Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024
Inquiry: Devolution of employment supportFound: be learned from countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain
Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) here, which is more than the combined number of similar ones in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they are gathering on countries currently implementing immunisation programmes for infant respiratory syncytial virus regarding (1) acceptance and uptake, and (2) hospitalisations.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The UK Health Security Agency continues to monitor international reporting. In the United States, as of 31 January 2024, maternal immunisation was 17.9%. By February 2024, 43% of infants under eight months old had received a dose of nirsevimab.
In Galicia, Spain, 92.9% of 5,357 infants born between 25 September 2023 and 4 February 2024 had nirsevimab, plus 79.7% of 5,823 in a catch-up programme. The peak of hospitalisation rate in infants under six months old was 102 per 100,000, for season 2023 to 2024 during the week starting 27 November 2023 compared to a median of 776 for seasons 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020, peaking during the first week of January 2024.
In Luxembourg, 84% of 1,524 infants born in hospital between early October and mid-December 2023 received nirsevimab. Luxembourg observed a decrease in hospitalisation in infants under six months old of 69% between the 2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 respiratory syncytial virus seasons.
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Heating our homesFound: The Opengela approach in the Basque Region of Spain 3.A critical success factor for these OSS is
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: A flexible Grid for the futureFound: Ethnicity We employ staff from a range of nationalities, including from the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)Found: Finally, we have to note that close allies such as Canada, Japan, Spain and Australia have made different
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Eighteen of the 32 members of NATO are still not spending even 2% of GDP on defence, including France, Spain - Speech Link
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) France and (b) Spain on the procurement of a new modular training aircraft for the Royal Air Force.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The current RAF Capability Investigation seeks to fully understand the UK's sovereign requirements for future advanced fast-jet training solutions ahead of any potential future international engagement.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Unregulated timeshare exit company shut down after misleading hundreds of clientsFound: investigations by the Insolvency Service which also revealed the transfer of client funds to a company in Spain