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1736564

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Property Agency: Public and Commercial Services Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency will respond to the correspondence of (a) 31 July, (b) 16 August and (c) 26 September 2024 from the PCS union.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	10666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency will endeavour to prioritise a response to the specific issues highlighted in the next few days, no later than 1 November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 31/10/2024 17:25:00 answering member 5305
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734762

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Trade Union Officials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on Government Facilities Services policy on recognition of trade unions since its formation.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data. Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) staff are subject to the Company’s own terms and conditions, and GFSL does not recognise any trade union under a formal agreement. Further information on GFSL’s staff policies can be found within its Annual Report and Accounts, published annually on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 21/10/2024 09:47:03 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734765

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gov Facility Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of insourcing the work currently undertaken by Government Facilities Services Limited.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring professional Facility Management services across its prison estate. Our approach to securing delivery will be set out later this year.</p><p>Ministry of Justice officials regularly engage with Trade Union officials on the Lord Chancellor’s behalf regarding the future of Gov Facility Services Limited and the delivery of facilities management services across the Prison and Probations estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 9399 question first answered 22/10/2024 14:56:30 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734772

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to respond to the requests on insourcing made by trade unions in their meeting with her on 18 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring professional Facility Management services across its prison estate. Our approach to securing delivery will be set out later this year.</p><p>Ministry of Justice officials regularly engage with Trade Union officials on the Lord Chancellor’s behalf regarding the future of Gov Facility Services Limited and the delivery of facilities management services across the Prison and Probations estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 9398 question first answered 22/10/2024 14:56:30 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734773

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests relating to Gov Facility Services Limited.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) is responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests. Further information on timeliness of response to Freedom of Information requests can be found within GFSL’s Annual Report and Accounts, published annually on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 21/10/2024 09:48:07 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734774

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gov Facility Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Gov Facilities Services Limited is subject to her Department’s public sector equality duty.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) is not listed as a public authority in Schedule 19 of the Equality Act 2010, however as it is publicly funded, public sector equality duties apply. Further information on how GFSL address the requirements set out in the Equality Act 2010 can be found within GFSL’s Annual Report and Accounts, published annually on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 21/10/2024 09:49:12 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734797

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and 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, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to research into (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) long covid.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department funds research in health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR and the Medical Research Council (MRC) are committed to funding high-quality research to understand the causes, consequences, and treatment of long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and are actively exploring next steps for research in these areas. This includes a roundtable I hosted on long COVID on 17 October 2024, which included discussion on how long COVID research is relevant to other post-viral syndromes and how to stimulate the research community to undertake future research.</p><p>Over the last five years, the NIHR has invested almost £2.3 million in research programme funding for ME/CFS. In addition, the NIHR and the MRC are also providing £3.2 million of co-funding towards the DecodeME study, which aims to understand if there is a genetic component to the condition, and in doing so increase our understanding of ME/CFS to support the development of diagnostic tests and targeted treatments.</p><p>In the same period, the Government, through the NIHR and the MRC, has invested over £57 million in long COVID research, with almost £40 million of this through two specific research calls on long COVID. The NIHR specifically has invested £42.7 million towards research funding for long COVID. The projects funded aim 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 NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ME/CFS and long COVID. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. In all areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p><p>Publishing the consultation response and delivery plan for ME/CFS is a key priority for me.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 9403 question first answered 28/10/2024 16:26:26 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734798

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating more funding for research into (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) long covid.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department funds research in health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR and the Medical Research Council (MRC) are committed to funding high-quality research to understand the causes, consequences, and treatment of long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and are actively exploring next steps for research in these areas. This includes a roundtable I hosted on long COVID on 17 October 2024, which included discussion on how long COVID research is relevant to other post-viral syndromes and how to stimulate the research community to undertake future research.</p><p>Over the last five years, the NIHR has invested almost £2.3 million in research programme funding for ME/CFS. In addition, the NIHR and the MRC are also providing £3.2 million of co-funding towards the DecodeME study, which aims to understand if there is a genetic component to the condition, and in doing so increase our understanding of ME/CFS to support the development of diagnostic tests and targeted treatments.</p><p>In the same period, the Government, through the NIHR and the MRC, has invested over £57 million in long COVID research, with almost £40 million of this through two specific research calls on long COVID. The NIHR specifically has invested £42.7 million towards research funding for long COVID. The projects funded aim 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 NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including ME/CFS and long COVID. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. In all areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p><p>Publishing the consultation response and delivery plan for ME/CFS is a key priority for me.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 9402 question first answered 28/10/2024 16:26:26 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734851

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aviation: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for approval or exemption to overfly the UK when carrying munitions of war for which the final destination is Israel have been (a) received and (b) approved since 7 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>For operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence will neither confirm, deny, nor comment on any foreign nations' military aircraft movement or operations within UK airspace.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 24/10/2024 13:51:21 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1734852

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Germany: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were based in Germany on 16 October 2024, broken down by location.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	9405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The number of Ministry of Defence (MOD) Personnel, by location, as at 1 July 2024 can be found below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total MOD Personnel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,230</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>by region:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Rheine - Westphalia</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bavaria</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere/Unspecified</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>MOD Personnel includes UK Armed Forces Regulars, MOD Civil Servants and Locally Engaged Civilians.</li><li>The figures are based on service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines personnel on sea service are included against the country containing the home port of their ship.</li><li>Figures by location can only be provided as at 1 July 2024, rather than 16 October 2024, in line with published statistics.</li><li>Elsewhere/ Unspecified includes all regions where there are a small number of personnel to prevent inadvertent disclosure and personnel where their exact location is unspecified. This also includes Locally Engaged Civilians, as location data below country level is not available for this cohort.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The numbers of MOD Personnel stationed in Germany, 1 April 2007 - 1 April 2024 can be found below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MOD Personnel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2007</p></td><td><p>30,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2008</p></td><td><p>29,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2009</p></td><td><p>26,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2010</p></td><td><p>26,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2011</p></td><td><p>24,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2012</p></td><td><p>22,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2013</p></td><td><p>20,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2014</p></td><td><p>17,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2015</p></td><td><p>12,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2016</p></td><td><p>7,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2017</p></td><td><p>5,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2018</p></td><td><p>5,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2019</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2020</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2021</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2022</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2023</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2024</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/caveats</p><p> </p><ol start="5"><li>MOD Personnel includes UK Armed Forces Regulars, MOD Civil Servants and Locally Engaged Civilians.</li><li>The figures are based on service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines personnel on sea service are included against the country containing the home port of their ship.</li><li>Data prior to 1 April 2007 is not held.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard grouped question UIN 9406 question first answered 25/10/2024 13:40:46 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell