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1382820

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Social Media: Eating Disorders and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to hold social media platforms accountable for content promoting eating disorders and self-harm on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	83304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The strongest protections in the Online Safety Bill will be for children. Services in scope of the Bill which are likely to be accessed by children will need to do much more to protect them from harmful content. This includes content promoting eating disorders or self-harm content.</p><p>Major platforms will also need to address legal but harmful content accessed by adults.</p><p>The Government will set out in secondary legislation priority categories of harmful material for children and adults. 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>The Government asked the Law Commission to review current legislation on harmful online communications. It has now published final recommendations, which includes a proposed new offence to address the encouragement of self-harm. The Government is considering the Law Commission’s recommendations and will set out our position in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/12/2021 11:10:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1382821

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Broadband: Brigg and Goole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of properties have access to superfast broadband in Brigg and Goole constituency.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	83305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>According to the independent website <a href="http://labs2.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000596" target="_blank">Thinkbroadband</a>, over 94.5% of premises in the constituency of Brigg and Goole have access to superfast broadband (&gt;= 30 Mbps).</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 06/12/2021 16:07:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1382822

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Focal Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to receive from the National Institute for Health Research the results of the high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy for prostate cancer research.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	83250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>The randomised controlled trial of Partial prostate Ablation versus Radical prosTatectomy (PART) in intermediate risk unilateral clinically localised prostate cancer a feasibility study’ was funded and supported by the National Institute for Health Research. The research was undertaken between 2015-2017 and the results were published on 1 September 2018 at the following link:</p><p>https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/hta22520#/full-report</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/12/2021 14:26:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 36592 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1382823

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Integrated Care Systems are required to review the 20 per cent of GPs with the lowest level of face-to-face patient appointments; and what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing the average number patients seen by a GP during a face-to-face appointment on the overall number of GP appointments that take place.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>On 14 October, NHS England and NHS Improvement published ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice’. As part of this work<strong>,</strong> integrated care systems (ICSs) are asked to evaluate information on their individual practices, including face to face appointments to ensure that general practice has the support, technology and time to deliver the appropriate care for patients.</p><p>No specific assessment has been made as data on the number of patients seen during a given appointment is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/12/2021 16:49:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382824

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward an urgent climate mitigation budget in response to COP26 to ensure there is sufficient funding targeted at reducing the UK’s carbon emissions in line with the Committee on Climate Change Carbon Budget recommendations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021, the government will have committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the Green Industrial Revolution (includes capital and resource expenditure, excludes admin). As set out in the Net Zero Strategy, this spending package, along with action on regulation and green finance, will keep the UK on track for its carbon budgets and 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, and establishes the longer-term pathway towards net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/12/2021 14:19:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382825

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Health Services and Social Services: Children and Young People
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 he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate number of placements in health and social care for children and young people with (a) neurodiversity conditions, (b) mental health conditions, (c) learning difficulties and (d) other acute or chronic complex needs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 and the Children and Families Act 2014 sets out that commissioners are responsible for ensuring the provision of services based on the local needs of their population, including the appropriate services for children and young people. Commissioners should consider assessments of local need and any relevant guidance, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s clinical guidelines. While the guidelines are not mandatory, we expect commissioners to take this into account alongside local priorities in the design of services. In 2021/2022, we have invested over £31 million through the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Recovery Action Plan to increase access to services for autistic people and people with a learning disability, with £79 million to expand children’s mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/12/2021 16:45:49 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382826

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with local authorities to ensure that children and young people under deprivation of liberty safeguards are found appropriate placements in social care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>All children should live in settings that meet their needs and keep them safe. This is particularly important for looked after children who have been deprived of their liberty for their own safety or the safety of others. These children and young people are often some of the most vulnerable in society and we must do all that we can to keep them safe.</p><p>The department is clear that where a looked after child is deprived of their liberty, they are very likely to require a placement providing care and accommodation. Such accommodation must be registered as a children’s home, as required by the Care Standards Act 2000. Children’s homes are subject to robust registration and inspection requirements by Ofsted to ensure that they meet the needs of the children they accommodate, and they must follow the national standards. Ofsted can take action against children’s homes where they are not delivering the quality of care and accommodation for children that the department expects.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty under section 22G of the Children Act 1989 to take steps that secure, so far as reasonably practicable, sufficient accommodation within the authority’s area which meets the needs of children that the local authority are looking after, and whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their welfare for them to be provided with accommodation that is in the local authority’s area (‘the sufficiency duty’).</p><p>However, the department recognises that local authorities sometimes find it difficult to identify suitable placements for looked after children, particularly for those with more complex needs. In July 2021, the government launched a new capital funding programme to support local authorities to establish new children’s homes provision via expansion, refurbishment or new building work. The department will contribute up to £19.5 million over two years, with the funding to be matched by local authorities. In addition, as part of Spending Review 2021, the government announced a further investment of £259 million to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes. We will announce more details on this funding shortly.</p><p>The department has been working closely with Ofsted, which has taken a number of steps to support local authorities in establishing and registering new provision swiftly, for instance, prioritising applications for registering children’s homes in an emergency. Further detail on Ofsted’s approach to prioritising applications can be found in their guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/registering-childrens-homes-in-an-emergency-as-a-direct-result-of-covid-19-pandemic-fast-track-applications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/12/2021 16:13:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382827

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Carbon Emissions: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that research and development projects to reduce carbon output in the UK are accelerated to quicken the pace of a green transition.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review reconfirmed BEIS’s flagship £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to accelerate the commercialisation of low-carbon technologies, systems and business models in power, buildings, and industry.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Spending Review, BEIS will set R&amp;D budgets through to 2024/25. Further details of how this funding will be allocated will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/12/2021 11:58:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1382828

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Online Dating: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate online dating services to prevent fraud and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Online dating services are in scope of the Online Safety Bill. This means that they will have to put in place measures to protect their users from harmful content facilitated via user-generated content, including fraud and abuse. Dating sites will have to assess the risk of harm to their users, and then take steps to mitigate and tackle that risk.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/12/2021 14:03:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1382829

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
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	Premier League: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage premier league football players to be vaccinated against covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>As per the statement to the house of 28th November, our vaccines remain our best line of defence against this virus. I welcome the increase in take up of vaccination amongst Premier League players. We encourage everyone - including footballers - to take up the offers of vaccination, and of boosters, for which many more millions of people are eligible following JCVI changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/12/2021 17:27:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon