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1652501

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the seriousness of the fire risk posed by lithium batteries in e-scooters.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	193664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has established a safety study to understand the risks presented by e-bikes and e-scooters. This includes understanding available data, investigating incidents, enforcement action when needed, targeting unsafe products at the border, and providing public safety information on safe use and charging.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS commissioned Warwick Manufacturing Group, part of Warwick University, to conduct research examining the safety of the lithium-ion batteries within Personal Light Electric Vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>These activities form part of cross Government work involving the Home Office, Department for Transport and OPSS, which is part of the Department for Business and Trade.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/07/2023 09:10:50 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1652540

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Standards
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 made an assessment of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of response times to requests for further information on clinical trials.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	193791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>Before December 2021, applicants were required to respond to all requests from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for further information (also known as ‘grounds for non-acceptance’) within 14 days. However, since December 2021, applicants have had the flexibility to request additional time to respond to requests for further information, as required, by contacting the Clinical Trials Helpline.</p><p>Furthermore, as stated in the Government response to the Consultation on legislative proposals for clinical trials (published 21 March 2023), we will introduce a 60-day timeframe (with flexible extension) to respond to any requests for further information. This flexibility will enable sponsors to prepare robust responses and interact with assessors to satisfy the regulators and avoid application rejections. It is important to note that the 60-day proposal is a maximum timeframe, so the sponsor could respond as quickly as they would like up to this limit.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/07/2023 09:48:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1650821

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Avian Influenza: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the value for money provided by the flock depopulation measures carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency during the 2022-23 outbreak of avian influenza.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	192820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Avian influenza, once introduced into a premises, spreads rapidly through birds present. As set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-2015" target="_blank">Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain</a> swift and humane culling of poultry and other captive birds on infected premises coupled with good biosecurity is used to prevent the amplification of avian influenza and subsequent environmental contamination, reduce the risk of disease spread from infected premises and mitigate any public health risk these infected birds may pose. Defra’s disease control measures seek to contain the number of animals that need to be culled, either for disease control purposes or to safeguard animal welfare. Current policy reflects our experience of responding to past outbreaks of exotic animal disease and is in line with international standards of best practice for disease control.</p><p>During the 2022/23 outbreak 5.4 million birds have died or been culled and disposed for disease control purposes, a small proportion of overall poultry production (c.20m birds slaughtered for human consumption per week).</p><p>At each infected premises the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) carry out veterinary investigations to identify, as far as possible the likely source of infection, and establish how long the disease may have been present on the infected premises together with identifying and investigating potential routes of spread from the premises. We have recently published the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reports-relating-to-recent-cases-of-avian-influenza-bird-flu" target="_blank">2021/22 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak </a> which provides a summary of the outcomes of these investigations. The report for 2022/23 will be published in due course.</p><p>Epidemiological investigations to date show that the introduction of infection to poultry premises is almost entirely by direct or indirect spread from wild birds and that there has been no transmission between poultry premises apart from where they are located close together and are part of the same integrated company or business, and share staff and equipment. Key findings from these investigations help drive assessment and improvements in biosecurity best practice on poultry and other captive bird premises.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 192821 question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1650826

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Avian Influenza: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the flock depopulation measures carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency during the 2022-23 outbreak of avian influenza on bio-security.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	192821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Avian influenza, once introduced into a premises, spreads rapidly through birds present. As set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notifiable-avian-disease-control-strategy-2015" target="_blank">Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain</a> swift and humane culling of poultry and other captive birds on infected premises coupled with good biosecurity is used to prevent the amplification of avian influenza and subsequent environmental contamination, reduce the risk of disease spread from infected premises and mitigate any public health risk these infected birds may pose. Defra’s disease control measures seek to contain the number of animals that need to be culled, either for disease control purposes or to safeguard animal welfare. Current policy reflects our experience of responding to past outbreaks of exotic animal disease and is in line with international standards of best practice for disease control.</p><p>During the 2022/23 outbreak 5.4 million birds have died or been culled and disposed for disease control purposes, a small proportion of overall poultry production (c.20m birds slaughtered for human consumption per week).</p><p>At each infected premises the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) carry out veterinary investigations to identify, as far as possible the likely source of infection, and establish how long the disease may have been present on the infected premises together with identifying and investigating potential routes of spread from the premises. We have recently published the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reports-relating-to-recent-cases-of-avian-influenza-bird-flu" target="_blank">2021/22 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak </a> which provides a summary of the outcomes of these investigations. The report for 2022/23 will be published in due course.</p><p>Epidemiological investigations to date show that the introduction of infection to poultry premises is almost entirely by direct or indirect spread from wild birds and that there has been no transmission between poultry premises apart from where they are located close together and are part of the same integrated company or business, and share staff and equipment. Key findings from these investigations help drive assessment and improvements in biosecurity best practice on poultry and other captive bird premises.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 192820 question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1649467

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's visa application processing times for Sudanese nationals who have travelled to a third country and have applied to join family members in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	905751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Visa processing times for family migration applications are updated regularly on gov.uk.</p><p>Refugee family reunion visa processing is currently outside of service standard. We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications and are reviewing our processes to streamline decision making to enable us to provide a better service to all our customers</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/07/2023 15:23:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1647843

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the end of fire appliance mobilising system collaboration between Suffolk Fire Authority and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority on fire safety in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	191100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 requires each Fire and Rescue Authority to make arrangements for dealing with calls for help and for summoning personnel. How this is delivered is an operational decision, and one for the respective Chief Fire Officers who are both responsible and accountable to the public.</p><p>My officials are aware of the potential plans to end the current collaboration agreement between Suffolk Fire Authority and Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Fire Authority and will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/06/2023 16:40:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1642673

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital; and what stage has been reached in the approvals process for this project.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	188302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The new hospital scheme for the Cancer Research Hospital has received £14.654 million in funding up to the end of 2022/23 financial year. The total individual funding will be subject to a Full Business Case being reviewed and agreed, including by HM Treasury.</p><p>The scheme is currently at Outline Business Case stage. The Outline Business Case has been received and is in the process of being reviewed, as per the standard business case assurance process.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/06/2023 16:22:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1641737

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	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of applicants who have requested indefinite leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of long residency and have been able to access the super priority service between 1 January 2023 and 30 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	187685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/06/2023 14:32:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1640519

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department expects the report by Kings Arms Bedford on the second joint UNHCR Home Office Alternatives to Detention pilot project to be published.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	186885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR have appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate this pilot. We expect them to publish their report soon.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 13:29:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1639605

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Personal Independence Payment reassessment applications (a) were assessed by a Decision Maker from his Department without being referred to a Health Care Professional and (b) were referred to a Health Care Professional.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	186415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is available - however, anomalies have been found which means that the data is not considered reliable in its current form. Therefore, I will write once this data is available and place a copy in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/05/2023 09:52:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner