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1313235

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Euthanasia: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging and Assisting Suicide between 1 April 2009 and 1 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>CPS Policy on assisted suicide provides guidance to prosecutors on assessing the evidential and public interest stages in the Code for Crown Prosecutors when reaching decisions in cases of encouraging or assisting suicide.</p><p> </p><p>The Policy promotes consistency of decision making and is very clear about the factors which are to be considered both for and against prosecution. It sets out clear guidance about the importance of establishing whether the decision of the person who wants to commit suicide is voluntary, clear, settled, and informed, and whether the decision has been made without any pressure from the suspect.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS publishes information collated from manual records on cases relating to Assisted Suicide. From 1 April 2009 up to 31 January 2021, there have been 167 cases referred to the CPS by the police that have been recorded as assisted suicide. Of these 167 cases:</p><ul><li>110 were not proceeded with by the CPS;</li><li>32 cases were withdrawn by the police;</li><li>eight are currently ongoing cases;</li><li>three cases of encouraging or assisting suicide have resulted in a conviction;</li><li>one case of assisted suicide was charged and acquitted after trial in May 2015; and</li></ul><p>eight cases were referred onwards for prosecution for homicide or other serious crime.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 110 cases not proceeded with by the CPS, manual records indicate:</p><ul><li>29 - did not meet the evidential stage.</li><li>45 - were not in the public interest.</li><li>30 – where information on either the evidential test or the public interest test is not recorded.</li></ul><p> </p><p>A further six cases are recorded with more than one suspect in the same case; these resulted in a mixed outcome where the evidential stage was not met for some suspects and the public interest test was not met for the others.</p><p> </p><p>CPS manual records do not capture specific case circumstances, including those relating to persons with a terminal illness.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131 132 question first answered 17/05/2021 16:37:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1312063

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Collective Worship: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance (a) for all religions to allow for outdoor group prayer to take place with the same criteria that applies to indoor places of worship before Step 3 of the covid-19 response Spring 2021 roadmap and (b) to facilitate communal Eid prayer in connection with Ramadan.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	187208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>We know that it will be disappointing that Eid will take place before Step 3 of the roadmap to reopening has been taken. However, we must remember that we are still living through a pandemic – every additional day of restrictions directly improves our ability to reduce transmission and control the virus.</p><p>Communal worship outdoors in the grounds of a Place of Worship is already possible. Outdoors each participating group can involve up to two households. Mosques will also be able to organise ‘Eid in the Park’ prayers, but will need to work with local councils and health officials to facilitate this. Because larger events inevitably carry risks around groups mingling we have advised anyone planning such an event to ensure they are modest in size and well stewarded to ensure social distancing guidelines are followed, consistent with our guidance on Outdoor Events.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 29/04/2021 08:30:49 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1312215

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Environment Protection: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the data-set released by the Green New Deal UK group on 19 April 2021 and based on the European Climate Foundation’s 2018 report, Unlocking the Job Potential of Zero Carbon, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that at least (a) 1580 green jobs are created within two years and (b) 4484 green jobs are created within 10 years in Birkenhead constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	187335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>As we rebuild, we must build back better, greener, and faster. This means supporting green jobs, levelling up, accelerating our path to net zero, and creating long-term advantage for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Spanning clean energy, buildings, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Ten Point Plan will mobilise £12 billion of government investment to unlock three times as much private sector investment by 2030. In doing so we will support a further 90,000 green jobs across the UK by 2024, and up to 250,000 by 2030. Job estimates at a constituency level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 29/04/2021 10:35:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1311759

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 his Department's Lateral Flow Device Specificity in Phase 4 (Post Marketing) Surveillance report, what steps he has taken to include the false-negative rate of lateral flow tests in his plans for the mass testing of asymptomatic individuals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	186160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 12:50:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 100603 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1311575

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the relationship between the prevalence of covid-19 and the number of lateral flow tests required to be conducted on asymptomatic people to find a single positive covid-19 case; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	185868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 12:48:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 99977 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1310548

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned timescale is for resuming face-to-face benefits assessments during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	184427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Honourable gentleman will find details of our plans to resume face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/face-to-face-assessments-to-resume-for-health-and-disability-benefits" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2021 13:09:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1310670

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Drugs: Misuse
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 prevalence of drug misuse in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Drug misuse statistics for England and Wales are collected via the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The sample size is insufficient to estimate prevalence of drug misuse at lower geography levels, therefore prevalence of drug misuse statistics in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council are not available.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ data on drug misuse in England and Wales for year ending March 2020 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/drugmisuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/drugmisuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2020</a></p><p>Data for Scotland and Northern Ireland is not collected as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/04/2021 16:29:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1310671

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 152528 on Infrastructure: Finance, when he plans to publish the next iteration of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority is committed to publishing regular National Infrastructure and Construction Pipelines. The last Pipeline, published in response to COVID-19, set out planned procurements with an estimated contract value of up to £37bn across the 20/21 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the National Infrastructure Strategy, the next iteration of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline will be published in 2021 and will set out future planned investments and procurements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:56:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1310203

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Surgery: Sheffield City Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting for operations postponed as a result the covid-19 outbreak in the Sheffield City Region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	183148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>Data on postponed care is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2021 14:19:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1310238

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Horn of Africa: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing for covid-19 prevention and treatment in the Horn of Africa.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	183154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK has committed £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) - the international initiative to support global equitable access to vaccines, of which the UK is one of the largest bilateral donors. In the Horn of Africa, more than 2.5 million vaccine doses have been received by Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti through the COVAX AMC, to date. At national level, bilateral programming in the Horn has been adapted to respond to COVID-19, and through the regional Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme, the UK has contributed £20 million to the African Union's continental response to COVID-19.</p><p>As well as relationships with national governments, the FCDO has also strengthened its engagement with regional bodies, such as the African Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Office. The FCDO is tracking assessments of country preparedness and working at national and regional levels to support efforts to build country capacity to deliver vaccines and monitor vaccine roll-out, ensuring high risk groups are prioritised.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 22/04/2021 16:40:35 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty