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1718510

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	HIV Infection: Females
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 she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the (a) outcomes and (b) experiences of women with HIV; and what steps she plans to take to reflect those in the next HIV action plan.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring everyone benefits equally from progress on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including women, as set out in our HIV Action Plan. In collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency, we are continuing to monitor the experiences of people living with HIV within the health and social care system, as well as within community settings, via the Positive Voices survey. Data from the latest Positive Voices report, published in January 2024, revealed that HIV treatment and care service provision has continued to be highly rated and equitable across the country.</p><p>We are encouraged by the progress made to date by the HIV Action Plan, driven by excellent leadership and joint efforts with partners across the system. We will be working closely together with our HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group partners and other key stakeholders, to understand the data trends and agree on the most effective strategies to continue driving our way forward. We will be considering and sharing next steps for the HIV Action Plan shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/05/2024 16:23:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1718512

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	HIV Infection: Females
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 she is taking to improve rates of retention in HIV care among (a) Black African women, (b) Black Caribbean women, (c) White women and (d) women of other ethnicities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The HIV Action Plan is the cornerstone of our approach to drive forward progress and achieve our goal of ending new human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) transmissions, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030. A key principle of our approach is to ensure that all populations benefit equally from improvements made in HIV outcomes, including through testing, and high-quality care for those with a positive HIV status.</p><p>While the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant drop in HIV testing, we are pleased that services are recovering, and testing rates among gay and bisexual men are now at the highest level on record, with a 23% increase from 2019 to 2022. However, more progress is needed across all groups, which we are targeting through various initiatives.</p><p>As part of the HIV Action Plan, the Department funds the HIV Prevention Programme, which annually runs a National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaign to encourage those in underrepresented groups, such as women and black ethnic groups, to test for HIV. In 2023, we introduced the self-testing option, which we know is very popular with harder to reach groups. During the 2024 NHTW campaign, self-testing orders from black African women nearly doubled when compared with 2023, and orders of these kits by heterosexual women increased by 39%.</p><p>The introduction of opt-out testing for HIV in emergency departments, in the areas with extremely high diagnosed HIV prevalence, is also a crucial strategy to help us identify those living with undiagnosed or untreated HIV. By normalising testing as part of an emergency department attendance when blood is drawn, we help reach communities that are currently underserved by testing opportunities, such as black African and black Caribbean ethnic groups and women, and reduce the number of people presenting with a late HIV diagnosis.</p><p>A subgroup of the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group (ISG), the Retention and Re-engagement in Care Task and Finish Group, is providing advice on increasing the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receiving effective medical care, in particularly considering women and other groups disproportionally affected by HIV, which will be reviewed by the ISG in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26612 question first answered 20/05/2024 16:19:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1697971

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will remove the reservation on Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	19997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The reservation on Article 59 will be kept in place at this time but kept under review as the policies which address support for migrant victims of domestic abuse develop.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to be committed to supporting migrant victims of domestic abuse. This includes the recently expanded Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession, the immediate settlement provisions under Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse and the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 28/03/2024 15:28:17 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1696324

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to introduce a strategy to fund specialist services to support victims of violence that are (a) disabled, (b) an ethnic minority, (c) a religious minority, (d) identify as being LGBTQIA+ and (e) with no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	18805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office and Ministry of Justice have committed to a joint 'by and for' fund for services across England and Wales. The fund is providing £5.9m to organisations supporting marginalised groups affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) over two years to March 2025. This includes organisations supporting victims from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled victims, and LGBT victims. ‘By and for’ services are specialist services that are led, designed, and delivered by and for the users and communities they aim to serve.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Police and Crime Commissioners receive annual grant funding to commission local victim services, including specialist 'by and for' services, based on an assessment of local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/03/2024 17:43:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692969

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Travellers
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 steps he is taking to ensure that the lived experiences of Romani, Roma and Irish Travellers are taken fully into account in consideration of policy affecting them.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes its responsibilities and statutory obligations to all our communities seriously. Simultaneously we emphasise the importance of governing on behalf of everyone, irrespective of background, race, ethnicity or any other characteristics.</p><p>Constant attempts to atomise public policy making will neither be successful nor help the communities they erroneously purport to assist.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 16514 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:48:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692348

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of functioning visa applications centres in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Visa Application Centre in Gaza has been closed since 7 October 2023 due to the conflict in the region and to ensure the safety of staff and customers. UKVI will continue to monitor the situation and work closely with the commercial partner, TLS, to re-open the centre when it becomes safe to do so.</p><p>Those who wish to make a UK visa application will need to enrol their biometrics at an alternative Visa Application Centre in OPT (Ramallah or Jerusalem) or a nearby country. Customers can visit <a href="https://pos.tlscontact.com/" target="_blank">https://pos.tlscontact.com/</a> for an up to date list of Visa Application Centres in the region<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/03/2024 16:25:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1689284

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Air Pollution
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 he will provide additional funding to organisations that increase awareness of how people can protect themselves from air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	14205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The grant has been running since 1997 and regularly funds projects aimed at increasing the awareness of the impacts of air pollution. Around £53 million has been awarded across almost 500 projects through the Air Quality Grant scheme since 2010. Projects have included anti-idling campaigns around schools, raising awareness about the impacts of domestic burning, and measures to encourage active travel.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 28/02/2024 11:13:20 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1685871

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	12091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>We remain committed to reducing the outstanding caseload in the Criminal Court to ensure the swift delivery of justice for court users and have introduced a raft of measures to achieve this aim.</p><p>In the Crown Court we funded over 100,000 sitting days last financial year and plan to deliver the same again this financial year. Thanks to our investment in judicial recruitment, we expect to have recruited more than 1,000 judges by the end of this financial year.</p><p>To aid our efforts in the magistrates’ courts, we have invested over £1 million in a programme of work to support the recruitment of new magistrates and launched a new marketing campaign to target a more diverse pool of potential magistrates and raise the overall profile of the magistracy.</p><p>We are also investing more in our courts across England and Wales. In August 2023, we announced we are investing £220 million for essential modernisation and repair work of our court buildings across the next two years, up to March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/02/2024 14:43:54 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1682179

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Arms Trade: Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the UK's gender-based violence commitments under the Arms Trade Treaty, what due diligence his Department has carried out on the use of its (a) arms and (b) other military equipment.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	9654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes its strategic export control responsibilities very seriously. We examine each export licence application for arms and military equipment on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. Consideration for the UK's gender-based violence commitments under the Arms Trade Treaty are outlined in Criteria 2, 3, 4 and 6. We draw on a range of sources in making assessments, including NGOs and international organisations, our diplomatic posts and reports from our overseas networks. The Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 22/01/2024 17:18:50 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1656737

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish a list of schools that are at risk of collapse due to (a) disrepair and (b) unsafe building materials.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	196477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed RAAC in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out.</p><p>The Government published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September, updated on Tuesday 19 September.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2023 12:19:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy