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1455260

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date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's advice on Universal Credit on the financial wellbeing of families.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	149339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>A central aim of Universal Credit is to ensure that people are better off in work, and one of the key communication objectives is to help claimants understand how Universal Credit makes work pay. This message is being communicated through a range of claimant contact points, including the Universal Credit pages of GOV.UK, the online partner toolkit, printed materials and interactions between claimants and advisers (from DWP and other partner organisations).</p><p> </p><p>Calculators are available on the internet that can help claimants to estimate what their income is likely to be on Universal Credit. These are not sponsored by DWP, but providing accurate information is given, they have a role to play in helping people to understand how much better off they are in work.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/04/2022 15:08:13 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455261

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of trends in the levels of real-terms research funding since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	149340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes data on UK gross expenditure on research and development (GERD). Its latest published figures show £38.5 billion in 2019 compared to £25.9 billion in 2010, a nominal increase of about 49%. Adjusted for changes in the GDP deflator, this suggests an increase in constant prices of about 26% over the same period.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/04/2022 15:10:59 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455262

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made in meeting the pledge to donate 80 million covid-19 vaccines doses to COVAX by June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	149341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK was one of the earliest and largest donors to COVAX, contributing £548 million to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). Our early funding gave the COVAX AMC the purchase power to secure deals with manufacturers to supply internationally approved vaccines for up to 92 low and middle-income countries. So far, COVAX has helped deliver over 1.16 billion doses to 144 participants.</p><p>In addition, as of 28 March, the UK has delivered 44.9 million vaccines to COVAX. COVAX will receive a further 16.7 million doses direct from the manufacturer when they are available. Discussions about further donations are ongoing, subject to supply chain reliability and Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advice.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 06/04/2022 15:48:53 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455263

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Unfair Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to prevent the unfair dismissal of drivers by app-based private hire companies through the suspension or deactivation of those drivers' accounts by those companies.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	149342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>An individual’s entitlement to rights at work is determined by their employment status, employee, worker or self-employed. Though most private hire vehicle drivers are considered to be self-employed, they can be classed under any of these depending on their employment relationship.</p><p>Employees are entitled to all rights including being protected against unfair dismissal (subject to qualifying periods) and have responsibilities towards their employer. So called limb (b) workers are entitled to core employment rights but have increased flexibility and self-employed individuals generally have no employment rights but have complete flexibility in their work and are in business for themselves and provide a service to a client. If an individual believes they have been classified in the wrong way they can contact Acas, which deals with questions from employers, individuals, and others about a wide range of employment relations matters.</p><p>An employer needs to have a valid reason and take appropriate steps if they are to dismiss an employee. Employees who consider that their dismissal was unfair can complain to an employment tribunal, generally subject to a qualifying period of continuous service.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/04/2022 13:39:07 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455264

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Energy Bill Discount Scheme, whether it is his policy that the benefits of the discount be passed onto tenants who have bills paid with their tenancy arrangement; whether a tenant who has not received a rebate will have to pay the additional £40 per annum charge in the case that a tenant has moved into a property following the application of the rebate; and in what way his Department will help ensure that renters who split and pay utility bills separately but occupy the same property will be treated equitably under the Scheme, including where tenants move into another property during the course of five years of the rebate.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	149343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>All domestic electricity customers in Great Britain will receive a £200 reduction in their electricity costs from this October through the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). Third parties such as landlords should pass on the £200 reduction to the end users. The Government will recoup the costs of the EBSS in full from domestic energy bills over five years from 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will explore these issues further through a public consultation run by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/04/2022 08:26:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455265

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Birmingham, Yardley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	149291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions with reference to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September. The relevant benefits are increasing by 3.1% from April.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the seven years, 2014/15 to 2020/21, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2021" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. In the Birmingham, Yardley constituency 32.3% (9,058) of children were in families in absolute low income before housing costs in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>With almost 1.32 million vacancies across the UK, our plan for tackling poverty is firmly focussed on supporting people to move into and progress in work. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that in the UK in 2020/21 there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty, before housing costs, than in 2009/10 and 540,000 fewer children in workless households.</p><p> </p><p>This plan includes our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs has been expanded by £500 million and Way to Work, which is a concerted drive across the UK to help half a million currently out of work people into jobs by the end of June 2022. We have recruited around 13,500 additional work coaches who are all trained to develop a detailed knowledge of their local labour market and to offer claimants the tailored support they need to take advantage of new opportunities wherever they live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some people require additional support and from April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion. Under the first round of funding, Birmingham City Council was allocated £12,791,135.04 of funding, and they are provisionally allocated the same amount again for the extension of the fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/04/2022 16:54:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1455266

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with representatives of crypto currency organisation on the transfer of Russian assets within their businesses.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	149252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury has engaged with cryptoasset businesses though public communications and official-level meetings with industry representatives.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England issued a statement setting out the expectation that cryptoasset businesses play their part in ensuring that sanctions are complied with. The statement sets out the legal and regulatory requirements on cryptoasset businesses with regard to sanctions, as well as steps that firms can take to reduce the risk of sanctions evasion.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has also written to all registered cryptoasset firms and those holding temporary registration status to highlight the application of sanctions on various Russian entities and individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The government and UK authorities are actively monitoring the use of cryptoassets, in order to detect sanctions evasion, and stand ready to act in the event of sanctions breaches.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/04/2022 13:36:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1455267

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Germany: Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her German counterpart on that country's recent review of its nuclear power provisions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	149253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary speaks to the German Federal Foreign Minister regularly. During these conversations they discuss a range of shared priorities including our shared goal to reduce energy dependency on Russia. The Foreign Secretary has had no specific discussions with the German Federal Foreign Minister on Germany's recent review of its nuclear power provisions.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/04/2022 13:48:23 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1455268

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Libraries: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding for school libraries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	149254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The department believes that all pupils deserve to be taught a knowledge rich curriculum that promotes the extensive reading of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school. School libraries complement public libraries in helping pupils to do this.</p><p>Schools in England have the flexibility to make their own decisions on how to prioritise their spending to invest in a wide range of activities and resources that will best support their staff and pupils. It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, including whether to employ a qualified librarian. Many head teachers recognise the important role school libraries play in improving literacy and encouraging pupils to read for pleasure, and ensure that suitable library facilities are provided.</p><p>The government continues to deliver year on year, real terms per pupil increases to school funding in England. The total core school budget is increasing to £56.8 billion by the 2024/25 financial year, a £7 billion cash increase compared with 2021/22. Future increases in funding have been frontloaded to rapidly get money to schools, so that in 2022/23 alone, core schools funding will increase by £4 billion compared to 2021/22. This total includes a £2.5 billion increase in mainstream school funding for 5 to 16 year olds in 2022/23, compared to 2021/22. This is equivalent to an average 5.8% cash increase, or £300, per pupil, with each local authority forecast to see at least a 4.7% increase per pupil.</p><p>Responsibility for funding school libraries is devolved in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Executive receive funding through the Barnett formula in line with the principles set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. It is for the Northern Ireland Executive to allocate their funding in devolved areas as they see fit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 05/04/2022 14:23:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1455269

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	War Crimes: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with lawyers at the International Criminal Court on investigations into Russian war crimes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	149255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Further to the request for assistance from States Parties to the Rome Statute, issued by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 2 March, my right hon. Friend, the Deputy Prime Minister, met with the Prosecutor, Mr Karim A.A. Khan QC, twice.</p><p> </p><p>The first meeting, on 14 March, was focused on how the UK can best support the ICC’s investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The second meeting, on 24 March, took place in the context of a meeting of other States Parties, convened and chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, to discuss international support for the court. This included an announcement of the UK’s offer of a financial contribution of £1 million from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), as well as a range of technical, military and police expertise.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/04/2022 14:28:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon