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1601890

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Bureaucracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the measures taken by his Department to reduce the workload pressures of Probation Service staff in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	160359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>We have unified the Probation Service and injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year to deliver more robust supervision, reduce caseloads and recruit thousands more staff to keep the public safer. We exceeded our target to recruit 1,500 trainee probation offers in 2021/22 and we have committed to recruit a further 1,500 in 2022/23.</p><p>We continue to address workload pressures through recruitment and retention of staff. The first Probation Service Recruitment and Retention Strategy was published in April 2021. An update is due to be published in May 2023 and includes specific initiatives to deliver against our commitment to ensure manageable workloads for staff.</p><p>Recruitment of key operational roles has been centralised to accelerate recruitment in 6 priority regions, including London. There are schemes available to provide financial support to incentivise new and existing staff to move permanently to areas with the most significant staffing challenges.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/03/2023 12:00:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1602038

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has withdrawn the use of the (a) SignVideo Relay Service and (b) textphone number.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	160360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that DWP continues to provide Video Relay Service (VRS) to customers who require remote inbound BSL interpretation. All VRS is provided by our current supplier, DA Languages, via SignSolution. We do not use Textphone within the Language Services contract. We no longer use the former supplier ‘SignVideo’, referenced in the question.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/03/2023 12:35:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1600489

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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 Department has taken to increase awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes amongst NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	156221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2023 answer text <p>England’s first Rare Diseases Action Plan was published on 28 February 2022 and included specific actions to increase awareness of rare diseases, such as Ehlers Danlos Syndromes (EDS), amongst National Health Service staff.</p><p> </p><p>Progress against these actions is detailed in England’s second Rare Diseases Action Plan, published on 28 February 2023. This includes ongoing work by Health Education England (HEE), as part of their Genomics Education Programme, to deliver education and training to the NHS workforce to support awareness, knowledge and management of rare diseases as well as other conditions with a genomic aetiology, including EDS.</p><p> </p><p>England’s 2023 Rare Diseases Action Plan also includes a new commitment for HEE to publish and implement specific strategies for increasing awareness of rare diseases in the nursing, midwifery, pharmacy and primary care workforce over the coming year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2023 13:51:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 60647 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1600000

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review changes to the Research and Development Expenditure Credit scheme to help incentivise small and medium sized enterprises to invest in research and development in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	155197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>As part of the ongoing research and development (R&amp;D) tax reliefs review, the Government is reforming the R&amp;D tax reliefs to ensure taxpayer’s money is spent as effectively as possible, to improve the competitiveness of the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme, and as a step towards a simplified, single RDEC-like scheme for all.</p><p> </p><p>Generous spending support will continue: direct funding for R&amp;D will reach £20 billion a year by 2024-2025 as planned. This is a cash increase of around a third compared to 2021-2022, and the largest-ever increase over a Spending Review (SR) period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains committed to the increasing focus on innovation set out at SR 2021 and the £2.6 billion allocation to Innovate UK over the SR period. From 2021-2022 to 2024-2025, this represents a 54 per cent cash increase in Innovate UK’s budgets and 70 per cent of Innovate UK’s grants to businesses go to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2023 08:07:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1600001

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
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	Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
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 (a) extend the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund beyond 2027 or (b) provide a replacement to the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to help support business in their decarbonisation plans and UK industry develop and adopt green technology in the longer term.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	155198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has supported a broad range of industrial companies of all sizes, both within and outside of industrial clusters since launching in 2020. After six successful application windows, the IETF closed to new applications on 17 February. Further support for industrial decarbonisation is being explored through the Energy Efficiency Taskforce, ensuring industry is supported to achieve Net Zero and Energy Security targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/03/2023 16:06:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599317

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department made on enacting the 10-Year Plan for Dementia that was announced by the Government in May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	153922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>On 24 January, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy covering six conditions including dementia. An interim report on the Major Conditions Strategy will be published in the Summer.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/03/2023 14:48:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59832 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599342

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £375 million of funding for researching neurodegenerative diseases over the following five years announced in November 2021, whether his Department will provide additional funding for such research as part of the 10-year plan for dementia.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	153923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. Through partnerships with patients, researchers, funders and charities we continue to play a significant role in global efforts against the disease. In our 2019 manifesto we committed to double funding for dementia research. We will double funding for dementia research to £160 million a year by 2024/25.</p><p>On 24 January, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy covering six conditions including dementia. An interim report on the Major Conditions Strategy will be published in the Summer. Many stakeholders have already engaged with the Government on dementia. The Department will set out opportunities to contribute further in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/03/2023 14:51:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 59836 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599354

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Horizon Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the consequences for her policies of (a) application rates and (b) funding awarded under the (i) Horizon Europe Guarantee and (ii) package of funding to cover the shortfall in EU funds in (A) 2021 and (B) 2022; and what estimate she has made of what the UK would have (1) paid to participate in Horizon Europe and (2) received back to date; and if she will publish that assessment and that estimate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	153924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>By 31<sup>st</sup> January 2023, the UK Government’s Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme had issued grants worth up to £750m to 1,548 successful applicants. The scheme is demand-driven, reflecting the success rate of UK applicants to the Horizon Europe programme. The UK remains first for successful proposals to Horizon Europe’s European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) schemes, maintaining our Horizon 2020 position.</p><p> </p><p>On 21<sup>st</sup> November 2022, an additional £484m of funding was announced to support the UK’s R&amp;D sector and bolster talent and investment in R&amp;D infrastructure while delays to association continue.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement covers the UK’s terms of participation in Horizon Europe.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/03/2023 16:05:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599355

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to fund science and innovation to help achieve the Government's global science superpower aims.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	153925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) 2023 priorities, we will optimise public R&amp;D investment to support areas of relative UK strength and increase the level of private R&amp;D to make our economy the most innovative in the world.</p><p> </p><p>This, in part, will be achieved via the largest ever increase in public R&amp;D budget over a Spending Review (SR) period. At the 2022 Autumn Statement, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer recommitted to increasing public expenditure on R&amp;D to £20 billion per annum by 2024/2025.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/03/2023 16:05:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1599490

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Dangerous Dogs: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of bully bulldog breeds.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	153926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to ban the sale of these breeds.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/03/2023 10:41:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones