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1727605

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyres: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with car manufacturers to agree a minimum stopping safety requirement for car tyres which are (a) manufactured in the UK and (b) imported.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	4343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>All new tyres, both UK made and imported, require GB type approval before they are permitted for sale. To gain approval, manufacturers must demonstrate that they achieve a range of technical performance requirements. This includes a minimum wet grip performance which aims to ensure that sufficient deceleration can be achieved, even in adverse weather conditions. In addition, the braking system of the vehicle is required to achieve a minimum stopping performance in a variety of states.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/09/2024 09:10:35 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1726989

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homicide: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the number of deaths of children through (a) murder and (b) manslaughter in England in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	3953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office Homicide Index holds information on the age of victims and whether the offence was initially classified as murder or manslaughter. The data are given in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Offences currently recorded as homicide by initial classification of offence for victims aged under 18 years</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>England, year ending March 2022 to year ending March 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Homicide Index from the Home Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Initial classification of offence</strong></p></td><td><p>Apr 2021 to Mar 2022</p></td><td><p>Apr 2022 to Mar 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>As at 12 December 2023; figures and classification of offence are subject to revision as cases are dealt with by the police and by the courts, or as further information becomes available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 11/09/2024 14:34:29 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1726804

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	Prostate Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to conclude the prostate cancer screening evidence review it commissioned in November 2023.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	3687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) evidence review for prostate cancer screening is already underway and plans to report within the UK NSC’s three-year work plan.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence review includes modelling the clinical cost effectiveness of several approaches to prostate cancer screening, including different potential ways of screening the whole population from 40 years old onwards and targeted screening aimed at groups of people identified as being at higher than average risk, such as black men or men with a family history of cancer.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 09/09/2024 11:17:34 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1726805

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	Prostate Cancer: Screening
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 improve early detection of prostate cancer through screening.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	3688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Screening for prostate cancer is currently not recommended by the UK National Screening Committees (UK NSC). This is because of the inaccuracy of the current best test Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). A PSA-based screening programme could harm men as some of them would be diagnosed with a cancer that would not have caused them problems during their life. This would lead to additional tests and treatments which can also have harmful side effects.</p><p>The UK NSC is currently carrying out an evidence review for prostate cancer screening; this includes different potential ways of screening the whole population from 40 years of age onwards, and targeted screening programme aimed at groups of men identified as being at higher-than-average risk such as those with a family history, carriers of the BRCA2 gene and based on ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are working with Prostate Cancer UK to launch the TRANSFORM trial. The £42 million nationwide screening study will compare the most promising tests to look for prostate cancer in men that do not have any symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 09/09/2024 11:19:04 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1726807

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
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 increase his Department's funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	3689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) helps prevent and detect wildlife crime by obtaining and disseminating intelligence, undertaking analysis which highlights local or national threats and directly assisting law enforcers in their investigations.</p><p> </p><p>Defra supports the valuable work of the NWCU. Defra is providing £424,000 for it in financial year 2024-2025. Budgets for 2025-2026 and beyond have not yet been set.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 10/09/2024 11:01:47 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1725491

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Social Media: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce fines for social media companies for failure to remove online material which incites violence.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	2780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Online Safety Act 2023 places duties on user to user services to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share illegal content. This includes content that incites violence and content which stirs up religious or racial hatred. The Act is currently being implemented. Ofcom will have a broad range of powers to assess and enforce compliance with the Act, including issuing fines to services that do not comply of up to £18m or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue in the relevant year, whichever is higher.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 09/09/2024 15:52:27 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1725492

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the activities of hostile states on levels of illegal immigration.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s first duty is to protect our national security and keep our country safe. We keep potential threats to the UK under constant review and, where necessary, we use all the tools at our disposal to mitigate these threats including at the border and those seeking to enter the UK through irregular means<strong>.</strong></p><p>As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence issues.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 09/09/2024 16:13:38 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1725493

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Drownings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish an action plan to reduce deaths of minors from drowning.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	2782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Swimming and water safety is a vital life skill and that is why pupils are taught how to swim and be safe in and around water at primary school.</p><p> </p><p>Swimming and water safety are compulsory elements of the Physical Education (PE) National Curriculum at Key Stages 1 and 2. For example, it includes teaching on how to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.</p><p> </p><p>The department is focusing on a number of measures to support teaching in this area, as part of its ongoing review of the Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum. The public consultation on the revised draft RSHE statutory guidance closed on 11 July 2024. The revised guidance includes a new section called ‘Personal safety’, which outlines that pupils should know how to identify risk and manage personal safety in increasingly independent situations including around roads, railways and water.</p><p> </p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department will be looking carefully at the consultation responses, re-engaging with stakeholders and considering the relevant evidence before setting out next steps to take the RSHE guidance forward.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also working closely with swimming and water safety stakeholders such as the Royal Life Saving Society UK and Swim England to support schools in raising attainment in primary school swimming and water safety. Support and advice from Swim England includes resources for schools and parents, which can be found at the following links: <a href="https://www.swimming.org/schools/" target="_blank">https://www.swimming.org/schools/</a> and <a href="https://www.swimming.org/learntoswim/learn-to-swim-information-for-parents/" target="_blank">https://www.swimming.org/learntoswim/learn-to-swim-information-for-parents/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Department officials have also worked alongside the National Water Safety Forum to develop free resources for schools to provide vital water safety knowledge that can go a long way to reduce drowning deaths. These resources can be found on the Royal Life Saving Society website at: <a href="https://www.rlss.org.uk/Pages/Category/water-safety-education" target="_blank">https://www.rlss.org.uk/Pages/Category/water-safety-education</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 09/09/2024 11:18:32 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1725506

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Integrated Care Boards: General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will put in place oversight of integrated care boards that frequently commission services from GP practices that regularly underperform in patient satisfaction surveys.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	2783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, patients are still struggling to access care from general practitioners (GPs). We know that GPs are delivering record numbers of appointments, however, patient satisfaction has dropped nationally.</p><p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) must ensure that GP services meet the needs of the local population, and NHS England has a legal duty to annually assess the performance of each ICB and to publish a summary of its findings. The assessment must consider how well the ICB has discharged its functions, including the duty to improve the quality of services and the duty to make arrangements to involve patients, carers and the public in commissioning plans and decisions that affect them.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 10/09/2024 12:38:38 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1725514

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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	Asian Longhorned Tick
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 steps he is taking to protect (a) the food supply chain, (b) livestock and (c) public health from the Asian longhorned tick.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	2784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The UKHSA has been running a tick surveillance scheme (TSS) since 2004 which encourages people to send in ticks for identification. The Animal and Plant Health Agency and our veterinary investigation centres are part of this scheme, particularly through our Centre of Expertise for Extensively Managed Livestock. The TSS has so far not detected the Asian Longhorned Tick.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that over the last few years there has been an expansion in certain tick populations of our livestock and managed deer populations, which can mean both public and animal health risks of tick borne diseases are increasing. In response, we have funded a £6.5 million research programme with BBSRC on vector borne diseases which includes several projects on ticks, livestock and climate impacts.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 12/09/2024 14:09:48 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard