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1666726

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	NHS: Staff
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 increase NHS staff workforce resilience.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	203787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of staff workforce resilience in the National Health Service. The NHS People Plan and NHS People Promise published in July 2020 sets out a comprehensive range of actions that focusses on making the NHS a better place to work, helping increase staff resilience and improving retention.</p><p>Building on the work of the NHS People Plan and People Promise, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published in June 2023, sets out the importance of ensuring we keep more of the staff we have within the health service. This will be achieved by supporting people through their careers, boosting the flexibilities we offer staff to work in ways that suit them and work for patients and ensuring access to health and wellbeing support. We also need to continue to improve the culture and leadership across NHS organisations.</p><p>Investment in health and wellbeing is vitally important in helping staff resilience. NHS England has developed a range of health and wellbeing initiatives which include a health and wellbeing guardian role, a focus on healthy working environments, empowering line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their wellbeing, and a comprehensive emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support package.</p><p>NHS England has also published a ‘Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing Together’ strategy. This sets out a roadmap for the NHS and partner organisations to work together to develop and invest in occupational health and wellbeing services for NHS staff over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 203788 question first answered 25/10/2023 14:24:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1666727

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	NHS: Staff
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 he has made of the adequacy of NHS staff workforce resilience.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	203788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of staff workforce resilience in the National Health Service. The NHS People Plan and NHS People Promise published in July 2020 sets out a comprehensive range of actions that focusses on making the NHS a better place to work, helping increase staff resilience and improving retention.</p><p>Building on the work of the NHS People Plan and People Promise, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published in June 2023, sets out the importance of ensuring we keep more of the staff we have within the health service. This will be achieved by supporting people through their careers, boosting the flexibilities we offer staff to work in ways that suit them and work for patients and ensuring access to health and wellbeing support. We also need to continue to improve the culture and leadership across NHS organisations.</p><p>Investment in health and wellbeing is vitally important in helping staff resilience. NHS England has developed a range of health and wellbeing initiatives which include a health and wellbeing guardian role, a focus on healthy working environments, empowering line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their wellbeing, and a comprehensive emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support package.</p><p>NHS England has also published a ‘Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing Together’ strategy. This sets out a roadmap for the NHS and partner organisations to work together to develop and invest in occupational health and wellbeing services for NHS staff over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 203787 question first answered 25/10/2023 14:24:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1663106

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Menopause: Health Services
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 he has made of the reasons for regional differences in waiting times for access to NHS specialist menopause services.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	200960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on waiting times for this specialist service, and has therefore not made an official assessment of the regional differences.</p><p>Most women can have their menopause treatment and support well-managed within primary care. The menopause is a core competency of all qualified general practitioners, as there is a specific section in the curricula on women's health, including the menopause.</p><p>However, some women may need to see a specialist.  It is not within the remit of central government to commission specialist health services. Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services that meet the health needs of their local population.</p><p>Our £25 million investment over the next two years to accelerate the development of women’s health hubs will improve access and quality of care for services including menopause care.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 11:59:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1663622

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Simon Smith
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will use the set aside process to seek reconsideration by the Parole Board of its decision to release Simon Smith from prison on licence.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	201476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>In accordance with the Parole Board Rules, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, has applied to the Parole Board for reconsideration of the provisional decision to release Simon Smith on life licence. This is now a matter for the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>In the Root and Branch Review of the Parole System, published in March 2022, the Government proposed making the release test more prescriptive, setting out the criteria the Board must consider. The Victims and Prisoners Bill implements this proposal, setting out a new release test which makes clear that minimising risk and protecting the public are the sole considerations in deciding release.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 201477 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:33:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1663623

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the decision-making framework used by the Parole Board to assess risk.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	201477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>In accordance with the Parole Board Rules, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, has applied to the Parole Board for reconsideration of the provisional decision to release Simon Smith on life licence. This is now a matter for the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>In the Root and Branch Review of the Parole System, published in March 2022, the Government proposed making the release test more prescriptive, setting out the criteria the Board must consider. The Victims and Prisoners Bill implements this proposal, setting out a new release test which makes clear that minimising risk and protecting the public are the sole considerations in deciding release.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 201476 question first answered 23/10/2023 15:33:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1663935

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Agriculture: Borders
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of different domestic farm support regimes in England, Scotland and Wales on farmers who operate (a) on and (b) near the borders between England and (i) Scotland and (ii) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	201788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Agriculture is a devolved responsibility. This means that now we have left the EU, each UK nation can shape new domestic agricultural policies to better suit their farmers. To support this, the UK Government and the devolved administrations have jointly developed a non-legislative administrative framework for coordinating agricultural policy: the UK Agricultural Support Framework (ASF). Defra and the other UK nations work closely together through the integrated, consensus-based and well-established governance arrangements we have set up and operate under the ASF.</p><p> </p><p>The ASF enables effective co-ordination and dialogue between the administrations including on how any changes to legislation in one part of the UK may affect other parts. Through the Framework, we have established the UK Agriculture Policy Collaboration Group (PCG) and the Market Monitoring Group (MMG). The PCG provides an opportunity for officials from the four administrations to share good practice and proactively discuss and coordinate policy innovation. The PCG allows officials to consider whether new or changing policy will have an unwanted impact on another administration, and to make recommendations to Ministers and senior officials accordingly. The MMG’s role is to share information and to analyse and coordinate evidence on the impact of market developments across the UK. The MMG determines the main factors driving the development of the market and assesses the short- and long-term impacts of these factors. Evidence used by the MMG will consist of analysis of a mixture of quantitative market price and production data, market intelligence, industry representations and political lobbying, amongst other factors.</p><p> </p><p>The PCG and the MMG have complementary, interactive roles in policy collaboration and operational intervention as prescribed by the ASF. There are well-established mechanisms to identify and escalate any risks to the Senior Officials Programme Board set up under the ASF and to ministers. The early and open sharing and discussion of policy proposals at the PCG and MMG meetings reduces significantly the need for escalation.</p><p> </p><p>The formal engagement under the ASF is supplemented by regularly scheduled catch-up meetings between working level Defra officials and their devolved government counterparts. Policy officials meet both on a regular bilateral and ad hoc basis to discuss emerging issues (e.g. subsidy control legislation) which the PCG and MMG have oversight of.</p><p> </p><p>These systems have shown their value during recent challenges such as turbulence in pig-markets in late 2021, the initial response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 and recent drought conditions.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/10/2023 11:20:59 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1661151

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195003 on Further Education: Regulation, for what reason colleges are required to produce an annual accountability statement; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) strategic plans (b) financial plans, (c) operational plans and (d) annual strategic conversations for setting out colleges’ accountability duties.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	199889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has introduced a new accountability agreement through the Funding and Accountability Reforms. Following a consultation, the agreement is a two-part document setting out the overall expectations of providers in return for funding. The agreement forms part of the wider set of reforms to better support young people and adults to develop the skills they need to get a good job and ensure a clearer focus on the delivery of outcomes. The accountability statement encourages colleges to think strategically about how they best deliver to support local, regional and national skills needs. These strategic plans will be used to inform the Annual Strategic Conversations.</p><p>The Annual Strategic Conversation is a strategically focussed conversation with college leadership that enables the department, and the Further Education Commissioner, to understand how a college is responding to the skills agenda, and to how it is meeting the needs of the learners and communities that it serves.</p><p>College accounts, financial returns, and delivery reports are also regularly reviewed to understand how effectively policy intent is being delivered and support risk-based intervention, which helps target support where it is most needed.</p><p>The department is currently working with colleges to simplify the system and minimise the administrative burdens, whilst maintaining confidence and ensuring public funds are used for the purposes intended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 16/10/2023 16:59:44 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1658706

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Taiwan Strait: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help safeguard passage through the Taiwan Strait.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	198071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a clear interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We oppose any action which changes the facts on the ground, raises tensions and hinders the chances of peaceful settlement of the disputes. We will therefore continue to encourage open communication and de-escalation. As a P5 country, we have an interest in upholding international law and freedom of navigation. In 2016 the Permanent Court of Arbitration declared that China has no legal basis to claim its &quot;historic&quot; rights in the South China Sea.</p><p> </p><p>Our maritime presence in the region has grown, with the deployment of two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), HMS SPEY and HMS TAMAR, supporting our persistent presence approach. HMS SPEY last navigated through the Taiwan Strait in January this year and the People's Liberation Army Navy response to her transit was assessed as safe and professional.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/09/2023 15:31:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1656242

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Ammonium Nitrate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has made it compulsory for farmers to provide photographic ID when buying ammonium nitrate.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	195868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>On 23<sup>rd</sup> January 2023, the Home Office laid the Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 to further tighten the controls in place for explosives precursors and poisons to prevent the illicit use of these substances. A full consultation – including with sectors affected by the proposed regulations – was undertaken before the regulations were laid. A summary of the consultation responses was published in Annex A of the impact assessment which was laid alongside the regulations: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/9/pdfs/ukia_20230009_en.pdf" target="_blank">The Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>From 1<sup>st</sup> October, ammonium nitrate above 16% nitrogen content will be a regulated explosives precursor under the Poisons Act 1972. Ammonium nitrate has a history of being used in improvised explosive devices in the UK and overseas.</p><p>Businesses and professional users, including farmers, will not require a licence to be able to buy or use ammonium nitrate above 16% nitrogen content. However, the 2023 regulations require suppliers to take additional steps to verify the legitimacy of the professional user or business they are selling a regulated substance to. This is in order to prevent sales of potentially dangerous precursors to those seeking to use them for illicit purposes and to provide a further opportunity for businesses to identify any potentially suspicious transactions. There is evidence of individuals trying to obtain substances in the Poisons Act by passing themselves off as businesses and bypassing the regulations.</p><p>Before selling a regulated substance to a business customer, the person making the sale must obtain certain information about the business customer they are selling to. This includes requesting a form of photographic ID. Further guidance on this requirement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplying-explosives-precursors/supplying-explosives-precursors-and-poison" target="_blank">Supplying explosives precursors and poisons - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>These requirements apply to all businesses selling any regulated substance to another business.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 11/09/2023 14:59:42 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1656243

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Ammonium Nitrate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has made 16 per cent the concentration level above which it is compulsory for farmers to provide photographic ID when buying ammonium nitrate.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	195869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>On 23<sup>rd</sup> January 2023, the Home Office laid the Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 to further tighten the controls in place for explosives precursors and poisons to prevent the illicit use of these substances. A full consultation – including with sectors affected by the proposed regulations – was undertaken before the regulations were laid. A summary of the consultation responses was published in Annex A of the impact assessment which was laid alongside the regulations: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/9/pdfs/ukia_20230009_en.pdf" target="_blank">The Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)</a></p><p>From 1<sup>st</sup> October, ammonium nitrate above 16% nitrogen content will be a regulated explosives precursor under the Poisons Act 1972. Ammonium nitrate has a history of being used in improvised explosive devices in the UK and overseas.</p><p>The decision to regulate ammonium nitrate above 16% nitrogen content represents a balance between ensuring that members of the general public are able to use ammonium nitrate-based products for legitimate purposes, while restricting access to higher-strength ammonium nitrate which has the potential to be misused. There is evidence of individuals trying to obtain substances in the Poisons Act by passing themselves off as businesses and bypassing the regulations.</p><p>Businesses and professional users, including farmers, will not require a licence to be able to buy or use ammonium nitrate above 16% nitrogen content. However, the 2023 regulations require suppliers to take additional steps to verify the legitimacy of the professional user or business they are selling a regulated substance to.</p><p>Further guidance on selling regulated and reportable substances can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplying-explosives-precursors/supplying-explosives-precursors-and-poison" target="_blank">Supplying explosives precursors and poisons - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 11/09/2023 15:06:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski