2022 16:52:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq