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1381685

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Press Conferences: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the benefits of offering all press conferences in British Sign Language.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government provides a BSL Interpreter for COVID press conferences and COVID data briefings on its social media channels to make essential public health information widely accessible. The Cabinet Office is also examining how we could extend similar provision for all public broadcasts (including non-COVID broadcasts) from No9 Downing Street.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/11/2021 17:57:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381686

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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: Repairs and Maintenance
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 estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders that are facing remediation costs for (a) non-compliant cladding and (b) non-cladding related building defects in (i) Slough, (ii) the South East and (iii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s £5.1 billion investment in building safety will fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres and over in England. This will make homes safer and protect leaseholders in those buildings from the cost of cladding remediation. <br> <br>Work is underway to collect data on a sample of 11-18 metre residential buildings in England. The information collected will include the existing building condition including the materials in use on the external wall system, and the costs of making the building safe. We will publish further details in due course.</p><p>The Government remains committed to protecting leaseholders from unaffordable costs, who bought their flats in good faith and are innocent parties. Further detail on the support offer for leaseholders in residential buildings of 11-18 metres will be released when all options have been fully considered.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/11/2021 16:10:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381687

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Ambulance 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 recent assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to patients life at (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services when operating long-term at REAP Level Four.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The designation of Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP) levels is an operational matter for the National Health Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that the escalation processes of operating at REAP level four are intended to keep the most vulnerable patients safe during times of heightened pressure on the service.</p><p>To alleviate operational pressures locally, work is ongoing to minimise hospital handover delays and increase the amount of clinical decision support and referrals into other community and acute pathways. National initiatives include continuous monitoring and support through the National Ambulance Coordination Centre and extending hospital ambulance liaison officer cover at the most challenged acute trusts.</p><p>An additional £4.29 million has been made available to the South Coast Ambulance Service for a number of schemes including:</p><p>- Recruitment of 999 call handlers;</p><p>- Expanded capacity through additional crews on the road;</p><p>- Additional clinical support in the control room and;</p><p>- Retention of emergency ambulances to increase the fleet for winter.</p><p>Nationally £55 million additional non-recurrent revenue funding has been invested for winter 2021/22. This will increase staff numbers ahead of the winter, assisting trusts to recruit more 999 call handlers and clinicians to work in control rooms and supplementing frontline staffing capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement also invested £1.7 million into ambulance services in England in September 2021 to support local health and wellbeing initiatives in recognition of the current pressures.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 81100 81101 question first answered 29/11/2021 14:19:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381688

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Ambulance 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 his Department is taking to alleviate the operational pressures placed on (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The designation of Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP) levels is an operational matter for the National Health Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that the escalation processes of operating at REAP level four are intended to keep the most vulnerable patients safe during times of heightened pressure on the service.</p><p>To alleviate operational pressures locally, work is ongoing to minimise hospital handover delays and increase the amount of clinical decision support and referrals into other community and acute pathways. National initiatives include continuous monitoring and support through the National Ambulance Coordination Centre and extending hospital ambulance liaison officer cover at the most challenged acute trusts.</p><p>An additional £4.29 million has been made available to the South Coast Ambulance Service for a number of schemes including:</p><p>- Recruitment of 999 call handlers;</p><p>- Expanded capacity through additional crews on the road;</p><p>- Additional clinical support in the control room and;</p><p>- Retention of emergency ambulances to increase the fleet for winter.</p><p>Nationally £55 million additional non-recurrent revenue funding has been invested for winter 2021/22. This will increase staff numbers ahead of the winter, assisting trusts to recruit more 999 call handlers and clinicians to work in control rooms and supplementing frontline staffing capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement also invested £1.7 million into ambulance services in England in September 2021 to support local health and wellbeing initiatives in recognition of the current pressures.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 81099 81101 question first answered 29/11/2021 14:19:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381689

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Ambulance Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources his Department has provided to (a) the South Central Ambulance Service and (b) UK wide ambulance services to (i) manage demand on those services and (ii) increase the capacity of those services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The designation of Resource Escalation Action Plan (REAP) levels is an operational matter for the National Health Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that the escalation processes of operating at REAP level four are intended to keep the most vulnerable patients safe during times of heightened pressure on the service.</p><p>To alleviate operational pressures locally, work is ongoing to minimise hospital handover delays and increase the amount of clinical decision support and referrals into other community and acute pathways. National initiatives include continuous monitoring and support through the National Ambulance Coordination Centre and extending hospital ambulance liaison officer cover at the most challenged acute trusts.</p><p>An additional £4.29 million has been made available to the South Coast Ambulance Service for a number of schemes including:</p><p>- Recruitment of 999 call handlers;</p><p>- Expanded capacity through additional crews on the road;</p><p>- Additional clinical support in the control room and;</p><p>- Retention of emergency ambulances to increase the fleet for winter.</p><p>Nationally £55 million additional non-recurrent revenue funding has been invested for winter 2021/22. This will increase staff numbers ahead of the winter, assisting trusts to recruit more 999 call handlers and clinicians to work in control rooms and supplementing frontline staffing capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement also invested £1.7 million into ambulance services in England in September 2021 to support local health and wellbeing initiatives in recognition of the current pressures.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 81099 81100 question first answered 29/11/2021 14:19:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381690

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Hospitals: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to hospitals in the winter months to assist with additional pressures in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>In the South East, including Slough, NHS England and NHS Improvement are investing £61.1 million capital funding to support the delivery of inpatient elective treatment alongside urgent and emergency care; additional revenue funding to support outsourcing and insourcing with the independent sector; supplying emergency care intensive support to trusts following visits by regional teams; and the provision of guidance regarding best practice for dealing with additional winter pressures.</p><p>Nationally, NHS England and NHS Improvement have led detailed operational level winter planning with providers, regions and stakeholders and is implementing its Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan. This sets out actions to support improved emergency care performance and patient flow through hospitals. This includes enhanced monitoring and support to systems and providers such as a new Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Unit to coordinate support for the most challenged systems.</p><p>We have provided an additional £5.4 billion to support the National Health Service response to COVID-19 in the second half of 2021/22. This includes an extra £1 billion to tackle the treatment backlog and £478 million for the enhanced hospital discharge programme to increase bed capacity. We are investing more than £34 billion in total this year to help health and social care services deal with the additional demands of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/12/2021 12:42:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381691

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risks to (a) patients and (b) NHS staff his Department has identified as a result of the additional pressures on hospitals during the winter months in (i) Slough, (ii) the South East and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that a range of risks to patients and National Health Service staff in Slough, the South East and England have been identified. These include increasing levels of escalation to prioritise activity and caseloads; increasing accident and emergency attendances and mental health presentations at emergency departments; ambulance handover delays; discharge delays resulting in the postponement of elective activity; and workforce fatigue and absence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/12/2021 12:36:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381692

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults made against retail workers were recorded in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England in each year from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data relating to assaults and threats against retail staff working in premises in England and Wales via the ‘Commercial Victimisation Survey’ (CVS). This includes information on assaults and threats experienced by staff working in Wholesale and Retail premises, these figures cannot be broken down to lower geographical areas. The latest estimates are from the 2018 CVS (available in the link below).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2018-commercial-victimisation-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2018-commercial-victimisation-survey</a>.</p><p>The next CVS results will be available in March 2022.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/12/2021 16:54:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381693

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Carers: Coronavirus
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 adequacy of support services available to unpaid carers during covid-19 lockdowns.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>While no formal assessment has been made, local authorities have a duty under the Care Act 2014 to provide carers an assessment of and support for their needs, where eligible. This includes a duty to promote an individual’s wellbeing and consider the impact of the role as a carer. We continue to work with carers’ organisations to assess and understand carers’ needs and how best to support them.</p><p>During the pandemic, we have provided carers with guidance on their health and wellbeing; funding to Carers UK to extend their support phoneline; funding to the Carers Trust for grants to provide support to unpaid carers experiencing loneliness during the pandemic; and we have worked with the Social Care Institute for Excellence to publish guidance on reopening day services, providing respite to unpaid carers.</p><p>In addition, we have published our Mental Health Recovery Action Plan, supported by an additional £500 million in 2021/22, to ensure we have the right support in place, including for unpaid carers. We are working with key stakeholders, including unpaid carers, to develop our plans and will publish further detail in our white paper on social care reform shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 81106 question first answered 01/12/2021 11:27:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381694

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Carers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risks to the mental and physical wellbeing of unpaid carers his Department has identified as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>While no formal assessment has been made, local authorities have a duty under the Care Act 2014 to provide carers an assessment of and support for their needs, where eligible. This includes a duty to promote an individual’s wellbeing and consider the impact of the role as a carer. We continue to work with carers’ organisations to assess and understand carers’ needs and how best to support them.</p><p>During the pandemic, we have provided carers with guidance on their health and wellbeing; funding to Carers UK to extend their support phoneline; funding to the Carers Trust for grants to provide support to unpaid carers experiencing loneliness during the pandemic; and we have worked with the Social Care Institute for Excellence to publish guidance on reopening day services, providing respite to unpaid carers.</p><p>In addition, we have published our Mental Health Recovery Action Plan, supported by an additional £500 million in 2021/22, to ensure we have the right support in place, including for unpaid carers. We are working with key stakeholders, including unpaid carers, to develop our plans and will publish further detail in our white paper on social care reform shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 81105 question first answered 01/12/2021 11:27:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi