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1796153

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Nicotine: Smuggling
	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 is taking to help tackle the sale of illegal nicotine pouches.
	tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>In Great Britain, nicotine pouches are currently regulated under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, meaning they are subject to general product safety requirements enforced by Trading Standards, including labelling with safety information and warnings about nicotine's addictive nature.</p><p>The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will enhance the regulation of nicotine pouches by providing powers to restrict product packaging and flavours. Powers in the bill will also allow the Government to limit the amount of nicotine in a pouch, as well as ban any other ingredient that might be harmful.</p><p>The Government is taking a range of action to tackle illegal nicotine pouches and protect young people from potential harms. The bill will strengthen enforcement and crack down on rogue retailers by enabling the introduction of a retail licensing scheme in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The bill also provides powers to develop a new registration system for all tobacco, vape, and nicotine products. This will help Trading Standards to enforce our rules on product requirements and support improving consumer safety.</p><p>Alongside the bill, the Government has announced £10 million of new funding in 2025/26 to Trading Standards, to tackle illicit and underage sales, and to support the implementation of the measures in the bill. This funding will be used to boost the Trading Standards workforce by recruiting approximately 80 new apprentices.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton question first answered 28/04/2025 11:20:16 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1796175

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) music, (b) film and (c) book publishing industry on the impact of generative AI.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers have met on numerous occasions with stakeholders from across the creative industries, including the music, film and book publishing industries, to discuss the impact of generative AI and the government’s consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.</p><p>AI is increasingly being used as a tool in the creative process, from music and film production to publishing, architecture and design. As of September 2024 more than 38% of Creative Industries businesses said they have used AI technologies, with nearly 50% using AI to improve business operations. It may foster innovation and efficiency but may also disrupt the sector. We are working with the creative sector and committed to ensuring our brilliant artists benefit in working with the AI sector to harness the opportunities this technology provides. In addition, we are aware that several publishing houses have licensed their content with AI companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant grouped question UIN 47302 question first answered 28/04/2025 09:08:03 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1796178

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential economic impact of generative artificial intelligence on the creative sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>DCMS Ministers have met on numerous occasions with stakeholders from across the creative industries, including the music, film and book publishing industries, to discuss the impact of generative AI and the government’s consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.</p><p>AI is increasingly being used as a tool in the creative process, from music and film production to publishing, architecture and design. As of September 2024 more than 38% of Creative Industries businesses said they have used AI technologies, with nearly 50% using AI to improve business operations. It may foster innovation and efficiency but may also disrupt the sector. We are working with the creative sector and committed to ensuring our brilliant artists benefit in working with the AI sector to harness the opportunities this technology provides. In addition, we are aware that several publishing houses have licensed their content with AI companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant grouped question UIN 47301 question first answered 28/04/2025 09:08:03 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1796179

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Artificial Intelligence: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with AI developers on material used to train generative AI models.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to hearing a broad range of views to ensure it meets all 50 recommendations outlined in the Action Plan. We have recently consulted with a variety of stakeholders, which included AI developers, to inform our approach to copyright and AI.</p><p>Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 28/04/2025 10:24:20 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1796190

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are detained on remand awaiting trial (a) in total and (b) by (i) age and (ii) duration of time since placed in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of young people held on remand is provided at Table 3.3 at the following link: <a href="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F67f6802a90615dd92bc90de9%2FYouth_Custody_Population_Report_-_Feb_-_25.ods&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK" target="_blank">Youth_Custody_Population_Report_-_Feb_-_25.ods.</a></p><p>It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to disaggregate these data to show how many of the young people were awaiting trial.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 28/04/2025 09:11:58 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

1796192

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Driving Licences: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to restore online access to enable disabled drivers to confirm their duty-exempt status when renewing their vehicle licence.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>A DWP service which enables disabled drivers to confirm their vehicle excise duty exemption when renewing their vehicle licence was upgraded on 12<sup>th</sup> March. An error with date formats affected disabled drivers with a September Date of Birth. They had to follow an alternative process to apply for exemption through the Post Office. As soon as the problem was identified, DWP Digital took steps to resolve it.</p><p> </p><p>The service was restored on Tuesday 22<sup>nd</sup> April at 11:09am. All disabled drivers, including those with a September date of birth, can now complete the check for duty exemption online. DWP Digital is taking steps to ensure this does not happen again with future service updates.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 28/04/2025 11:45:44 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1796208

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Bone Marrow: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of blood donor centres that are asking (a) new and (b) returning blood donors to sign up to donate bone marrow.
	tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation services in England, and also manages the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry, previously the British Bone Marrow Registry, which facilitates the donation of stem cells either via blood or bone marrow donation, used to treat forms of leukaemia and some other serious inherited conditions. In 2024/25 there were 27,945 NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry registrations, 23,108 of which were recruited via blood sessions.</p><p>Eligible blood, plasma, and platelet donors aged between 17 to 40 years old are asked to join the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry when they attend a donation session. Due to the need to take an additional blood sample for typing, registration takes place during the session. NHSBT emails new and returning donors who are eligible for stem cell donation ahead of their blood donation appointment to highlight the impact of stem cell donation and to encourage them to sign up to the stem cell registry when they attend. NHSBT also periodically contacts eligible new blood donors who have not yet attended a blood donation session, and lapsed blood donors, offering a buccal swab sample which can also be used for typing.</p><p>To further encourage sign up, NHSBT uses stem cell champions on blood donation teams, which are nationally and specially trained event assistants that are present at sessions with high numbers of minority ethnic donors and young men. NHSBT is also looking at ways to capture a new donor’s intention to join the stem cell registry during their registration online by asking them to register an interest, which is then highlighted to staff on their donor record during donation.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton grouped question UIN 47326 question first answered 28/04/2025 11:10:48 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1796210

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Bone Marrow: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging blood marrow donation when a new blood donor registers online.
	tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation services in England, and also manages the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry, previously the British Bone Marrow Registry, which facilitates the donation of stem cells either via blood or bone marrow donation, used to treat forms of leukaemia and some other serious inherited conditions. In 2024/25 there were 27,945 NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry registrations, 23,108 of which were recruited via blood sessions.</p><p>Eligible blood, plasma, and platelet donors aged between 17 to 40 years old are asked to join the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry when they attend a donation session. Due to the need to take an additional blood sample for typing, registration takes place during the session. NHSBT emails new and returning donors who are eligible for stem cell donation ahead of their blood donation appointment to highlight the impact of stem cell donation and to encourage them to sign up to the stem cell registry when they attend. NHSBT also periodically contacts eligible new blood donors who have not yet attended a blood donation session, and lapsed blood donors, offering a buccal swab sample which can also be used for typing.</p><p>To further encourage sign up, NHSBT uses stem cell champions on blood donation teams, which are nationally and specially trained event assistants that are present at sessions with high numbers of minority ethnic donors and young men. NHSBT is also looking at ways to capture a new donor’s intention to join the stem cell registry during their registration online by asking them to register an interest, which is then highlighted to staff on their donor record during donation.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton grouped question UIN 47325 question first answered 28/04/2025 11:10:48 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1796219

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	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 7 April 2025 to Question 41044, what was the criteria for the award of this funding to NHS foundation trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>In 2024/25, we prioritised funding for a small number of trusts to replace the most aged radiotherapy equipment. Funding was allocated based on the age of the equipment to be replaced, replacement machine availability, and the trust’s ability to take delivery and pay for the equipment by 31 March 25.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton question first answered 28/04/2025 11:19:24 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1796220

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2025
	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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	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 7 April 2025 to Question 41043, what the criteria was for these funding awards to NHS foundation trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2025 answer text <p>Funding was allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England developed. These criteria focused on the age of the machine being replaced, the proportion of older machines in use within the trust, and the trust’s performance on radiotherapy.</p> answering member constituency West Lancashire answering member printed Ashley Dalton question first answered 28/04/2025 10:54:48 answering member 4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris