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1584811

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date	07/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of parity in sentencing guidelines between hate crime based on disabilities and hate crime based on race.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	141586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are a matter for the independent Sentencing Council. However, the approach to the sentencing of hate crimes is primarily set out in legislation.</p><p>This Government recognises that hate crime legislation, having been developed and added to over time, has prompted concerns that it is not sufficiently coherent and is difficult for practitioners and criminal justice agencies to implement. These concerns include parity between disability and other hate crime strands.</p><p>Recognising these issues, we asked the Law Commission to conduct a review into the coverage and approach of hate crime legislation. This review examined the adequacy and parity of protection offered by the law relating to hate crime and the current range of offences and aggravating factors in sentencing. The Law Commission reported its recommendations in 2021.</p><p>The Government is considering its proposals carefully and will respond to the recommendations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2023 12:48:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1584814

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
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 steps he is taking to help promote peace in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>I Refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 10 February to question 138074 from the Hon. Member for Rother Valley.</p><p>The UK uses its UN Security Council role to advance the UN-facilitated political process in line with UNSCR 2254. We support the work of UN Special Envoy to this effect, and are working with him to develop his 'step for step' approach to making progress. The Assad regime and its backers remain intransigent; we urge them to engage in good faith.</p><p>Lasting peace requires accountability. We pursue this through sanctions; raising awareness of crimes committed in Syria; and support for evidence-gathering, including through the UN Commission of Inquiry; the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria; and UK programme partners.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2023 17:17:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1584817

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have opened a Help to Save account in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141399 141400 141401 141402 141403 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584818

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people with a Help to Save account who pay in every month.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141400 141401 141402 141403 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584819

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people who have made consecutive monthly payments into their Help to Save account over a period of at least six months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141399 141401 141402 141403 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584820

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time was that a Help to Save account remained open since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141399 141400 141402 141403 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584821

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have kept their Help to Save accounts open up to the (a) two and (b) four year bonus deadlines.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141399 141400 141401 141403 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584822

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average bonus was for a Help to Save scheme account since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141399 141400 141401 141402 141404 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584823

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the average time between Help to Save account holders making their first and second payments.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	141404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 are published in the Annual Savings Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022</a>. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published in June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the proportion of people who pay into their Help to Save account each month. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the number or proportion of individuals who have made consecutive payments into their Help to Save accounts over a period of six months. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, based on closed accounts, the average length of time a Help to Save account remained open was 3 years and 11 months.</p><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022:</p><ol><li>257,000 accounts have remained open for at least two years,</li><li>81,000 accounts have remained open for the maximum of four years.</li></ol><p> </p><p>As of end of December 2022, to the nearest £5:</p><ol><li>The average bonus at the end of the second year was £395, out of a maximum £600,</li><li>The average bonus at the end of the fourth year was £450 out of a maximum £600.</li><li>Please note that because bonuses are only paid out for those who save, not all accounts received a bonus. We have excluded accounts that did not receive a bonus from our calculated average bonuses.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an estimate of the average length of time between Help to Save account holders’ first and second payments. This would exceed the cost limit due to data matching and cleansing.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 141398 141399 141400 141401 141402 141403 question first answered 13/02/2023 14:20:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1584825

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Employment: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the report by the Royal National Institute of Blind People entitled Access to Work: People with sight loss cannot wait any longer for action, published on 26 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	141459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Access to Work has received a significant increase in applications over the last year, and we have recruited new staff to meet the increased demand and reduce the time it takes to make decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Customers making new applications where they are starting work within the next 4 weeks, or have a grant coming to an end that requires renewal, are prioritised to ensure customers are able to enter and remain in the labour market. The department is working hard to reduce the wait times for all disabled people, with all processes being kept under review, including in the context of the recommendations from the Royal National Institute of Blind People report.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal National Institute of Blind People report included recommendations such as whether the DWP could reintroduce some of the easements that were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has already been considered and, alongside prioritising people with a job start within the next 4 weeks, easements like a revised ‘light touch’ renewals process have been put in place.</p><p> </p><p>Longer term, we are also transforming the Access to Work service through increased digitalisation, that will make the service more efficient, make the application process easier, and improve the time taken from application through to decision.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/02/2023 12:02:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day