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1641724

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date	05/06/2023
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	British Gas: Ebico
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 action he plans to take in cases where British Gas fail to refund former Ebico customers their credit and associated court costs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government cannot intervene in commercial matters between energy suppliers, including the terms of the trade sale of Robin Hood Energy’s customer base, which included the white label provider, Ebico’s customers to British Gas. Issues relating to the recovery of court awarded costs is a matter for the courts.</p><p> </p><p>Under rules set by Ofgem, former Ebico customers who switched to British Gas and then closed their accounts and switched away should receive a refund of outstanding credit balances within 10 days of the supplier issuing a final bill.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/06/2023 09:52:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641732

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure asylum seekers accommodated in hotels are not unnecessarily relocated to hotels where an individual or family has reason to remain in an existing location because they have (a) have settled in an area, (b) have children in a local school, (c) are in receipt of healthcare and (d) are in receipt of maternity care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Relocations between asylum accommodation are kept to a minimum, but may be needed for operational reasons. Under the Immigration &amp; Asylum Act 1999, the Government is required to provide accommodation to asylum seekers that would otherwise be destitute. It is Home Office policy to offer accommodation on a no choice basis except in exceptional circumstances: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fasylum-accommodation-requests-policy%2Fallocation-of-asylum-accommodation-policy-accessible&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChellsi.Roberts4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce0cdf1fb92ed476b3eef08db680dc268%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638218180517753611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aIIRKzJc0dFz6alrt9It1S8rtZJGMEsRKggORt5vEWQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Allocation of asylum accommodation policy (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 15:37:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641733

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on supplies relating to the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has published the Tourism Recovery Plan to help the sector return to pre-pandemic activity levels as quickly as possible. Since the start of the pandemic, over £37 billion has been provided to the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the form of grants, loans and tax breaks.</p><p> </p><p>The previous VAT relief for tourism and hospitality cost over £8 billion. Reintroducing it would come at a significant further cost, reducing the money available to help fund key spending priorities, including important public services, such as the NHS, education and defence.</p><p> </p><p>While there are no plans to reduce the rate of VAT paid by hospitality businesses, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/06/2023 15:08:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641734

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) co-chairs and (b) other members of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership were paid for this work by his Department.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department provided no payments to the co-chairs or other members of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership. As set out in the report of the Commission, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer of the four nations will appoint the Chair and the appointment process is in train. The Department has not made a specific assessment of, nor provision for, a budget for this role.</p><p>The Department has provided no funding to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK for staff resources in the last 12 months. One payment was made to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for an annual subscription to access the Pharmaceutical Journal. No funding was provided for other costs to the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 187750 187869 question first answered 08/06/2023 12:27:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641735

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership, published on 6 February 2023; what recent progress he has made on appointing a Chair of that Commission; what recent estimate he has made of the funding required for the appointment of the Chair; what funding that has been budgeted for this role; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department provided no payments to the co-chairs or other members of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership. As set out in the report of the Commission, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer of the four nations will appoint the Chair and the appointment process is in train. The Department has not made a specific assessment of, nor provision for, a budget for this role.</p><p>The Department has provided no funding to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK for staff resources in the last 12 months. One payment was made to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for an annual subscription to access the Pharmaceutical Journal. No funding was provided for other costs to the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 187749 187869 question first answered 08/06/2023 12:27:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641815

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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 Illness: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to expand access to the Individual Placement Support scheme to people who not in work and experiencing mental ill-health.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Leicester South on 24 March 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-21/170611" target="_blank">170611</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/06/2023 15:22:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641816

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Health and Social Care to develop the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The DWP is working closely with the DHSC on the development of the national suicide prevention strategy. This is through our membership of the National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group.</p><p> </p><p>To support the DHSC’s development of the strategy, we have shared the DWP’s response to instances where our customers indicate either suicide or serious self-harm in the form of our ‘6 Point Plan’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/06/2023 09:02:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641818

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to develop an alcohol dependency (a) prevention and (b) recovery strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to develop a standalone alcohol dependency prevention and recovery strategy. The Government has already set out measures to reduce and prevent alcohol harm through the green paper ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ and the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>The Government published its 10-year Drug Strategy in December 2021. While the focus of the strategy is drugs, commissioning and delivery of drug and alcohol treatment services are integrated in England. This means that implementation of the strategy will also benefit people seeking alcohol treatment through mechanisms such as new commissioning standards, and new investment to rebuild local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/06/2023 12:29:51 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1642009

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Patients: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken recent steps to (a) review the level of satisfaction and (b) seek views on how better to resolve the disputes of patients using the complaints systems in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>National Health Service complaints are initially handled at a local level, so learning lessons from complaints, including the levels of satisfaction or how to improve complaints resolution, is led by the relevant local NHS organisation. At a national level, the Government is working with stakeholders to improve the way the NHS listens to and responds to complaints, including through the NHS Complaint Standards. The NHS Complaint Standards were developed by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by drawing on their experience of patient complaints and in collaboration with stakeholders, and they provide guidance to the NHS on a model complaint handling service, which includes a particularly focus on early resolution and on learning from complaints.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/06/2023 10:47:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1642010

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Energy: Hospitality Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to create a grant scheme for the hospitality sector to help cover rising energy bills.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Businesses, including the hospitality sector, have already benefitted from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme which ended on 31 March and provided £7 billion of support. Eligible businesses will continue to get a discount on gas and electricity bills under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Wholesale prices have fallen significantly, and it is important that businesses continue to shop around for the best deals as energy prices will vary between energy suppliers. Businesses fixed into costly long-term contracts are more likely to receive EBDS support due to how the baseline discount is calculated.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/06/2023 09:48:31 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell