Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the report by Versus Arthritis entitled the State Of Musculoskeletal Health 2023 that there are over 10 million people living with arthritis in the UK.
Answered by Will Quince
Musculoskeletal conditions, which include arthritis, is one of the group of conditions included in the Major Conditions Strategy. The strategy will aim to identify actions in the areas of prevention, treatment and long-term management of care to improve outcomes for individuals across the six major condition groups.
To inform the development of the strategy and to ensure a wide range of experiences are considered, the Department has launched a call for evidence to seek wider views and ideas from the public and organisations including Versus Arthritis.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services will be offered through local musculoskeletal health hubs.
Answered by Will Quince
We are working with partners to define and scale up musculoskeletal (MSK) hubs in the community. This includes expanding access to community-based physical activity interventions and testing vocational support to help people with MSK conditions to manage their condition and remain in or return to work.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 172437 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, whether his Department has plans to work with (a) Versus Arthritis and (b) other charities on creating personalised preparation plans for patients.
Answered by Will Quince
Ministers regularly engage with stakeholders, including Versus Arthritis, on a range of issues. There was a Ministerial meeting with Versus Arthritis on 18 January 2023 to discuss trauma and orthopaedic waiting lists.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 April to Question 181988 on Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services, how many people are on a waiting list for community musculoskeletal services.
Answered by Will Quince
Published Community Health Service waiting list data shows there were 286,424 adults waiting for community musculoskeletal services as of April 2023.
NHS England does not hold data on how many people waiting for community musculoskeletal services were provided with an appointment within a certain time of referral.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 23 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report, column 871, what her expected timescale is to conclude the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Thomas Roberts in Bournemouth last year; and if her Department will take steps to publish the findings of that investigation.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office is conducting an internal investigation to examine the circumstances surrounding this case. We do not routinely publish internal reports and there are no plans to do so on this occasion.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made with the investigation of the Abdulrahimzai case; and when she plans to publish the report.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office is conducting an internal investigation to examine the circumstances surrounding this case. We do not routinely publish internal reports and there are no plans to do so here.
All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks against their claimed identity including criminality checks on UK databases and we are working to strengthen ties with international partners to make vital intelligence sharing more seamless. Individuals attempting to dupe the system using multiple names and ages will face decisive action.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in the initial stage of assessment were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2020, (b) 1 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 and (d) 1 October 2020.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support
This includes the numbers of those accommodated under Section 98, Section 95 and Section 4.
Data is published on a quarterly basis from 31st March 2014 with the latest information covering until 30th June 2020. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in November 2020
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Governance Code for Public Appointments, whether he has had any discussions with Cabinet colleagues and officials on Lord Deben's suitability as Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change.
Answered by Claire Perry
Lord Deben’s appointment as Chair of the Committee on Climate Change was made in line with Cabinet Office propriety and ethics standards.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish all correspondence between Lord Deben and his Department on the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles.
Answered by Claire Perry
It is normal practice that the Committee on Climate Change publish their advice to Government, including on the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles, on their website.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has received any assurances from the Chair of the Climate Change Committee on potential conflicts of interests arising from his involvement with Sancroft International.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Chair of the Committee on Climate Change declared his interests with Sancroft International as part of his appointment process in 2012.
We have received assurances from the Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change on their processes for managing potential conflicts of interests. These include a clear policy on conflicts of interests, publication of members’ interests, and actively inviting information on actual or perceived conflicts as the first agenda item at each Committee meeting.