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1563200

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the level of inflation in (a) the UK and (b) other comparable countries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	902894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics release statistics on UK inflation. These show that the annual rate of CPI inflation was 10.7% in November, down from 11.1% in October.</p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility has confirmed global factors are the primary cause of current inflation. Inflation is high here – but higher in Germany (11.3%), the Netherlands (11.2%), and Italy (12.5%).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/12/2022 13:43:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1563201

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that traders in Northern Ireland do not pay double VAT on goods purchased in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	902896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>For the majority of businesses trading with and in Northern Ireland, VAT continues to be accounted for in much the same way as when trading with the rest of the UK.</p><p>The government is confident that its implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol for VAT mitigates the risk of double taxation in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland is, and will remain, part of the UK’s VAT system.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2022 15:28:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1563202

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	902897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement is the world’s biggest zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal. This provides a strong base for UK businesses to trade with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing to support businesses trading with the EU, as well as helping them seize new opportunities with fast-growing economies around the world through our Free Trade Agreement negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2022 15:32:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1563203

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help resolve public sector pay disputes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	902898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>We value the vital work that public sector workers do. We want pay deals that are fair for public sector workers and affordable for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>That’s why Government has accepted the pay recommendations of the independent Pay Review Bodies for the NHS, teachers, and other front line workforces for 2022/23. These are the highest uplifts in nearly twenty years, reflecting the vital contributions public sector workers make to our country and the cost-of-living pressures facing households. Many awards were targeted towards the low paid, for example the lowest paid NHS workers received 9.3%.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are closely monitoring the strike risk across their workforces and are carefully considering ways to mitigate the potential impact of industrial action.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/12/2022 13:35:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1563204

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	902899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Edinburgh Reforms, launched by the Chancellor on 9 December, take forward the government’s ambition for an open, sustainable, and technologically advanced financial services sector that is globally competitive and acts in the interests of communities and citizens across all four nations of the UK. These reforms build on the work the government is already taking forward through the Financial Services and Markets Bill and the reforms to Solvency II announced at the Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/12/2022 13:34:17 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1563751

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nappies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on (1) a plan for the reduction of the use of single-use nappies, (2) a financial support scheme to assist parents with the initial costs of purchasing reusable nappies, and (3) the improvement of the labelling of single-use nappies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>While there are currently no plans to ban the sale of disposable nappies, we recognise the issues associated with absorbent hygiene products such as nappies. A number of local authorities already provide support towards upfront purchases of reusable nappies, and we have no plans to duplicate that work.</p><p> </p><p>Work on the environmental assessment of disposable and reusable nappies is nearly complete and peer review of the work is being finalised. No date has been set for publication, but we are working to get things finished as soon as possible. This work will help inform any future action by government and industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/01/2023 13:15:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1563752

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nappies: Waste Disposal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 15 September 2021 (HL Deb, col 1495), when they expect to publish the independent environmental assessment of nappy use.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <p>While there are currently no plans to ban the sale of disposable nappies, we recognise the issues associated with absorbent hygiene products such as nappies. A number of local authorities already provide support towards upfront purchases of reusable nappies, and we have no plans to duplicate that work.</p><p> </p><p>Work on the environmental assessment of disposable and reusable nappies is nearly complete and peer review of the work is being finalised. No date has been set for publication, but we are working to get things finished as soon as possible. This work will help inform any future action by government and industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/01/2023 13:15:56 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1563753

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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 and Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) nurses, and (2) GPs, there are per head of population in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, as of September 2022, there were 58.5 full time equivalent nurses per 10,000 head of population in England. This includes nurses in Hospital and Community Health Services and general practice settings. This excludes nurses working in social care, the voluntary sector or in the private sector. As of September 2022, there were 6.5 full time equivalent doctors working in general practice per 10,000 head of population in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 03/01/2023 10:24:21 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1563772

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the planned improvements by Network Rail over the Christmas period will still take place given the industrial action at that time.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL4452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Network Rail has confirmed only eight of seventy planned work packages will be cancelled as a result of strike action but the majority of its £120 million programme of improvement works will go ahead over the Christmas period. The industrial action means that at the most important work sites, Network Rail will need to take possession of the railway earlier on Christmas Eve and hand it back at the end of the works later on 27 December than originally planned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 22/12/2022 14:09:47 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1563773

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Prescription Drugs: Shortages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address community pharmacists experiencing daily shortages of medicines.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL4453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>Medicine supply problems can occur for various reasons; for example, due to manufacturing difficulties, regulatory problems, problems with the supply of raw materials, sudden demand spikes or from issues which are related to the distribution of the product.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has well-established procedures to deal with medicine supply issues and works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England and others within the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p> </p><p>One of the tools we use to support pharmacists to manage supply issues are serious shortage protocols (SSPs), a standard procedure used frequently to manage medicine supply issues. They are a safe and effective way to ensure that medicines continue to be available for everyone who needs them, while saving time for patients, pharmacists and prescribers.</p><p> </p><p>Issuing a SSP allows pharmacists to legally supply a specified alternative medicine, removing the need for the patient to return to the prescriber which saves time in general practitioners practices and inconvenience for patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4456 question first answered 03/01/2023 10:25:38 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson