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1581113

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date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to increase trade with Taiwan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK and Taiwan share a deep, £8bn trade and investment relationship. Longstanding Trade Talks with Taiwan are held annually to boost trade and support economic growth. In November 2022 my Rt. Hon. Friend for Chelsea and Fulham, the former Minister of State for Trade Policy, co-hosted the UK-Taiwan 25<sup>th</sup> annual Trade Talks in Taipei, during which discussions were held on areas of mutual interest, including on barriers to trade in sectors like fintech, food and drink and pharma, aimed at helping more UK firms export and invest in Taiwan. We are exploring a range of opportunities to further enhance our trade partnership.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/02/2023 12:40:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581114

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Eyesight: Health Services
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 has taken to help improve eye health in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Health is a devolved matter. Access to regular sight tests is critical for eye health and early detection and access to treatments to prevent sight loss. In England, many people qualify for a free eye test and optical vouchers to contribute towards the cost of glasses, with over 12 million National Health Service sight tests provided in England in 2021/22.</p><p>Diabetic Retinopathy screening is also offered annually to individuals aged 12 or over with diabetes and the Government has well established programmes on reducing smoking and obesity, both long terms risk factors for sight loss. Furthermore, the National Institute for Health and Care Research has invested over £100 million over the last five years to support research into diagnosis, prevention and treatment of eye conditions.</p><p>NHS England’s transformation programme is also considering how eye care services should be commissioned for the future to improve access to care and patient outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 06/02/2023 17:20:35 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581116

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racism towards Gypsy, Roma, and Travellers in schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer I gave on 19 January 2023 to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-12/122191" target="_blank">122191</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 03/02/2023 14:29:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581117

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Liver Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of surveillance measures for liver cancer in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Liver surveillance is key to identifying liver cancers earlier and NHS England’s National Cancer Programme is providing £6 million to Cancer Alliances in 2023/24 to improve liver surveillance programmes. Cancer Alliances across the country are supporting providers to ensure that patients eligible for liver surveillance under the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance receive it and are supported to attend surveillance appointments where they may find this difficult.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/02/2023 12:08:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1581118

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Levelling Up Fund
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 local authorities that were successful in the first round of the Levelling Up Fund will be eligible to receive further levelling up funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	133655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-01-23%2F129836&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C81907207c43c476578a708db02b02041%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638106727690019213%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ERenJOK6Px7f%2FTI17rthI5rrBx0yztRXHfPfVUjL8nY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">129836</a> on 26 January 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 03/02/2023 11:34:49 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1581122

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services
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 make an estimate of the proportion of the new discharge funding announced on 9 January 2022 that will be spent on mental health services in Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	133656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>On 9 January, the government announced up to £200 million funding for step down care. Of this the North East and North Cumbria ICB has been allocated a capped budget of over £11 million. Information on the use of this funding within the integrated care board is not available publicly.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/02/2023 11:55:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1581127

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religious Freedom: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that school curriculums include teaching on freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	133659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The National Curriculum is broad and balanced for pupils to learn about how different groups and societies have contributed to the development of the UK. The curriculum offers many opportunities for schools to do this, notably through citizenship education and relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). The RSHE curriculum has a strong focus on equality, respect, and the harmful impact of stereotyping, as well as the importance of valuing difference.</p><p>Within the citizenship curriculum pupils should be taught about the diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities and the need for mutual respect and understanding.</p><p>In delivering the curriculum, schools should be aware of their duties relating to political impartiality, as set out under the Education Act 1996, and must ensure that, where political issues are discussed in the classroom, they are presented in a balanced way. The Department has published guidance on political impartiality in schools which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Legal duties on political impartiality do not supersede other important requirements for schools, including their responsibility to promote fundamental British values, including the mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Developing and deepening pupils’ understanding of these values is part of the Ofsted inspection framework, alongside expectations that schools develop responsible citizens and promote an inclusive environment that meets the needs of all pupils, irrespective of their characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/02/2023 11:35:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1581129

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Buildings: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's report entitled Report on insurance for multi‑occupancy buildings, published in September 2022, if he will take steps to implement that report's recommendations; and what steps he plans to take to reduce insurance premium costs for leaseholders in multi-occupancy buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	133603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>On the 30 January 2023, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that we will take action to ban property managing agents, landlords and freeholders from receiving commissions and other payments from insurance firms, replacing such payments with more transparent fees. <br> <br>Leaseholders will also have more information to enable them to better scrutinise their insurance costs, while also ensuring that leaseholders are not subject to unjustified legal costs and that they can claim their legal costs back from their landlord. <br> <br> The FCA are currently undertaking their own review of high broker commission identified in their 21 September report which will be published in March 2023. I intend to meet the FCA again to discuss their work.</p><p>On 1 December, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) confirmed they are working to launch a scheme to reduce high premiums for those in buildings with significant fire safety issues. Ministers will continue to monitor the progress of the scheme and have made clear that they expect the scheme to be delivered as soon as is feasible to provide urgent assistance to affected buildings.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 03/02/2023 14:23:44 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1581134

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of domestic properties in (a) York local authority, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England are deemed to have high modelled energy costs based on the property’s characteristics of (i) type, (ii) age and (iii) floor area.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	133663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides the proportion of domestic properties calculated to have a high energy cost score based on Valuation Office Agency and, where missing, imputed property characteristic data for the 2022/23 scheme year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion with a high energy cost score</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York local authority</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 11:16:50 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1581139

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Cervical Cancer
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 his Department is taking to eliminate cervical cancer in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	133668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>In England, we are increasing the uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) target of 90% through dedicated immunisation teams in schools where a 100% offer is made to all school aged children eligible for these vaccinations. Annually, HPV vaccines are promoted to university students as they start the Autumn term, and NHS England are planning a further HPV awareness campaign.</p><p>The NHS Cervical Cancer Screening Programme already aligns with the WHO’s target of 70% of women screened using a high-performance test by 35 and 45 years of age. Work is ongoing to improve this beyond the WHO target, through exploration into screening self-sampling via the YouScreen and HPValidate research.</p><p>A range of improvements and innovations have been brought in to help improve uptake in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. For example, in some Primary Care Network areas, appointments can now be made in any Primary Care setting during evenings and on weekends, via integrated sexual health clinics.</p><p> </p><p>There is currently no intention to publish a plan detailing these programmes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 133566 question first answered 02/02/2023 17:13:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson