Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 185600 on Shipping: Rescue Services, how many and what proportion of the serious injuries and deaths on UK registered fishing vessels with a registered length of less than or equal to 10m have occurred as the result of a medical incident, condition or illness in each of the last five years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Hon. Member to the Answer given on 25th May 2023.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
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 May to Question 185601 on Dentistry: Qualifications, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering people living in the UK priority assess to the Overseas Registration Exam for Non-European Economic Area nationals.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No assessment has been made. The General Dental Council (GDC), as an independent regulator, is responsible for the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) application process. All ORE Part 1 and Part 2 exams open for booking eight to ten weeks prior to the exam taking place. Every candidate on the relevant candidate list is emailed when a new exam date becomes available for booking. All places on exams are booked on a first come, first served basis.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Primary Schools use literacy resources at KS1 designed specifically for deaf children and visual leaners which include visual languages.
Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
The department does not collect information on or monitor the use of literacy resources designed specifically for deaf children and visual learners that primary schools use at Key Stage 1.
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice 2015 includes guidance on the role of early years providers and schools in identifying and supporting children with special educational needs, including those with visual and hearing impairments.
Systematic phonics is the best evidenced way to teach children to decode the English alphabetic code. By ensuring high quality phonics teaching, literacy levels for all children can be improved as they progress through school.
Published in 2021, the Reading Framework defines best practice for improving early reading teaching, including guidance on ensuring reading teaching is accessible for all pupils.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf children reached their age related reading score for their year 1 phonic screening check assessment in the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
The department publishes data on the attainment of pupils recorded as having a hearing impairment in the phonics screening check within the ‘Key Stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment’ statistics publication, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2021-22.
The attached table includes the number of pupils recorded as having a hearing impairment who met the expected standard in Year 1 in the phonics screening check between 2016 and 2022. In addition, the number of such pupils eligible to take the check and the number and proportion working towards the standard, were absent or disapplied from the check are included to provide context. Data for 2020 and 2021 is not available due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These statistics include pupils with special educational needs in state-funded schools where hearing impairment was recorded as their primary type of need on the school census. Therefore, these statistics will not capture all pupils in Year 1 with a hearing impairment.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the paragraph on Meetings in the Storm Overflows Taskforce Terms of Reference, how many times the Storm Overflows Taskforce has met since its introduction; and when the taskforce (a) last met and (b) is due to meet next.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Storm Overflows Task Force was set up in 2020 with the objective of developing proposals to reduce the frequency and impact of sewage discharges. The Taskforce supported the design and development of the Government’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan. This was published in August 2022. The Task Force has therefore not met since as it has met its initial goal in the publication of the Plan. We intend to seek the input of the Taskforce in future when reviewing the delivery programme of the Plan as part of the next water industry Price Review which will commence in 2025.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage young people into STEM jobs.
Answered by Paul Scully
We are delivering on the Science and Technology Framework’s vision to support a world-class STEM workforce.
We support schemes that encourage young people into STEM jobs including the STEM Ambassadors programme which has over 30,000 volunteers who go out to schools across the UK, inspiring young people to consider careers in research.
And the British Science Association’s CREST awards, the largest and longest running project-based science engagement programme in the UK.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with European counterparts on the resumption of exports to the EU of shellfish harvested in Class B waters.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government continues to challenge the restrictions imposed by the European Union on the import of undepurated Live Bivalve Molluscs from Class B waters. Most recently, the UK tabled this issue at the Trade Partnership Committee held on 1st December 2022, and again at the Partnership Council meeting between the Foreign Secretary and European Commission Vice-President on 24th March 2023. The minutes for the Trade Partnership Committee can be found on GOV.UK. The EU’s response to the UK’s challenge is that they will not resume trade in these commodities as they do not trade in them with any third country. The EU has recently responded to our requests for a risk assessment underpinning their position. This response is currently under consideration.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his department will publish its response to the public consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes closed on 8th January 2021. We are refining the policy design to ensure the costs and circumstances relating to energy efficiency improvements are fair and proportionate for landlords and tenants. We will publish a summary of responses by the end of this year.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of permanently extending the 28 day planning rule to 56 nights for pop-up campsites.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
We have recently consulted on the introduction of a new permitted development right to support temporary recreational campsites for up to 60 days per year. The consultation closed on Tuesday 25 April 2023 and further announcements will be made in due course. Further details can be found at the following link.
Asked by: Anthony Mangnall (Conservative - Totnes)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths, (b) serious injuries and (c) emergency service call outs for medical emergencies have been recorded for incidents at sea among the inshore fishing fleet in the last five years.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
In the past five years (2018 – 2022), 18 serious injuries and 12 deaths occurred on UK registered fishing vessels with a registered length of less than or equal to 10m have been reported to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch. These statistics do not include deaths or injuries that resulted from medical illnesses and the definition of serious injury is in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012, as amended.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch does not record data for emergency service call outs for medical emergencies, as these are not reportable marine accidents in accordance with The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012, as amended.