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1692342

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date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for fixing road surfaces.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>In October, the Prime Minister announced an additional £8.3 billion of roads resurfacing funding over the period 2023/24 to 2033/34, with £150 million being made available in both this financial year and the next. This funding, made possible by reallocating funds from the HS2 programme, is enough to enable local highways authorities across England to resurface at least 5,000 miles of road.</p><p> </p><p>As roads policy in the UK is devolved, provision of additional highways maintenance funding in Northern Ireland is a decision for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/03/2024 15:24:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692343

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken recent steps with the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland on tackling domestic abuse in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>As the question rightly implies, responsibility for tackling domestic abuse is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>But just as domestic abuse is a society wide issue, so is it an issue for the whole of the UK. The jurisdictions routinely share progress, ideas and collaborate on projects.</p><p>This includes the current pilot of a codeword scheme that provides a discreet way for victims of domestic abuse to signal that they need emergency help in 19 Jobcentres across the UK including 4 Jobs and Benefit Offices in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 06/03/2024 16:16:46 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692344

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Menopause: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care continue to identify menopause as a priority area in the second year of the Women’s Health Strategy, and Government more widely sees women’s health, and particularly menopause, as an essential factor when supporting the recruitment and retention of older women in the workforce.</p><p>Helen Tomlinson - Head of Talent (UK &amp; Ireland) at The Adecco Group - was appointed to the voluntary role of Government’s Menopause Employment Champion on 6 March 2023 by the Department for Work and Pensions and is working closely with the Minister for Disabled People, Health &amp; Work. The Menopause Champion is driving awareness of issues surrounding menopause in the workplace; encouraging employers to develop policies that create a more supportive environment to help women stay in work and progress.</p><p>On World Menopause Day (18 October 2023), Government launched the <a href="https://helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk/menopause-and-the-workplace/" target="_blank">Menopause Resources Hub</a> on the <strong>Help to Grow</strong> portal - new guidance providing businesses, large and small, with the resources they need to help educate their organisation and workers about the menopause.</p><p>The report <em>“No Time to Step Back”</em> summarises the work of Helen Tomlinson in the first six months after her appointment and highlights progress made by businesses during this time. The Menopause Employment Champion’s 12-month progress report “shattering the silence about the Menopause” is due to be published on International Women’s Day.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/03/2024 11:21:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1692345

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Paperchase: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Paperchase's administration and sale on independent (a) small designers and (b) card publishers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	16118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p><br>There are no plans to make an assessment. Any impact on suppliers as a result of Paperchase's administration and sale remains a commercial decision for the new owner.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/03/2024 14:52:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1692346

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Dental Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanism she plans to use to ringfence NHS dentistry budgets in financial year 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	16179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>We currently invest more than £3 billion in National Health Service dental services each year. We are committed to protecting this funding for dentistry purposes and we will ringfence this funding in 2024 to 2025. We will issue guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs) shortly through NHS England’s 2024 to 2025 revenue finance and contracting guidance. To ensure compliance against this requirement, and to strengthen oversight of funding that is used to deliver access to NHS dental care, NHS England will meet with and collect monthly returns from all ICBs to establish current and planned spend against the ringfenced dental allocations budget.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/03/2024 16:39:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21242 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1692347

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to reduce the time taken to process special educational needs and disabilities applications for education, health and care plans.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	16083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The department wants to ensure that education, health and care (EHC) plan applications are processed promptly and, where required, plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need. In March 2023 the government set out its plans to reform and improve the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system through its SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan. The SEND and AP Improvement Plan commits to establishing a single national system that delivers for every child and young person with SEND so that they enjoy their childhood, achieve good outcomes, and are well prepared for adulthood and employment.</p><p>As part of these reforms, the department is currently testing measures to deliver a nationally consistent EHC plan system to improve the quality and speed with which support is put in place. The department is also considering the skills and training which local authority caseworker teams require and is offering some short-term legal training to local authority caseworker teams.</p><p>Where local authorities are failing to deliver consistent outcomes for children and young people with SEND, we work with them using a range of improvement programmes and SEND specialist advisors to address weaknesses.</p><p>The department is monitoring Sandwell’s EHC plan performance and is offering specialist support through a specialist SEND Advisor. Following the Ofsted and CQC visit in July 2023, three areas for improvement were identified. The local area has published its Sandwell Local Area Partnership Inclusion (SEND and AP) Plan 2023/2026 and progress on improvement will be continuously monitored by the department and NHS England.</p><p>Following the Ofsted and CQC re-visit to Dudley in February 2022, an Accelerated Progress Plan (APP) was put in place to address six areas of weakness. EHC plan timeliness was not identified as an area of weakness, although through the APP, the department, along with a specialist SEND Advisor and NHS England, works closely with the local area to ensure they are supported in addressing issues and driving improvements to services, including continuous improvement in EHC plan timeliness.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 14/03/2024 11:44:19 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

1692348

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of functioning visa applications centres in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Visa Application Centre in Gaza has been closed since 7 October 2023 due to the conflict in the region and to ensure the safety of staff and customers. UKVI will continue to monitor the situation and work closely with the commercial partner, TLS, to re-open the centre when it becomes safe to do so.</p><p>Those who wish to make a UK visa application will need to enrol their biometrics at an alternative Visa Application Centre in OPT (Ramallah or Jerusalem) or a nearby country. Customers can visit <a href="https://pos.tlscontact.com/" target="_blank">https://pos.tlscontact.com/</a> for an up to date list of Visa Application Centres in the region<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/03/2024 16:25:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692349

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Speaking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has hired Graham Potter to give a speech to service people in the Falkland Islands in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not hired Graham Potter to provide a speech to Service personnel in the Falkland Islands over the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/03/2024 15:31:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692350

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Speaking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) hiring fees and (b) other expenses on external speakers at events run by his Department for service people in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 16183 question first answered 04/03/2024 15:31:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692351

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Speaking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which external speakers have given speeches at events run by his Department for service people since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 16182 question first answered 04/03/2024 15:31:59 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan