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1667683

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date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the phase out dates for new non-zero emission L-Category vehicles on greenhouse gas emissions in each (a) region and (b) of the next ten years.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on when to end the sale of new non-zero emission L-category vehicles (including mopeds and motorcycles) was open to responses from 14 July to 21 September 2022 and supported by a thorough programme of stakeholder engagement with stakeholders. The Department is now in the process of analysing the responses and will bring forward the Government’s response in due course.</p><p>The Government will consult on any future regulatory framework to deliver and enforce the end of sale dates for new non-zero emission L-category vehicles as is appropriate. The Government keeps all its regulations under review to ensure that they are fit for purpose and futureproofed.</p><p>The UK’s exit from the European Union has provided the opportunity for this country to develop its own regulatory approach to decarbonising its entire fleet of new road vehicles, which will help to support UK industry in the process. The proposed end of sales dates for motorcycles positions the UK as a world leader in decarbonisation, will drive innovation and create a market for zero emission L-category vehicles.</p><p>The Government considers the greenhouse gas emissions of all sectors to ensure that it meet the UK’s legally binding net zero targets by 2050. The Government’s net zero commitment requires all sectors of the UK’s economy, including motorcycles, to deliver substantial cuts to emissions to end the UK’s contribution to climate change.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 364 367 question first answered 15/11/2023 12:36:56 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1461212

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 113192 on Candidates: Disability, what progress his officials have made towards enhancing support and guidance for disabled councillors following their talks with the National Association of Local Councils and the Local Government Association.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office.</p><p>DLUHC has developed a new scheme to support disabled people seeking to become local candidates and to support those who have been elected to local public office. This work is a part of the 2022/23 local government improvement programme, delivered largely by the LGA, launched in April this year.</p><p>The scheme includes:</p><ul><li>a coaching programme for disabled councillors to support them as resilient and confident leaders of their communities</li><li>a campaign to attract more people with disabilities to stand for council elections and a new ‘Be a Councillor’ guide for disabled candidates who are considering standing for the 2023 elections</li><li>a bespoke leadership development programme for disabled councillors, which provides councillors with unique networking opportunities and support</li></ul><p>The full 2022-2023 Sector Support Offer for local councils is available on the LGA website: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flocal.gov.uk%2Fpublications%2Fsector-support-offer-2022-23&amp;data=05%7C01%7CNatasha.Alleyne%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C93bedb0d1c714829134708da3400faba%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637879476043411915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JRUGC%2FvJS10F1VZGKuWCFHEAuz1aBaQRKNkFUbhxFzk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://local.gov.uk/publications/sector-support-offer-2022-23</a></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/05/2022 16:09:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1312952

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to host a further consultation with stakeholders on the future use of digital right to work checks; and whether her Department has plans to seek representations from employers based in the UK on the effect of those checks on their operations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office’s online right to work checking service has been in operation for over two years. It enables employers to undertake free digital checks on prospective migrant employees with a biometric residence permit or card, status under the EU Settlement Scheme or the new Points-Based System. The online service relies on real-time information from the Home Office about an individual’s status and checks can be undertaken remotely.</p><p> </p><p>The online right to work checking service is part of our wider ambition to develop a border and immigration system which is “digital by default”, including providing evidence of immigration status. We are increasingly replacing physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, we introduced the COVID-19 temporary adjusted right to work and rent measures, which allow for remote checking for those individuals, such as British citizens, who cannot use the online right to work checking service. These measures were intended to be in place for a limited period, as they do not provide fully secure digital verification. The adjusted process allows document checks to be undertaken remotely, via video call, rather than face-to-face and for scanned copies of documents to be provided.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the benefits this process has brought to employers and are mindful of the potential shift towards increased hybrid and remote working as the future model of many businesses. We consulted with our employer stakeholder groups on the use of the adjusted process and our review found the ability to undertake remote checks on all employees, not just migrant workers, has been beneficial.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, we are now evaluating the potential for introducing a permanent digital option using specialist technology, including Identity Document Validation technology (IDVT) for those who cannot use the online checking service. This work will include consultation with representatives from employer groups based in the UK about the value of such technology in carrying out right to work checks, whilst maintaining the security and integrity of our system in the long-term.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 365 question first answered 19/05/2021 09:25:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1168846

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 Professions: Rother Valley
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 (a) nurses, (b) GPs, (c) midwives and (d) mental health specialists are working in Rother Valley.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioners (GPs) surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows National Health Service HCHS staff in specified staff groups and organisations at 30 September 2019, the latest available data, full-time equivalent (FTE). The mental health workforce includes staff who either have a specialist professional qualification in an area relating to mental health or staff who work in an area relating to mental health.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation name</p></td><td><p>All HCHS staff</p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td><td><p>Midwives</p></td><td><p>HCHS staff - mental health workforce (including nurses and midwives)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Rotherham CCG</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>2,811</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>3,790</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent GPs working in NHS Rotherham CCG and the closest healthcare geography to the named constituency. Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation name</p></td><td><p>All GPs</p></td><td><p>Fully qualified GPs excluding registrars</p></td><td><p>All regular GPs (excludes locums)</p></td><td><p>All qualified permanent GPs (excludes registrars &amp; locums)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Rotherham CCG</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England North East and Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,201</p></td><td><p>2,715</p></td><td><p>3,112</p></td><td><p>2,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw sustainability and transformation partnership</p></td><td><p>901</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>728</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As at September 2019 there are 102 FTE nurses in Rotherham CCG.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/01/2020 12:14:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1149039

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Queen's speech 2019, whether his Department's priorities for the Female Offender Strategy have changed.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime and public protection is our priority. The Sentencing Bill, announced in the Queens Speech, will contain a range of measures targeted at the most serious violent and sexual offenders to ensure their punishment reflects the severity of their crimes. It will also contain proposals for community penalties that offer an appropriate level of punishment, while tackling the underlying drivers of offending. While custody should be available as a last resort, if we are to break the cycle of reoffending, solutions will often lie in community sentences, including those which address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, or provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to the vision and aims set out in our Female Offender Strategy (June 2018); which aims to see fewer women in custody. There is persuasive evidence that many women, particularly on short custodial sentences, can be better supported in the community on robust and effective community sentences. Where a woman needs to be in custody, we want to provide rehabilitative regimes specifically tailored to women’s needs to break the reoffending cycle. However, we know that for many vulnerable women, with the right support at the right time, there are opportunities to prevent them from entering the criminal justice system at all. Publication of the Strategy was the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders that will take some years to deliver.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Farmer’s review, The Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders' Family and other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime, continued his work on the importance of family ties in improving outcomes for offenders, by looking at the issues for female offenders in the community and custody. We welcome the findings and recommendations of the review and we are committed to taking this important area of work forward. The 33 recommendations cover a number of Government departments, and officials are working at pace to see how we can best give effect to them in both the short and longer term. We have accepted Lord Farmer’s recommendation for this work to be embedded into joint policy and operational Family Strategy Working Group (FWSG), which is already taking forward implementation of the original Farmer Review. We are reporting to Lord Farmer with progress on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 367 368 369 question first answered 23/10/2019 16:35:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore