Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1586118

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of funding through the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls Fund was allocated to organisations in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	147028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a government priority. VAWG is an unacceptable, preventable issue which blights the lives of millions.</p><p>In the Tackling VAWG Strategy, the government committed to invest £3 million to better understand what works to prevent VAWG – to invest in high quality, evidence-informed prevention projects, including in schools, aiming to educate and inform children and young people about VAWG, healthy relationships and the consequences of abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, we ran an open competition through which five organisations secured multi-year funding to deliver this work.</p><p>Four of these organisations will deliver their work nationally. As these projects cover all of England and Wales, it is not possible to provide a precise figure for the value and proportion of funding that benefits the West Midlands.</p><p>However, the University of Birmingham was successful in its bid for funding through the ‘What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls Fund’ and will receive £1,078,373 million across a three-year period.</p><p>The University of Birmingham project focuses on research into the WE PROTECT app, to assess whether remote services providing free and immediate legal assistance to domestic abuse victims (from across England and Wales) reduce victimisation rates and improve their physical and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 27/02/2023 15:52:44 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1586120

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the consultation on the White Paper on Reforming Our Fire and Rescue Service, which closed on 26 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	147029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is clear that further reform of fire and rescue services is necessary and is committed to delivering reform across key areas of focus within the White Paper.</p><p>The consultation response will be published as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2023 15:57:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1586121

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to The National Food Strategy: The Plan, Appendices 3 and 14, published in July 2021, whether her Department has taken steps to implement the Eat and Learn initiative for schools in that Plan; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement to serve meat three times a week from the mandatory School Food Standards in the context of developing a sustainability and health-driven national reference diet.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	147016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department believes it is vital that pupils are taught about food and nutrition. Making healthy choices is relevant at all Key Stages, which is why these principles are taught and applied throughout school. Early Years practitioners encourage children to learn the importance of healthy eating using both narrative and visual resources. Pupils are then taught to understand healthy eating and lifestyle, including cooking, through science, design and technology and health education curricula at both primary and secondary level. Since autumn 2022, pupils have had the opportunity to be taught about food through the Climate Leaders’ Award.</p><p>Older pupils can understand the employment opportunities and the pathways leading to careers in the food sector. Ten high quality apprenticeships are available across a range of catering and hospitality professions and a T Level in Catering will teach the core knowledge and skills needed to enter such occupations, from September 2023.</p><p>Regarding the School Food Standards, the Department believes the standards provide a robust yet flexible framework to ensure that pupils in England continue to receive high quality and nutritious food that builds healthy eating habits for life. The standards are being kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2023 15:08:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1586126

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to review the decision relating to running HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds and York using a revised programme of delivery.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	147072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As set out in the IRP, HS2 services from Birmingham will reach Newcastle via Manchester, Leeds and York.</p><p> </p><p>The IRP also included £100 million for further work to look at the most effective way to run HS2 trains to Leeds, including understanding the optimal solution for capacity at Leeds station, and starting work on the West Yorkshire Mass Transit System. The Government intends to publish the terms of reference for the HS2 to Leeds Study soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/02/2023 11:25:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1586131

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Planning Permission: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many appeals to the Planning Inspectorate have not been allocated an inspector within a year of their submission.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	147077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Planning Inspectorate currently has 878 appeals which have not been allocated an inspector within a year of their submission.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/02/2023 14:52:39 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1586132

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the target of achieving 75% of cancer diagnoses at stages 1 and 2 by 2028.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	147078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Achieving earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer is a priority for the National Health Service. That is why one of the core ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan is to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 or 2 by 2028. The latest published data shows this was at 52% between January 2020 to December 2020.</p><p>NHS England’s comprehensive Early Diagnosis strategy is based on six core strands of activity, from raising awareness of cancer symptoms and encouraging people to come forward, to implementing targeted interventions for particular cancer types that we know have previously experienced later stages of diagnosis.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2023 16:22:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1586134

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department will provide for the women and girls strategy in the 2023-24 financial year; and whether he plans to publish an equalities impact assessment on the reduction in the level of Official Development Assistance since 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	147080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>We will shortly launch the Women and Girls Strategy, setting out our commitments to stand up and speak out for women and girls. The Strategy's focus extends beyond ODA and is not expected to provide a 2023/24 funding target.</p><p>Women and girls, as a major theme within the International Development Strategy, remain a UK priority. We aim to maximise the impact of ODA, alongside other mechanisms, to support the lives of vulnerable people. Decisions on funding allocations are ongoing, including consideration of the impact on equalities. We are committed to transparency and will consider sharing further information on completion.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/02/2023 16:04:34 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1586136

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Better Care Fund: Carers
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 7 February to Question 135221, how many (a) hours of respite care will be provided and (b) carers will benefit from that funding.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	146898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2023 13:25:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

1586137

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Respite Care
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 7 February to Question 135221, how much funding was provided for (a) short breaks and (b) respite services to carers by the Government in each of the last 13 years; and how many carers benefited from this funding each year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	146899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on short breaks and respite care services for unpaid carers. Funding for respite and short breaks for unpaid carers has been included in the National Health Service contribution to the Better Care Fund (BCF) since 2015. In 2022/23, £291.7 million of BCF funding has been earmarked to provide short breaks and respite services for carers, as well as advice and support to unpaid carers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2023 13:34:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

1586138

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Pesticides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help encourage the use of alternatives to neonicotinoid pesticides which do not harm pollinators.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	147081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Neonicotinoids are not generally permitted for use on crops. Time-limited emergency authorisations have been given to protect sugar beet crops from Yellows Viruses. This is not a permanent solution and the development of alternative, sustainable approaches to protect sugar beet crops is paramount. Work under way includes the development of resistant plant varieties, measures to improve crop hygiene and husbandry and alternative pesticides. British Sugar, seed companies and the British Beet Research Organisation are undertaking a programme of work developing these alternatives – which include Yellows Virus specific Integrated Pest Management techniques. The Government is monitoring the progress of this.</p><p><br> Integrated Pest Management (IPM) lies at the heart of our approach to minimise the environmental impact of pesticides and is a key tool for businesses facing the challenges of pesticide resistance and changing pest pressures due to climate change. To support this, we are introducing new paid IPM actions within the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme this year. Increased support for IPM approaches will also be a feature of the upcoming National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of pesticides.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2023 12:13:27 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard