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1604550

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Motor Neurone Disease: Carers
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 improve support for people who care for individuals with motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	166332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under the Care Act 2014 to undertake a Carer’s Assessment for any unpaid carer who appears to have a need for support and to meet their eligible needs on request from the carer.</p><p>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 23/03/2023 11:37:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1565154

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Business: Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether he plans to strengthen legislation on businesses which refuse entry to customers with assistance dogs.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	119240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they legitimately have an assistance dog.</p><p>Strong protection already exists in the Equality Act 2010, which places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people. This reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty, meaning that those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require, including auxiliary aids.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is the public body responsible for enforcing the Equality Act. In 2017, the Commission published two pieces of guidance - a guide to help businesses understand what they can do to meet their legal duties to assistance dog owners, and a guide to help tourism businesses welcome people with access requirements. The EHRC supports disabled individuals who have experienced discrimination to take their cases to court.</p><p>In recent years, case law has strengthened the equalities law for people with assistance dogs. There have been a number of significant cases brought under the Equality Act involving assistance dogs, which have been successfully litigated, for example, Bloch v Kassim (assistance dogs in taxis); Clutton and Williams v Pen-y-Bryn Group (assistance dogs in restaurants); and McCafferty v Miah (assistance dogs in shops). The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the equalities and human rights helpline, receives about 35,000 customer contacts a year, more than 60% of which concern disability issues. The EASS can intervene directly with or assist the complainant to take the case up with the relevant service provider in many cases, including those involving assistance dogs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 17:57:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1538668

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the outcomes of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Green Paper consultation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	77563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, published in March 2022, set out proposals for consultation, to improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND and those who need alternative provision.</p><p>The Department for Education has been having regular meetings with Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) officials to discuss the findings from the SEND and AP green paper consultation. We continue to work with them to develop our policy proposals.</p><p>Department officials also work closely with DLUHC officials regarding the government’s work to support local authorities to manage their high needs systems sustainably in the immediate future. We have already made 14 Safety Valve agreements with local authorities to support the sustainable management of their high needs budgets for the benefit of children and young people and will work with up to a further 20 local authorities in the 2022/23 financial year. We are also currently working with 55 local authorities to address immediate pressures in their local systems, taking a diagnostic approach to helping them improve delivery of SEND services for children and young people, while ensuring services are sustainable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 77564 question first answered 10/11/2022 13:49:32 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1521899

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on fracking that include a requirement for operators to underwrite universal assurance schemes to compensate for any property damage incurred due to their operations.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	62958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>UK onshore gas producers are required to confirm that they have an insurance policy, or comparable provision, in place that will cover required remedial work.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:49:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 25056 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1521939

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Regional Planning and Development: Advertising
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 much money the Department spent on paid-for newspaper articles in relation to levelling up recently found in breach of Advertising Standards Authority rules.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	62959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The cost of producing advertorials with our media partner Reach plc was based on a package rather than cost per article so we are unable to say accurately how much newspaper articles cost.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 19/10/2022 16:12:59 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1521940

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising
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 his Department is taking to ensure future advertising by the Department does not breach Advertising Standards Agency rules.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	62960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>We work, via the Professional Assurance process, with the Prime Minister's office and Cabinet Office to ensure that campaign spending controls are applied in line with guidance, aligned with government priorities and are an appropriate use of funds.  We will continue to do so for all future campaigns. However, we will take on board ASA conclusion that the ads must not appear again in their current form and that all future marketing communications must be clearly identifiable as such.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 62962 question first answered 19/10/2022 16:12:29 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1521942

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising
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 due diligence was undertaken by his Department to ensure the Levelling Up campaign followed relevant ASA rules prior to the reported breach of ASA rules.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	62961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>We worked with the media partner Reach plc to ensure advertorials (paid-for content written and presented in the house style of the media partner) were in line with the ASA guidelines. In this instance, as per standard practice for advertorials, the labelling of advertorials followed the publisher's preference and style. Our media partner advised that they considered the ads to be obviously identifiable as marketing communications.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 19/10/2022 16:11:40 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1521943

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising
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 his Department is taking to ensure all of the Department’s current advertising follows Advertising Standards Agency rules.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	62962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>We work, via the Professional Assurance process, with the Prime Minister's office and Cabinet Office to ensure that campaign spending controls are applied in line with guidance, aligned with government priorities and are an appropriate use of funds.  We will continue to do so for all future campaigns. However, we will take on board ASA conclusion that the ads must not appear again in their current form and that all future marketing communications must be clearly identifiable as such.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 62960 question first answered 19/10/2022 16:12:29 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1437445

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Local Skills Improvement Plans: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that local skills improvement plans contribute to the UK's net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	133258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The government introduced an amendment to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill which ensures that skills required in relation to jobs that support compliance with the UK net zero emissions target are considered in the development of Local Skills Improvement Plans. The Department for Education will work closely with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as we develop statutory guidance on this to ensure we have the right skills to meet the requirements of the net zero transition.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/03/2022 14:46:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1404975

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, whether the Government plans to sign up to the International Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	108603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-12/73892" target="_blank">PQ 73892</a> on 22 November 2021.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/01/2022 11:01:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris