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1488270

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of large employers offering inclusive blended work experience programmes, both in-person and virtual, for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	34791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>We currently do not collect data on the number of T Level industry placements delivered, or committed to, by individual employers. Instead, this information is held by education providers, who are responsible for securing industry placements for their T Level students and, therefore, we are unable to report on the number of large employers currently offering or planning on offering industry placements. However, as part of our ongoing engagement with employers on T Levels, we are encouraging employers of all sizes, including large employers, to offer industry placements.</p><p>Traineeships provide young people from all backgrounds with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and skills needed to start a successful career in a variety of industries.</p><p>Through The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC), we continue to support schools and colleges to provide young people with access to meaningful experiences of the workplace.</p><p>We know that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Careers Leaders in schools,colleges and employers responded creatively to the challenges of providing experiences of the workplace, adapting their careers programmes to provide virtual encounters with employers. Many employers are now taking a blended approach to providing workplace experiences..</p><p>The CEC have published a range of key resources to support Careers Leaders to develop their careers programmes. This includes guidance around how to meet Gatsby Benchmark 6 (experiences of the workplace) more meaningfully, resources from the ‘My Week of Work’ event, and links to virtual tours with employers and work experience programmes.</p><p>The CEC has also worked in partnership with CareerMap and Engineering UK to develop a new resource for employers around virtual work experience and continue to increase opportunities for young people to engage with employers.</p><p>Over 300 ‘Cornerstone’ employers who represent a range of business sizes and sectors, including Rolls Royce and BAE Systems, are working with Careers Hubs to bring together business effort and engagement with local schools and colleges. 3,750 Enterprise Advisers are also working with schools and colleges to develop their employer engagement plans.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 21/07/2022 18:32:20 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1385493

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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	Yemen: UN Security Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, as the UN Security Council pen holder on Yemen, what representations the Government has made at the UN in response to (a) the rejection of the resolution to renew the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen and (b) calls for accountability for all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in that country.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	87553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>The UK regrets that the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen was not renewed. The Group had a crucial role to play in providing ongoing reporting on the actions of parties. The UK voted in favour of renewal and spoke in support of the resolution during the voting. As we made clear during the Human Rights Council session of 7 October, we are concerned by reports of serious and wide-ranging human rights violations and abuses by parties to the conflict. The UK will continue to urge the parties involved to investigate these allegations and take action to promote and protect human rights. We are working with partners on next steps in promoting human rights accountability in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/12/2021 16:11:56 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643685

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	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	World Bank: Seeds
	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 his Department is taking to help ensure that World Bank negotiation of Development Policy Financing takes account of seed laws.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	188815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188816 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643686

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	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	World Bank: Agriculture
	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 funding his Department provides to the World Bank to support a shift to sustainable agricultural production in low-income countries.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	188816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643687

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	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	World Bank: Agriculture
	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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of World Bank (a) policies on and (b) investment in agriculture on (i) reducing poverty and (ii) increasing food security.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	188817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188816 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356806

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes HMRC made to the process for registering occupational pension schemes in (a) 2006 and (b) 2014; and what the reasons were for those changes .
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	51578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for registering pension schemes where they wish to benefit from the tax reliefs available to pensions.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of pension tax simplification, pension scheme registration was moved to a new online digital system in 2006.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a wider government response to concerns surrounding pension scams, in 2014 legislation was introduced to enable HMRC to refuse registration where the scheme administrators were not considered to be fit and proper.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/09/2021 13:44:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1524619

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of trust-based defined contribution pension scheme accounts there are as of 20 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	67839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>This department does not collect that information. However, statistics on trust-based defined contribution pension schemes is collected by The Pensions Regulator and can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/dc-trust-scheme-return-data-2021-2022" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/dc-trust-scheme-return-data-2021-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:24:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1687388

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q338 of the evidence given by the Minister for Pensions on 10 January 2024, HC144, what the (a) scope of and (b) timeline for the extensive piece of work he has commissioned on indexation of pre-1997 savings from pension contributions is; and whether he plans to publish the findings of this work.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	12888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>While all pensions legislation is kept under review as a matter of course, there are currently no plans to amend the Pension Protection Fund rules on pre-97 indexation of pension contributions. The evidence given by the Minister for Pensions, on 10 January 2024, was clear that these are complex issues which will need careful consideration. DWP will continue to consider this issue, determining the scope and taking the time required for full consideration. There is no intention of publishing this advice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/02/2024 13:54:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1312442

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2021
	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	Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter of 24 March 2021 from the Minister for Disabled People to the Work and Pensions Committee, how many claimants her Department has identified as being ineligible for a remote Work Capability Assessment in each month since the suspension of face-to-face assessments on 16 March 2020 in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and how many of those claimants so identified her Department has now assessed.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	188048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question to mean how many claimants have been identified as not suitable for a telephone Work Capability Assessment (WCA) in each month since the 16 March 2020; and how many of those claimants have now been assessed.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Initial guidance for those identified as not suitable for telephone assessments has evolved since WCA telephone assessments were introduced in May 2020. In addition, further case reviews, changes of circumstance or further medical information for example, may lead to a change in advice over whether a telephone assessment is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to work with Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA), to minimise the number of people identified as not suitable for a telephone assessment and we are currently exploring alternative ways of conducting health assessments. For example, we continue to complete paper based assessments and make recommendations based on the written evidence available where possible and have introduced some video assessments where appropriate. We are planning to resume face to face WCAs next month for those who we are unable to fully assess by other channels.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/04/2021 08:36:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1171316

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which work capability assessments received zero points on initial assessment had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory assessment and (b) on appeal, in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The available information on Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) and appeals in relation to Employment Support Allowance Work Capability Assessments is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4288 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:49:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms