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1667682

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that transport infrastructure is adequately prepared before the phase-out of new non-zero emission L-Category vehicles comes into effect.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>In March 2022 the Department for Transport published its EV Infrastructure Strategy, which set out its plans to accelerate the rollout of EV chargepoints. This infrastructure will also support the charging of zero emission L-Category vehicles. The strategy states that the Government’s expectation is that approximately 300,000 chargepoints will be installed across the UK by 2030, at a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to continuing to work with the L-Category industry to support the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 16:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1461211

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Disability Aids: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 112643 on Disability Aids, what progress his Department has made towards setting research and development budgets through to 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>We have set out how BEIS’ record £39.8 billion R&amp;D budget will be allocated across our partner organisations over the next three years in our ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-research-and-development-rd-partner-organisation-allocation-2022-to-2025/beis-research-and-development-rd-partner-organisation-allocation-20222023-to-20242025" target="_blank">BEIS R&amp;D: partner organisation allocation 2022/2023 to 2024/2025’</a> report published on 14 March.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS will now be working with all partner organisations to determine detailed allocations within their envelopes, including at council level for UK Research and Innovation. Details of funding for specific programmes will be agreed by BEIS and partner organisations and set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/05/2022 08:25:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1312951

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish feedback from its recent consultation with stakeholders on digital right to work checks.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office’s online right to work checking service has been in operation for over two years. It enables employers to undertake free digital checks on prospective migrant employees with a biometric residence permit or card, status under the EU Settlement Scheme or the new Points-Based System. The online service relies on real-time information from the Home Office about an individual’s status and checks can be undertaken remotely.</p><p> </p><p>The online right to work checking service is part of our wider ambition to develop a border and immigration system which is “digital by default”, including providing evidence of immigration status. We are increasingly replacing physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, we introduced the COVID-19 temporary adjusted right to work and rent measures, which allow for remote checking for those individuals, such as British citizens, who cannot use the online right to work checking service. These measures were intended to be in place for a limited period, as they do not provide fully secure digital verification. The adjusted process allows document checks to be undertaken remotely, via video call, rather than face-to-face and for scanned copies of documents to be provided.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the benefits this process has brought to employers and are mindful of the potential shift towards increased hybrid and remote working as the future model of many businesses. We consulted with our employer stakeholder groups on the use of the adjusted process and our review found the ability to undertake remote checks on all employees, not just migrant workers, has been beneficial.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, we are now evaluating the potential for introducing a permanent digital option using specialist technology, including Identity Document Validation technology (IDVT) for those who cannot use the online checking service. This work will include consultation with representatives from employer groups based in the UK about the value of such technology in carrying out right to work checks, whilst maintaining the security and integrity of our system in the long-term.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 366 question first answered 19/05/2021 09:25:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1168845

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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: Rother Valley
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 reduce GP waiting times in Rother Valley.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants everyone to be able to access a primary care professional when they need to. The actions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, backed by the extra £4.5 billion of investment in primary and community care by 2023/24, and the five year contract framework for general practice, are already being implemented and will build the general practice workforce and improve access to primary care services.</p><p>Evening and weekend general practice appointments are routinely available across the country now to enable patients to find appointments at a time convenient to them, with millions of patients having already benefitted from this.</p><p>The Government has committed to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 6,000 more primary care professionals, such as physiotherapists and pharmacists by 2024/25. This is on top of the additional 20,000 primary care professionals NHS England are providing funding towards by 2023/24 in Primary Care Networks. Growing the workforce will mean bigger teams of staff providing a wider range of care options for patients and will free up more time for doctors to focus on those with more complex needs. This, alongside additional support and increasing the use of technology in general practice will create an extra 50 million appointments a year by 2024/25 and improve patient access to primary care services.</p><p>NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group has advised it commissions a physiotherapy service and a minor eye conditions service that can be directly accessed by patients without seeing their general practitioner. Use of these services mean appointments in general practice are freed up for others.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/01/2020 13:58:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1149031

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Patients: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patient deaths reported to the National Reporting & Learning System by the Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust in 2018-19 included deaths of those using addiction services.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Trust reports deaths of patients who are accessing their services, or who have been discharged from these services within the last six months if there is evidence of a patient safety incident. This would include patients who are also known to partner services, such as addiction services.</p><p>The Trust adheres to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) guidance as outlined within the Degree of Harm document available on the NHS Improvement website which specifically highlights “deaths from drugs and alcohol”. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1673/NRLS_Degree_of_harm_FAQs_-_final_v1.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1673/NRLS_Degree_of_harm_FAQs_-_final_v1.1.pdf</a></p><p>The guidance directs organisations to consider whether there is immediate evidence of a patient safety incident. If not, then no report would be made. However if further evidence comes to light, or post Coroner’s inquest, the cause of death is identified as a patient safety incident, the organisation would at this point make a report to the NRLS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:36:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

731365

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make available funding for the renewal and redevelopment of high streets.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting our high streets. We have confirmed the permanent doubling of Small Business Rate Relief, meaning that 600,000 small businesses now pay no business rates at all; we launched the High Street pledge and a digital high street pilot scheme; and we are celebrating our high streets through the hugely successful Great British High Street Awards.</p><p>High streets can benefit from funding that we have made available for local economic development, including the Coastal Communities Fund, which has invested over £132 million in 131 coastal projects across England since 2012. The Government has also awarded £9.1 billion to Local Enterprise Partnerships in Growth Deals since 2014.</p><p>We are working with Local Enterprise Partnerships to strengthen their role in town centres and coastal communities, and collaborating with the Local Government Association to assist local authorities in supporting their high streets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/06/2017 17:34:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347273

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Herefordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the number of potholes in Herefordshire.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 23 December 2014 funding allocations for local highway authorities in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21. This includes over £60 million for Herefordshire. This funding can be used to reduce the number of potholes on the local road network.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local highway authority to improve the condition of the local road network through planned preventative maintenance. The Department for Transport’s role is to support local authorities through the provision of funding and by sharing good practice.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the funding allocations can be found at the following address: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/06/2015 12:53:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin