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1668847

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	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	Universal Credit: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision his Department makes for Winter Fuel Payments in cases where Ukrainian refugees receiving Universal Credit payments are not paying bills in the homes of their host families.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	1005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments are an age-related payment payable this winter to all people who have reached State Pension age on or before 24 September <del class="ministerial">1957</del> <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins> and who are ordinarily resident in the UK, including Ukrainian refugees. There is no need to be in receipt of a social security benefit in order to qualify.</p><p> </p><p>Winter fuel payments are made on a household basis. If there is more than one eligible person in a household, the payment will be divided between them. The sharing of bills is a matter for the house owner and any guests they may be hosting.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the cost-of-living pressures people are currently facing which is why we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to help households and individuals with their bills.</p><p> </p><p>Pensioners who are entitled to a winter fuel payment this winter will receive a pensioner Cost of Living Payment of £300 per household paid with their normal payment, meaning over 8 million pensioner households across the UK will receive an increased winter fuel payment of £500/£600 depending on age.</p><p> </p><p>Over 8 million UK households on eligible means tested benefits will receive additional Cost of Living Payments totalling up to £900 in the 2023/24 financial year and over 6 million individuals in receipt of eligible disability benefits will have received a £150 payment to help with the additional costs they face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 15:47:31 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2023 16:28:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 527 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1329681

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to clear the backlog for learner drivers wanting to take their driving test following the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	10137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/06/2021 14:08:47 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1402854

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 November to Question 76548, he plans to respond to Question 76548 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, tabled by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	103509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>You will recall that I responded to your Question 76548 of 17 November 2021 on 22 November 2021 to advise that it would take time to collate the information required for a detailed breakdown and, in response to your further Question 84298 of 30 November, I reiterated that position. I am now able to respond substantively to your Question.</p><p>As you will know from my answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61052, no donations are made to Stonewall. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the three Services, and the MOD Police, are all members of Stonewall's 'Diversity Champions programme' for which membership costs an annual fee. In addition, a number of courses and professional development sessions are purchased on an ad-hoc basis, primarily by the LGBT+ networks.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that all MOD Memberships are reviewed regularly, to ensure that they deliver value for money and continue to meet our Diversity and Inclusion ambitions and strategic direction, as set out in the Defence Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, A Force for Inclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Information held by the MOD is provided in the table below. You will wish to note that further investigation of expenditure means that in many cases the estimated figures provided in answer to Question 61052 have now been revised upwards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> British Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> MOD Centre D&amp;I</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> MOD Police</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1,050</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£3,696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£9,045</p></td><td><p>£17,181</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£8,084</p></td><td><p>£9,150</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£11,226</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£6,155</p></td><td><p>£5,104</p></td><td><p>£6,708</p></td><td><p>£4,854</p></td><td><p>£9,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£2,500</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£3,209</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The Royal Navy has no payments recorded to Stonewall prior to financial year 2017-18</li><li>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion has no payments recorded to Stonewall prior to financial year 2017-18</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/01/2022 11:33:57 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403070

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Ethiopia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he has plans to alter the vaccine recognition approval status for Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	104293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is taking a phased approach to the rollout of our inbound vaccination programme and will continue to work with international partners to expand the policy to more countries and territories where it is safe to do so. Vaccine certification between countries and territories varies considerably and the government has published minimum criteria on gov.uk that both digital and paper certificates must meet.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 19/01/2022 09:54:41 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403553

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	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	Regulation: Apprentices
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a ring-fenced fund for regulatory compliance apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	105329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Regulatory services are not the responsibility of a single department. While no DLUHC funding is currently available we will keep this under review and maintain a dialogue with other departments and local government regarding this matter.</p><p>My Department is committed to addressing capacity and capability issues affecting regulatory services in general, and the regulation of the construction products sector in particular. The Government has supported the sector through the National Regulator for Construction Products within the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to oversee a stronger regulatory regime. Up to £10 million has been set aside for this work in 2021/22. My Department remains committed to making sure that OPSS have the necessary resources at its disposal, and we expect that OPSS will continue to work with and support Local Authority Trading Standards teams to implement the regime.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/01/2022 17:13:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1549857

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	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	Lawn Tennis Association: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Association of Tennis Professionals on (a) the £820,000 pound fine given to the Lawn Tennis Association and (b) the participation of Russian and Belarusian players in tennis tournaments.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has made it clear in writing to both the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women’s Tennis Association that we fully supported the decision of the Lawn Tennis Association and the All England Lawn Tennis Club to decline entries from Russian and Belarusian players to competition in England.</p><p>It is essential that the international sport community stands united in ensuring President Putin cannot use sport to legitimise his barbaric invasion of Ukraine. Fining the AELTC and LTA sends completely the wrong message to Putin, and we strongly urge the ATP and WTA to reconsider.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/12/2022 11:15:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403971

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 18 January 2022 and 1 November 2021 to Questions 103509 and 61052 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, what steps he is taking to help ensure that figures provided in response to Parliamentary questions are (a) up to date and (b) accurate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff do the best they can within the given time available to supply necessary information for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Parliamentary Questions (PQs). Staff strive to ensure the information supplied is as accurate as possible and, where inaccuracies or inconsistencies are later found, the Department will set the record straight at the earliest opportunity. It must be recognised that requests for large data sets, over many years, present a significant challenge to locate, retrieve, and extract information, especially where such data is not collated or held centrally and is dispersed among different branches of Defence. In cases where FOI/PQs are made for historic information before the advent of widespread electronic filing, this task is made yet harder where paper records need to be manually interrogated. This can be further complicated by the time constraints imposed by the nature of such requests. Where time is limited, in the case of Named Day PQs staff typically have around one working day or less, it is not always possible for staff to ensure all records are thoroughly reviewed and the total accuracy of the data supplied. In such cases, estimates may be given. In the case of Question 61052, a Named Day Question, MOD staff produced the best estimate possible within the time constraint the question imposed. Having had the time to conduct a more thorough search and analysis in the time since, MOD staff were able to supply revised and more detailed information in response to Question 103509.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106615 question first answered 21/01/2022 11:22:42 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403972

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the £17,181 that the British Army spent on Stonewall in the 2017-18 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>British Army</strong>:</p><p>Prior to July 2019, records on expenditure on Stonewall were not centrally held. It has not, therefore, been possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the money spent.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 2017-18</strong>:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,500.00</p></td><td><p>Organisation Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14,681.00</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion Directorate</strong>:</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2018-19:</strong></p><p>Stonewall Membership: £3,000.00</p><p>Stonewall speaker fee: £240.00</p><p>Stonewall Allies Training programme: £6,300.00</p><p>Stonewall Workplace Conference: £1,686.00</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106614 question first answered 21/01/2022 12:03:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403973

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of the £11,226 that the Ministry of Defence Centre D&I spent on Stonewall in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>British Army</strong>:</p><p>Prior to July 2019, records on expenditure on Stonewall were not centrally held. It has not, therefore, been possible to provide a detailed breakdown of the money spent.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Financial Year 2017-18</strong>:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,500.00</p></td><td><p>Organisation Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14,681.00</p></td><td><p>Information not held</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>MOD Centre Diversity and Inclusion Directorate</strong>:</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2018-19:</strong></p><p>Stonewall Membership: £3,000.00</p><p>Stonewall speaker fee: £240.00</p><p>Stonewall Allies Training programme: £6,300.00</p><p>Stonewall Workplace Conference: £1,686.00</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106613 question first answered 21/01/2022 12:03:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1403974

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103509 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, and with reference to his Department's responses to Freedom of Information requests reference FOI2021/02580 and FOI2021/02402 in April 2021, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure (a) accuracy of and (b) consistency between (i) answers to Parliamentary questions and (ii) responses to Freedom of Information requests.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	106615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff do the best they can within the given time available to supply necessary information for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Parliamentary Questions (PQs). Staff strive to ensure the information supplied is as accurate as possible and, where inaccuracies or inconsistencies are later found, the Department will set the record straight at the earliest opportunity. It must be recognised that requests for large data sets, over many years, present a significant challenge to locate, retrieve, and extract information, especially where such data is not collated or held centrally and is dispersed among different branches of Defence. In cases where FOI/PQs are made for historic information before the advent of widespread electronic filing, this task is made yet harder where paper records need to be manually interrogated. This can be further complicated by the time constraints imposed by the nature of such requests. Where time is limited, in the case of Named Day PQs staff typically have around one working day or less, it is not always possible for staff to ensure all records are thoroughly reviewed and the total accuracy of the data supplied. In such cases, estimates may be given. In the case of Question 61052, a Named Day Question, MOD staff produced the best estimate possible within the time constraint the question imposed. Having had the time to conduct a more thorough search and analysis in the time since, MOD staff were able to supply revised and more detailed information in response to Question 103509.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 106612 question first answered 21/01/2022 11:22:42 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton