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Dementia: Finance
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on target to double dementia funding by 2024/25. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government is dedicated to supporting research into dementia, and has committed to doubling the funding for dementia research to £160 million per year by the end of 2024/25. The Government’s responsibility for delivering dementia research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science Innovation and Technology, with research delivered via UK Research and Innovation. In 2022/23, the most recent year we have data for, we estimate that total Government spend on dementia research was £96.9 million. Spend is dependent on the number and quality of applications received, as well as the volume of research that requires infrastructure support, therefore research spend can only be calculated retrospectively after the end of the financial year. The Government is making significant progress towards meeting the commitment and has instigated momentous new programmes of work, for instance investing almost £50 million over five years into the NIHR’s Dementia Translational Research Collaboration Trial Network, which will expand the United Kingdom’s early phase clinical trial capabilities in dementia, speeding up the development of new treatments. A new Clinical Trials Delivery Accelerator focused on dementia was also announced in the Autumn Statement 2023, with up to £20 million of funding to help innovation reach National Health Service patients even faster. Many new initiatives and research projects will begin to spend in 2024/25. |
Dementia: Finance
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional £95 million investment in dementia care has been allocated. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission was launched in August 2022 with £95 million of Government funding. There is now more than £120 million of committed funding to the mission, which will be invested into three key pillars. The first pillar centres on biomarkers and experimental medicine, and will receive £50 million of the funding for the mission, with the intention of securing match funding from industry partners. As part of this pillar, Innovate UK launched a Small Business Research Initiative competition, with the aim of accelerating innovations in clinical biomarker tools and technologies for dementia, where organisations could apply for a share of £6 million of funding out of the allocated £50 million. These technologies will enable the discovery, validation, and implementation of a suite of decision-enabling biomarkers to help transform clinical trials and precision therapies. The competition closed on 4 September 2023, and the recipients awarded a portion of the £6 million will be announced soon.
The second pillar will focus on clinical trial infrastructure and innovation, with two recently announced initiatives to support its delivery. The first of these initiatives is the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Dementia-Translational Research Collaboration Trials Network, with almost £50 million of funding over five years. This will expand the United Kingdom’s early phase clinical trial capabilities for dementia, speeding up the development of new treatments. The second initiative is the Clinical Trials Delivery Accelerator, focused on dementia, also named the Dementia Accelerator. This was announced in the Autumn Statement 2023, in response to Lord O’Shaughnessy’s independent review into commercial clinical trials in the UK, with up to £20 million of additional funding.
The third pillar will be focused on end-to-end implementation, specifically on aligning translational research, clinical practice, and regulatory frameworks to prepare health-systems for new dementia medicines. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS England, the Department, the devolved administrations, and the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission are already working closely together to plan for the implementation of new dementia medicines, should they gain approval in the UK. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of trends in the number of technical issues in relation to home office applications since January 2023. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Increasingly since 2023, applications to remain in the United Kingdom have been processed on the new caseworking system, Atlas. It is a complex system that has many integrated services such as security checking, sending notifications to applicants, triggering the production of BRP cards or creation of digital status. Whilst there have been some issues encountered as Atlas has been developed, no systemic issues have been identified that have caused concerns to be raised with the third-party IT suppliers helping develop and support Atlas. Most technical issues are resolved within days. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to resolve technical issues in relation to processing home office applications in each month in 2023. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Increasingly since 2023, applications to remain in the United Kingdom have been processed on the new caseworking system, Atlas. It is a complex system that has many integrated services such as security checking, sending notifications to applicants, triggering the production of BRP cards or creation of digital status. Whilst there have been some issues encountered as Atlas has been developed, no systemic issues have been identified that have caused concerns to be raised with the third-party IT suppliers helping develop and support Atlas. Most technical issues are resolved within days. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has raised concerns with third-party providers on technical issues impacting claims since January 2023. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Increasingly since 2023, applications to remain in the United Kingdom have been processed on the new caseworking system, Atlas. It is a complex system that has many integrated services such as security checking, sending notifications to applicants, triggering the production of BRP cards or creation of digital status. Whilst there have been some issues encountered as Atlas has been developed, no systemic issues have been identified that have caused concerns to be raised with the third-party IT suppliers helping develop and support Atlas. Most technical issues are resolved within days. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle technical issues in relation to home office applications. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Increasingly since 2023, applications to remain in the United Kingdom have been processed on the new caseworking system, Atlas. It is a complex system that has many integrated services such as security checking, sending notifications to applicants, triggering the production of BRP cards or creation of digital status. Whilst there have been some issues encountered as Atlas has been developed, no systemic issues have been identified that have caused concerns to be raised with the third-party IT suppliers helping develop and support Atlas. Most technical issues are resolved within days. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cause of recent technical issues delaying home office applications. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Increasingly since 2023, applications to remain in the United Kingdom have been processed on the new caseworking system, Atlas. It is a complex system that has many integrated services such as security checking, sending notifications to applicants, triggering the production of BRP cards or creation of digital status. Whilst there have been some issues encountered as Atlas has been developed, no systemic issues have been identified that have caused concerns to be raised with the third-party IT suppliers helping develop and support Atlas. Most technical issues are resolved within days. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are awaiting decisions on applications to the Home Office as a result of technical issues in each month since January 2023. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) The exact number of people awaiting decisions on applications to the Home Office as a result of technical issues in each month since January 2023 is not information currently held in a reportable format. |
Windrush Compensation Scheme
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in each quarter since the Windrush Compensation scheme was launched, how many people who received an award applied (a) fewer than three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months and (d) more than a year before the award. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) The Windrush Compensation Scheme’s priority is to ensure people receive the maximum compensation as quickly as possible. The time taken to allocate a claim for a substantive casework consideration has been reduced from 18 months to under 4 months. The 4-month period includes all essential eligibility checks, together with a Preliminary Assessment to make an initial payment of £10,000 wherever possible. Information on the time taken from a claim being received to a compensation payment is not published. |
Home Office: ICT
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on informing applicants if the time taken to process their application is longer than the published service standard as a result of technical issues. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Where there is a technical issue which prevents caseworkers from taking action on a case, the department will seek to address these as quickly as possible and resolve these so the case can be completed within its service standard. Where the technical issue may cause the case to go out of service standard, caseworking teams will write to the customer to inform them of the delay and keep them informed of progress.
The latest published statistics which includes data on performance against Service Level Agreement for Standard, Priority and Super Priority visas up to the end of Q3 2023 can be found in this link (Data tab VSI_02): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023.
Q4 2023 stats are due to be published shortly. |
Weather: Death
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many excess winter deaths there were in each month from November 2023 to February 2024. 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 19th February is attached.
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Biometric Residence Permits: Standards
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for biometric residence permits were delayed as a result of technical issues in each month since January 2023. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) At the point a decision is made to grant permission to remain, a BRP is automatically requested by the caseworking system and data is sent to the DVLA for the BRP to be produced. Any automatic requests that become “stuck” when sent to DVLA are targeted and proactive reporting is being developed to identify such cases earlier. During 2023, DVLA produced 99.6% of BRPs within 24 hours of this automatic request process and 100% within 48 hours. |
MP Financial Interests |
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15th April 2024
Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Medical Aid for Palestine Address of donor: 33A Islington Park Street, London N1 1QB Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, food and transport., value £1,695 Destination of visit: Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory) and Israel Dates of visit: 25 September 2023 to 29 September 2023 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit organised by the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Medical Aid for Palestinians. (Registered 1 November 2023) Source |
15th April 2024
Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) 8. Miscellaneous A Member of the British Group Interparliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 29 November 2022 Date interest ended: 29 November 2024 (Registered 17 November 2023) Source |
15th April 2024
Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton) 9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses Name: Ish Osamor Relationship: Son Role: Senior Communications Officer Working pattern: Full time (Registered 18 April 2016) Source |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Tuesday 27th February Kate Osamor withdrew their signature from this EDM on Wednesday 28th February 2024 15 signatures (Most recent: 21 Mar 2024) Tabled by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central) That this House states its admiration for London; celebrates the diversity of the capital city and believes this diversity is its strength; acknowledges the rich contributions of people from all backgrounds; expresses concern about recent statements made by hon. and Rt hon. Members; believes the aforementioned statements are contrary to … |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 1st May 2024
Report - Fourth Report - The UK Small Island Developing States Strategy International Development Committee Found: Conservative, Amber Valley) David Mundell MP (Conservative, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale ) Kate |
Thursday 4th April 2024
Report - Third Report - FCDO and disability-inclusive development International Development Committee Found: Conservative, Amber Valley) David Mundell MP (Conservative, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale ) Kate |
Thursday 4th April 2024
Report - Large Print - FCDO and disability-inclusive development International Development Committee Found: Conservative, Amber Valley) David Mundell MP (Conservative, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale ) Kate |
Friday 1st March 2024
Report - Second Report - Humanitarian situation in Gaza International Development Committee Found: Conservative, Amber Valley) David Mundell MP (Conservative, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale ) Kate |
Parliamentary Research |
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Estimates Day debate: The spending of the Home Office on asylum and migration - CDP-2024-0054
Mar. 07 2024 Found: Asylum: Housing 15 Nov 2023 | 651 Asked by: Kate Osamor To ask the Secretary of State for the |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Rory Stewart - President at Give Directly Jyotsna Puri - Associate Vice-President, Strategy & Knowledge at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Ruchi Tripathi - Global Lead on Livelihoods and Resilience at VSO Dr Diana Onyango - Head of Technical Team at Farm Africa Dr Rachael McDonnell - Deputy Director General of IWMI, and Senior Program Director Water Systems, CGIAR View calendar |
Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Rory Stewart - President at Give Directly Donal Brown - Associate Vice-President, Programme Management at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Ruchi Tripathi - Global Lead on Livelihoods and Resilience at VSO Dr Diana Onyango - Head of Technical Team at Farm Africa View calendar |
Tuesday 19th March 2024 9 a.m. International Development Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 26th March 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Alternative Financing Options for International Development At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Philippe Valahu - Chief Executive Officer at Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) Anne-Marie Chidzero - Chief Investment Officer at FSD Africa Louise Walker - Head of Private Sector & Capital Markets Department at FCDO (MOBILIST Programme) At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Ian Mitchell - Co-Director, Europe and Senior Policy Fellow at Centre for Global Development Romilly Greenhill - Chief Executive Officer at Bond Evie Aspinall - Director at British Foreign Policy Group View calendar |
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies View calendar |
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The ongoing conflict in Sudan View calendar |
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The ongoing conflict in Sudan At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sibongani Kayola - Country Director, Sudan at Mercy Corps Eddie Rowe - Country Director, Sudan at UN World Food Programme Mary Louise Eagleton - Deputy Representative, Sudan Country Office at UNICEF View calendar |
Tuesday 7th May 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies View calendar |
Tuesday 7th May 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Nadine Tunasi - Survivor Champion for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and Coordinator at Survivors Speak OUT Network, Freedom From Torture Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu - Executive Director at STAR Ghana Foundation Channsitha Mark - Country Director at Cambodia, ActionAid At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Andrew Firmin - Editor-in-chief & co-author of State of Civil Society report at CIVICUS Lens Dr Rowan Popplewell - Policy Manager – Civic Space at Bond UK Nana Afadzinu - Executive Director at West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) View calendar |
Tuesday 7th May 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Nadine Tunasi - Survivor Champion for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and Coordinator at Survivors Speak OUT Network, Freedom From Torture Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu - Executive Director at STAR Ghana Foundation Channsitha Mark - Country Director at Cambodia, ActionAid At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Andrew Firmin - Editor-in-chief & co-author of State of Civil Society report at CIVICUS Lens Nana Afadzinu - Executive Director at West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) Rowan Popplewell - Policy Manager – Civic Space at Bond UK View calendar |
Tuesday 21st May 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies View calendar |
Tuesday 21st May 2024 2 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: FCDO and civil societies At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Nicolas Kaczorowski - Country Director, Tunisia at International Foundation for Electoral Systems Karla McLaren - Head of Government and Political Relations at Amnesty International At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Dr Nick Westcott - Former High Commissioner to Ghana and Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Niger Edmund Fitton-Brown - Former Ambassador to Yemen View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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28 Feb 2024
FCDO and civil societies International Development Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions In recent years the fragility of civil society has become apparent as political turbulence - for example in Afghanistan and South Sudan - and authoritarian repression have put pressure on civic organisations and structures. We are now launching an inquiry focusing on the FCDO’s approach to supporting civil society and civil society organisations through its programming. Terms of reference: FCDO and civil societies |
6 Nov 2023
Humanitarian situation in Gaza International Development Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions Following the Committee’s recent evidence session on the humanitarian impact of the recent conflict in Gaza, the follow-up session focused on the current healthcare situation in Gaza and the impact of the UK Government’s response on healthcare in that region. |
23 Apr 2024
Future funding of the BBC World Service International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 20 May 2024) BBC World Service provides trusted news to radio, TV and digital audiences around the world in 42 languages including English, reaching a global audience of 318m. It is chiefly funded by the UK Licence Fee with additional grant funding of £104.4m [FY 23/24 and 24/25 respectively] from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Under this arrangement, the BBC World Service has agreed not to close any language services – a condition set to be lifted in 2025. BBC Director General, Tim Davie, made it clear in a speech in March 2024 that:… we cannot keep asking UK Licence Fee payers to invest in (the World Service) when we face cuts to UK services. We will need to discuss a long-term funding solution for the World Service that comes from central government budgets. Given its impact on the UK’s development goals, and the projection of the UK’s values across the world, the International Development Committee is launching a short inquiry to establish the case for increased Government support and make recommendations beyond the current support package finishing in 2025. The inquiry would focus on the BBC’s offering to ODA eligible countries and the positive influence of the service as part of the UK’s Soft Power offering Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry |