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1060587

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Trees: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Category A trees with Heritage Tree status there are throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	221005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>‘Category A Heritage Tree’ is an industry standard for undertaking arboricultural assessments, as set out in British Standard (BS) 5837 of 2012 on ‘Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction’ policy.</p><p> </p><p>As this is an industry standard rather than an official Government one, central Government does not keep records of how many such trees there are.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on a ‘Duty to Report’ on tree planting and felling for local government. The consultation closes on 28 February.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:33:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1599968

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	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 promote dialogue between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	155199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>We urge the Israeli and Palestinian leadership to take urgent action to de-escalate the growing tensions in the West Bank. We welcome the communique agreed by Israel and the Palestinians at Aqaba on 26 February, and thank the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for hosting. The Minister for the Middle East, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, has consistently offered UK support in progressing dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians, including in his meetings with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and Foreign Minister Riad Malki, during his visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 10-13 January, and during his regular engagement with the Israeli Ambassador, most recently on 16 February.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 08/03/2023 17:31:29 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1484712

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	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	Universal Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11814, on Universal Credit: Veterans, if she will publish data on veterans in receipt of Universal Credit broken down into categories, including age and gender.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	27713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>We are currently looking at options to develop and publish statistics on armed forces personnel on UC, including breakdowns by claim characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/07/2022 16:12:36 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1485106

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	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	Universal Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11814, on Universal Credit: Veterans, if she will publish the data the Government is collecting on how many veterans are in receipt of Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	28473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>We are currently looking at options to develop and publish statistics on armed forces personnel on UC, including breakdowns by claim characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/07/2022 13:44:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1383901

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits: Guardianship and Parents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of parents or guardians with joint custody of their children were not considered the primary care giver in relation to receiving benefits in each year since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	85342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. DWP does not hold information on custody arrangements between all parents claiming benefits so cannot provide the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/12/2021 17:03:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1486638

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	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	Universal Credit: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2022 to Question 28473 on Universal Credit: Veterans, when he plans to (a) develop and (b) publish statistics on armed forces personnel on Universal Credit, including breakdowns by claim characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	31203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently readily available.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/07/2022 16:34:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1467210

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	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	Universal Credit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans were in receipt of Universal Credit in Wales on average during 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	11814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The department began collecting the armed forces status on new Universal Credit (UC) claims from April 2021 and UC claimants declaring their work and earnings from June 2021. From July 2021, Jobcentre work coaches could add information if the claimant were known to be serving or a veteran and had not already provided their status.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to look at what other opportunities might be available to better identify and record data on veterans on the Universal Credit system and has regular conversations with the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This is part of a much wider piece of work involving a number of Departments, including the MOD and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, to improve the collection and use of data relating to veterans.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s network of 50 Armed Forces Champions (AFCs) and 11 Group Leads provide vital support to veterans and other members of the armed forces community. The AFCs have specific responsibilities for supporting members of the Armed Forces community and their role involves front line responsibilities including building staff capability within their districts, personally handling some claims, supporting veterans into work and helping resolve complex cases where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Every Work Coach can also support members of the Armed Forces community and their families, working in partnership with their Armed Forces Champions. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, this will form a significant part of the work done in individual Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Data is currently only available for the latest month and at a national level. For assessment periods ending in April 2022, we held a response for approximately 45% of the UC caseload. From this data we have identified 33,800 UC claimants who have previously served in the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 11553 11817 question first answered 08/06/2022 10:56:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1467214

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	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	Jobcentres: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of data collection by Job Centres on veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	11817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The department began collecting the armed forces status on new Universal Credit (UC) claims from April 2021 and UC claimants declaring their work and earnings from June 2021. From July 2021, Jobcentre work coaches could add information if the claimant were known to be serving or a veteran and had not already provided their status.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to look at what other opportunities might be available to better identify and record data on veterans on the Universal Credit system and has regular conversations with the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This is part of a much wider piece of work involving a number of Departments, including the MOD and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs, to improve the collection and use of data relating to veterans.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s network of 50 Armed Forces Champions (AFCs) and 11 Group Leads provide vital support to veterans and other members of the armed forces community. The AFCs have specific responsibilities for supporting members of the Armed Forces community and their role involves front line responsibilities including building staff capability within their districts, personally handling some claims, supporting veterans into work and helping resolve complex cases where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Every Work Coach can also support members of the Armed Forces community and their families, working in partnership with their Armed Forces Champions. In those areas where there are particularly high levels of demand, for example garrison towns, this will form a significant part of the work done in individual Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Data is currently only available for the latest month and at a national level. For assessment periods ending in April 2022, we held a response for approximately 45% of the UC caseload. From this data we have identified 33,800 UC claimants who have previously served in the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 11553 11814 question first answered 08/06/2022 10:56:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1060588

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Trees: Conservation
	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 his Department holds information on the location of protected trees throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	221006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Woodland Trust manages the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI), which is a database recording over 150,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees across the UK. This is a volunteer database, with verified records, which does not have complete or consistent coverage across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Records for trees protected through Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) are held by local authorities, not by central government. Local planning authorities are also responsible for trees in conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:48:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1436509

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Gower.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	131290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Government is up-rating benefits in line with inflation. The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions with reference to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September. The relevant benefits are increasing by 3.1% from April.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the six years, 2014/15 to 2019/20, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing poverty and supporting low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment – particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 131216 question first answered 03/03/2022 12:12:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi