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1639577

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date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the education of children in primary schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform society. The effective use of technology can help to improve outcomes and we are exploring how AI can support teaching, as well as addressing its risks.</p><p>The Department has published a policy paper which sets out our position on the use of generative AI in the education sector. The paper outlines the potential effects of generative AI on the education sector including the opportunities for reducing teacher workload, risks to assessment and steps the education sector should take to protect pupil data, as well as resources, staff and pupils.</p><p>The Department is also convening experts to work with the education sector to share and identify best practice and opportunities to improve education and reduce workload.</p><p>The Department will keep our programme of measures under review to ensure we identify the best ways to address the risks and opportunities AI presents, including continuing to establish a strong evidence base for technology in education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/06/2023 15:51:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639592

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Smoking: 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, how much money NHSE planned to allocate to Integrated Care Boards to fully implement the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependence treatment services in 2023-24 as at February 2022; how much money was allocated to ICBs for those services after the publication of the Spring Statement 2022, CP 653; and whether any, additional funding has been allocated by NHSE during financial year 2023-24 to help reduce smoking at regional and national level.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	186355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>As at February 2022, NHS England had an indicative planned integrated care board (ICB) allocation of £65.6 million to fully implement the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependence treatment services in 2023/24. In line with the NHS Operating Model and in agreement with ICBs, broader funding allocations have been made in 2023/24 with tobacco dependence treatment allocations forming part of the wider universal and targeted Prevention bundles, totalling £69 million.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 30/05/2023 16:38:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1639611

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Urinary Tract Infections: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are admitted to hospital each year with urinary tract infections; what the cost was to the public purse of the NHS of treating people with urinary tract infections in the last financial year; and whether the NHS plans to take steps to improve options for community-based services to treat urinary tract infections.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	186316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of people admitted to hospital each year in the last five years with urinary tract infections (UTIs).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Admissions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>184,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>179,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>135,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>152,695</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England</p><p>Data for 2021/22 is latest data available. We cannot provide data on the total cost to the NHS of treating patients with UTI in the last financial year (2022/23). <br> <br> NHS England published on 9 May 2023 its Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. This sets out proposals to improve options for community-based services to treat urinary tract infections. Appropriately trained community pharmacists will be commissioned to provide a clinical service to care for patients with urinary symptoms, providing timely access to assessment, information and advice.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/06/2023 11:06:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1639619

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will put back by 12 months commencement of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill once Royal Assent has been received to enable employers to consider its implementation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill will come into force on the day on which the Act is passed. The Government does not intend to delay this however minimum service levels in a particular sector will not come into force until secondary legislation is passed by Parliament, giving employers sufficient time to consider before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/06/2023 11:43:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639629

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Freehold: Service Charges
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 tackle concerns of freeholders subject to high estate charges.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	186361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>We want to make estate management companies more accountable to their freeholders for how their money is spent</p><p><br> When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that freehold homeowners who pay estate rentcharges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a manager to manage the provision of services. <br> <br> In addition, we will remove the statutory right for owners of rentcharges to take possession or grant a lease of the property in the event of non-payment by the homeowner.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/05/2023 10:08:43 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid

1639638

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Libya: IRA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on the Shawcross Report.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government reiterates its sympathy for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism and indeed for all victims of the Troubles. The Government set out its position on Mr Shawcross's report on compensation for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism in a Written Ministerial Statement made on 23 March 2021. Mr Shawcross's report was commissioned as an internal scoping report, to provide internal advice to Ministers. Its content is based on private, confidential conversations and information shared on this basis. The Government will not be publishing the report. The responsibility for providing compensation specifically for the actions of the Qadhafi regime lies with the Libyan State. The Government has repeatedly urged the Libyan authorities, including at the highest levels of the Libyan Government, to engage with UK victims and their representatives, and to address their claims for compensation.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/06/2023 15:20:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1639640

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Social Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Department has identified cases where people in receipt of (a) Pension Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, (c) Jobseekers' Allowance, (d) Income Support, (e) Personal Independence Payments and (f) Attendance Allowance are ineligible for social tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	186543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Social tariffs are high-quality, low-cost broadband and mobile offers for those in receipt of Universal Credit as well as other means-tested benefits. Offered by a range of providers - including BT, Virgin Media, Sky and Vodafone - social tariffs are available in 99% of the UK starting at £10 per month.</p><p>Eligibility criteria for social tariffs are set by individual providers. While these vary, Universal Credit is a key eligibility criteria, and a significant number also include other means-tested benefits such as Pension Credit, Employment Support Allowance, Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support, Personal Independence Payments or Attendance Allowance. We do not hold data on the number of people ineligible for a social tariff with any of the 19 individual providers.</p><p>However, in June 2022, following our negotiations, the major broadband and mobile operators agreed a set of public commitments to support any customer struggling to pay their bills, not just those on benefits. This includes management payment plans or allowing households, who may be mid-contract, to switch to cheaper packages without penalty. We have also been clear with operators that we expect those unable to match a competitor’s social tariff to allow customers to leave - without penalty - so that they may take up that offer.</p><p>In regards to whether social tariffs overwrite existing contracts, it is our understanding that when any customer agrees a new service with their provider - including a social tariff - their existing contract is replaced.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 05/06/2023 10:49:31 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1639655

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Chelsea Football Club: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allow proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to be made available to UK charities for humanitarian purposes in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
uin	186548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>In a statement announcing the sale of Chelsea FC and in subsequent statements, Mr Abramovich stated that a charitable foundation would be set up, where all net proceeds from the sale would be donated. Humanitarian experts outside of Government are now responsible for the highly complex process to establish this foundation to manage and distribute the proceeds for humanitarian purposes in Ukraine. The proceeds are currently frozen in a UK bank account. Any movement of the proceeds requires a licence from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/05/2023 08:04:45 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1639748

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of existing legacy licences for testing exclusive-use cosmetics ingredients on animals on animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	186563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is engaging with the relevant companies to urgently determine a way forward on legacy licences.</p><p>All establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Great Britain are subject to the full requirements of the Act. This provides for a regulatory regimen of activities that protects animals in science including audits and inspections by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit to ensure compliance with the terms of their licences, the Code of Practice and with the Act.</p><p>Both announced and unannounced site visits are undertaken within a risk-based framework to assure compliance and inspect the welfare, health, and environment of animals at each establishment.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 01/06/2023 10:01:49 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1639763

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Financial Services: Bermuda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department (a) provided in the 2022-23 financial year and (b) will provide in the 2023-24 financial year for the financial services industry in Bermuda; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	186330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government are working to support the Overseas Territories to meet the highest standards in financial services policy. Bermuda, like other Overseas Territories, share confidential company beneficial ownership information with UK law enforcement. The Government of Bermuda prioritised work to meet international financial standards, and in 2020 received one of the highest technical compliance ratings of any jurisdiction following a review by the Financial Action Task Force of its work to combat illicit finance.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/06/2023 08:12:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell