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1582931

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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
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 fully-qualified GPs were working in General Practice in England in (a) 2019 and (b) the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	137924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has considered the link between changes to the volume-based rebate payments in our medicine pricing schemes and various kinds of investment, along with any associated impacts on employment in the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom, in our impact assessment of recent updates to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, which operates alongside the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government’s 2023 impact assessment of updates to the statutory scheme is available at the following link:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of medicine price regulation schemes on the level of foreign direct investment into the UK’s life sciences research and development, the evidence on this issue is uncertain. The impact assessment considered this issue, and sets out the Government’s assessment that, while price regulation schemes such as VPAS may be a consideration in the decision to locate such investments, these are complex decisions based on multiple factors. Supply side factors such as the availability of skilled labour are considered likely to be of greater significance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of price regulation on the placement of clinical trials in the UK, the Government’s assessment is that price control schemes in general are more likely to impact decisions about the location of late-stage than early-stage trials, as the location of late-stage trials may be more influenced by commercial considerations about where to launch a new medicine. However, VPAS includes strong commercial incentives to launch new products in the form of freedom of list pricing and exemptions from payments for innovative medicines containing a new active substance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested is publicly available and can be accessed here: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/31-december-2022.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Data includes estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· In December 2022, 2.1% of fully qualified GP FTE was estimated where practices had not provided fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Before July 2021, data was only available quarterly for the following months: March, June, September and December.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Full-time equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">TARGET DATE 09/02/2023</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures include GP partners, salaried GPs, GP retainers and GP regular locums.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:35:51 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2023 13:35:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 62066 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

1583018

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the the letter of 8 December 2022 from All-Party Parliamentary Groups on investment in the specialist workforce for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	137716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The letter was responded to by Minister Coutinho of the Department for Education on <ins class="ministerial">23rd January 2023</ins><del class="ministerial">14 December 2022</del>, as the relevant minister.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield previous answer version 53390 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 56565 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/02/2023 16:59:00 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2023 10:27:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1581831

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	Health and Safety Executive: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive are responsible for offshore windfarm operations in international waters.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	135417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Health and safety standards for workers employed on offshore windfarms on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) are regulated in Great Britain by the Health and Safety Executive.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Energy Act 2004 vests rights to The Crown Estate and the Crown Estate Scotland to license the generation of renewable energy on the UKCS within the Renewable Energy Zone out to 200 nautical miles.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Health and safety standards for workers employed on offshore windfarms on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) are regulated in Great Britain by the Health and Safety Executive.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Energy Act 2004 vests rights to The Crown Estate to license the generation of renewable energy on the UKCS within the Renewable Energy Zone out to 200 nautical miles. In Scotland, Crown Estate Scotland is the body which leases seabed, whilst Marine Scotland oversees licensing.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/02/2023 16:34:18 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2023 13:03:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 52146 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1581875

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Citizenship: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship certificate requests were on hold due to IT issues preventing mandatory checks being completed as of 30 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	135293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office, and wider government, work closely with Local Authorities to discuss proposed accommodation sites in their area before any decision being made to use accommodation. We are committed to engaging with Local Authorities and local partners to understand risks, including impact on local services.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No requests for a Citizenship certificate are on hold due to IT issues affecting mandatory checks being completed.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 16:54:23 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2023 10:33:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 52531 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1581399

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 25 January (HL4660), what are the names of the 10 police forces who do not conduct a post Online Assessment Process face-to-face interview.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL5131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As stated in the response to the question tabled on 12 January, there are currently 10 forces that do not hold a post Online Assessment Process interview as part of the police recruitment process. According to information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing these 10 forces are Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire West Midlands and Wiltshire.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process: six forces (Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk) routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation events or similar; the remaining four have face-to-face engagement at other stages in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Following engagement with the Home Office, the College of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February with updated guidance on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement for forces to use the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process interview process, as part of the police recruitment process.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the response to the question tabled on 12 January, it was stated that there were 10 forces that did not hold a post Online Assessment Process interview as part of the police recruitment process. Further information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing shows that this figure is nine – one force had incorrectly stated it did not complete an interview.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to information provided by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing these nine forces are Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Midlands and Wiltshire. These forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process. Six forces (Avon &amp; Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk) routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation events or similar; the remaining three have face-to-face engagement at other stages in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Following engagement with the Home Office, the College of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February with updated guidance on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement for forces to use the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process interview process, as part of the police recruitment process.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 09/02/2023 12:37:34 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2023 12:14:58 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom previous answer version 54497 answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1581410

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the consultation process will be in the development of their Major Conditions Strategy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of London
uin	HL5142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Through the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, the Government is currently reviewing which retained European Union law should be repealed, reformed or preserved. The Government continues to work with a range of stakeholders to ensure that current standards in patient safety and public health are maintained.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Major Conditions Strategy will consider major conditions in the round, including disparities due to geography and other factors. Many stakeholders have already responded to government consultations on mental health, dementia, health disparities and cancer. We will draw on the insights and evidence provided through these processes and the Department will set out opportunities to contribute further in due course.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 01/02/2023 15:09:21 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2023 16:01:27 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 52058 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4696 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of London

1580638

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hove
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 recent reports of the abduction of unaccompanied children from a Home Office residence in Hove, what training was provided to security staff contracted by her Department to manage the security of those children.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	132556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, extremely seriously. The wellbeing of children is our number one priority and our accommodation providers are required to ensure accommodation is safe and in line with contractual requirements.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">It is also not true to say that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are being kidnapped from Home Office hotels. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are not detained and are free to leave the accommodation. They may choose to leave for a number of reasons, such as visiting family.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Local authorities have a statutory duty to protect all children, regardless of where they go missing from. This can be from home or from a care setting as a looked-after child.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Home Office Safeguarding Hub works closely with accommodation providers to ensure early identification of vulnerabilities, where issues are not disclosed by customers, and onward referral to the statutory agencies of health, police, and social services. Asylum seekers have full access to the advisory services provided by Migrant Help who are available to contact 24/7. Contracted security staff within UASC hotels complete comprehensive training.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We take the safety and welfare of those in our care, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, extremely seriously.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Contracted security staff within UASC hotels complete comprehensive training.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The wellbeing of children is our number one priority and our accommodation providers are required to ensure accommodation is safe and in line with contractual requirements.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Home Office Safeguarding Hub works closely with accommodation providers to ensure early identification of vulnerabilities, where issues are not disclosed by customers, and onward referral to the statutory agencies of health, police, and social services.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2023 17:31:58 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2023 15:18:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 51879 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1580822

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
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 received evidence from the life sciences industry of the impact on UK R&D investment and potential increases in payment rates under the voluntary and statutory schemes for branded medicines; and if it will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	132374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has been consulting on a proposed update to the <ins class="ministerial">s</ins><del class="ministerial">S</del>tatutory <ins class="ministerial">s</ins><del class="ministerial">S</del>cheme for branded medicines and the life sciences industry has been able to <ins class="ministerial">give evidence</ins><del class="ministerial">express its views</del> as part of this consultation process.</p><p><del class="ministerial">In considering the responses, the Department is carefully taking into account any evidence submitted on potential impacts for the United Kingdom life sciences sector.</del></p><p>The Government remains firmly committed to the <ins class="ministerial">s</ins><del class="ministerial">S</del>tatutory and <ins class="ministerial">v</ins><del class="ministerial">V</del>oluntary schemes for branded medicines and to working with the pharmaceutical industry to deliver on the ambitions set out in the Life Sciences Vision to create an environment that facilitates innovation for the development of medicines in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2023 11:22:27 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2023 11:38:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 51971 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1580921

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations or feedback he has received from (a) small business community, (b) the science community and (c) the investment community on the changes to R&D tax credit announced in the Autumn Statement 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Chancellor set out at the Autumn Statement that the Government will work with industry ahead of Spring Budget to understand whether and how to provide further support for R&amp;D intensive small and medium enterprises (SMEs), while also considering fiscal sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to engage with industry in the coming months and any further changes will be set out in detail in the usual way at the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched a consultation on R&amp;D Tax Relief Reform which closes on <ins class="ministerial">1</ins>3<del class="ministerial">0</del><sup>th</sup> March.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/01/2023 17:55:15 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2023 10:15:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 51416 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580253

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Home Office spent on employing caseworkers to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	131309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA) and the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA) are currently recruiting a large number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and reduce decision making timescales<ins class="ministerial">. </ins><del class="ministerial">; this brings additional resource pressures initially (for training and upskilling) but will have substantial long-term benefits for decision making timescales.</del></p><p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) does not publish payments made to victims of modern slavery and this does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics.</p><p>All victims who consent to receiving support will receive this via the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC) in England and Wales which is delivered by The Salvation Army. Details of the MSVC Contract can be found in a redacted version of the contract requirements here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F974794%2FMarch_2021_-_Modern_Slavery_Statutory_Guidance__EW__Non-Statutory_Guidance__SNI__v2.1_.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1df98c91565a46b0727408dafebb99ac%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638102378924848126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JOPE%2B0AOOysTFpdmfUUQEL7UGSWCUoukqsiIuwcLvQo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Modern Slavery: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and Non-Statutory Guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>All victims who consented to support under the previous Victim Care Contract <del class="ministerial">were also</del> <ins class="ministerial">are</ins> eligible for financial support under the same policy and a redacted version of the previous contract requirements can be found here (<a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e03ceb15-27ad-4bad-b8ae-43dbc1e9481e" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e03ceb15-27ad-4bad-b8ae-43dbc1e9481e</a>).</p><p>As of September 2019, following a CG decision, financial support needs for those in support are considered in a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) as part of a holistic assessment of recovery need, as per the published RNA policy.”</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2023 13:31:50 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2023 15:28:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 51058 answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines answering member 4816
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips