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1403081

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy reduce covid-19 restrictions for care homes.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	104399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>We regularly review and update guidance to ensure it is necessary and proportionate, considering clinical advice and priorities such as maintaining safe staffing levels and ensuring residents have meaningful contact with loved ones. The restrictions are currently in place to keep care home residents safe and will be removed as soon as it is safe to do so.</p><p>We are currently reviewing our guidance in light of the lifting ‘Plan B’ measures and expect to publish updated advice shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/01/2022 12:30:39 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1401837

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has powers to impose sanctions on developers for providing unfinished or poor quality homes to homeowners.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	101816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>My Department sets the standards that developers are required to follow including through planning requirements and building regulations. Local planning authorities and building control bodies hold enforcement powers. Developers are required to ensure that new houses are built correctly and to comply with building regulations. Building inspectors check to ensure that these requirements are met on new homes. The Department may also restrict access to Government support or funding such as Help to Buy, which has recently been used to exclude Rydon Homes where there are concerns about unacceptable business practices.</p><p>The Building Safety Bill, currently before Parliament, includes provisions to strengthen the building safety regime including through the Building Safety Regulator, which will have oversight of the whole of the built environment and the New Homes Ombudsman scheme. Developers will be required to become members of the Ombudsman scheme, which will investigate and determine complaints from new build homebuyers against their developers.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/01/2022 18:05:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1399798

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Heating: East Midlands
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 his Department is taking to (a) tackle the disparity in the proportion of the weekly budget a household in the East Midlands spends on heating their home compared to London and (b) support affordable domestic production of oil and gas.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	98408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is seeking to reduce the energy bills of low income and vulnerable households across England through energy efficiency measures. Schemes such as the Sustainable Warmth Competition and the Energy Company Obligation are delivering such measures through engagement with local authorities to ensure targeted delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The upstream oil and gas production sector is well placed to deliver as much domestic production as possible during the winter period. There has been strong resilience in production and most of the maintenance delayed due to COVID-19 has now been completed.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/01/2022 14:56:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1399908

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to prevent applicants from deliberately carrying out works prior to then seeking retrospective planning permission; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to tackle that matter.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	98409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unauthorised development is unacceptable and unfair to the majority who abide by the rules. It is also important that where people have made a genuine mistake, or where the development does not harm the amenity of the area, there is an opportunity to rectify the situation by submitting a retrospective planning application.</p><p>We are continuing to consider the best way forward for planning reforms, including how it can support planning enforcement. An announcement on next steps will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/01/2022 14:39:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1388148

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Endometriosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including information on endometriosis in the RSE curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	93894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>From September 2020, relationships education became compulsory for all primary school-aged pupils, relationships and sex education compulsory for all secondary school-aged pupils, and health education compulsory for all pupils in state-funded schools in England.</p><p>Statutory guidance on the new curriculum has been published and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>. This guidance states that pupils should be taught key facts about the menstrual cycle, including what is an average period, the range of menstrual products and implications for emotional and physical health.</p><p>To support schools further the department developed teacher training modules which are freely available to download from GOV.UK. We worked closely with Endometriosis UK when drawing up the ‘changing adolescent body’ module which references endometriosis.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/01/2022 17:18:06 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1387330

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimates his Department has made of the number of NHS and social care staff who may lose their employment as a result of the introduction of compulsory covid-19 vaccination in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	92069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on the dismissal of unvaccinated workers, rather than redeployment, if an option, or unpaid leave, will be for individual employers, therefore no specific estimate has been in the Department’s the impact assessment. The impact assessment estimates the number of workers who may remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 at the end of the 12-week grace period and are not medically exempt. This estimated to be 73,000 for National Health Service staff and 38,000 for social care workers in scope. The impact assessment is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1039988/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-the-health-and-wider-social-care-sector-impact-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1039988/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-the-health-and-wider-social-care-sector-impact-assessment.pdf</a></p><p>Actual figures will depend on individual decisions and the positive choice to take up the offer of COVID-19 vaccination. The Government is focussed on improving vaccine uptake within the health and care workforce and the numbers of vaccinated staff are increasing. There are now 75,000 additional staff working in the NHS who have received a first dose of the vaccine since September.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/01/2022 17:23:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1386228

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the Government's proposals for a legislative ban on conversion therapy will safeguard the right to offer legitimate support, therapy or challenge to those who might be questioning their gender, and particularly for under-18s, in order to ensure that they have fully considered and explored their options.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	89658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>All people need to be able to have open and explorative conversations that allow them to come to the right decision for themselves. The Government’s view is that an act of talking conversion therapy has the intent of changing a person to being something they are not. A supportive conversation is one that does not pressure that person into any particular outcome. Parents, clinicians and teachers will of course continue to be able to have conversations with young people or others about their sexual orientation or whether they are transgender or not.</p><p>Under our proposals, people who are transgender or are exploring their transgender status, including under-18s, will also remain able to access the support they need from qualified health professionals without change. Our proposals will complement the existing clinical regulatory framework and not override the independence of clinicians to offer support in line with professional obligations.</p><p>We are engaging with a wide range of relevant stakeholders on this issue and will work with the relevant authorities to ensure that our legislative interventions operate effectively.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/12/2021 15:17:43 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1385246

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information her Department holds on the number of incidents of LGBT conversion therapy in each of the last three years; and if she will publish a summary of examples of incidents of that therapy.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	87827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>To better understand the nature and impact of conversion therapy practices in the UK, the Government commissioned research on conversion therapy, including around the prevalence and nature of such practices in the UK. This was published on 29 October, alongside our public consultation on how to ban conversion therapy, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study</a>.</p><p>This report summarises the review undertaken of research published from January 2000 to June 2020 as well as the findings from qualitative interviews with 30 people who have had experience of conversion therapy in the UK since 2000.</p><p>The report also draws on the findings from the National LGBT Survey of over 108,000 people in 2017, including that 5% of respondents had been offered so called ‘conversion’ or ‘reparative’ therapy and a further 2% had undergone it. The survey also found that transgender respondents were more likely to have reported having undergone or been offered conversion therapy (13%) than non-transgender respondents (7%). The full results of the survey were published in 2018 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-lgbt-survey-summary-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-lgbt-survey-summary-report</a></p><p>In addition, we actively engage with a wide range of civil society stakeholders on the subject of LGBT conversion therapy and monitor the international approaches being taken.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 10/12/2021 10:03:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1383863

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
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	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the conclusions of the legislative impact assessment of his Department's proposals for the Parking (Code of Practice) Act.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	85366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>My department is currently implementing the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. This includes preparing a Code of Practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities. As part of the process to implement the Code, we recently published a consultation on private parking charges, discount rates, debt collection fees and an appeals charter, which closed on 27 August 2021.</p><p>We are considering all impacts of the new Code and will publish the Code together with the Government’s response to the recent consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 84468 85367 question first answered 08/12/2021 16:57:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1383864

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
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	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the conclusions of his Department's technical consultation for the Parking (Code of Practice) Act.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	85367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>My department is currently implementing the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019. This includes preparing a Code of Practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities. As part of the process to implement the Code, we recently published a consultation on private parking charges, discount rates, debt collection fees and an appeals charter, which closed on 27 August 2021.</p><p>We are considering all impacts of the new Code and will publish the Code together with the Government’s response to the recent consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 84468 85366 question first answered 08/12/2021 16:57:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley