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1696425

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the Export Control Joint Unit reviews urgent trade sanctions licence applications in a timely manner.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	18843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>In making decisions on whether to grant a licence to permit something otherwise prohibited by sanctions legislation &amp; regulations, the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), comprised of subject matter experts and officials in the Department for Business and Trade, the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office and the Ministry of Defence, acts on behalf of the Secretary of State. ECJU is obligated to consider applications on a case-by-case basis, determining whether granting a licence would be consistent with the stated purposes of the sanctions regime, licensing grounds, and United Nations or international law obligations.</p><p> </p><p>When assessing applications ECJU also consults and considers views from a range of other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/03/2024 15:36:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1692780

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Profits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of profits made by oil and gas companies in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	16281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/03/2024 07:19:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1692781

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	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	Water Companies: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the financial implications for her policies of trends in the level of debt acquired by water companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	16283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Water companies are allowed to raise debt to fund the delivery of their services.</p><p> </p><p>Ofwat, as the independent economic regulator, assesses and monitors the financial resilience of each company, including levels of debt, on an individual and ongoing basis and challenges companies where they identify this is needed.</p><p> </p><p>Over recent years, as investment requirements have risen, Ofwat has taken further steps to strengthen the financial resilience of companies. This includes increasing its financial monitoring and improving levels of reporting transparency. As part of this work, Ofwat produces an annual <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofwat.gov.uk%2Fregulated-companies%2Fresilience-in-the-round%2Fmonitoring-financial-resilience%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C404fd2dfae6b44bafb2c08dc3c55f362%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638451587045800154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9sb30LLZHaJqip5l8HtMBnlqmc3jKOo%2Bk%2FHMdoB%2FlRM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Monitoring Financial Resilience Report’</a> to provide a publicly available assessment of the financial resilience of each water company.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 16423 question first answered 12/03/2024 13:15:29 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1692782

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support the expanded remit of the Gangmaster Licensing and Abuse Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	16284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government allocates a yearly budget to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to enable it to undertake its regulatory and enforcement activities. The GLAA’s remit was expanded in 2016. Since then, the Government has increased the annual funding it provides the GLAA from £1.97m in 2015/16 to £7.77m in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 08/03/2024 14:33:54 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1692783

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that legal aid remains accessible.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	16285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Access to justice is a fundamental right, and in 2022/23 we spent £1.86 billion on legal aid: £926 million on civil, £873 million on crime, and £56 million through central funds (central funds provide funding for, amongst other things, Defence Costs Orders, which are made in respect of non legally-aided defendants who are acquitted, and independent cross examination of vulnerable witnesses in criminal and civil proceedings).</p><p>The Ministry of Justice published the Government Response to the Means Test Review consultation exercise in May 2023, which sets out the detailed policy decisions underpinning the new means-test arrangements.</p><p>Our changes will increase the number of people eligible for civil legal aid in England and Wales by an additional 2.5 million, with 3.5 million more people eligible for criminal legal aid at the magistrates’ court.</p><p>We have also injected up to £10 million a year into housing legal aid through the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS). HLPAS provides early legal advice on housing, debt, and welfare benefits problems for anyone facing the loss of their home.</p><p>In 2023, we broadened the evidence requirements for victims of domestic abuse applying for legal aid. Special Guardianship Orders in private law proceedings were also brought into the scope of legal aid. This represented an injection of £13 million a year.</p><p>We will shortly be consulting on expanding the provision of legal aid at inquests related to major incidents where the Independent Public Advocate is appointed or in the aftermath of terrorist incidents. If implemented, this would mean that no family involved in such cases in future would face an inquest without proper legal representation.</p><p>To support and strengthen the criminal legal aid sector, in responding to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review, we uplifted most criminal legal aid fee schemes by 15% in 2022. We are also consulting on reforms to the police station fee scheme and the Youth Court fee scheme, for which we have allocated an extra £21 million per year. These changes increase spend by up to £141 million a year - taking expected criminal legal aid spend to £1.2 billion per year. The additional funding into the system will help contribute towards the sustainability of the market and help ensure legal aid is accessible for the future.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 16425 question first answered 08/03/2024 14:37:18 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1676290

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Leader of the House: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much her office spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Cabinet Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/12/2023 15:11:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1676301

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Fleetwood Strategy: NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) officials in Downing Street have had recent discussions with representatives of Fleetwood Strategy on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on official government business are routinely published on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website. Party political discussions are a matter for the Conservative Party.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/12/2023 14:58:07 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1676302

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax: Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the tax on (a) capital gains and (b) dividends to the same rate as income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK tax system encourages investment whilst also taxing income from capital sources like dividends and Capital Gains fairly.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the Office of Tax Simplification's report on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on 30 November 2021, substantial reforms to CGT rates and allowances would involve a number of wider policy trade-offs and so careful thought must be given to the impact that they would have on taxpayers, as well as any additional administrative burden on HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keep all aspects of the tax system under review to ensure it is simple and efficient.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/12/2023 12:35:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1676303

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drinks receptions were held in 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 15/12/2023 14:58:20 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1675899

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations.</p><p> </p><p>All Business Units within the Ministry of Justice have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 14/12/2023 15:38:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett