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1681875

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date	15/01/2024
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	Coastal Erosion: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will undertake a review of the adequacy of the level of financial support it makes available to people who have lost properties due to coastal erosion.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	9498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Coastal erosion is a longstanding process which is the natural way in which coasts evolve over time. There is no right to compensation for damage from flooding or coastal erosion since these are natural processes. The Coastal Erosion Assistance Grant (CEAG) provides £6,000 per property to assist local authorities with the demolition and removal costs associated with homes at imminent risk from coastal erosion. The Environment Agency administer the CEAG on behalf of Defra.</p><p> </p><p>Our £5.2 billion programme includes £1.3bn in defences for the coast between April 2021 and March 2027. This is subject to ongoing discussions between Ministers and the EA regarding the revised programme.</p><p> </p><p>It is not always sustainable or affordable to defend every part of our coastline in the face of a changing climate which is enhancing the coastal erosion process. This is why we have allocated £36m over 6 years, for the ‘Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme’ (CTAP) to support communities in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal erosion. This will explore approaches to enabling transition and adaptation in our changing climate. North Norfolk is part of this programme as they have proportionally the highest number of properties at risk from coastal erosion in England. Learning from this programme will help inform and prepare other coastal communities and risk management authorities for flooding and coastal change in the future.</p><p> </p><p>As part of CTAP, local areas will be exploring the availability and role of financial products or services that can help people or businesses in communities most at risk of coastal erosion.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/01/2024 16:27:17 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1681876

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Norfolk and Suffolk Broads: Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of dredging on water levels in the Broads water system.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	9499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The majority of the Broadland rivers are tidal and are dredged for navigational purposes by the Broads Authority. For flood management purposes, any silt removed by dredging would be replaced by sea water on the next tidal cycle. This is unlikely to have significant impact on draining freshwater through the system and there would therefore only be a negligible impact on overall water levels.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/02/2024 18:38:15 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1681877

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	District Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support community heat networks.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	9500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Heat networks are a key technology for meeting our net zero target. The Government is developing the following through the Heat Network Transformation Programme:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Accelerating deployment of low carbon technologies for new and existing heat networks through the Green Heat Network Fund, which was recently allocated an additional £485m to 2027/28</li><li>Improving the performance of heat networks through £77m of funding for the Heat Networks Efficiency Scheme</li><li>Introducing heat network zoning in England in 2025 to boost sector growth</li><li>Building skills to encourage investment and jobs growth through the Heat Training Grant</li><li>Introducing regulated consumer protections by 2025</li></ul> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 22/01/2024 07:38:16 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1681878

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of failures by the Horizon software on sub-postmasters who (a) found unexplained accounting losses that were not investigated by Post Office Limited (b) made up those losses from their own funds.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	9501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing full compensation to all those affected by the Horizon scandal.</p><p>Postmasters who paid shortfalls which were recorded in Horizon to the Post Office are paid those amounts back in their compensation claims, as well as any other financial and personal damage which they have suffered as a consequence of the IT system.</p><p>The full 2,417 postmasters who claimed through the original Horizon Shortfall Scheme have now all had offers of compensation. Offers have totalled over £107m and over £93 million has been paid out in this scheme, with Post Office now dealing with late applications and with those cases where the initial offer was not accepted.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/01/2024 15:02:25 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1676009

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
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	Pancreatin
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 her Department is taking to help secure the supply of Creon 25000 for patients ordinarily prescribed that pharmaceutical.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	5556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department was made aware of a short-term supply issue with Creon 25000 gastro-resistant capsules, in September and November 2023. The supplier has since confirmed that it is back in stock, and we are not aware of any further issues with supply of Creon.</p><p>The Department has well-established processes for managing and mitigating medicine supply issues, which involve working with the pharmaceutical industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England, the devolved governments, and others operating in the supply chain to help ensure patients have access to the treatments they need.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 14:34:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1660775

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Local Government: Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress he has made on a devolution deal for Norfolk.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	199566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to delivering a devolution deal to every area which wants one by 2030 – because we know how transformative empowered local leadership can be.</p><p>We have been working closely with leaders in Norfolk since the signing of the £600 million Norfolk County Deal. I would like to take this opportunity to commend Council Leader Kay Mason Billig for her continued efforts to secure the best possible deal for Norfolk and its residents.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 21/09/2023 15:43:01 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1655848

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Dental Services: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental treatment provided to patients requiring treatment within a (a) care home and (b) similar care setting.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	195957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Specialised dental services are in place to provide dental treatment in several settings including care homes. The frequency of dental checks will be determined by dentists on an individual basis.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care dental services, including domiciliary care. Many of the dentistry commissioning functions undertaken by NHS England transferred to integrated care boards (ICBs) in April 2023. ICBs are responsible for meeting the needs of their local population by working with patient groups. Domiciliary care may be delivered by any dentist holding a contract to deliver general dental services or it may be specifically commissioned locally as an additional service. NHS England is working very closely with stakeholders, inclusive of the Care Quality Commission and Healthwatch England, to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care within the appropriate setting.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/09/2023 10:42:44 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1655849

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	NHS 111: Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of individuals contacting the NHS 111 helpline (a) for medical advice on dental health and (b) to request dental treatment.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	195958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>NHS England publishes the Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection monthly which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/</a></p><p>This includes data on the number of callers to NHS 111 who were recommended to contact or speak to a dental practitioner. In June 2023, the latest data available, 85,593 callers to 111, 6.6% of all callers, were recommended to contact or speak to a dental practitioner.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/09/2023 10:44:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1655859

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of proposed closures of station ticket offices in (a) Great Yarmouth and (b) other coastal towns on the tourism sector in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	195968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Train operators are responsible for deciding how to ensure sufficient access to ticketing services at their stations, including at those in coastal towns or other popular tourist areas. Train operators have chosen to do this in different ways, or example, some operators have proposed to retain ticket offices at the largest stations, whereas others have proposed to provide new mobile equipment to station staff so that they can sell tickets as required.</p><p> </p><p>Together with industry, we want to improve and modernise the passenger experience by moving staff out from ticket offices to provide more help and advice in customer focused roles. No currently staffed station will be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, and train operators will ensure staff are well located to meet passenger needs in future.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 08/09/2023 09:56:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1655867

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Dental Services: Children
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 to ensure that all children can (a) be registered with an NHS dentist and (b) receive regular check-ups at a dental practice.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Sir Brandon Lewis
uin	195974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many of these practices do tend to see patients regularly. NHS dental practices are contracted to deliver activity and to deliver a course of treatment to an individual irrelevant of where they live, rather than to provide ongoing regular care. This means that there is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend, allowing patients the choice of where they would like to receive a course of treatment.</p><p>The Department announced a package of improvements to the NHS dental system in July 2022 and detailed in ‘Our plan for patients’. These changes make it a legal requirement for dentists to update their information on the NHS website to improve information available to patients. The regulations came into effect in November 2022.</p><p>The latest NHS Dental Statistics for England show that 6.4 million children were seen by an NHS dentist in the 12 months up to 30 June 2023, an increase of 800,000 or 14% when compared to the previous year.</p><p>Dental practices are also being supported to adhere more closely to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on recall intervals which indicate that a healthy adult with good oral health need only see a dentist every two years and a child every year.</p><p>In circumstances where parents are unable to access an urgent dental appointment for their child directly through a NHS dental practice, they should contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/09/2023 10:45:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis