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1696132

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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: Government Assistance
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 her Department has taken to support GPs with increases in workloads; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of this support.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	18815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published by NHS England in May 2023, sets out actions to cut bureaucracy and workload, which includes reducing demands of general practice (GP) time from unnecessary or low-value asks, improving the interface between primary and secondary care, and significantly streamlining the Impact and Investment Fund by reducing the number of indicators from 36 to five in 2023/24.</p><p>We are working with NHS England to increase the GP workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession, and encourage them to return to practice. NHS England has made available a number of recruitment and retention schemes to boost the GP workforce. This includes the National GP Induction and Refresher scheme, the Return to Practice programme, and the International Induction Programme.</p><p>Through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), Primary Care Networks and practices have recruited over 36,000 additional staff including nursing associates, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribing link workers, hitting the Government's target to recruit 26,000 a year, ahead of the March 2024 deadline. The expanded primary care teams funded through the ARRS not only add extra clinical capacity, helping to reduce the burden on GPs, but also form the basis for multi-disciplinary teams to work on improving the care offered to patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 18814 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:25:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1687945

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Extracurricular Activities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and (b) other enrichment opportunities to develop skills for the workplace within a further education setting alongside the work placement required in T-Level qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>Employability, enrichment and pastoral (EEP) are an important part of current post-16 study programmes as they prepare students for future education, employment and life.</p><p>T Levels were introduced in 2020, and are high-quality, Level 3 qualifications that equip students with the skills, knowledge and behaviours they need to progress into skilled employment. As set out in the department’s delivery guidance, providers are encouraged to take advantage of EEP support and work taster activities in the first and/or second year of the T Level programme to help with student preparation. This guidance can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1163906/T_Level_industry_placements_-_delivery_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1163906/T_Level_industry_placements_-_delivery_guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p>As part of the T Level, students also complete a minimum of 315 hours in an industry placement working with external employers. The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and other enrichment opportunities can be incorporated into a T Level industry placement, provided that the activity is occupationally relevant to the T Level and meets all requirements outlined in our T Level delivery placements guidance. To do this, providers may choose to incorporate one or more of the flexible delivery approaches outlined in our guidance.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 13/02/2024 16:41:56 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1687948

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help people with complex disabilities find suitable employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including people with complex disabilities, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include:</p><ul><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Access to Work grants</strong> helping towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>A <a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>digital</strong></a><strong> information service for employers</strong> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Increased Work Coach support</strong> in Jobcentres for disabled people and people with health conditions to help them move towards and in to work;</li><li><strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>Introducing <strong>Employment Advisors to Musculoskeletal Conditions (MSK) services</strong> in England, helping individuals with MSK conditions to return to or remain in employment.</li><li>Work in partnership between the DWP and health systems, including Employment Advice in <strong>NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, and the <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health disabilities to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget 2023, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for <strong>Occupational Health</strong> provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/02/2024 13:59:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1687949

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young disabled people into employment.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Access to Work is a demand-led discretionary grant which supports the recruitment and retention of eligible disabled people aged 16 and over in sustainable, paid employment. Access to Work plays an active role in supporting the transitions of young disabled people into employment, by providing funding for in work support including vocational programmes such as Supported Internships, Traineeships and Apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>To help raise awareness of support available when young disabled people move into employment, identify adjustments and reduce the need for multiple assessments, a series of passports and planners have been developed, with the Adjustments Planner focusing on transitions from education to employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjustments Planner provides students with a transferable record of their adjustments, support, and work requirements and can help the student settle into college/university life. It can also offer support beyond education by smoothing the transition into employment - reducing the burden when applying for Access to Work, enabling support to be put in place quickly and removing the need for the student to repeat personal details.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/02/2024 13:56:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1678556

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
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	Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government's planned expenditure on buildings decarbonisation between 2022 and 2025, whether (a) schools and (b) hospitals are able to use their allocated share of that funding on the removal of asbestos while installing replacement heating equipment.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	7444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme provides grants for public sector bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures. Removal of asbestos may be considered an eligible ‘enabling cost’ provided the asbestos survey or removal is directly linked to measures that are part of the approved programme of works. Applicants should consult the guidance published by Salix Finance, who deliver the scheme, for the full eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 10/01/2024 07:23:33 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1678385

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of excluding ADHD spend from Mental Health Investment Standard money and Mental Health service development funding on (a) waiting lists and (b) ICB core funding.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	7233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. We expect integrated care boards to continue to meet the Mental Health Investment Standard so that investment in mental health services increases in line with their overall increase in allocation for that year. All but one of the integrated care boards met the Mental Health Investment Standard in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2023 14:22:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1676056

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Rawlins Academy: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the outcome of the rebuilding survey at Rawlins Academy in Loughborough.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	5693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Rawlins Academy is part of the School Rebuilding Programme which will transform buildings at 500 schools and sixth-form colleges over the next decade. It will rebuild or refurbish poor condition buildings, providing modern designs, with new buildings being net zero carbon in operation.</p><p>The department’s surveys at Rawlin’s Academy have recently started and are due to complete in the New Year. The department will share the outcome of these surveys with the school shortly.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2023 16:44:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1676057

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Vitamin B12: Vaccination
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 is making funding available to (a) pharmaceutical companies and (b) researchers to conduct medical studies into B12 injectables.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	5694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is not currently supporting pharmaceutical companies or research specifically on injectable vitamin B12.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including injectable vitamin B12. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 17:03:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1676058

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Health Services: Visual Impairment
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 her Department is taking to ensure that healthcare information is accessible to blind and partially-sighted people; and whether she has had recent discussions with NHS England on the effectiveness of the accessible information standard.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	5695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers to comply with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) and to meet the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment or sensory loss, including blind and partially-sighted people.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has completed a review of the AIS to help ensure that everyone’s communication needs are met in health and care provision.</p><p> </p><p>The review considered the effectiveness of the current AIS, how the standard is implemented and enforced in practice, and identified recommendations for improvement. Following publication of the revised standard in due course, NHS England will continue work to support its implementation with awareness raising, communication and engagement and updated e-learning modules on the AIS to ensure NHS staff are better aware of the standard and their roles and responsibilities in implementing it. The e-learning modules are accessible to everyone working in the NHS and adult social care services</p><p>A key part of the AIS review is the strengthening of assurance of compliance with implementation of the AIS. As such, an AIS self-assessment framework has been developed to support individual providers of NHS and social care services to measure their performance against the AIS and develop targeted improvement action plans to address gaps in implementation. The self-assessment framework has also been designed to help the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to gain insight into people's experiences and whether their accessible communication needs are being met, and to better understand organisational performance for inclusion in the CQC assessment framework for provider organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/12/2023 13:59:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1676060

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Flood Control: Loughborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has plans to provide funding for flood mitigation in Loughborough over the next 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	5697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) is working with partners to manage flood risk within Loughborough.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has allocated funding to develop the Wood Brook and Tributaries Flood Risk Management Scheme which will better protect over 150 properties. Under the Government’s partnership funding policy, £4.7 million of Flood Defence Grant in Aid is available for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is also working with partners to develop a Strategic Catchment Plan to create a holistic and long-term approach to managing flood risk within Loughborough and the wider catchment.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/12/2023 15:12:08 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt