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1438143

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date	04/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service Personnel, whether a fee waiver will be introduced and apply to non-UK veterans who are living outside the UK and who have not regularised their immigration status and had served for at least six years or had been discharged due to an illness or injury which was attributable to service.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government aims to implement the Armed Forces settlement fee waiver through a planned update to the Immigration Fees and Regulations this Spring, with the changes coming into effect on 6 April.</p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the consultation, the fee waiver will also apply to undocumented veterans currently living in the UK who served for six years or more, or were discharged due to due to an illness or injury attributable to their service, regardless of length of service.</p><p>Non-UK veterans who have chosen not to remain in the UK after leaving the Armed Forces can apply for settlement for up to two years after their discharge. Applications for Indefinite Leave to Enter made from outside the UK by veterans will also be free of charge where they meet the same criteria.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 134359 134360 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56450 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1438144

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service Personnel, when his Department plans to implement changes to immigration rules.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government aims to implement the Armed Forces settlement fee waiver through a planned update to the Immigration Fees and Regulations this Spring, with the changes coming into effect on 6 April.</p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the consultation, the fee waiver will also apply to undocumented veterans currently living in the UK who served for six years or more, or were discharged due to due to an illness or injury attributable to their service, regardless of length of service.</p><p>Non-UK veterans who have chosen not to remain in the UK after leaving the Armed Forces can apply for settlement for up to two years after their discharge. Applications for Indefinite Leave to Enter made from outside the UK by veterans will also be free of charge where they meet the same criteria.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 134358 134360 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56451 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1438145

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service Personnel, whether a fee waiver will be introduced and apply retrospectively to non-UK veterans who are currently living in the UK who have not regularised their immigration status and had served for at least six years or had been discharged due to an illness or injury which was attributable to service.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government aims to implement the Armed Forces settlement fee waiver through a planned update to the Immigration Fees and Regulations this Spring, with the changes coming into effect on 6 April.</p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the consultation, the fee waiver will also apply to undocumented veterans currently living in the UK who served for six years or more, or were discharged due to due to an illness or injury attributable to their service, regardless of length of service.</p><p>Non-UK veterans who have chosen not to remain in the UK after leaving the Armed Forces can apply for settlement for up to two years after their discharge. Applications for Indefinite Leave to Enter made from outside the UK by veterans will also be free of charge where they meet the same criteria.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 134358 134359 question first answered 11/03/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56452 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1438146

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
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	Dupuytren's Contracture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of people diagnosed with Dupuytren's contracture in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in English National Health Service hospitals and NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector where the primary diagnosis is related to Dupuytren's contracture for patients resident in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and England in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>18,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>16,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>6,463</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>This data is not a count of people, as the same person could be admitted to hospital on more than one occasion and it is possible that initial diagnosis may have taken place before a hospital admission.</li><li>Some patients may be diagnosed with the condition but not require a hospital visit therefore this data is likely to represent trends in the most serious cases rather than total numbers.</li><li>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are usually counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes.</li><li>There are 20 diagnosis fields that can be populated per episode from April 2007, which contain information about a patient's illness or condition. The primary diagnosis field contains the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) code for the main condition treated or investigated during the episode. The code used for this analysis is M72.0 - Palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren].</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/03/2022 16:16:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 56468 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1438147

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
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	Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Dupuytren's contracture have been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes monthly statistics on assessments of claims made to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit scheme every three months on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. The statistics are available by decision type and prescribed disease which, from December 2019, includes Dupuytren's Contracture. The latest statistics are available to June 2021 and can be broken down to various geographies here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p><br> Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/03/2022 11:28:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1437867

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: Contracts
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 his Department has made of the adequacy of legacy arrangements for dental services arising from contracts passing from primary care trusts to NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>National Health Service dental contracts transferred from primary care trusts to NHS England in 2013 continue to operate under the current General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services contracts. Contractual variations and regulatory amendments have been updated within the contracts to ensure that they provide the same level of service and safety to patients as any newly commissioned contract.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2022 12:20:04 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1437870

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: South Yorkshire
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 patients access to dental services in (a) the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (b) the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority area and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>National Health Service dental provision in England, Barnsley and South Yorkshire has been impacted by the pandemic, which has reduced the number of available appointments due to necessary infection prevention and control procedures.</p><p>An additional £50 million for NHS dentistry was made available for the remainder of 2021/22 to provide access to NHS dental care appointments. NHS dentists have been asked to prioritise available capacity for urgent care, care for vulnerable groups and children, followed by delayed planned care. Patients can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre or NHS 111 if seeking urgent care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/03/2022 17:08:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 56221 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1437872

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: Contracts
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 plans to review the Primary Care National Contract for Dentistry to increase its flexibility for (a) the commissioner (b) the provider.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>We are currently negotiating with the British Dental Association on a number of initial proposed changes to the National Health Service contract for dental services, aimed at supporting the commissioning and delivery of NHS dentistry in the short term. We expect to be able to announce the outcome of these negotiations shortly and will set out an implementation timetable when negotiations conclude. The development of further proposed changes in the long term will be progressed over the summer and autumn of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2022 12:18:38 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1437874

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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: Procurement
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 impact of existing dentistry procurement rules on dental practices’ ability to change commissioning arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Within the existing dental contract, National Health Service dental contractors are able to deliver up to 4% below and 2% above their contracted number of units of dental activity and carry this activity over to the following year. An additional 2% or up to 104% can be carried out with the agreement of regional commissioners.</p><p>Flexible commissioning allows regional commissioners to work with dental practices to utilise a portion of an existing contract to deliver additional services and activity. This is often used to deliver specific initiatives, including oral public health improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/03/2022 17:03:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 56224 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1437875

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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 plans he has to provide additional financial support to tackle pressures in dentistry in areas with high levels of population growth.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	134017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Local services are commissioned according to need, taking into account regional data on the oral health needs of the population, demographics and current service provision. This includes areas high levels of population growth. Patients are also registered with a dental practice during the course of their treatment, therefore there are no geographical restrictions on which practice a patient may attend.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2022 15:43:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 56227 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis