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1585887

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado GR4s the Royal Air Forces owns.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	143895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The Tornado GR4 went out of RAF service in 2019 and has been through a thorough disposal process. The RAF have retained nine as ground based training aids and gate guardians but none are airworthy and the majority of their systems have been permanently removed or inhibited to ensure long-term safety for ground instruction training or public display.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/02/2023 14:52:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1584797

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitals: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on capital funding for the new hospitals programme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	903533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>I discuss a range of priorities on health with DHSC SoS, including delivery of the New Hospital Programme.</p><p>The programme was funded at Spending Review 2020 with £3.7bn for 4 years up to 2024/25.</p><p>Capital funding for the New Hospitals Programme beyond 2025 will be announced at the next Spending Review, as is standard practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/02/2023 17:22:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1579735

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Sport Winter Survival Package
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107201, if he will list the value of the loans made to each of those 15 sports.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	130058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Sport Survival Package distributed a total of £264.8 million funding (loan and grant funding) to over 1,685 organisations across 15 sports to ensure their survival throughout the pandemic.</p><p>£218,271,393 was provided through loans to the sports listed below:</p><ul><li>Athletics - £1,200,000</li><li>Basketball - £794,246</li><li>Cycling - £1,387,000</li><li>Football - £13,310,666</li><li>Horse Racing - £21,520,000</li><li>Ice Hockey - £1,601,600</li><li>Motorsport - £1,075,000</li><li>Rugby League - £24,232,661</li><li>Rugby Union - £138,850,220</li><li>Tennis - £14,300,00</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/01/2023 12:30:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568713

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
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 overseas dentists are waiting to take the Overseas Registration Examination.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	127912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentists and dental care professionals practising in the United Kingdom. The Department does not hold the latest data on the number of overseas qualified dentists waiting to take the Overseas Registration Exam. This data is held by the GDC.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 25/01/2023 11:29:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568714

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on how long it takes to complete the Performer List Validation by Experience to enable overseas dentists to practice in the NHS in each Health Education England region.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	127913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the stages of the Performers List Validation by Experience (PLVE) process timelines. They are consistent across regions but vary depending on individual cases.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Stage</p></td><td><p>Key activity</p></td><td><p>Usual duration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Once Primary Care Support England has identified that an applicant should be considered for PLVE then they are passed to Health Education England (HEE) for assessment.</p></td><td><p>Approximately 12 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Applicant added to Performers List with requirement to complete PLVE.</p></td><td><p>Four to eight weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Formal PLVE process commences. Dentist commences practising in the National Health Service in HEE region at this point. <em>The period in PLVE supervision can be as little as six months but can be longer than 12 months to allow the dentist to practice NHS dentistry in a supportive environment.</em></p></td><td><p>Current average is 12.8 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Applicant is issued with Certificate of Demonstration of Equivalence by HEE and Performers List status is reviewed and confirmed by NHS England. Dentist continues to practice in NHS dentistry.</p></td><td><p>Data is not held.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/01/2023 17:40:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568718

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
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 reform Health Education England processes for completing the Performer List Validation by Experience to help reduce the time taken to consider applications.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	127914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Health Education England (HEE) Performers List Validation by Experience (PLVE) process is in place to enable overseas dentists who have passed the Overseas Registration Examination to join the National Health Service Performers List in a supportive and safe environment. We keep this process under review.</p><p>Provided all the necessary application information is available, an eligible dentist will be accepted into HEE’s PLVE process within four to six weeks. Once confirmed by NHS England, the dentist will join the Performers List at that point, not at the end of the PLVE process. The time then spent practising NHS dentistry with the PLVE model will depend on the support needs of the individual applicant and does not affect their Performers List status<em>.</em></p><p>Dentists entering the Performers List through the PLVE method take time to develop an understanding of the NHS system and to ensure they are safe to practice unsupervised.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 01/02/2023 13:39:17 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568727

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	BBC: Local Broadcasting
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the BBC’s revised proposals for local radio services in England on (a) listeners and (b) BBC employees.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	127915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strength of feeling about the importance of BBC Local Radio. These services help bring communities together, and play a vital role in delivering news, sports coverage and other content that is locally relevant.</p><p>While it is up to the BBC to decide how it delivers its services, the Government is clear that the BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>The Government remains disappointed that the BBC is planning to reduce parts of its local radio output, and Ministers expressed their concerns to the Chairman of the BBC Board and the Director General when they met towards the end of last year.</p><p>The Government understands that the BBC have made a recent announcement adjusting their previous proposal, and we will seek to understand what this means in practice for its audiences.</p><p>The Government expects Ofcom to ensure the BBC is robustly held to account in delivering its public service duties.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 26/01/2023 14:22:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568261

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Independent Inquiry into Alleged Unlawful Activity by British Armed Forces during Deliberate Detention Operations in Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will fund independent legal representation for any serving or former members of the armed forces who are required to give evidence to the Independent inquiry into alleged unlawful activity by British armed forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan chaired by Lord Justice Sir Charles Haddon-Cave.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	126837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>All current and former service and civilian personnel who are subject to legal proceedings as a consequence of their actions during service or employment, or who may give evidence in legal proceedings in connection with their official duties, are entitled to legal representation.</p><p> </p><p>An individual acting in accordance with their employment or service will generally be offered representation by Government Legal Department (GLD) in England and Wales; Morton Fraser (MF) in Scotland; and the Crown Solicitor (CSO) in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Circumstances where the fees of other solicitors may be agreed will generally only include where there is a potential conflict of interest with the Department, or where GLD/MF/CSO do not have appropriate expertise or capacity to provide representation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/01/2023 13:06:34 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568264

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Independent Inquiry into Alleged Unlawful Activity by British Armed Forces during Deliberate Detention Operations in Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what lessons he learned from the findings of Sir Thayne Forbes in the Al Sweady Inquiry for setting the terms of reference of the independent inquiry into alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	126838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence engaged with Lord Justice Sir Charles Haddon-Cave, the inquiry chair, throughout the process of setting the terms of reference for the <em>Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan (IIA)</em>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this process, Sir Charles and the Secretary of State considered comparable inquiries into historical allegations, including the Al-Sweady Inquiry, with regard to the IIA's terms of reference, resourcing requirements and anticipated costs.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/01/2023 13:08:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568268

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) Operation Northmoor and (b Cestro.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	126839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>£10 million was spent on Operation NORTHMOOR, which was the Royal Military Police's investigation into 675 allegations from Afghanistan (these allegations ranged from non-criminal allegations (of cultural insensitivity), to assault and ill-treatment, to unlawful killings during arrest operations).</p><p> </p><p>Unlike Operation NORTHMOOR, Operation CESTRO was not budgeted separately from other Special Investigation Branch (SIB) Regiment RMP investigations. It is not therefore possible to extract costs data specific to that operation.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/01/2023 13:09:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild