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1536184

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Women: New Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	uin	901850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the skills, innovation and talents of female entrepreneurs. That’s why this Government launched a Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce in May 2022, led by Anne Boden of Starling Bank and with a membership of some of this country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.</p><p>It will use its convening power to influence high-growth investors, raise the aspirations of the next generation and work to stimulate regional funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 13:04:24 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1521564

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing speed limits on road safety for all users.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
	uin	901624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department published a comprehensive three-year evaluation of the effect of 20mph signed-only limits in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The report found that while 20mph limits were supported by the majority of residents and drivers, there was insufficient evidence to conclude that that the introduction of 20mph limits in residential areas had led to a significant change in collisions and casualties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 13/10/2022 13:38:54 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1521559

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Growth Plan 2022 on the delivery of road upgrades.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	901619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>My officials are already engaging with the delivery agencies whose schemes were identified for acceleration in the growth plan, including local authorities and National Highways, with the intent of removing barriers and delivering the schemes faster.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to deliver the £24billion Roads Investment Strategy, including 58 major improvement schemes. Ten of these were included on the list of schemes to prioritise for acceleration and we are working with NH to speed up delivery of these to boost growth across all areas of the country.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 13/10/2022 16:37:29 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1156501

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	900179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that no-one should be criminalised simply for sleeping rough.</p><p>In the Cross-Government Rough Sleeping Strategy published last year we committed to review the Vagrancy Act.</p><p>The review is consulting with stakeholders on all options including retention, repeal, replacement or amendment.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 28/10/2019 16:53:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1167796

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times officials in her Department have met with the office of Wendy Williams.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	8614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution</em></strong>.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 16:55:27 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1167795

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department will publish a timetable for delivery of the final report of the Windrush lessons learned review.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	8613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Once the final report has been received, we will publish as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 17:05:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1167794

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is aware of meetings that have taken place between the office of Wendy Williams and stakeholder (a) individuals and (b) organisations on the Windrush lessons learned review.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	8596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that the review has engaged with a broad range of stakeholders as set out in the published methodology. As the review is independent, other than those publicly advertised, the detail of that engagement is not known by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 17:22:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1167823

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proof of Identity: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in Scotland who do not have a (a) passport and (b) driving licence.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	8583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold information on the number of UK citizens without a valid passport. However, I can confirm that there were 51,372,413 valid British passports as of 22 September 2019.</p><p>We are unable to provide data on the number of valid passports issued to people in Scotland or any geographical region within the UK, as the data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold any information relating to driving licenses. For information on driving licences I would direct the Honourable Member to PQ 597 answered on 21 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 17:27:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1150216

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to enable (a) current students and (b) recently graduated students still resident on their student visa to remain for two years after graduation in order to find a job.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes international students to the UK, and recognises that they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p>The recent announcement of the new Graduate route demonstrates that the UK is globally focussed and our commitment to attracting the brightest and best talent from around the world to study and work in the UK.</p><p>The UK already has an excellent and competitive visa offer for international students wanting to study at our world-class institutions and the introduction of the Graduate route is aimed at enhancing this by providing greater opportunities for talented international students who will be able to remain in the UK for two years to work once they have successfully completed their studies.</p><p>The number of university-sponsored Tier 4 student visa applications increased by 11% in the year ending June 2019, and is at its highest recorded level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 826 827 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1150215

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision has been made for international students (a) studying and (b) recently graduated that are resident on their student visa since the previous restriction was made in 2012 who are not currently entitled to remain for two years after graduation to find a job.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes international students to the UK, and recognises that they enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally.</p><p>The recent announcement of the new Graduate route demonstrates that the UK is globally focussed and our commitment to attracting the brightest and best talent from around the world to study and work in the UK.</p><p>The UK already has an excellent and competitive visa offer for international students wanting to study at our world-class institutions and the introduction of the Graduate route is aimed at enhancing this by providing greater opportunities for talented international students who will be able to remain in the UK for two years to work once they have successfully completed their studies.</p><p>The number of university-sponsored Tier 4 student visa applications increased by 11% in the year ending June 2019, and is at its highest recorded level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 826 828 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley