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1745108

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide a table detailing the most recent data on UK Regular Forces by (a) Service and (b) Medical Deployability Standards.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	16454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The following table provides the Medical Deployability Standards for UK Armed Forces personnel, broken down by service as of the 1 October 2024:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Medically Fully Deployable (MFD)</p></td><td><p>Medically Limited Deployable (MLD)</p></td><td><p>Medically Not Deployable (MND)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>99,560</p></td><td><p>14,350</p></td><td><p>13,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>22,838</p></td><td><p>2,363</p></td><td><p>2,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>55,005</p></td><td><p>9,456</p></td><td><p>6,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>21,717</p></td><td><p>2,531</p></td><td><p>3,721</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 05/12/2024 16:41:33 answering member 5235
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1744080

registered interest
date	25/11/2024
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	Visas: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to issue guidance on EU visa waivers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>Entry requirements for British nationals travelling to the EU are set out in the FCDO's travel advice pages on gov.uk. The guidance is based on information provided by the EU and its Member States. FCDO travel advice is regularly updated to reflect our latest understanding of these requirements, with links for further information provided within the travelling abroad pages on gov.uk. The new European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) scheme is not a visa, and we continue to discuss its implementation with the European Commission and European Union Member States.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 05/12/2024 16:41:20 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1745588

registered interest
date	28/11/2024
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	Climate Change: Finance
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of commitments made by the UK at COP 29 for the new collective quantified goal on climate finance.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The new collective quantified goal on climate finance agreed at COP 29 is a collective goal, including finance from a broad range of sources, public and private. It does not set individual country commitments.</p><p>The UK will play its part alongside others; our contribution to the goal will be carefully considered and determined through the spending review process.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 05/12/2024 16:39:27 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1744213

registered interest
date	25/11/2024
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	Development Aid: Agriculture
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 steps he is taking to ensure that active funding programmes focused on supporting farmers and farming communities abroad is value for money.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	15727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO employs robust systems and frameworks to ensure we achieve high standards of value for money and spend British taxpayers' money well. For example, by reviewing programmes annually, assessing how they perform against FCDO priorities and making improvements.</p><p>The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) scrutinizes the effectiveness and value for money of UK aid. In June 2023, ICAI scored the UK's agriculture portfolio (covering all UK delivery programmes, investments and research funding related to agriculture) Green-Amber, reflecting its substantial achievements and recommending areas for improvement. The Government accepted all of ICAI's recommendations. A follow-up ICAI report in May 2024 commended the strength of FCDO's response to the recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 05/12/2024 16:38:26 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1745587

registered interest
date	28/11/2024
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	Sustainable Development: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the introduction of new sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed by all UN Member States in 2015 and have a target of being achieved by 2030. At the UN's Summit of the Future this September, the Foreign Secretary reaffirmed the UK's unwavering commitment to achieving the SDGs.</p><p>The UN Summit of the Future's inter-governmentally agreed outcome document invited the UN's High Level Political Forum to consider in 2027 how to advance sustainable development by 2030 and beyond. The UK will engage in these discussions and is focused on working with partners at home and internationally to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 05/12/2024 16:38:02 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1745293

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve (a) mobile signal and (b) broadband for areas that have no access to fibre internet in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr constituency.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
tabling member printed	Steve Witherden
uin	16692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Shared Rural Network, we have recently upgraded and activated two government-funded masts in the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency, delivering a 4G coverage boost to local businesses and community organisations, with more to come.</p><p> </p><p>Through Project Gigabit, around 70,000 homes and businesses across Wales, including thousands in the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency, are currently set to benefit from a contract being delivered by Openreach that will deliver gigabit-capable broadband to premises that would otherwise miss out.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 05/12/2024 16:37:35 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	5221

1745973

registered interest
date	02/12/2024
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	Connect to Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Connect to Work programme will be implemented in 2025, in the context of its predecessor programme being planned for 2024; and if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the timing of this rollout on the number of people who will be supported into work by the end of 2025.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	17192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>As announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper published 26 November 2024 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-britain-working-white-paper/get-britain-working-white-paper" target="_blank">Get Britain Working White Paper - GOV.UK</a>, the new voluntary, locally led, supported employment programme Connect to Work will be the first programme under the Government’s new Get Britain Working Strategy. Whilst Connect to Work will use the funding that was initially reserved for the Universal Support Programme, Connect to Work has been co-designed with Local Authorities and has flexibility to meet local needs at its core.</p><p> </p><p>The Connect to Work grant guidance, also published on Gov.uk on 26 November <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/connect-to-work" target="_blank">Connect to Work - GOV.UK</a>, invites areas to develop a delivery plan which sets out the design of their own local Connect to Work programmes, working within the national guidance. We do not know what volumes will be delivered by local areas until Delivery Plans are received. With a phased rollout led by Local Authorities’ own timetables. When the General Election was called, there were no plans in place to support delivery in 2024. We have extended the funding for Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care to sustain delivery of this locally led programme while areas develop their Connect to Work plans.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 05/12/2024 16:36:31 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1745811

registered interest
date	29/11/2024
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, what differences there are between DWP ASK and the A-cubed tool.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	17012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>A-cubed was a proof-of-concept project built to test the feasibility of utilising generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist DWP Work Coaches in finding Universal Credit guidance.</p><p><br> After the successful completion of the proof-of-concept project, the Department created a tool to test the capability further, and to roll it out following completion of successful testing. DWP Ask is the tool that has been developed, incorporating lessons from A-cubed. The A-cubed prototype has been discontinued, which is standard practice for proof-of-concepts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 05/12/2024 16:34:57 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1745241

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	China: Mauritius
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 assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) Mauritius' participation in the Forum on China- Africa Cooperation, (b) the provisions on military cooperation in and (c) the potential impact of the implementation of the Forum's Beijing Action Plan (2025-2027).
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	16475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>53 African countries, including Mauritius, attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). China made a range of high-level commitments as part of the Forum's Beijing Action Plan. As with previous FOCAC commitments we will monitor their implementation and implications for UK policy.</p><p>The UK will take a consistent and pragmatic approach to China's role in Africa - we will cooperate where we can, compete where we have different interests, and challenge where we must.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 05/12/2024 16:34:38 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1746341

registered interest
date	02/12/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Gambling: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's response to the Government's consultation on the structure, distribution and governance of the statutory levy on gambling operators, published on 27 November 2024, what steps her Department is taking to improve education for (a) children and (b) young people on the issue of gambling harms.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Shockat Adam
uin	17340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>Within schools, statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) supports children and young people to make informed decisions in relation to their mental wellbeing and online behaviour. The RSHE statutory guidance is clear that children and young people should be taught about the risks related to gambling including the accumulation of debt, how advertising and information is targeted at them and how to be a discerning consumer of information online.</p><p> </p><p>These subjects support children and young people to develop self-control and their ability to self-regulate, as well as providing strategies for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Young people attending further education (FE) colleges, take part in regular tutor sessions that are devoted to their personal development. This includes financial education and the informed use of money where the dangers of gambling can be discussed. The department continues to work closely with the FE sector to promote and support providers to develop and implement a whole college approach to mental health and wellbeing. This includes establishing Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges to provide early intervention for students experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 05/12/2024 16:33:17 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	5120