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We have voiced the UK's deep concern about the ongoing deterioration of political and human rights in Nicaragua both with the Nicaraguan government and in multilateral fora. Reports of harassment of members of the Catholic church in Nicaragua are concerning.<\/ins><\/p>

Freedom of religion or belief is a universal human right, and must be protected. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief tweeted about reports of harassment of members of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua on 10 August and is discussing it with members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance.<\/ins><\/p>

Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon highlighted our concern about the detention of Bishop Rolando Álvarez during his visit to the Holy See on 26 August.<\/ins><\/p>

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We have voiced the UK's deep concern about the ongoing deterioration of political and human rights in Nicaragua both with the Nicaraguan government and in multilateral fora. Reports of harassment of members of the Catholic church in Nicaragua are concerning. Freedom of religion or belief is a universal human right, and must be protected. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief tweeted on the issue on 10 August and is discussing it with members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance. Our Permanent Observer at the Organisation of American States also referred to the issue in a statement at a special meeting on the situation in Nicaragua on 12 August. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon highlighted our concern about the detention of Bishop Rolando Álvarez during his visit to the Holy See on 26 August and he is due to give a statement on behalf of the UK about the human rights situation in Nicaragua at the UN Human Rights Council's Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on 13 September. We will continue to raise our concerns about the situation in Nicaragua, including the detention of members of the Catholic church, and urge the Nicaraguan Government to respect the human rights of all Nicaraguan people.<\/del><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505503/answer/previousversion/20033", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-22T16:28:30.163Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-23T09:28:15.007Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Nicaragua: Religious Freedom"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the state of the right to freedom of religion or belief in Nicaragua.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4436", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cat Smith"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lancaster and Fleetwood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cat Smith"} ], "uin" : "48397"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1196499", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1196499/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department has worked closely with Public Health England (PHE) and stakeholders on our approach and guidance throughout the Department\u2019s COVID-19 response. In particular, the Department worked with PHE to devise a hierarchy of controls for all education settings which, when implemented, will create an inherently safer system where the risk of transmission of the infection is substantially reduced. These include measures such as ensuring that anyone with symptoms does not attend their education settings, cleaning hands regularly, good respiratory hygiene, regular cleaning of touched surfaces, minimising contact and mixing and, where needed, use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Our guidance sets out clearly the limited circumstances in which PPE is required in educational settings, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-working-in-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care/safe-working-in-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care-settings-including-the-use-of-personal-protective-equipment-ppe<\/a>.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bognor Regis and Littlehampton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Gibb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-05-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-05-28T12:09:59.773Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-05-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what scientific research his Department has commissioned to help assess the potential merits of providing (a) teachers and (b) other school staff with personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hendon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Matthew Offord"} ], "uin" : "48397"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/600699", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/600699/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

As at 13 October 2016 all National Health Service bodies that are referenced in the NHS Choices list of authorities and trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) (published at http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/NHSTrustListing.aspx<\/a>) have nominated Local Counter Fraud Specialists (LCFS) except for West London Mental Health Trust and NHS City and Hackney CCG.<\/p>

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Information concerning the cost of counter fraud services cannot be provided as the release of this data would prejudice commercial interests.<\/p>

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The number of investigations carried out by each LCFS and the cases where fraud was found and proven are shown in the table.<\/p>

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Financial Year<\/p><\/td>

Number of completed investigations<\/p><\/td>

Number of cases where fraud found and proven<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

2,920<\/p><\/td>

918<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

3,506<\/p><\/td>

1,026<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

2,465<\/p><\/td>

764<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

2,363<\/p><\/td>

662<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

2,002<\/p><\/td>

555<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

1,543<\/p><\/td>

510<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

996<\/p><\/td>

357<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Notes:<\/em><\/p>

1 <\/sup>Figures provided are drawn from investigations that are concluded and closed within each financial year.<\/p>

2 <\/sup>The undertaking and completion of fraud investigations can span different financial years and, in the case of serious and complex investigations, multiple years.<\/p>

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Between 2009/10 and 2010/11 NHS Protect\u2019s predecessor organisation, the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service, undertook investigations and was structured in regional and specialist teams. Numbers of investigations and the cases where fraud was found and proven are shown in the table.<\/p>

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Region/Team<\/p><\/td>

2009-10 Number of completed cases<\/p><\/td>

2009-10 Number of cases where fraud found and proven<\/p><\/td>

2010-11 Number of completed cases<\/p><\/td>

2010-11 Number of cases where fraud found and proven<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Eastern<\/p><\/td>

36<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td>

49<\/p><\/td>

26<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

East Midlands<\/p><\/td>

38<\/p><\/td>

22<\/p><\/td>

46<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

London<\/p><\/td>

147<\/p><\/td>

24<\/p><\/td>

110<\/p><\/td>

27<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

North West<\/p><\/td>

33<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

46<\/p><\/td>

19<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

North and Yorks<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td>

12<\/p><\/td>

22<\/p><\/td>

14<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Eastern<\/p><\/td>

33<\/p><\/td>

13<\/p><\/td>

39<\/p><\/td>

21<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South West<\/p><\/td>

21<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

22<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

West Midland<\/p><\/td>

23<\/p><\/td>

10<\/p><\/td>

42<\/p><\/td>

18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Pharmaceutical Fraud Team<\/p><\/td>

62<\/p><\/td>

9<\/p><\/td>

32<\/p><\/td>

9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dental Fraud Team<\/p><\/td>

18<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

29<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

National Investigations<\/p><\/td>

24<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td>

17<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total<\/p><\/td>

464<\/p><\/td>

155<\/p><\/td>

454<\/p><\/td>

177<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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From April 2011 NHS Protect operated a National Investigation Service (NIS) dealing with the most serious and complex allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption. Other cases of fraud are investigated at a local level by Local Counter Fraud Specialists. NHS Protect staff are located in London, Coventry and Newcastle and operate as a single investigative team.<\/p>

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The number of investigations carried out by NIS and the cases where fraud was proven are shown in the table.<\/p>

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Financial Year<\/p><\/td>

Number of completed investigations<\/p><\/td>

Number of cases where fraud found and proven<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

95<\/p><\/td>

42<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

120<\/p><\/td>

58<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

70<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

53<\/p><\/td>

24<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

30<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Notes:<\/em><\/p>

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