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1255484

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Investment Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to allocate the £500 million funding from the Youth Investment Fund to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	120823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Government recognises the significant impact of Covid-19 on young people, particularly the most vulnerable, and on the youth services that support them. A £16.5m Youth Covid-19 Support Fund has been announced which will protect the immediate future of grassroots and national youth organisations across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The funding will be allocated from the Government’s unprecedented £750 million package of support which is benefiting tens of thousands of frontline charities, so they can continue their vital work. More than £60 million of this package has already been provided to organisations working with vulnerable children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Investment Fund remains a manifesto commitment for transformative levelling up across the country over the course of the parliament. In the recent announced Spending Review £30m of this was committed as capital investment for 2021-22. This will provide a transformational investment in new and refurbished safe spaces for young people, so they can access support youth workers, and positive activities out of school, including sport and culture. Further details of the timetable for allocation will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 30/11/2020 18:45:36 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1685316

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Barnardo's report entitled Double discrimination: Black care-experienced young adults navigating the criminal justice system, published on 21 September 2023, whether he has made an assessment of discrimination affecting Black care-experienced young adults who have involvement with the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	11593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>We are grateful for the work Barnardo's have done to highlight the challenges faced by young black care-experienced people in our criminal justice system, and I was delighted to meet with them on 30 January to discuss the Double Discrimination report. We look forward to working with them further to ensure we are tackling these issues.</p><p>Across the criminal justice system, we are taking forward an extensive programme of work to tackle unexplained disparities where they are identified. The Inclusive Britain strategy is central to the development of this work and contains some of our flagship efforts.</p><p>We are also updating our strategy for people with care experience in the criminal justice system, to ensure we are using care-experienced people’s time in the criminal justice system to support them to lead crime-free lives. In this work, we will be building on the work done by Barnardo’s to focus on race and its role in shaping the experiences and outcomes of those with care experience in the criminal justice system, and developing proposals to address this.</p><p>We are aiming to publish this strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/02/2024 09:51:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1624744

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2023
	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	Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on the Parliamentary timetable for the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	183234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill is a Private Member’s Bill. As the Bill is now in the Other Place, scheduling is a matter for the Lords Chief Whip. My officials and I are in regular contact with the Lords and Commons Whips offices in relation to this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/05/2023 15:32:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1487314

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Woodhouse Colliery: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, by what date his Department plans to make a decision on whether to grant planning permission to the proposed coking coal mine in Whitehaven.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	32499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The case remains under consideration. The target has been varied to 17 August, and a decision will be issued on or before that date.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/07/2022 15:08:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 12346 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1580394

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Woodhouse Colliery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice he received from his officials before making the decision on the recently approved coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	131160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The reasons for the Secretary of State's decision are set out in full in his published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcalled-in-decision-former-marchon-site-pow-beck-valley-and-area-from-the-former-marchon-site-to-st-bees-coast-whitehaven-cumbria-ref-3271069-7&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C987dfe595fb64b9b57d208db02b2797a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638106737780877309%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uApIWpD6OMPtJ%2BYM6MOWVf0NR1r%2BcRxos%2FJWD%2FkQkSY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Decision Letter</a> , it would be improper to offer further comment at this time.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2023 17:55:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1579604

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Wind Power: Noise
	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 her Department provides support to local authorities to help them investigate complaints from local residents of Low Frequency Sound Noise nuisance.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	129733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra commissioned the University of Salford to produce a Procedure for the Assessment of Low Frequency Noise Disturbance. This document, which is available here: <a href="https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/493/1/NANR45-procedure_rev1_23_12_2011.pdf" target="_blank">https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/493/1/NANR45-procedure_rev1_23_12_2011.pdf</a> is considered the best practice standard for professionals investigating low frequency noise complaints, and we consider that it remains fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/01/2023 16:50:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

861035

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will provide additional staff and funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade prior to the October 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade conference in London.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	132184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Tackling the illegal wildlife trade is a priority for this Government and the Home Office is well resourced to counter this threat. The Government will be hosting the international conference in London this October to drive further progress.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/03/2018 16:54:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

861151

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will ensure that the criminal sanctions that apply to offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations are (a) retained and (b) not downgraded to civil sanctions in the proposed changes to those regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	132300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Existing offences under The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulation 1997 (as amended), and The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Ports of Entry) Regulations 1985 are being retained as criminal sanctions in the consolidated Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The type of sanctions to be used under the 2018 consolidated regulations for offences relating to a) new provisions on caviar, and b) new requirements on advertising for sale are currently under development and will be announced imminently.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/03/2018 17:48:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

856929

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget for and (b) number of staff in the Border Force CITES team was in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	131441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Border Force’s indicative budget, for this and future years, is published as part of the Home Office’s publishing of the Annual Report and Accounts. This information can be found at gov.uk. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a> )</p><p>The ever-changing and complex challenges Border Force faces means its workforce is becoming increasingly multi-skilled, dynamic and flexible. Border Force has a workforce model clearly setting out roles and skills coupled with a strategic workforce planning process enabling effective identification of resourcing needs, training requirements and the effective deployment of staff. Staff can be deployed to areas of greatest need at short notice.</p><p>Border Force uses an intelligence led approach to detecting illegal CITES trade. This is a proportionate and risk based approach taking account of all available intelligence to inform targeting activities and deployments at the frontier.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2018 18:05:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

856928

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	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 plans his Department has to allocate funding to the (a) National Wildlife Crime Unit and (b) CITES Border Force team at Heathrow, to prevent the illegal trade in wildlife after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	131440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra, together with the Home Office, have committed funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) until 2019/20. Decisions on funding and departmental allocations beyond 2020 will be taken at the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 12:26:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy