John Whittingdale
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 64 |
| Date of birth | October 16,1959 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Sherborne |
| United Kingdom | |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Children | Alice Margaret Campbell Whittingdale |
| Henry John Flasby Whittingdale | |
| Parents | Margaret Whittingdale |
| John Whittingdale | |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | University College London |
| Winchester College | |
| Previous position | Minister of State for Media and Data of the United Kingdom (2020–2021) |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 |
| Siblings | Charles Napier |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404261 |
John Whittingdale Life story
Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale OBE is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament for Maldon since 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, Whittingdale has been the Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure since May 2023, serving in the position while Julia Lopez is on maternity leave.
Loot boxes: Games companies agree to restrict access in UK
... Watching progress closely In a statement, John Whittingdale, minister for the creative industries, said: " We ve been clear the video games industry needs to do more to protect children and adults from the harms associated with loot boxes...
Music streaming royalties to be discussed by government
... Sir John Whittingdale, minister for the creative industries, said the move would help the UK to " offer viable career opportunities"...
Ministers seek to understand more about video games
... Creative industries minister John Whittingdale said: " Video games are a booming industry - employing thousands of people and contributing billions to our economy, whilst bringing enjoyment to people in fun and challenging ways...
Gary Lineker's tweets were inappropriate, culture secretary says
... " Responding to a question in the Commons from Sir John Whittingdale, Ms Frazer said: " As somebody whose grandmother escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s I think it s really disappointing and inappropriate to compare government policy on immigration events to events in Germany in the 1930s...
Essex mental health deaths review demands legal powers
... " The call has been backed by Essex MPs John Whittingdale and Priti Patel, who have asked to meet with Health Secretary Steve Barclay...
Tom Watson and Arlene Foster nominated for peerages
... Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry and former culture secretary John Whittingdale were awarded knighthoods...
Attacks on Boris Johnson's wife are sexist, says Sajid Javid
... " The 33-year-old previously worked for the Conservative Party as a press officer and as an adviser to the then Culture Secretary John Whittingdale and Mr Javid when he was at the communities department...
Carrie Johnson: I'm target of a brutal briefing campaign
... In Lord Ashcroft s book, former cabinet minister John Whittingdale said the influence she was said to have was inaccurate - but that the Johnsons " discuss things in a way that previous spouses [of prime ministers] would not, because they were much less political"...
Essex mental health deaths review demands legal powers
The government has been asked to decide whether to hold The First ever national public inquiry into Mental Health deaths.
An independent review into 1,500 deaths at The Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) over a 21-year period was launched in 2020.
Another 500 deaths were made known to the review chair, Dr Geraldine Strathdee, in December.
Dr Strathdee said The Inquiry could not continue without full legal powers.
Her comments came after only 11 staff out of 14,000 agreed to attend evidence sessions.
Its findings will no longer be published as expected this Spring.
" The Inquiry 's work will continue while we await further progress, " She Said .
In an open letter, Dr Strathdee described The Number of responses to the review from current and former staff " hugely disappointing".
'Significant increase'The 1,500 died while they were a patient on a Mental Health ward in Essex, or within three months of being discharged, between 2000 and 2020.
Dr Strathdee said: " In December 2022, I received an update on this number from EPUT, and it actually stands closer to 2,000.
" This is a significant increase in The Number of people who have lost their lives as Mental Health patient.
" I Am concerned that it has taken two years since this inquiry was announced to be informed about these individuals' deaths by The Trust . "
The current review was commissioned by the government after 100,000 people signed a petition to investigate Mental Health deaths.
It was Set Up by while he was an inpatient at the Linden Centre in Chelmsford in 2012.
" I'm almost in tears hearing this now, " she told The Bbc . " Why has it taken 10 Years of My Life to get to this point?
" I want to be able to say to Essex that your loved ones are safe, when they come under the care of Essex Mental Health services. Give us our statutory public inquiry. "
The Call has been backed by Essex MPs John Whittingdale and Priti Patel , who have asked to meet with Health Secretary Steve Barclay .
Dr Strathdee said staff evidence was " fundamental to The Inquiry to properly investigate the deaths of Mental Health patients".
She added: " In The Event that staff engagement remains very poor, it is my view that The Inquiry will not be able to meet its terms of reference with a non-statutory status".
Dr Strathdee confirmed she had met with the health secretary and said any decision on The Inquiry 's status would be the government's to make.
EPUT said it was proactively encouraging its staff to take part in the review and had been offering advice and support.
It said: " There is a need to meet The Commitment to families, carers and service users who rightly expect answers. "
Some 93 families in Essex have been campaigning for a full public inquiry with legal powers to compel witnesses.
The review was announced by Nadine Dorries in 2020, when she was a health minister, after a series of deaths at an NHS Mental Health unit in Essex.
Source of news: bbc.com
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