Information between 15th April 2024 - 5th May 2024
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24 Apr 2024 - Regulatory Reform - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 131 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 50 |
24 Apr 2024 - Renters (Reform) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 287 Noes - 144 |
24 Apr 2024 - Renters (Reform) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 283 Noes - 143 |
24 Apr 2024 - Renters (Reform) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 136 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 282 |
22 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 172 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 237 |
22 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 164 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 222 |
22 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 169 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 305 Noes - 234 |
22 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 168 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 229 |
17 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 173 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 244 |
17 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 171 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 240 |
17 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 172 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 240 |
17 Apr 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 173 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 240 |
16 Apr 2024 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 161 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 383 Noes - 67 |
30 Apr 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 99 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 163 |
30 Apr 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 103 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 162 |
30 Apr 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 102 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 162 |
30 Apr 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 102 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 161 |
30 Apr 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Gen Kitchen voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 102 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 159 |
Speeches |
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Gen Kitchen speeches from: Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Gen Kitchen contributed 1 speech (100 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Gen Kitchen speeches from: Checks on Goods Entering UK
Gen Kitchen contributed 1 speech (56 words) Monday 29th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Gen Kitchen speeches from: Defence Spending
Gen Kitchen contributed 1 speech (72 words) Wednesday 24th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
Gen Kitchen speeches from: Hospice Funding
Gen Kitchen contributed 1 speech (101 words) Monday 22nd April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Written Answers |
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Midwives: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 19th April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the recruitment and retention of midwives in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) We are investing an additional £186 million a year to improve maternity and neonatal care and grow the workforce. On top of this, the Government and NHS England are investing nearly £35 million over three years, from 2024/25 to 2026/27, to further improve maternity safety across England, with specialist training for staff, additional numbers of midwives, and support to ensure maternity services listen to, and act on, women’s experiences to improve care. As announced at the Spring Budget, we are further increasing the number of midwives by funding an additional 160 new posts over three years, to support the continued growth of the maternity and neonatal workforce. On retention, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out how to improve culture and leadership to ensure that up to 130,000 fewer staff leave the National Health Service over the next 15 years. This includes: implementing actions from the NHS People Plan that have been shown to be successful; implementing plans to improve flexible opportunities for prospective retirees, and delivering the actions needed to modernise the NHS pension scheme; and committing to ongoing national funding for continuing professional development for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals, so NHS staff are supported to meet their full potential. These measures apply across the country, including for midwives in the Wellingborough constituency. |
Care Homes: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Monday 22nd April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of care homes are rated as Good by the CQC in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) As of 9 April 2024, the percentage of care homes in the Wellingborough Constituency with a rating of Good was 59%. |
Dental Services: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Monday 22nd April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of dental practises are rated as Good by the CQC in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Care Quality Commission (CQC) team regulates all health and social care services in England. The Commission ensures the quality and safety of care in hospitals, dentists, ambulances, and care homes. The CQC does not rate dental practices, as they have been found to pose a lower risk to patient safety than other regulated sectors. |
General Practitioners: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Monday 22nd April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the recruitment and retention of GPs in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government is working with NHS England to increase the general practice (GP) workforce in England. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession, and encourage them to return to practice. NHS England has made available a number of retention schemes, to boost the GP workforce. We have increased the number of GP training places, and 2022 saw the highest ever number of doctors accepting a place in GP training, a record 4,032 trainees, up from 2,671 in 2014. Under the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, the number of training places will rise to 6,000 by 2031/32, with the first 500 new places available from September 2025. Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) advises that it is working with GP colleagues to develop new models of care that will support the delivery of a sustainable primary care sector, and enhance opportunities for GPs to undertake portfolio careers, developing specialist skills. The ICB has appointed a dedicated GP Retention Lead who is responsible for exploring local issues and potential solutions, and who facilitates fellowship opportunities for new GPs to be mentored by more experienced GPs. |
Dental Health: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Monday 22nd April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged four and under in Wellingborough constituency were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in each of the last 5 years. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Data on child hospital admissions for tooth extraction at national, regional, local authority and National Health Service levels is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hospital-tooth-extractions-in-0-to-19-year-olds-2023 |
Life Expectancy: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Monday 22nd April 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of life expectancy in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 12/04/2024 is attached.
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Mental Health Services: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Tuesday 16th April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the recruitment and retention of mental health specialists in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) To deliver the NHS Long Term Plan’s mental health commitments and help reduce waiting times in the Wellingborough constituency and nationwide, our aim has been to grow the mental health workforce nationally by an additional 27,000 professionals by March 2024.
We are making positive progress, delivering three quarters of this, or approximately 20,800 new professionals, by December 2023, with further growth expected to have been achieved once the full year figures for 2023/24 are available. This growth is in addition to the commitment to grow the National Health Service’s mental health workforce by 19,000 between 2016/17 and 2020/21, as set out in Stepping Forward to 2020/21: the mental health workforce plan for England, which was achieved in September 2021.
At a national level, we are committed to attracting, training, and recruiting the mental health workforce of the future, as well as retaining and developing our current workforce. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan’s modelling projections set out a need to grow the overall mental health and learning disability workforce the fastest of all care settings, at 4.4% per year up to 2036/37, to help improve access to services and quality of care. |
General Practitioners: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Thursday 18th April 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as Good by the CQC in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) 90% of general practice locations in Wellingborough are currently rated by the Care Quality Commission as Good overall. |
Special Educational Needs
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Thursday 25th April 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she takes to ensure that local authorities (a) adequately capture the needs of SEND children and (b) provide a local offer that adequately meets levels of demand for those needs. Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The Children and Families Act 2014 requires all local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in their area. This helps families to be aware of services available in their area and provides a way for them to contribute to shaping provision to meet local needs.
As set out in the SEND Code of Practice, local authorities must consult children and young people with SEND and their parents and carers, in reviewing educational and training provision, social care provision and in preparing and reviewing the Local Offer.
In the SEND and alternative provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published in March 2023, the department has set out plans to build a consistent national SEND and AP system in which parents and carers can trust and have confidence, and which can be navigated easily.
Through the Change Programme, the department is testing Local Area Inclusion Plans (LAIPs). These are 3 year plans that explain how the needs of children and young people with SEND aged 0 to 25 in an area will be met. LAIPs will be monitored and reviewed by the department and be underpinned by strengthened accountabilities and improved use of data for all those responsible for local delivery of places.
Ofsted and Care Quality Commission also commenced a strengthened local inspection framework in January 2023. Where local authorities are failing, the department works with them using a range of improvement programmes and SEND specialist advisers to address weaknesses. Inspections under the new framework place greater emphasis on the outcomes that are being achieved for children and young people with SEND. |
Help to Buy Scheme: Northampton
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Thursday 2nd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many help to buy homeowners are waiting for a decision on a loan redemption application in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) Northamptonshire. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) This information is not held at county or local level. Homes England publish loan repayments statistics in their annual reports at the following link: Homes-England-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022-to-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk). Help to buy data on sales broken down by parliamentary constituency is published at the following link: Help to Buy (equity loan scheme): data to 31 May 2023 - GOV.UK. |
Private Rented Housing: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 3rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average increase in rent for private properties in Wellingborough constituency in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the affordability of rent increases for people on average earnings in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The ONS publishes both rental price and rental affordability indexes at local authority and regional levels respectively, and the department publishes data on the number of unoccupied dwellings, as defined for council tax purposes, at local authority level. Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level. The provision of affordable housing is part of the Government's plan to build more homes and provide aspiring homeowners with a step onto the housing ladder. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country. The Levelling Up White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes and a large number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for social rent. |
Affordable Housing: Wellingborough
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 3rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the construction of (a) social housing and (b) affordable homes in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The ONS publishes both rental price and rental affordability indexes at local authority and regional levels respectively, and the department publishes data on the number of unoccupied dwellings, as defined for council tax purposes, at local authority level. Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level. The provision of affordable housing is part of the Government's plan to build more homes and provide aspiring homeowners with a step onto the housing ladder. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country. The Levelling Up White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes and a large number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for social rent. |
Empty Property: Northamptonshire
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 3rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The ONS publishes both rental price and rental affordability indexes at local authority and regional levels respectively, and the department publishes data on the number of unoccupied dwellings, as defined for council tax purposes, at local authority level. Data is not available at parliamentary constituency level. The provision of affordable housing is part of the Government's plan to build more homes and provide aspiring homeowners with a step onto the housing ladder. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country. The Levelling Up White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes and a large number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for social rent. |
Social Housing: Northamptonshire
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 3rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the prevalence of damp and mould in social housing in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) Northamptonshire. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) As set out in the answer to Question UIN 11182 on 30 January, the English Housing Survey sets out levels of overcrowding and damp and mould in all residential accommodation, including social housing. Details are available online. |
Housing: Overcrowding
Asked by: Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) Friday 3rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of people living in overcrowded housing in Wellingborough constituency. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) As set out in the answer to Question UIN 11182 on 30 January, the English Housing Survey sets out levels of overcrowding and damp and mould in all residential accommodation, including social housing. Details are available online. |
MP Financial Interests |
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15th April 2024
Gen Kitchen (Labour - Wellingborough) 2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unison Address of donor: Unison East Midlands Region Office, Vivian Avenue, Nottingham NG5 1AF Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 14 March 2024) Source |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Business without Debate
0 speeches (None words) Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: None That Apsana Begum and Kim Johnson be discharged from the Education Committee and Jess Phillips and Gen - Link to Speech |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disabled students’ allowance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Tara Chattaway - Head of Education at Thomas Pocklington Trust Lesley Morrice - Chair at National Network of Assessment Centres Sarah Todd - Chair at National Association of Disability Practitioners At 10:40am: Oral evidence Laura Blackman - Managing Director of Education Programmes at Capita Glenn Tookey - Managing Director at Study Tech At 11:20am: Oral evidence The Baroness Barran MBE - Minister for School System and Student Finance at Department for Education Chris Larmer - CEO at Student Loans Company View calendar |
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disabled students’ allowance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Tara Chattaway - Head of Education at Thomas Pocklington Trust Lesley Morrice - Chair at National Network of Assessment Centres Sarah Todd - Chair at National Association of Disability Practitioners At 10:40am: Oral evidence Laura Blackman - Managing Director of Education Programmes at Capita Glenn Tookey - Managing Director at Study Tech At 11:20am: Oral evidence The Baroness Barran MBE - Minister for School System and Student Finance at Department for Education Chris Larmer - CEO at Student Loans Company Anne Rimmer - Deputy Director Student Funding Policy and Student Loans Company Sponsorship at Department for Education View calendar |
Tuesday 30th April 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Children’s social care At 10:00am: Oral evidence Stephen Kingdom - Campaign Manager at Disabled Children’s Partnership Tina Emory OBE - Co-Chair at National Network of Parent Carer Forums Ms Katie Ghose - Chief Executive at Kids At 11:00am: Oral evidence Yvette Stanley - National Director, Regulation and Social Care at Ofsted Professor Michelle McManus, Professor of Safeguarding and Violence Prevention Annie Hudson - Chair at Child Safeguarding Review Panel View calendar |
Wednesday 8th May 2024 3 p.m. Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill - Debate Subject: To consider the Bill View calendar |
Wednesday 8th May 2024 3 p.m. Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill - Debate Subject: To consider the Bill View calendar |
Tuesday 21st May 2024 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Music hubs At 10:00am: Oral evidence John de la Cour - Chair of Board of Trustees at Severn Arts Andrew Lane - Managing Director at Dynamics Medway Carolyn Baxendale - Head at Bolton Music Service Michael Summers - Manager of Music Education at Durham Music Service At 10:40am: Oral evidence Bridget Whyte - Chief Executive at Music Mark Chris Walters - National Organiser, Education and Health & Wellbeing at Musicians’ Union Mr Stuart Darke - Director of Legal Services at Independent Society of Musicians At 11:20am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP - Minister of State for Schools at Department for Education Jenny Oldroyd - Director for Curriculum and Qualifications at Department for Education View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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19 Apr 2024
Boys’ attainment and engagement in education Education Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The Education Committee will examine boys’ educational attainment and engagement. The Committee will also assess how schools and the Department for Education have sought to improve the educational attainment and engagement of boys across all stages of education. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. You can submit evidence until 23:59 on Friday 17 May. Your submission should be no more than 3000 words. |
26 Apr 2024
International students in English universities Education Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 24 May 2024) The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into international students in English universities. The inquiry will examine the changes in numbers of international students in recent years, the impact of international students on university funding and availability of places for domestic students, and whether universities are achieving an appropriate balance between international and domestic students. The Committee will also look at recent and proposed changes to student visas and the Graduate Route to understand the impact of these changes on international student numbers, as well as the effectiveness of the Government’s International Education Strategy. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. You can submit evidence until 23:59 on 24 May 2024. Please read Parliament's guidance on giving evidence to select committees before writing your submission. Your submission should be no more than 3000 words.
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