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1726978

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made on trends of unemployment rates over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The unemployment rate has fallen slightly over the last 12 months, by 0.1%pts to 4.2%.</p><p> </p><p>The unemployment rate does not capture everyone who is out of work. The economic inactivity rate has increased by 0.7%pts, equivalent to 350,000 people, over the same period. Economic inactivity due to long-term sickness is at a near-record high at 2.8m.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 05/09/2024 16:31:16 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1726486

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for all released prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL611 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726487

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners receiving benefits.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726488

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners on training schemes for job placements.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726489

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners in work.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL612 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726490

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what regulations govern training for prisoners while still in prison for job placements on release.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The prison education curriculum enables prisoners to gain the skills they need to get employment on release. In addition to English, maths and vocational training we offer bespoke, local training via the Dynamic Purchasing System. We are developing other training through our Future Skills Programme in a variety of sectors, such as construction and hospitality with employers guaranteeing interviews to prisoners on completion of the course. Prisoners may also undertake other work placements during their sentence which prepares them for work on release. Some are within the prison setting e.g. prison kitchens, but prisoners in open prisons may also go out to work in a variety of sectors under Release on Temporary Licence conditions. We also work with the Department for Education who fund a ‘skills bootcamp’ to deliver training in skills needed to work in the rail industry alongside continuing to develop the opportunities for serving prisoners to undertake apprenticeships.</p><p>Prison Education delivered by HMPPS is underpinned by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, the Prison Rules 1999 and the Prison Education and Libraries Framework. The delivery of apprenticeships to prisoners is governed by the Apprenticeships (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2017. All aspects of education, skills and work are inspected by Ofsted alongside HMIP.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 06/09/2024 13:09:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726619

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Refineries: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he consulted (a) Unite the Union, (b) GMB and (c) other trade unions on the potential closure of oil and gas refineries in the North Sea.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	3779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will ensure a phased and responsible North Sea transition. We will manage the North Sea in a way that does not jeopardise jobs. As Britain becomes a clean energy superpower, the government is determined to create new high-quality jobs, working with business and trade unions.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 05/09/2024 06:31:41 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1726632

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to secure further funding for Harland and Wolf in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Following a comprehensive assessment of the company’s financial profile and the criteria set out in UK Government risk policies, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement on 22 July that the UK Government had decided not to proceed with the provision of an Export Development Guarantee to Harland and Wolff.</p><p>This was not an easy decision, but we concluded that the market is best placed to resolve these commercial matters. Government funding would not necessarily secure our objectives, and there is a risk that taxpayer money would be lost.</p><p>We want to see an outcome for Harland and Wolff that delivers shipbuilding and fabrication in Northern Ireland and protects jobs, and we encourage all parties to engage with trade unions before further decisions are made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 06/09/2024 12:59:02 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1726665

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what criteria he selected the ages for RSV vaccine roll out.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programmes began on 1 September in England. The immunisation offer consists of a maternal programme for pregnant women to protect newborn babies, a routine programme for those turning 75 years old, and a catch-up programme for people already aged 75 to 79 years old. Older adults will remain eligible until the day before they turn 80 years old, except for people who turn 80 years old in the first year, who have until 31 August 2025 to get vaccinated.</p><p>When a new vaccination programme is introduced, the Government must make difficult decisions on who to offer the vaccine to. These decisions are based on advice the Department receives from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), and includes evidence of the impact a vaccination has in different groups, as well as the capacity of the system to deliver the programme alongside all other healthcare priorities.</p><p>For the maternal RSV programme, vaccination will be offered to pregnant women from 28 weeks of gestation to provide protection from RSV for babies during the first six months of life, when they are most vulnerable. The JCVI noted in their September 2023 statement that the available data on RSV vaccinations before week 28 of gestation was less compelling.</p><p>The JCVI also noted that the burden of RSV in older adults is less well understood and is considered to be underestimated by existing routine surveillance. The committee agreed that more work was required to obtain better estimates of the RSV burden in adults.</p><p>There was also less certainty about how well the vaccine works in people aged 80 years old and older. There were not enough people of this age in the clinical trials to be able to see if the vaccines are protective in this age band. The JCVI therefore suggested an initial programme to potentially vaccinate a cohort aged from 75 to 80 years old, and then for those turning 75 years old in subsequent years.</p><p>The structure of an immunisation programme is dynamic and the JCVI will continue to review the data available on who should be offered an RSV immunisation. It was noted in the June 2023 JCVI advice that ‘an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more certainty about protection in the very elderly and the real-world impact of the programme in the 75- to 80-year-olds’. A link to the JCVI statement on the introduction of an RSV vaccination programme is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 06/09/2024 14:44:42 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne previous answer version 3747 answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1726666

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	Occupational Health: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use occupational health to help reduce levels of economic inactivity.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Expert-led impartial advice, including occupational health, can help employers provide appropriate and timely work-based support to manage their employees’ health conditions, and also support business productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Occupational health supports employers to maintain and promote health and wellbeing through assessments of fitness for work and advice about reasonable adjustments, work ability or return to work plans, as well as by signposting to treatment for specific conditions. Employers also have a choice about the type and level of Occupational Health service to provide for their employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Occupational Health programme includes £1m of funding for Phase 1 and £1.5m for Phase 2 of an Innovation Fund which has focussed on increasing small medium enterprises (SME) access to and capacity in the occupational health sector, due for completion in March 2025. The fund has encouraged the development of new models of occupational health tailored to the self-employed and SMEs with a focus on better use of technology.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Occupational Health Workforce Expansion Funding Scheme (launched in July 2023), has funded registered doctors and nurses to undertake occupational health training courses and qualifications. To date over 200 doctors and nurses have undertaken training with exams taking place in May 2024.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 05/09/2024 16:05:17 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell