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1642201

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date	06/06/2023
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	NHS: Innovation
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 staff his Department employs in the NHS Transformation Directorate; how many full time equivalent staff are employed to work on NHS innovation; and what proportion of these are employed centrally by NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	188094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>There are 131 staff in the NHS Transformation Directorate in the Department for Health and Social Care. There are 4,108 staff in the NHS Transformation Directorate in NHS England. Numerous teams focus on NHS innovation as part of the ambition to digitise, connect and transform the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/06/2023 17:15:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1642204

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials his Department employs to work directly on public service innovation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	188095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 11:44:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1642205

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many officials his Department employs to work directly on public service innovation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	188096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Innovation is at the heart of our vision for a modern civil service, in particular finding new ways to solve problems and improve people’s lives, and seizing the full potential of data and technology.</p><p>All officials are expected to contribute to public service innovation, whether through the policy they develop or in the services they deliver. This work can range from supporting continuous improvement to leading more radical transformation.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 14/06/2023 16:24:50 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1642206

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials her Department employs to work directly on public service innovation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	188097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Innovation is at the heart of our vision for a modern civil service, in particular finding new ways to solve problems and improve people’s lives, and seizing the full potential of data and technology.</p><p>All officials are expected to contribute to public service innovation, whether through the policy they develop or in the services they deliver. This work can range from supporting continuous improvement to leading more radical transformation.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2023 15:46:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1627752

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	General Practitioners: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of the change to the National Clinical Impact Awards on academic medical doctors who are not employed under the NHS consultant contract.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a specific impact assessment of the change to the National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) scheme on academic medical doctors who are not employed under the National Health Service consultant contract. Clinical academics and academic general practitioners remain eligible to apply for awards, providing they meet the minimum eligibility criteria set out in the NCIA guidance and are employed on the equivalent academic contracts.</p><p>An equality impact assessment was conducted ahead of the reforms in 2022, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-the-national-clinical-excellence-awards-scheme/outcome/reforming-the-national-clinical-excellence-awards-scheme-equality-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-the-national-clinical-excellence-awards-scheme/outcome/reforming-the-national-clinical-excellence-awards-scheme-equality-impact-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/05/2023 12:17:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1627753

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Misinformation: General Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks of deepfake (a) audio, (b) photo and (c) video content to the conduct of future UK general elections.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that people have access to accurate information. We are taking steps to promote trusted news sources to tackle the spread of disinformation and combat attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Counter Disinformation Unit responds to periods of acute disinformation risk, including UK general elections.</p><p>The Government regularly meets with a range of social media platforms to aid our understanding of the spread of misinformation and disinformation on their services, including artificially manipulated media, and the range of steps they are taking to address this. This work includes encouraging platforms to ensure that their Terms of Service (ToS), policies and enforcement are fit for purpose, whilst still respecting freedom of expression.</p><p>The National Security Bill will give the UK more tools to tackle these threats, including a new offence of foreign interference. The foreign interference offence is a priority offence in the Online Safety Bill and as such will require digital platforms to proactively take action against a wide range of state-sponsored disinformation and state-linked online interference, including digitally manipulated content where this has the aim of interfering with UK elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/05/2023 08:07:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1627754

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Dental Services: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists not currently providing NHS services who could do so following the changes he is seeking to make to the dental contracts in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>No estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 22/05/2023 15:43:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1627755

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Teesworks: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates which Ministers visited Teesworks since the 2019 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The location of all Government Ministerial visits since 2019 is not centrally held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/05/2023 09:22:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1627904

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the statutory guidance provided to schools on the costs of school uniforms.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms came into force in September 2022. The Department is assessing the effect of the guidance through continued engagement with key stakeholders, including via correspondence received by the Department from parents, head teachers, and uniform suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/05/2023 14:21:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1625930

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the classification of tricycles in the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Amendment) Regulations 2015 to account for the need for greater motor wattage for tricycles when climbing hills.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	183943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in July 2022, reaffirmed the Department’s commitment to making walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for millions more journeys. Equal access for disabled people is at the heart of this and the Department is keeping the prospect of changes to regulations on electric cycles, including tricycles, under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2023 14:11:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones