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1744610

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date	26/11/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) criminal legal aid firms and (b) duty solicitors contracted to provide legal aid in (i) Shropshire and (ii) Telford constituency for each year data is available.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	16270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning legal aid services in England and Wales.</p><p>The commissioning and monitoring of criminal legal aid services are undertaken at a national level.</p><p>Information about the number of legal aid providers contracted to provide services are published as part of the <a href="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F6735d1def6920bfb5abc7b05%2Flegal-aid-statistics-tables-apr-jun-2024.ods&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK" target="_blank">LAA’s statistics</a> [see tables 9.1-9.8]. These statistics are used by the LAA as management information to monitor the supply of legal aid services over time, in different areas of law and different regions of England Wales.</p><p>The duty schemes serving the Shropshire and Telford constituency are the Shrewsbury and Telford schemes. There are currently 13 duty solicitors (members) in the Shrewsbury scheme, 8 duty solicitors in the Telford scheme and a total of 7 criminal legal providers across Shropshire.</p><p>The LAA is satisfied that there is adequate provision of criminal legal aid services in Telford and Shropshire, including under the relevant duty solicitor schemes operating in the area.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 29/11/2024 14:14:05 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5041

1744612

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justices' clerks: Telford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court clerks have worked at Telford Magistrates Court for each year that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	16272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Legal Advisors </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/2024</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford (which includes a Trainee Legal Advisor)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/2023</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford (which includes a Trainee Legal Advisor)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford (including a Trainee Legal Advisor)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>4 Legal Advisors based at Telford</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>HMCTS employs Legal Advisors, rather than clerks, to support magistrates in court and therefore this response is based on the number of Legal Advisors routinely based at Telford Magistrates Court from 2018 to 2024. On the occasions that the Crown Court is listed to sit at the court, a Crown Court clerk will also work there.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 29/11/2024 14:11:55 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5041

1744613

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Telford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what outstanding money was owed by defendants in (a) court fines, (b) prosecution costs, and (c) victim related costs at Telford Magistrates for each year data is available.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	16273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Although HMCTS holds data on the total amount of impositions outstanding at an enforcement accounting division level, we do not report on it at an individual court level. To access the court level detail, each account in that division’s database would need to be interrogated to find the cases heard at Telford Magistrates and then the outstanding balances extracted, collated and totalled and this would therefore result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 29/11/2024 07:47:00 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5041

1744651

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	National Grid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost of building (a) the Western link and (b) all current and future stages of the Eastern Link if that route was primarily overland via pylons instead of offshore cabling.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	16211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>Ofgem reviews proposed project costs and ensures that network companies spend efficiently. Electricity network reinforcements are only approved where they are in the interests of consumers and help reduce system costs.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem identified a net lifetime benefit for Western Link, due to lower project and constraint costs compared to alternatives. [1] The system operator set out the project need case in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s analysis [2]of Eastern Green Link 1 and 2, noted that onshore reinforcements would not achieve required delivery dates resulting in increased constraint costs.</p><p> </p><p><sup>[1]</sup> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fconsultation%2Ftransmission-investment-incentives-consultation-minded-position-western-high-voltage-direct-current-hvdc-link-western-bootstrap&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C0dd325a5048a4cb411ad08dd105b98b4%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638684707778505862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7djfcJJ1%2Fd42vAflUbbw2N1d53ScRBaB063WCjV0DBI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation/transmission-investment-incentives-consultation-minded-position-western-high-voltage-direct-current-hvdc-link-western-bootstrap</a></p><p><sup>[2]</sup><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fconsultation%2Feastern-hvdc-consultation-projects-initial-needs-case-and-initial-thinking-its-suitability-competition&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C0dd325a5048a4cb411ad08dd105b98b4%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638684707778538433%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g8%2BzV69FKv4D3i9lez49Kb1Sp0cA9vyvNjy5aHvzGT8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation/eastern-hvdc-consultation-projects-initial-needs-case-and-initial-thinking-its-suitability-competition</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 29/11/2024 10:17:14 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1744659

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
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	Nurses: Training
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 he plans to take to ensure the availability of learning disability nursing studies programmes in the South East.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	16122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>Individual universities are responsible for the courses that they offer. We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service. A central and core part of this plan will be our workforce, and how we ensure we train and provide the staff the NHS needs, including doctors and nurses, to care for patients across our communities.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 29/11/2024 10:48:51 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1744669

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) special constables are planned to be recruited between 1 December 2024 and 31 March 2025.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Ben Obese-Jecty
uin	16281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s Safer Streets mission, the Home Secretary has made a clear commitment to strengthen neighbourhood policing through the introduction of a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. This will include delivering an additional 13,000 police officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles and ensuring every community has a named officer to turn to.</p><p>We are working closely with policing to implement this commitment and will announce our plans for the delivery of neighbourhood officers shortly.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 29/11/2024 14:31:20 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5089

1744675

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
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	Methylphenidate: Shortages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 9576 on Methylphenidate: Shortages, what recent progress her Department has made on improving the supply of methylphenidate in (a) Norfolk and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Steff Aquarone
uin	16285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>We are continuing to work to resolve supply issues, where they remain, for methylphenidate prolonged-release tablets. We are engaging with all suppliers to assess the challenges faced and their actions to address them. We are also directing suppliers to secure additional stocks, expedite deliveries where possible, and review plans to further build capacity to support the continued growth in demand for the short and long-term. We currently expect supply to improve in the United Kingdom throughout the rest of 2024. However, we anticipate supply to be limited for some strengths, and we continue to work with all suppliers to ensure the remaining issues are resolved as soon as possible.</p><p>The Department has also worked with specialists to develop advice for National Health Service clinicians on prescribing available alternative brands of methylphenidate prolonged-release tablets, whilst supplies are limited. If this is not possible, advice has also been provided for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) specialists to offer other clinically appropriate and available options, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological, in line with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance, in order to avoid potentially disruptive breaks in treatment. To improve supply chain resiliency, we are also working with prospective new suppliers of methylphenidate prolonged-release tablets to expand the UK supplier base.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting an ADHD taskforce that NHS England is establishing to examine ADHD service provision. The taskforce will bring together expertise from across a broad range of sectors, including the NHS, education, and justice, to help provide a joined-up approach in response to concerns around rising demand. In collaboration with NHS England’s national ADHD data improvement plan, we plan to combine modelling for future growth forecasts, which will be shared with industry to improve demand forecasting for ADHD medicines. The Department continually updates a list of currently available and unavailable ADHD products on the Specialist Pharmacy Service website. This helps ensure those involved in the prescribing and dispensing of ADHD medications can make informed decisions with patients. This list is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/prescribing-available-medicines-to-treat-adhd" target="_blank">www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/prescribing-available-medicines-to-treat-adhd</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 29/11/2024 11:41:15 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5164

1744705

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Global Combat Air Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7495 on Global Combat Air Programme, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider whether the core programme will be piloted.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	16232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence Review will guide future capability development priorities, to ensure the United Kingdom is secure at home and strong abroad - now and for the years to come.</p><p>The Global Combat Air Programme core aircraft is being designed to be crewed when it comes into service, but the programme sustains an important technological and industrial pathway to developing advanced uncrewed capabilities, allowing the programme to maximise the benefits of autonomy and Artificial Intelligence in a crewed aircraft as well as to explore options for uncrewed capability augmentation in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 29/11/2024 13:32:44 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1744711

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support those asked to pay large interest payments on pension contributions as a result of the McCloud judgement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Steff Aquarone
uin	16307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>The purpose of the McCloud remedy is to ensure affected public service pension scheme members are put back into the same position they would have been if the discrimination identified by the Court of Appeal in 2018 had not occurred. It is therefore necessary to apply interest to payments to members or the scheme that would otherwise have been made at an earlier time. Members who need to pay a contribution adjustment can choose whether to make payment after receiving their Remediable Saving Statement or to defer until their retirement. Scheme managers also have scope to support members, for example by allowing payments to be spread over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 29/11/2024 14:15:41 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	5164

1744715

registered interest
date	26/11/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Embassies: St Andrew's Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what events to mark St Andrew's day are taking place in UK embassies.
tabling member constituency	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	16234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2024 answer text <p>UK missions facilitate St Andrews's Day celebrations in a range of innovative ways, tailoring their support to both host-nation and Scottish diaspora interests. 2024 examples include: the Paris Embassy hosting a Reception, attended by the Deputy First Minister of Scotland; the Ottawa High Commission jointly hosting a reception with Scottish Government colleagues; and in Kyiv, activities highlighting Ukraine-Scotland connections - including their sharing St Andrew as the national patron saint. In Singapore, FCDO officials will support the Secretary of State for Scotland's attendance as guest of honour at an event attended by 450 guests from the business and Scottish diaspora community.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 29/11/2024 13:44:07 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins