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1551695

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Nurses: 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 nurses were working in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS England Hospital Trust in each year since 2015; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of (a) recruitment and (b) visas for overseas nurses in year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Tables showing the number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurses and health visitors with a non-United Kingdom nationality in National Health Service hospital trusts and core organisations in August of each year since 2015 is attached.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment of the cost of recruitment for overseas nurses or visas has been made. However, in October 2021, NHS England commissioned a review by the Nuffield Trust, which estimated the cost of recruiting a nurse from overseas at approximately £10,000 to £12,000. Since August 2020, nurses have paid reduced visa fees through the Health and Care Visa.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/12/2022 17:22:57 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses-HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22.xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse previous answer version 43937 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses&HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22 .xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1551324

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions
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 accuracy of the data available on patients who have been prescribed sodium valproate,; and if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of a register of patients who have been prescribed medicines with a known and significant risk.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	109629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We expect integrated care boards to commission fertility services according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines, ensuring equal access to fertility treatment in England. NICE’s fertility guidelines currently recommend that the National Health Service provides fertility preservation for patients being treated for cancer who wish to preserve their fertility. NICE is currently reviewing these guidelines and we expect that this review will be published in 2024.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Medicines and Pregnancy Registry uses National Health Service dispensing data from community pharmacies in England and NHS maternity services to identify female patients who have received anti-epileptic medication, including sodium valproate and those who have received a prescription in a month that they were pregnant. While this dispensing data accurately reflects the medicines received, it relates to patients in England and may not include patients prescribed sodium valproate in hospitals or private healthcare or those who do not present to NHS maternity services.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All medicines may potentially cause side effects and some of these side effects could be classified as significant risks when used as prescribed, in specific patient populations or in certain circumstances such as during pregnancy. While registries can be helpful when investigating or monitoring specific aspects of prescribed medicines, the integration of records within existing healthcare systems may be more effective at monitoring patient outcomes.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield previous answer version 43428 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield 43935 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2022 17:21:21 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:16:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1550515

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include micro urban wind turbines in the Government's solar and wind strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	108332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is serious about delivering cheaper, cleaner, more secure energy, and will consider all options for increasing electricity generation from renewable sources, including at the small-scale. The Government already supports small-scale onshore wind through the Smart Export Guarantee, which ensures small-scale (<ins class="ministerial">5MW) low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with wind turbines, get payment for the renewable electricity they export to the grid. </ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 13:34:24 question first ministerially corrected 03/01/2023 10:38:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 44612 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1550590

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	EU Law: Northern Ireland
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 assessment he has made of the capacity of Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Assembly to update or replace EU Retained Law by December 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	108384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">My officials are working with the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), other Whitehall departments and Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) counterparts to determine the overall catalogue of REUL and develop an approach that accounts for the political situation in Northern Ireland ahead of the sunset date. We stand ready to assist our NICS counterparts and NIO as and when required.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Departments will analyse their retained EU law carefully to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as retained EU law that should be repealed, or amended.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit which works closely with Northern Ireland Office, has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 15:53:21 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:16:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 43770 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1550310

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department spent in 2021 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	107067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The total spent by the Department for Work and Pensions on items with a value of less than £500 on a Government Procurement card in 2021 was £36,488,921.81.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Source: GPC Transactions Folder - Discoverer</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The total spent by the Department for Work and Pensions on items with a value of less than £500 on a Government Procurement Card (GPC) in 2021 was £8,507,730.65 (69,786 transactions).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Source:</strong> GPC data. This gives details of all transactions posted during the 2021 calendar year and includes expenditure as well as refunds. The figure quoted is net of refunds.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <strong>Points to note:</strong> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">The Government Procurement Card (GPC) is a purchasing solution specifically for low risk/ low value purchases, enabling Government to buy from particular suppliers that include both small and medium sized enterprises.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The card transaction limit for Approval to Buy (A2B) transactions is £500. Approximately 96% of all transactions are A2B.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">The card transaction limit for a ‘physical’ card is £600, with exceptions allowed on approval of a supporting business case.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Most GPC transactions are for Flexible Support Fund (FSF) expenditure, supporting claimants back into the workplace by covering costs associated with seeking employment, e.g. interview travel expenses.</ins></li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/12/2022 17:11:53 question first ministerially corrected 09/01/2023 17:27:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 43278 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1550004

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Staff
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 adequacy of staffing levels within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	106487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">While Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) are not commissioned from pharmacies, from November 2021 to October 2022, 2,221,117 SMR appointments were booked in general practice.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No specific assessment has been made. Staffing levels are determined locally and are informed by national guidance for safe staffing.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">SMRs optimise patient care in a number of ways, including by reducing medicine wastage. However, no specific assessment has been made of this impact, as it is among a number of benefits. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has assessed the evidence for interventions to optimise the use of medicines in developing its guideline ‘Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’, which has informed NHS England’s commissioning policy.</del></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/12/2022 16:19:48 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 42107 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1550079

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting Ukrainian students studying full-time at Ukrainian institutions remotely from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	106534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department has worked alongside colleagues at the Home Office to explore what support can be made available for both Ukrainian students continuing their study remotely from the UK, and those studying at UK institutions.</del></p><p>Universities in Ukraine are striving to maintain the education of their students under extremely challenging conditions. This includes through the provision of online distance learning for students enrolled at Ukrainian universities who now live in another country, including in the UK. The department encourages these students to speak with their education provider in Ukraine to understand what support is available for them to continue their studies at their Ukrainian provider. This includes those studying through the UK twinning programme, of which the government announced funding to support in June 2022. Information about this can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-package-offers-a-lifeline-to-ukrainian-researchers-and-entrepreneurs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-package-offers-a-lifeline-to-ukrainian-researchers-and-entrepreneurs</a>. The programme provides support to Ukrainian universities by establishing partnerships with those in the UK.</p><p>Student finance is available only for eligible students studying a course provided predominantly in the UK by a UK higher education provider, including Ukrainian students who have enrolled at UK universities. In England, those studying via distance learning are, in general, not eligible to receive student loans to cover maintenance costs. This is also the case for Ukrainian students in England, who are studying via distance learning.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of Ukrainians who are studying online at Ukrainian institutions via distance learning in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 19/12/2022 12:35:35 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:27:41 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon previous answer version 41109 answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1548356

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Crimes against the Person
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff who have been victims of (a) sexual harassment and (b) bullying in his Department in its Westminster premises each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	102864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>There is zero tolerance for bullying across the civil service. The MoJ also has policies in place to support staff facing any form of bullying, harassment or victimisation while at work.</p><p>The table below shows the number of grievances raised by MoJ staff where the grievance reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; or &quot;Harassment - sex&quot;, and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;, and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House, by year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Harassment - sex&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes and caveats:</strong></p><ul><li>Please note: grievance data only accounts for staff grievances raised about other members of staff. <del class="ministerial">Any complaints against Ministers or Special Advisers are registered in a separate system run by the Cabinet Office.</del></li><li>Data suppression is applied where the number of cases is less than 5.</li><li>Grievances can be raised for multiple reasons; cases are selected where the relevant reason is cited.</li><li>Year is based on year the grievance was opened on the case management system.</li><li>Grievances are included where the outcome was &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;.</li><li>If an appeal on the original case outcome has been made, the appeal outcome is used rather than the original case outcome.</li><li>In a small number of cases multiple outcomes are recorded, these have been included if &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot; is one of the outcomes.</li><li>Data covers employees in Ministry of Justice Head Quarters, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.</li><li>Cases are selected if the member of staff’s HR database Employee Location field is either 102 Petty France or Clive House.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/12/2022 17:48:38 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2022 16:41:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 41407 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1548365

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is required to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who have made an appointment at an asylum intake unit and are waiting for that appointment to take place.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	102988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide support to asylum-seekers who would otherwise be destitute.</p><p>Those wishing to claim asylum are expected to do so on arrival at the port of entry or, if already in the UK, and their circumstances change, as soon as possible at the Asylum Intake Unit (AIU) in Croydon. The AIU operates an appointment process for those who have accommodation, but a walk-in service is available for those who are destitute and need immediate accommodation.</p><p>Destitute asylum seekers can access initial support under section 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which is offered as initial or contingency accommodation <del class="ministerial">(usually full board)</del> when they make an appointment to attend an asylum screening interview at the AIU and until the appointment time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/12/2022 16:59:52 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2022 17:28:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 41775 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1548435

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	102743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Between 1 December 2021 and 31 August 2022, the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser met with a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in a total of 4 meetings and with b) other Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions in a total of 7 meetings. This included:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(i) Between 1 December 2021 – 28 February 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 3 meetings</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(ii) Between 1 March to 31 May 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 2 meetings</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(iii) Between 1 June to 31 August 2022 - a) 2 meetings, b) 2 meetings</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please see the attachment provided for a comprehensive list for each of the organisations requested covering the data sets requested in the PQ.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further Information regarding the contracts can be found on gov.uk’s Contract Finder Service located <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">here.</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/12/2022 12:33:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/12/2022 14:30:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Attachment.xlsx title PQ 102743 previous answer version 40903 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer