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1697226

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Healthy Start Scheme
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 her Department has taken to restore the availability of data on Healthy Start uptake on the Healthy Start website.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	19512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has identified an error in their data that means that the data published for Healthy Start uptake from July 2023 onwards was incorrect. It is important to state that the data used to calculate the uptake rate is not used as part of the live check to determine eligibility for individual applicants to Healthy Start, and no individual applicants or beneficiaries have been impacted, The Department for Work and Pensions has fixed the issue, and additional checks have been added to the process to ensure the issue does not occur in the future.</p><p>The incorrect data has been removed from the NHS Healthy Start website by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA), who run the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. Corrected and updated data for March 2024 will be published by the NHS BSA shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 19511 question first answered 27/03/2024 12:14:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1684958

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to businesses of proposals to abolish the marriage value element of leasehold enfranchisement; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of those proposals on non-UK leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	11469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms seek to make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications&amp;data=05|02|LeaseholdCommonholdCommissions@levellingup.gov.uk|6d7a9aefb858456aa44f08dc1e91ee30|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638418859338674518|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=3/eAnZ9xQWYR4XYTxo5I6HncGGum96PuQxPH9Agtjps=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill as introduced on 27 November 2023 is considered compatible with the ECHR, as the section 19 statement on compatibility with Convention rights has been signed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 11470 question first answered 31/01/2024 11:57:58 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1682631

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it her policy to ensure that everyone has the choice to access public services offline by phone, letter or face-to-face.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	9966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has affordable access to public services, whether online or offline.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government departments are already required by the Government's Service Standard to provide support via alternative channels for all their online services. The wider public sector, including local government, is also encouraged to use the service standard, with some Local Authorities having committed to doing so via the Local Digital Declaration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government teams are assessed against Service Standard to ensure that services are accessible to all users, including disabled people, people with other legally protected characteristics, people who do not have access to the internet and/or lack the skills and/or confidence to use the internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 10150 10151 9967 question first answered 24/01/2024 17:57:38 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1682632

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it her policy to introduce funding for public bodies to ensure that they are able to provide offline options for all service users.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	9967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has affordable access to public services, whether online or offline.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government departments are already required by the Government's Service Standard to provide support via alternative channels for all their online services. The wider public sector, including local government, is also encouraged to use the service standard, with some Local Authorities having committed to doing so via the Local Digital Declaration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government teams are assessed against Service Standard to ensure that services are accessible to all users, including disabled people, people with other legally protected characteristics, people who do not have access to the internet and/or lack the skills and/or confidence to use the internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 10150 10151 9966 question first answered 24/01/2024 17:57:38 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1676172

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Flood Control
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of flood defences.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	900516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the Environment Agency and relevant authorities to ensure flood defences impacted by recent flooding are repaired as quickly as possible; around 14,000 asset inspections have been conducted following the recent storms with action taken wherever asset performance was compromised.</p><p> </p><p>This year and last, £200 million is being invested in maintaining flood risk assets, with the aim of achieving our current target of between 94-95% in target condition.</p><p> </p><p>In the City of Chester, in the current Flood and Coastal Risk Management capital programme, £20,000 of Flood Defence Grant-in-Aid funding has been allocated for projects in the constituency, which will better protect properties from flooding. There is also a proposed project in the Stretford and Urmston constituency (Longford Brook Flood Alleviation Scheme).</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 900517 question first answered 07/12/2023 15:59:05 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1670413

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Jobcentres: Assistive Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobcentres have specialist assistive technology installed on their customer computer kiosks to support those who are (a) deaf and blind and (b) have complex disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	2231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>As part of its commitment to make services accessible to all customers, the Department provides computers for customer use in Jobcentres. All the computers have assistive technology built into those Operating Systems such as screen readers and screen magnification and are managed separately from the wider DWP IT estate.</p><p>The Department also provides a range of other items in Jobcentres such as alternative keyboards. Computers for customer use with assistive technology are currently in 635 permanent jobcentres.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/11/2023 14:12:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1667901

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to regional police forces on allowing legal representatives access to the booking-in desk in police custody suites.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>Police custody is governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice which sets out the legal framework for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers. Additionally, the operational management of custody suites is carried out in accordance with the Authorised Professional Practise requirements as set by the College of Policing.</p><p>PACE Code C states clearly that police must inform an arrested person in custody about their continuing rights, including the right to consult privately with a solicitor at any time, whether in person, in writing or by telephone, and the right to free independent legal advice. The custody officer must act without delay to secure the provision of such advice.</p><p>Access to legal advice may be delayed if a person is in police custody in connection with an indictable offence, has not yet been charged, and an officer of superintendent rank or above has reasonable grounds to believe it would otherwise lead to (i) interference with, or harm to, evidence connected with an indictable offence or interference with, or physical harm to, other people; (ii) alerting other people suspected of having committed an indictable offence but not yet arrested for it or (iii) hinder the recovery of property obtained in consequence of the commission of such an offence.</p><p>The Home Office does not have plans to amend PACE Code C further or provide additional guidance to forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/11/2023 14:50:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1661941

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to publish the eligibility requirements for the 2023-24 Warm Home Discount Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	200454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount scheme 2023-24 is set in the Eligibility Statement which was published on 12<sup>th</sup> September 2023 and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwarm-home-discount-eligibility-statement-england-and-wales-2023-to-2024-scheme-year-onward&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C0a8c0470475d49dac55608dbcef9c073%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638331344297236991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ydiA%2B0g7WePChCf4Ox3cJzNrZZlPW4Rew2s0mhfhCag%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/warm-home-discount-eligibility-statement-england-and-wales-2023-to-2024-scheme-year-onward</a></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/10/2023 12:34:29 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1661954

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds the data needed to contact families who are eligible for Healthy Start payments but are not accessing that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	200467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. NHSBSA is currently working with the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain contact data for those eligible for but not accessing the Healthy Start scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 16/10/2023 15:47:00 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western

1646790

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
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	Incontinence: Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of value based procurement decisions for incontinence products on (a) system costs for the (i) NHS and (ii) social care sector and (b) patient outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	190910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>We are working to improve spend data systems through implementation of the Government’s Medical Technology Strategy. There are different supply routes available in the NHS, including through NHS Supply Chain, NHS Shared Business Services, direct from supplier to Trust and via prescription on Part IX of the Drug Tariff. NHS Supply Chain are currently in the process of working on two separate value-based procurement projects for continence, both of which aim to concentrate on patient outcomes.</p><p>Regulation 68 of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 allows contracting authorities to determine the most economically advantageous tender and the lowest cost by using a life-cycle costing approach which includes all costs over the life cycle of works, supplies or services.</p><p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of health services, including urinary incontinence for their local health economy and taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. NHS England’s Excellence in Continence Care guidance published in July 2018, indicates that personalised care including personal health budgets can be arranged locally by ICBs to help people manage and pay for their continence care needs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 190909 question first answered 29/06/2023 11:01:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western