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1381678

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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: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 ambulance waiting times in (a) Yorkshire, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	80788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>Ambulance waiting times for North Yorkshire and York are not held centrally therefore no estimate has been made.</p><p>We recognise the vital role that ambulance services play in the rapid identification of suspected stroke patients. We have provided ambulance services in England with an extra £55 million to recruit the staff and ambulance crews to ensure a timely response to the most seriously ill patients, including those with suspected stroke symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 81052 question first answered 06/12/2021 13:22:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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

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

1381695

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of carer’s allowance for unpaid carers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance is uprated each April in line with inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for the previous September.</p><p> </p><p>The weekly rate of Carer’s Allowance will increase to £69.70 in April 2022. This means that since 2010 it will have increased from £53.90 to £69.70 a week, providing an additional £800 a year for carers.</p><p> </p><p>By 2026/27, the Government is forecast to spend just under £4.4bn a year on Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>As well as Carer’s Allowance, carers have access to the full range of social security benefits. For example, around 360,000 carer households on Universal Credit can receive an additional £1,965 a year through the Carer Element, ensuring support is targeted where it is needed most.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/12/2021 11:01:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381696

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact of interest-bearing student loans on Muslim students.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The government undertook an assessment of the impact of interest-bearing loans on Muslim students in the impact assessment for the Higher Education and Research Act, which was published in December 2017, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-and-research-act-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-and-research-act-impact-assessments</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 30/11/2021 16:20:29 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381697

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will carry out an impact assessment of potential increases to student loans contributions on graduates’ standard of living.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Slough to the answer I gave on 22 November 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-15/74983" target="_blank">74983</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 30/11/2021 17:12:48 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi