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1723522

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's (a) board and (b) wider governance arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>a) In line with corporate governance best practice Network Rail (NR) appoints an independent company to undertake regular reviews of the effectiveness of the Board. A review is currently in progress. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister will meet regularly with the Acting Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Network Rail to discuss the performance of the company.</p><p> </p><p>b) DfT and Network Rail have a Framework Agreement in place setting out how the Department and Network Rail interact in terms of corporate governance and financial management. DfT and Network Rail will be reviewing the Framework Agreement to ensure that the governance arrangements will be fit for purpose as the rail industry is reformed.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 30/07/2024 09:57:42 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1723530

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Fuel Oil: North East Somerset and Hanham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people who rely on heating oil in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset and Hanham
tabling member printed	Dan Norris
uin	1632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The government will continue to deliver the Warm Home Discount which provides a £150 annual rebate on energy bills for eligible low-income households. We will invest an extra £13.2 billion through our Warm Homes Plan over the next Parliament to upgrade 5 million homes and cut bills for families.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 30/07/2024 09:50:09 answering member 5099
tabling member	221 label Biography information for Dan Norris

1723567

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the proposed use of NHS Dental Vans.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term and increase access to NHS dental care, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists. We will announce further plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 30/07/2024 11:00:10 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723569

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Dental Health: Babies
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 introduce tooth brushing education for parents of infants from teething age until three years old.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>In England, local authorities are responsible for assessing oral health needs, developing oral health strategies, and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for children in their local area.</p><p>The Better Health Start for Life website offers expectant parents and parents of children aged zero to four years old evidence-based information on adopting healthy habits. It features new content, including a new video, on how to take care of infant teeth, with information on when to start a regular brushing regime, and limiting food and drink that could damage emerging teeth. There is also Delivering Better Oral Health, an evidence-based toolkit which includes advice on toothbrushing for children aged zero to three years old.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 30/07/2024 10:54:29 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723603

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) started and (b) completed Prison Education Service (i) catering and (ii) construction apprenticeships in 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The ability of prisoners to undertake apprenticeships was introduced in October 2022.</p><p>Apprenticeships for prisoners are primarily undertaken by prisoners eligible to be released on temporary licence, where they start their employment and training in the community and fully complete the apprenticeship after release.</p><p>No prisoners started or completed a catering or construction apprenticeship in 2023. One apprentice started a Commis Chef Level 2 apprenticeship in November 2022 and completed their apprenticeship in April 2024 after release.</p><p>Three prisoners have started apprenticeships in the catering industry this year including one in a closed prison, where we are trialling the potential of prisoners in the closed estate to also undertake apprenticeships.</p><p>Apprenticeships are one part of the current employment and training offer. We are developing plans to support prisons to link with more employers and the voluntary sector to increase the number of ex-offenders in employment.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 30/07/2024 11:02:21 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723606

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of giving prison governors in five prisons increased freedom to organise education, skills and work programmes in their prisons.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Under the current Prison Education Framework, prison governors have the freedom to design and organise delivery of education, skills and work in their prisons. This is further enabled through the Dynamic Purchasing System, which allows for the commissioning of courses in accordance with local learner need. Governor freedoms over education, skills and work will continue under the new Prisoner Education Service. Heads of Education, Skills and Work have already been introduced in all prisons to ensure Governors have the specialist knowledge and skills to maximise impact of these freedoms.</p><p>Work to increase governor freedoms in five jails was paused earlier this year to ensure successful delivery of the new Prisoner Education Service. Once this is fully mobilised in 2025, consideration of localised provision of education, skills and work will be explored further.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 30/07/2024 11:05:13 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723654

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help ensure that people carrying out jury duty do not suffer financial hardship; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of linking compensation to the real living wage.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Lewis Atkinson
uin	1888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Juries are a vital part of our criminal justice system and undertake an important civic duty. The support provided to jurors includes measures to assist those who may suffer financial hardship. The Government will keep under review all support provided to jurors throughout their service.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 30/07/2024 11:00:34 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5028

1723658

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Dental Services: Exeter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dentistry practices in the Exeter constituency accepting new (a) adult and (b) child NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Steve Race
uin	1892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>While data for 2010 is not available, as of 10 July 2024, there were 16 open dentistry practices in the Exeter constituency, two of which were showing as accepting new adult patients when availability allows, and two of which were showing as accepting new child patients when availability allows. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website, and is matched to constituencies based on the postcode data shown on the website, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 1893 question first answered 30/07/2024 10:26:25 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5064

1723659

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Dental Services: Exeter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices that accept new adult NHS patients in Exeter constituency on the (a) most recent date for which figures are available and (b) same date in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Steve Race
uin	1893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>While data for 2010 is not available, as of 10 July 2024, there were 16 open dentistry practices in the Exeter constituency, two of which were showing as accepting new adult patients when availability allows, and two of which were showing as accepting new child patients when availability allows. This data is sourced from the Find a Dentist website, and is matched to constituencies based on the postcode data shown on the website, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-dentist</a></p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 1892 question first answered 30/07/2024 10:26:25 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5064

1723166

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the DVLA will publish a comprehensive list of reportable medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) publishes a comprehensive list of notifiable medical conditions on GOV.UK. The ‘Assessing Fitness to Drive’ guidance is intended for healthcare professionals and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-fitness-to-drive-a-guide-for-medical-professionals" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-fitness-to-drive-a-guide-for-medical-professionals</a>, while guidance for driving licence holders can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving</a>.</p><p> </p><p>If a licence holder is unsure whether they need to notify the DVLA of their medical condition, or if it may impact safe driving, they should discuss it with their healthcare professional.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 29/07/2024 15:20:38 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan