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1640451

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of funding required to maintain the National Cycle Network; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	186821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the level of funding required to maintain the National Cycle Network (NCN). The NCN is made up of over 12,000 miles of signed on and off-road routes across the UK. Sustrans manage the NCN and rely on a variety of partners to maintain and grow the Network, including landowners, highway authorities, and national and local government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/06/2023 09:20:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1640497

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Conditions of Employment: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2023 to Question 184678 on Conditions of Employment: EU Law, which Hon. members wrote to her on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	186870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost and would fall above the £850 cost threshold to retrieve this information.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 186677 186678 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:14:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1640554

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of NHS bed capacity in each month (a) since January 2023 and (B) until January 2024.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service bed capacity is published by NHS England. The following table shows the general and acute (G&amp;A) beds available and G&amp;A bed occupancy rate from January 2023 to April 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total G&amp;A beds available</p></td><td><p>G&amp;A bed occupancy rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>101,717</p></td><td><p>94.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>101,092</p></td><td><p>94.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>100,910</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>100,088</p></td><td><p>92.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Our delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services has set a national ambition to increase bed capacity by 5,000 staffed, permanent beds in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23 plans. The plan is backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding to support capacity.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 15:32:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1640555

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published on 30 January 2023, what progress his Department has made on its target to create 5,000 emergency care beds.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>We are continuing to make progress to deliver the 5,000 staffed, permanent beds set out in our Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan, supported by £1 billion of additional funding. NHS England has worked with integrated care boards to review local demand and capacity and ensure plans are put in place to deliver the increases to National Health Service capacity needed to deliver this ambition.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 16:32:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1640584

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Rheumatology: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in (a) North Central London Integrated Care System area and (b) London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	186974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>We continue to grow the National Health Service workforce and as of March 2023, there are more than 12,900 additional nurses and over 5,400 more doctors compared to the previous year. We are on target to meet the 50,000 nurses’ commitment, with over 44,000 more nurses in March 2023 than there were in September 2019.</p><p>We are working with NHS England to develop workforce plans for our integrated care systems that link to national initiatives, including recruitment programmes for general practitioners, healthcare support workers, nurses and allied health professionals. We have also commissioned NHS England to produce a long term workforce plan, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 15:43:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1640586

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Rheumatology: Health Professions
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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c) specialist rheumatology physiotherapists, (d) psychologists, (e) podiatrists, (f) occupational health therapists and (g) specialist rheumatology pharmacists in North Central London Integrated Care System; and what steps he is taking to fill vacancies in these professions.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	186976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent staff, by staff group, working in North Central London Integrated Care System.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Staff Group</p></td><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>Feb-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rheumatology Consultants</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialists</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist Rheumatology Physiotherapists</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychologists (Applied Psychology)</p></td><td><p>827</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Podiatrists</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupational Health Therapists</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist Rheumatology Pharmacists</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td><td><p>No data held</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Workforce Statistics</p><p>We have commissioned NHS England to develop a long term workforce plan for the next 15 years. It will include projections for the number of doctors, nurses and other professionals needed and will set out the actions and reforms needed to reduce supply gaps and improve retention.</p><p>On 10 January 2023, Health Education England announced that nearly 900 additional medical specialty training posts will be created for this year, including an additional 5 rheumatology specialty training posts. Rheumatology is a popular specialty with a fill rate of over 95%.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 16:17:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1640597

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Protective Clothing: China
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 23 May to Question 184825on Protective Clothing: China, how many items of personal protective equipment held in China were (a) donated, (b) recycled and (c) sold between January 2020 and September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	186910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Between January 2020 and September 2022, the total number of personal protective equipment (PPE) items held in China that were donated was approximately 57.15 million. No PPE items held in China were recycled or sold.</p><p>The majority of stock held in China were in categories of PPE for which the Department has sufficient stock in the UK to meet remaining demand and the items were therefore surplus to requirements.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/06/2023 15:24:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 79063 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1640660

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Medical Treatments Abroad: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify and prosecute unregulated overseas prescribers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL8140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no powers to prosecute unregulated overseas prescribers, but arrangements are in place to safeguard patients as follows.</p><p> </p><p>The UK currently recognises prescriptions from countries on an approved list. A prescription from a country not on the list would not be recognised. We will only recognise prescriptions issued by prescribers of equivalent professional status to those eligible to prescribe in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect all registered pharmacies and pharmacists to meet the regulatory standards set by the General Pharmaceutical Council or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland when considering dispensing any lawfully valid prescription. Any registered pharmacy or pharmacist failing to meet the relevant regulatory standards may be subject to action by the regulator.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/06/2023 11:22:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1640682

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to schools on disciplinary action associated with teachers who refer to transgender pupils by their legal and biological sex.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Minister for Women and Equalities to develop guidance to support schools in relation to gender questioning pupils. The Department will be finalising the draft guidance shortly and will hold a full public consultation on it.</p><p>All schools are required to have a disciplinary process that deals with matters relating to staff misconduct. The Department does not provide specific guidance on this issue.</p><p>The School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 set out the procedures that governing bodies in maintained schools must establish for the regulation of the conduct and discipline of staff at the school. They should ensure that they are fully aware of their responsibilities under employment law, in both establishing procedures and how those procedures are undertaken. Advice can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1026591/Staff_Advice_Handbook_Update_-_October_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1026591/Staff_Advice_Handbook_Update_-_October_2021.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Teachers’ Standards came into effect from 1 September 2012, and set a clear baseline of expectation for the professional practice and conduct of the vast majority of teachers from the point of qualification. The Teachers’ Standards must be used by maintained schools to assess teachers’ performance as part of the annual appraisal process. The Teaching Regulation Agency uses Part Two of the Teachers’ Standards, relating to professional and personal conduct, to assess cases of serious misconduct against teachers in any educational setting. The standards can be accessed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1040274/Teachers__Standards_Dec_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1040274/Teachers__Standards_Dec_2021.pdf</a>.</p><p>Part Two of the Teachers’ Standards notes that teachers are expected to demonstrate high standards of personal and professional conduct. This includes treating pupils with dignity, having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ well-being, and showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/06/2023 16:18:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch