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1733234

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date	10/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Chapter 12, Paragraph 7, of her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, updated on 24 September 2024, what her planned timetable is for making that funding available to councils; and if she will meet any additional costs.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	8472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Subject to the outcome of the consultation in question, further details on funding to enable eligible local authorities to progress their plans to examination quickly will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 15/10/2024 14:13:05 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott

1733235

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Universal Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Universal Support programme; and what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is targeted towards the areas of highest deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Steve Darling
uin	8516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The Universal Support funding has supported the expansion of Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care and additional support through Work and Health Programme Pioneer.</p><p> </p><p>For Work and Health Programme Pioneer, between September 2023 and May 2024, the Official Statistics publication <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fwork-and-health-programme-statistics-to-may-2024%2Fwork-and-health-programme-statistics-to-may-2024%23%3A~%3Atext%3Dbetween%2520September%25202023%2520and%2520May%2Chave%2520achieved%2520a%2520job%2520outcome&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMARCIA.KING%40DWP.GOV.UK%7C00d1862d309247f51f9f08dcec88acaa%7C96f1f6e910574117ac2880cdfe86f8c3%7C0%7C0%7C638645318963077820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yLRtXypG2glafhrjfLvITah4t%2BE27tgqfn0MeH72nGE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Work and Health Programme statistics to May 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> shows that 17,000 individuals were referred with 11,000 starting on the programme. By May 2024, so far 1,700 people had achieved first earnings from employment and 290 people had achieved a sustained work job outcome.</p><p> </p><p>Data on Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We will shortly announce further details about a new supported employment programme, which, using the funding originally intended for the main Universal Support programme, will be co-designed with local authorities. Once fully rolled out across England and Wales, the programme will support up to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers to employment to help them get into and on in work per year. As local areas understand local needs best, they will be able to make choices about which eligible groups to prioritise for support.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 15/10/2024 14:28:11 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5066

1733243

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) the NHS and (b) stakeholders to help increase awareness of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England runs the Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them, and to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms, including symptoms of ovarian cancer, as well as encouraging body awareness to help people spot symptoms across a wide range of cancers at an earlier point. Previous phases of the campaign have focused on abdominal symptoms which, among other abdominal cancers, can be indicative of ovarian cancer.</p><p>NHS England and other National Health Service organisations, nationally and locally, also publish information on the signs and symptoms of many different types of cancer, including ovarian cancer. This information can be found at the NHS website.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/10/2024 16:35:05 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733244

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
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 people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways in the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and the National Disease Registration Service, with further information available, respectively, at the following two links:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cancerdata.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cancerdata.nhs.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 15/10/2024 17:00:48 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 10180 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733245

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Improving railway performance and driving forward rail reform is the Department’s top priority. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister are meeting with Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to hold them to account in a joined-up manner across track and train. Great British Railways (GBR) will put passengers back at the heart of our railways and the Secretary of State established Shadow GBR to kickstart those improvements prioritising performance ahead of the formal establishment of GBR.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 15/10/2024 16:37:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733249

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Unemployment: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of long-term youth unemployment in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency and (b) Scotland; and what steps she is taking to help tackle long-term youth unemployment in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Alison Taylor
uin	8522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>It is not possible to obtain estimates of trends in the levels of long-term youth unemployment in Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency and Scotland because the sample sizes from survey data are too small to provide robust findings for these geographical areas.</p><p> </p><p>Currently we have a national Youth Offer which is available in Jobcentres across Scotland. Through the Youth Offer we provide labour market support to young people aged 16-24 claiming Universal Credit through a range of tailored interventions to help reduce the barriers young people may face, bringing them closer to work or education.</p><p></p><p>Jobcentre Plus School Advisers target support to young people that schools have identified as being at greatest risk of not being in work or education, or who may be disadvantaged in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>We understand Scotland have a Youth Guarantee that supports young people access employment, training and education opportunities. Under our plan to get Britain Working, we are in the process of introducing a similar concept through a new Youth Guarantee in England that will ensure all young people aged 18-21 can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support.</p><p> </p><p>Such ambitious plans require input and expertise from a wide range of stakeholders, and we are working closely with the Devolved Governments to share insights into what is currently working across Britain. We will set out further detail in the upcoming ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 15/10/2024 14:42:40 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5093

1733250

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of child poverty in North Ayrshire and Arran constituency; and what steps she is taking to help reduce child poverty in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Irene Campbell
uin	8555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of Children living in absolute and relative poverty per constituency are published annually in the “Children in low income families: local area statistics” publication and can be found in tabs “5_Relative_ParlC” and “6_Absolute_ParlC”. These are only produced on a before housing cost basis. A link to these statistics can be found here: Children in low-income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2023 - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Poverty Taskforce has started work and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The Child Poverty Strategy will be published in the Spring and is UK-wide.</p><p> </p><p>In September, the Taskforce heard from local leaders about the challenges faced in their communities, and how it can best work with Mayors, local authorities and other bodies to develop innovative solutions to tackle child poverty. This marked the first of a series of thematic sessions with key organisations, charities and experts on specific topics that will help to shape the strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The vital work of the Taskforce comes alongside our commitments to roll out free breakfast clubs at all primary schools, create 3,000 additional nurseries, as well as deliver our plan to make work pay to turn the minimum wage into a real living wage.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 15/10/2024 14:32:58 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5145

1733252

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 21 August 2024 on a wages and taxation issue.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no record of receiving the letter of 21 August 2024 from the Hon Member. Officials have contacted the Hon Member’s office to request a copy.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 15/10/2024 13:17:27 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1733269

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Foie Gras: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 3584 on Foie Gras: Imports, whether he plans to publish a consultation on a potential ban on the import of foie gras.
tabling member constituency	Newport West and Islwyn
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	8465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns.</p><p>The Government looks forward to delivering the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation.</p><p>Ministers are reviewing policies and any next steps will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 15/10/2024 16:38:59 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1733272

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Sanitary Products: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) implications for her policies of the effectiveness of the free period products scheme in Scotland and (b) merits of implementing a similar scheme in England.
tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	8466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>We recognise that women and girls may suffer as a result of the cost of period products.</p><p>The so-called ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished, and period underwear now receives the same zero-rate of VAT.</p><p>A scheme is in place for education settings, with free products available for all who need them, so periods are not a barrier to education. And all hospital patients can also receive free products.</p><p>No assessment of period product schemes operating in Scotland has been made.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds grouped question UIN 8467 question first answered 15/10/2024 16:42:38 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy