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1379760

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help tackle harmful content online that encourages or assists suicide.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	904214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The draft Online Safety Bill will make companies more accountable for protecting people online, with all platforms having to identify and remove content that encourages suicide.</p><p>They will also have to ensure children are prevented from accessing material which promotes suicide or self-harm.</p><p>If platforms fail in their duties under the Bill, they will face tough enforcement action including fines of up to 10% of global annual qualifying turnover.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/11/2021 16:46:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1379218

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing energy generation through nuclear power in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	904171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s recently published Net Zero Strategy is clear that nuclear is an important part of our plans to achieve net zero. Wylfa is one of the best sites for large and small-scale projects in the world and we will continue to work with industry to exploit the opportunities for nuclear power in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 17/11/2021 13:56:31 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1379278

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her French counterpart on tackling human trafficking gangs that operate across the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK and France maintain a longstanding relationship on tackling illegal migration at the shared border. The UK has committed several funding packages to supporting this work. Most recently, a bilateral funding arrangement was reached between the UK and France on 20 July 2021.</p><p>The Home Secretary maintains regular contact with her French counterpart, Interior Minister Darmanin, on the issue of illegal migration and small boats crossings. They last spoke on 15<sup>th</sup> November where they agreed to accelerate the delivery of the commitments made in the joint statement of July 2021.</p><p>The statement following the call can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-home-secretary-and-the-french-interior-minister" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/11/2021 16:28:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1379279

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is between the submission of an application seeking asylum and her Department's initial decision.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state what the average time taken is between the submission of an application seeking asylum and her department’s initial decision as the Home Office does not publish this information and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. Available breakdowns include whether cases have been waiting less or more than 6 months. This data can be found at Asy_D03 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/11/2021 17:31:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1379281

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the priority given by his Department to rail electrification has changed as a result of the Autumn 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>As set out in ‘Decarbonising Transport – A Better, Greener Britain’, we are committed to delivery of a net zero railway network by 2050. Electrification, hydrogen and battery trains will all play a part in achieving this commitment. We will continue to ensure that electrification schemes deliver value for money for taxpayers and that the industry is able to deliver a decarbonisation programme in a sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>We have delivered hundreds of miles of electrification since 2010 and we continue to expand the electrified rail network. For example, we recently confirmed £78m to electrify the route between Wigan North Western and Bolton. It will enable greener electric trains, with more seats to serve passengers across Greater Manchester. The scheme is on track and targeted for completion in 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Rail Plan announcement also confirmed that we will complete the electrification of the Midland Main Line from London to Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield, and deliver full electrification and upgrade of the Transpennine Main Line between Manchester, Leeds and York.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2021 11:08:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1379282

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's release timeline has changed for the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>We remain committed to publishing the RNEP update, we want to provide as much clarity and certainty as possible on rail enhancements and will set out our plans shortly.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2021 11:39:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1379283

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with supermarket representatives on (a) strategies to encourage the use of rail freight over road freight in their supply chains and (b) potential challenges in adopting rail freight in supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government supports the modal shift of freight from road to rail wherever possible and would encourage supermarkets to consider carrying more of their goods by rail. Rail freight customers, including supermarkets, increasingly view rail as a critical part of their operations, and we hold regular meetings with representatives across industry, including supermarket representatives, to understand the challenges and opportunities of using rail freight as part of supply chain operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work closely alongside Network Rail (NR) and the rail freight industry and have taken several urgent steps to enable rail freight to support resilient supply chains. NR has increased the number of freight train paths available from key ports, such as Felixstowe, and NR and the Freight Operating Companies are currently running longer, heavier freight trains to increase capacity. The Government has also increased the 2021/22 Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme budget by £500,000 to reduce the number of HGV journeys by an additional 29,000. We will continue to work at pace with NR and the rail freight industry to explore what steps can be taken to support resilient supply chains and increase the number of rail freight services, the length of trains and utilisation of existing services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2021 11:40:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1379290

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Breast Cancer: Health Services
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 his Department has taken to improve data collection for metastatic breast cancer ahead of the audit of metastatic breast cancer announced by NHS England in May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	76629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) records all primary cancer diagnoses in England. NCRAS supports the direct reporting of cancer recurrence data by all National Health Service hospital trusts, as part of the Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD). Recurrence data collection is also mandated as part of the cancer waiting times standards.</p><p>NCRAS has made changes to COSD in Version 9 for data collected from April 2020 onwards to enable more detail to be recorded on whether a secondary cancer is a progression, recurrence or transformation. Version 9 has been designed to make recording more specific and hence improve completeness. NCRAS works directly with NHS trusts and the National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older People to encourage submission of data. The NCRAS Data Liaison team works closely with cancer service managers at hospital trusts to determine sources of data which can be used to complete the COSD data items and also with software suppliers of cancer management systems to ensure that data items can be recorded. Compliance with data standards is monitored by clinical commissioning groups.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/11/2021 12:19:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 33906 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1379291

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2021 to Question 53847 on Autism and Learning Disability, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report, The Treatment of Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities, published on 13 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	76630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>We will respond to the Select Committee’s report as soon as possible, with full consideration of the recommendations made.</p><p>The Department is developing an action plan to implement ‘Building the right support’. The action plan will set out the actions for Government and delivery partners to improve the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities, with clear owners and timescales for delivery and will inform the response to the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 15/12/2021 13:05:38 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 33899 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1379292

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how much and what proportion of the £4.8 billion in new local authority grants he plans to designate to tackling the backlog in Education, Health and Care Plan assessments.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	76631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>High needs funding is part of the core schools budget. The 2021 Spending Review announced a further £4.7 billion in the core school budget by 24/25 compared to previous plans, including £1.6 billion in 22/23 on top of already planned increases from the 2019 Spending Review. This takes the total core schools budget to £56.8 billion in 24/25.</p><p>The additional LGDEL funding announced at the 2021 Spending Review will support councils to meet pressures across the range of their responsibilities. We will say more about the distribution of this funding at the provisional settlement.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/11/2021 17:32:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley