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date	27/11/2023
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	Long Covid: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase funding for biomedical research on long covid.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>For long COVID, research and scientific evidence is pivotal in shaping our understanding of causes and effects for individuals and the population. Over £50 million has already been invested in long COVID research projects to improve our understanding of the diagnosis and underlying mechanisms of the disease and the effectiveness of both pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies and interventions, as well as to evaluate clinical care.</p><p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including long COVID. The Medical Research Council also funds biomedical research into long COVID. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/12/2023 14:44:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1463733

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to local authorities on delivering the UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Our UK electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy sets out our vision and commitments to make EV charging cheaper and more convenient than refuelling at a petrol station. It also defines the role and responsibilities of local authorities in the delivery of charging infrastructure, and provides a vision for national rollout. Of the £2.5 billion of Government funding committed to the EV transition since 2020, over £1.6 billion will be used to support charging infrastructure.</p><p>To ensure that the transition to electric vehicles takes place in every part of the country, we are pledging at least £500m to support local chargepoint provision. As part of this, the Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) fund will provide approximately £400m of capital and £50m of resource funding to support English local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking. We have launched a £10m pilot as a springboard for the development of the full fund.</p><p>We have launched a local government knowledge hub on gov.uk to make information and guidance on local EV chargepoint planning and delivery easy to access. The LA Hub carries an extensive list of guidance from government and external bodies related to EV infrastructure rollout. The website also acts as a central portal to highlight new and upcoming policies and support from central government. We will also continue to fund Energy Saving Trust to run the Local Government Support Programme providing free, impartial advice to local authorities in England to help them develop local policies and strategies to support EV uptake.</p><p>More widely, as committed in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, we have now published a range of decarbonisation ‘toolkits’, to support local authorities with their plans and policies to reduce carbon emissions from transport. This includes guidance on car clubs and fleet electrification.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/05/2022 09:32:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1316415

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Veterinary Medicine: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vets graduated in the 2019-20 academic year; and how many veterinary students commenced courses in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled in higher education (HE) in the UK. Latest statistics refer to the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>Data on students obtaining qualifications at UK HE providers are available by subject of study and level of qualification obtained in the 2019/20 academic year in Table 50 of HESA’s ‘Higher Education Student Data’ pages, available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-50" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-50</a>.</p><p>In the 2019/20 academic year, there were 2,290 full-person-equivalent[1] undergraduate and postgraduate qualifiers in veterinary sciences at UK HE providers.</p><p>Data covering students entering courses in the 2020/21 academic year will be published by HESA in January 2022. The latest available statistics on students entering courses by subject studied can be found in Table 52: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-52" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-52</a>.</p><p>In the 2019/20 academic year, there were 2,990 full-person-equivalent<sup>1</sup> undergraduate and postgraduate entrants to veterinary sciences at UK HE providers.</p><p>[1] Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Refers to “05 Veterinary sciences” under the Common Aggregation Hierarchy of subjects: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos/cah-about" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos/cah-about</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 27/05/2021 15:47:31 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1171008

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings have accrued to the public purse under the £30 reduction for claimants of employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group in each month since that reduction was implemented.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no savings from the removal of the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Component for new claims from April 2017.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This change enabled the Department to recycle money into providing practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have invested £330m over 4 years with £100m available in 2020/21 and will support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The information requested on the savings accrued from the removal of the Work Related Activity Component (WRAC) is not available. It would incur disproportionate cost to calculate any actual net savings from the removal of the WRAC. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>When the WRAC was removed we made a clear commitment to instead provide practical support that will make a significant difference to the life chances of those in the Work-Related Activity Group. We have been investing an additional £330m over 4 years to support those with limited capability for work to move towards and into suitable employment. </em></ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/01/2020 15:00:20 question first ministerially corrected 24/01/2020 14:36:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 1615 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1151430

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2019 to Question 295 on Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia, how many of the licences were for goods that could be used in the Yemen conflict.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	3794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal judgment of 20 June 2019 placed the Government under an obligation not to grant any new licences to export items to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the conflict in Yemen.</p><p> </p><p>The licence applications are still under consideration to determine whether they are for possible use in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/10/2019 11:13:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle