Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the statement by Amnesty International UK and other NGOs entitled UK Groups say Government’s Public Position on Weapons Licences to Israel is at odds with what the Government has Admitted in Litigation, and Calls for an Explanation, as Rafah Braces for Further Atrocities, published on 28 February 2024.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The Government operates a robust and thorough assessment of licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, and we will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with those Criteria. We regularly publish data on export licensing decisions on the dedicated gov.uk site: [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data].

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of patients who (a) have had polio and (b) have post-polio syndrome in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold data on the number of patients who have had polio or post-polio syndrome. However, the Department does hold data on the number of admissions to hospital, where polio or post-polio syndrome was recorded as a diagnosis, from 2018 to 2023:

- in 2018/19, there were 176 admissions to National Health Service hospitals in England where polio was recorded as the diagnosis, and 797 admissions where post-polio syndrome was recorded as the diagnosis;

- in 2019/20, there were 187 admissions to NHS hospitals in England where polio was recorded as the diagnosis, and 813 admissions where post-polio syndrome was recorded as the diagnosis;

- in 2020/21, there were 107 admissions to NHS hospitals in England where polio was recorded as the diagnosis, and 522 admissions where post-polio syndrome was recorded as the diagnosis;

- in 2021/22, there were 115 admissions to NHS hospitals in England where polio was recorded as the diagnosis, and 630 admissions where post-polio syndrome was recorded as the diagnosis; and

- in 2022/23, there were 104 admissions to NHS hospitals in England where polio was recorded as the diagnosis, and 632 admissions where post-polio syndrome was recorded as the diagnosis.

It is important to note that the number of admissions does not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period. It is estimated that there are approximately 120,000 people living in the United Kingdom who survived polio when they were younger. Some of these have, or will develop, post-polio syndrome.

3 Dads Walking

Roger Daltrey’s 24 years of Royal Albert Hall shows for Teenage Cancer Trust

50th anniversary of St Mary’s Primary School, Maryhill

Let Girls Play campaign

Access to State Pension for people with a terminal illness

Immigration changes for carers and Ukrainians

70th anniversary of Grangemouth Choral Society

Beeslack All Stars Disabled Sports Club

Provand's Lordship Reopening to the Public after Refurbishment Works

30th anniversary of the Well Multi-Cultural Resource Centre

Centenary of 1st Mearns Brownies

Maxwell’s in Clarkston and the National Pub and Bar Awards

Bushido 100 Club

The Book Nook, Stewarton

Darvel Area Regeneration Team and The Corner Project, Darvel

Matthew Knapman, Assynt Mountain Rescue

STV journalists' strike action

Hillpark Bowling Club's centenary

Culloden Academy and the Scottish Cup 2024

LASC Childcare Services Ltd

Horizons Recovery Cafe SCIO

Bill Russell Woodburn Youth Project

One Dalkeith

Roslin Village Group

Referral of matters of 21 February 2024 to the Committee of Privileges

Found: Qaisar Douglas Ross 1.

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Pete Wishart (Chair); Alan Brown; Christine Jardine; Ms Anum Qaisar

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Pete Wishart (Chair); Alan Brown; Christine Jardine; Ms Anum Qaisar