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1698066

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people born after 1 January 1983 are required to provide a valid passport when giving notice of marriage.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	20108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>Every person who gives notice to marry or to form a civil partnership in England and Wales must provide evidence of their given name, surname, date of birth, and nationality. A valid passport or another specified document can be used as evidence of nationality.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/04/2024 11:23:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1698067

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent in the last 12 months on (a) in-work and (b) other training on (i) coastal restoration, (ii) the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems, (iii) monitoring, (iv) enforcement and (v) sustainable recreation; how much he plans to spend on each of those areas in the next 12 months; and whether his Department employs apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	20101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The requested information on training spend is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Core Defra Marine and Fisheries staff and employees of Defra’s marine Arm’s Length Bodies undertake a range of training and learning and development (L&amp;D) opportunities covering a wide range of topics including coastal restoration and the protection of marine ecosystems, monitoring, enforcement, and sustainable recreation. Training is delivered through a range of means, including for example on the job learning, attending courses, peer to peer learning, conferences or talks, membership of professional bodies/learned societies, reviewing literature and mentoring. There is no mechanism through which we can give a specific amount that will be spent on those areas in the next 12 months. Every civil servant is supported to undertake L&amp;D and expected to undertake the training necessary to their role. Detailed records are not kept at a corporate level on specific training.</p><p> </p><p>The department does employ apprentices. As at March 2024 Defra Group currently has 880 active apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/04/2024 13:23:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1698068

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were out of work as a result of having long covid in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	20085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd March is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/04/2024 13:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ20085 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1698071

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled HMT ministers’ overseas travel, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £15,991 spent on his visit to the USA from 20 to 22 October 2023 was spent on air travel.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	20032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes details of Ministerial travel on GOV.UK. As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers' travel either at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 28/03/2024 11:31:59 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1698075

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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 Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) planned spending is for and (b) expected number of beneficiaries are of the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	20043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) programme is due to end on 21 September 2025. The forecasted spending for the 2024/2025 tax year and the beginning of the 2025/2026 tax year until the programme ends is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FORECAST 2024/2025</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FORECAST 2025/2026 </strong> <strong>(up to 21 Sept 2025)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£4.0m</p></td><td><p>£0.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not produce a formal forecast of the number of participants for the IPES programme per year. The last intake of participants to the programme was December 2023. As of 29 February 2024, the total number of participants was 3,820. This number will decline as participants complete the programme, until September 2025 when the programme is due to end.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Please Note</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>The figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest million.</li><li>The data recorded in the IPES dataset does not meet the standards required to be included in the Official Statistics. <strong>Please treat the total number of participant value as a guide figure rather than an actual figure.</strong></li></ul> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/04/2024 12:28:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1698077

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children of which biological sex were prescribed puberty blockers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	20081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists or ‘puberty blockers’ are used to treat several medical conditions in children and young people. These include precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, endometriosis and gender dysphoria. Information on biological sex is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/04/2024 12:38:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1698083

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Environment Agency and (b) local authorities on the effectiveness of mechanisms to enforce the responsibilities of riparian owners for the maintenance of river banks.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	20109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to discuss flood and water management matters.</p><p> </p><p>Riparian landowners, those whose land adjoins a watercourse, are required under common law to maintain watercourses, including the removal of debris and blockages, which could cause an obstruction to the flow of water on their land, or downstream if washed away, as well as maintenance of the bed and banks, and any trees or shrubs growing on the banks. Where a stream or culvert becomes silted up, choked with weeds, or the flow of water has been obstructed causing flood risk to others, the Environment Agency and local authorities have statutory powers to require the relevant person to maintain the flow of the watercourse. The Environment Agency has published guidance on owning a watercourse on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/owning-a-watercourse" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. By April 2024, new engagement guidance will be published to help Risk Management Authorities, Environment Agency staff, and landowners have more effective conversations on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Policy Statement sets out what we expect from those responsible for all assets and watercourses – including risk management authorities, other public and community organisations, the private sector and riparian owners – to invest in ongoing maintenance and ensure timely repairs where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has commissioned an independent review of statutory powers and responsibilities associated with FCERM assets across all flood risks and coastal erosion. The review started work in 2021 and is expected to report this spring. This will review whether current mechanisms and legal powers are clear and effective and relevant expertise is shared; this includes the non-statutory powers and responsibilities of riparian landowners and asset owners. The review team is working closely with key stakeholders to ensure that it considers good practice and practitioner concerns, within the sector. Defra will consider its findings after publication.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 03/04/2024 15:22:01 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1698087

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Women's Aid: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to provide funding to Women's Aid in the next three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	20103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls is a government priority. Our strategies aim to transform the whole of society’s response to these crimes with actions to prevent abuse, support victims and ensure more perpetrators are bought to justice.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided funding to Women’s Aid of up to £1.34m until March 2025 to deliver the Flexible Fund. This fund will help hundreds of domestic abuse victims next year who will receive lifeline payments to help escape tormenting and often life-threatening abuse, providing the chance to rebuild their lives. We are also investing £753k into Women’s Aid next year to improve the awareness of domestic abuse amongst young people.</p><p> </p><p>Funding beyond March 2025 is subject to future budgets which will be set through the next Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 03/04/2024 08:50:27 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1698089

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he as made of the cost to individuals of replacing blue badges lost due to theft.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	20067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department sets the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Current legislation provides local authorities with the means to tackle abuse of the Blue Badge scheme locally, such as the power to retain and cancel badges found to be stolen.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of Blue Badges stolen in the last 12 months are not currently available. The latest published statistics show that in the year ending 31<sup>st</sup> March 2023, 1700 Blue Badges were reported stolen in England. The figures reflect cases that have been recorded in the Blue Badge Digital Service database. It is possible that not all instances of loss or theft will be reported and recorded, and therefore will not be included in these figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 20068 20069 question first answered 28/03/2024 14:10:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1698090

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Home Office on the theft of blue badges.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	20068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department sets the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Current legislation provides local authorities with the means to tackle abuse of the Blue Badge scheme locally, such as the power to retain and cancel badges found to be stolen.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of Blue Badges stolen in the last 12 months are not currently available. The latest published statistics show that in the year ending 31<sup>st</sup> March 2023, 1700 Blue Badges were reported stolen in England. The figures reflect cases that have been recorded in the Blue Badge Digital Service database. It is possible that not all instances of loss or theft will be reported and recorded, and therefore will not be included in these figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 20067 20069 question first answered 28/03/2024 14:10:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury