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1639959

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date	24/05/2023
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	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 assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of processes for alerting the Recovery Strategy Unit of cases where firms are repeatedly refusing to carry out remediation works to buildings and (b) the potential merits of enabling (i) leaseholders and (ii) tenants to contact the Recovery Strategy Unit [directly?] in order to receive its support in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities and fire and rescue services to ensure that building owners are complying with their legal obligations to keep their buildings safe, and from April 2024 the Building Safety Regulator will enforce fire safety in buildings above 18 metres or seven storeys. Where building owners are stalling remediation progress, the Government expects regulators to take appropriate action. The Building Safety Act 2022 grants regulators additional enforcement powers in the form of remediation orders and remediation contribution orders, which allow them to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order requiring a building owner to fix, and pay to fix, their unsafe building.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/06/2023 09:27:09 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639961

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Extracurricular Activities: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing free after-school activities at schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The department has not made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing free after-school activities at schools.</p><p>The department is committed to ensuring young people have access to high quality extracurricular opportunities. The department knows these are an important part of a rich educational experience and can bring wider benefits to young people's mental health, confidence, social skills and general wellbeing. We also recognise the important role wraparound childcare, including after-school clubs, has in enabling parents to work.</p><p>Schools are best placed to understand and meet the needs of their pupils and so have flexibility to decide what range of extracurricular activities to offer and how to resource these activities.  Both pupil premium and recovery premium can be used to fund enrichment activities. In March 2022, the department updated its guidance to make this clear to schools. Schools can choose how they wish to use this funding in line with a menu of approaches.</p><p>Working families can also get help with childcare costs through Tax Free Childcare (TFC) worth up to £2,000 per year for children aged up to 11, or £4,000 per year for children aged up to 17 with disabilities, and the childcare element of Universal Credit (UC) for children up to age 16. Parents and carers can benefit from TFC and UC for the cost of after-school clubs, but the providers must be on the Ofsted Early Years or Childcare registers.</p><p>The department also supports a range of initiatives to expand access to high quality extracurricular activities, for example investing over £200 million a year in our Holiday Activities and Food programme and working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to offer the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to all state secondary schools in England. The government is also investing £289 million in a new childcare ‘pathfinder’ scheme to support local authorities to work with primary schools and private providers to set up and deliver wraparound childcare before and after school.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 05/06/2023 16:29:59 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639962

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Housing: Heat Pumps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of retrofitting heat pumps into existing gas piping in domestic properties.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	186616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by Government suggests it is technically feasible to install a heat pump in around 90% of British homes currently on the gas grid, based on analysis of homes’ current energy efficiency and internal electrical limit. Practical considerations, like space availability or compliance with planning regulations, may limit where heat pumps can be installed, but the Government supports innovation to develop solutions to these challenges.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/06/2023 10:58:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1639967

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to collect data on the number of parents who have had children removed from their care on multiple occasions.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	186640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities provide information on looked after children through the SSDA903 annual return, but this does not include information on the family circumstances of looked after children.</p><p>The department recognises the need to collect the right data about children’s social care services to help achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children and young people. That is why in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, the department committed to developing a children’s social care dashboard to support the new National Framework and a data strategy for children’s social care. Through these initiatives, the department will look at how data gaps could be addressed.</p><p>The consultation on the children’s social care dashboard concluded on 11 May 2023 and the department is currently analysing the results. The department will set out the consultation findings and more information about the children’s social care data strategy later in the year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 07/06/2023 12:00:53 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1639969

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Absent Voting: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reasons his Department plans to introduce voter identification for postal votes before its review into the effect of voter identification on the level of turnout in the 2023 council elections has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	186708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>These regulations are separate to the introduction of a requirement for photographic identification at the polling booth.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 09/06/2023 10:40:05 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1639972

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage airlines to (a) improve accessibility on flights for passengers with disabilities, (b) improve the on-board flight experience for passengers with disabilities and (c) reduce discrimination against people with disabilities within the aviation industry.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	186711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>Air travel should be accessible for everyone. The Department is working with the sector and consumer groups to ensure that disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility have the confidence to travel by air and the assistance they require.</p><p>The Department published the Aviation Consumer Policy Reform Consultation in 2022 to seek views on a variety of consumer rights issues, including reforms to the compensation available for damage to wheelchairs and mobility aids on domestic UK flights, and to explore other possible reforms to support passengers with accessibility needs better. The Department is analysing the responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p>The Government appointed the Disability and Access Ambassador for Airports, Ann Frye OBE, in July 2021. Her role is to improve accessibility and the quality of services and facilities for disabled people at airports.</p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for enforcing consumer laws that apply specifically to aviation, including in relation to accessibility. On 25 April 2023, the CAA published a consultation on a new performance framework for airline accessibility which closes on 21 July. The CAA published an additional interim report on airport accessibility in December 2022. It continues to monitor performance and has set clear expectations for further improvements and for airports to provide high-quality service this year. It will publish its normal annual report this summer.</p><p>The CAA has previously written to airports informing them that the experience passengers received in 2022 was unacceptable, required several airports to put in place action plans together with airlines, and published additional guidance for airports on assistance services.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2023 08:32:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1639974

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the carbon footprint of all private jets registered in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	186618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>DfT recently commissioned independent research to establish a baseline of carbon emissions emitted by the General Aviation (GA) sector, in which private jets are included. The research estimated that GA flights emitted 779kt of carbon emissions per year, based on data from 2019 obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The research estimated that approximately 75% of all GA emissions relate to flights for the purposes of Business Aviation.</p><p>The research is available online, at:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdecarbonising-general-aviation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDominik.Lengauer%40dft.gov.uk%7C2b7989abb9d642059d4308db685777b2%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638218497088438831%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yzDj3OEabqiWdTQsdQeDr12ts3uDy8Xa9QTtoU7lCqw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decarbonising-general-aviation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2023 08:36:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1639976

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Radiology: Staff
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 he is taking to increase the number of trained interventional radiologists in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	186712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>As of October 2022, there were 1,588 full-time equivalent doctors in training in the clinical radiology specialty in the National Health Service in England. This is an increase of 252, 18.9%, since 2019.</p><p>The Government funded an additional 20 Specialty Training year six (ST6) places for interventional radiologists in 2021/22 and 2022/23. These increases in the overall radiology workforce will increase the number of radiologists who can train to deliver interventional radiology and expand national capacity for the paediatric interventional radiology workforce.</p><p>To support the workforce as a whole, we have commissioned NHS England to develop a Long Term Workforce Plan, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years. The Plan is for the whole of the NHS workforce, it will not provide detailed workforce assessments for individual services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/06/2023 14:55:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1639977

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Haemochromatosis: Health 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 ensure that people at risk of genetic haemochromatosis have access to appropriate (a) screening, (b) treatment and (c) support.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	186590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Seventeen NHS Clinical Genomics Services (CGCs), commissioned by NHS England, deliver a comprehensive clinical genomic and counselling service that directs the diagnosis, risk assessment and lifelong clinical management of patients who have, or are at risk of having, a rare genetic or genomic condition. As part of the NHS CGS the patient and their family will access diagnosis and management, as well as receiving support so that they are able to understand their condition, its implications, and their options in relation to reproduction, screening, prevention and clinical management.</p><p>Genomic testing for haemochromatosis is available through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service for patients in NHS CGCs England. Testing is available for all eligible patients across England and any healthcare professional who suspects their patient may have haemochromatosis can refer their patient for testing via their local NHS CGS.</p><p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last considered a screening programme for Hemochromatosis in March 2021 and screening was not recommended.</p><p>The UK NSC regularly reviews recommendations on screening for different conditions in the light of new research evidence becoming available. The UK NSC plans to look at the evidence to screen for hereditary haemochromatosis again in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/06/2023 15:07:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1639979

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Housing: Construction
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 steps her Department plans to take increase the number of homes built in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	186713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 2.2 million additional homes have been delivered across England. This includes over 232,000 homes for the last year for which <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhousing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C13344a35f61043a2f3d708db682dcb58%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638218318120753329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mQzX12uXZzlKJmNS1fNeUN7e7fv5SDhUaMQFVZWai3I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">data</a> is available – over 75% of the way towards our goal of ensuring there are 300,000 new homes a year.</p><p>We have announced £10 billion investment in housing supply since the start of this Parliament, with our housing supply interventions due to ultimately unlock over 1 million new homes over the Spending Review 2021 period and beyond.</p><p>We are also investing £11.5 billion in the latest Affordable Homes Programme to provide tens of thousands of new homes across the country.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/06/2023 15:20:27 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore