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1714949

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date	30/04/2024
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	Local Government: Corruption
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 guidelines his Department issues to (a) local authorities and (b) police forces for handling allegations of bribery and corruption in council operations.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	24285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring the good record of transparency, probity, scrutiny, and accountability is maintained across councils in this country.</p><p>Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 requires that a councillor must not participate in a discussion or vote on a matter where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest in any matter to be considered at a meeting. Section 30(3) of the Localism Act 2011 further provides that any relevant pecuniary interests of a councillor’s spouse or partner are considered as a disclosable pecuniary interest of the councillor. Government has published <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a748e08ed915d0e8bf193c8/Openness_and_transparency_on_personal_interests.pdf" target="_blank">guidance</a> on disclosable pecuniary interests available.</p><p>It is a criminal offence to fail to declare pecuniary interests, which acts as a strong deterrent against corruption.</p><p>Every principal council has a Monitoring Officer, whose statutory role is to report on matters that they believe are, or likely to be, illegal or amount to maladministration.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 24283 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:39:41 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1342002

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date	29/06/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	English Civil War: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plans to take to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Adwalton Moor.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	24285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Battle of Adwalton Moor occurred on 30 June 1643 at Adwalton. It marked an important moment in the First English Civil War in the North of England, where the royalists, led by Earl of Newcastle defeated the Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The present site is included on Historic England’s Battlefields Register</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This country has a long and well-established tradition of commemorating historical events of national and local importance through memorials and celebratory events. It is not common practice however, for the Central Government to fund new memorials or events to mark significant events, instead we would urge the local community, both public sector and private individuals, to propose, fundraise, and develop commemorative events and monuments which best reflect the needs of their local community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In terms of funding opportunities, I would urge the Hon Member to contact the National Lottery Heritage Fund. As the largest funder of heritage in the UK, The National Lottery Heritage Fund regularly supports projects focused on past people and events, and these are often timed to coincide with anniversaries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2021 10:57:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1182287

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will request NHS Digital to routinely publish waiting times for joint replacement surgery as part of NHS England's Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times dataset.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	24285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>A maximum waiting time of 18 weeks from referral to elective treatment, including for joint replacement surgery, is the existing National Health Service access standard.</p><p> </p><p>Data on waiting times for joint replacement surgery is already published on a monthly basis by NHS England and NHS Improvement. A detailed breakdown of the waiting times for different specialities are available on the NHS website.</p><p>A clinically-led review of NHS access standards is ongoing. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s final recommendations to the Government are due by the Spring and the Government will carefully consider these recommendations.</p><p>The Government is providing an additional £33.9 billion a year by 2023/24 to support measures set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. Additionally, a reform of outpatient services is underway that will reduce the need for patients to attend unnecessary face to face appointments, saving patients time and freeing up medical and nursing time.</p><p>This funding increase and clinical reform will reduce the demand on services while also growing capacity, thereby allowing increasing amounts of planned surgical activity. This in turn will decrease the waiting list and help get the NHS back on track to delivering performance standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24286 24308 question first answered 09/03/2020 11:42:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne