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1520981

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to take steps to end the requirement for staff working in care homes to wear face masks.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>At present, adult social care guidance continues to recommend that all care home staff and visitors wear masks to provide protection for residents from COVID-19. The guidance allows for masks to not be used if, as part of a risk assessment, they are considered particularly challenging for the resident. We continue to keep this under review. Further personal protective equipment may also be recommended to carry out specific tasks.</p><p>The Department continues to work with the UK Health Security Agency to review relevant guidance to ensure it reflects the latest available evidence and safe and proportionate infection prevention and control principles.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/11/2022 16:51:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1520982

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether discussions have taken place between her officials and representatives from Mastercard on the potential for the introduction of an automatic registration scheme for households eligible for Healthy Start support.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	61888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 24/10/2022 16:42:35 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1520989

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Podiatry: Kingston upon Hull East
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 she has made of the level of podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Kingston upon Hull East constituency as of 12 October 2022; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these vacancies on patient treatment for diabetic foot complications.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	61867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made as this information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 11:39:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 25005 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1520990

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Drax Power
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that Drax has paid more than $3 million in fines related to pollution in the US south, and if he will review Government support for Drax.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	61709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>US air quality regulatory bodies have established robust processes for ensuring air quality requirements are adhered to. UK Government officials have discussed air quality with US counterparts and continue to liaise with them to ensure the government continues to have the most up-to-date information.</p><p>The forthcoming Biomass Strategy will review the amount of sustainable biomass available to the UK and how this resource could be best utilised across the economy to help achieve our net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050 while also supporting the delivery of our wider environmental targets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2022 14:33:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1520991

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Bristol West constituency have one or more buildings classified in Category D of condition need; how long each of those buildings has been classified in that category; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is preparing detailed analysis of the data collected for the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme and plan to publish the details by the end of the year.</p><p>The key, high-level findings of the CDC programme, were published in May 2021 in the report ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey – Key Findings’.</p><p>The report is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department has no plans to make a statement.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 61965 question first answered 20/10/2022 15:35:18 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1520993

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51633 on Schools: Solar Power, how many school buildings in Bristol West constituency were inspected as part of the Condition Data Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is preparing detailed analysis of the data collected for the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme and plan to publish the details by the end of the year.</p><p>The key, high-level findings of the CDC programme, were published in May 2021 in the report ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey – Key Findings’.</p><p>The report is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department has no plans to make a statement.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 61963 question first answered 20/10/2022 15:35:18 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1520995

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his target for economic growth on (a) inequality, (b) GDP and (c) public debt.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	62144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text An assessment of the impact of the government’s Growth Plan on the economy and public finances will be made by the OBR on the 31<sup>st</sup> October alongside the Medium Term Fiscal Plan. answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/10/2022 16:26:54 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1520996

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: Lancashire
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 GP Speciality Trainees have been recruited in East Lancashire as part of Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme 2021-2022 and what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the numbers recruited to that scheme to meet local demand.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	61935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>No trainees were recruited as part of the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in 2021/2022 in East Lancashire. In the 2022/2023 scheme, 38 training places have been offered in East Lancashire.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/10/2022 13:27:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1520999

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Working Tax Credit: Cost of Living Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that people on working tax credits receive their cost of living payment within the same timescales as those not receiving working tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>People on working tax credits are often in receipt of other means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC issue payments to people on working tax credits after the other payments have been made, to allow time to ensure those who claim tax credits as well as a means tested benefit do not receive the payment twice. This decreases the risk of overpayments to tax credits customers.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/10/2022 13:20:25 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1521005

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the (a) life sciences, (b) space, (c) robotics, (d) artificial intelligence and (e) other industries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	62173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Government policies on space are driven by the National Space Strategy. We are investing £1.75bn in the sector to support its growth over this spending review period. The annual Size and Health of the UK Space Sector report provides evidence of this growth.</p><p> </p><p>By leveraging the UK Life Science ecosystem through our policies, we are addressing critical health challenges, creating highly skilled jobs and increasing inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided policy and funding support for robotics, including the Robots for a Safer World Programme which invested £112m for research and development and leveraged over £500m in co-investment.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/10/2022 14:35:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah