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1565853

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the appointment of a migrants commissioner; and what is the timeline for their appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	120991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>A range of options have been considered for delivering the Windrush recommendations, including discussions with external stakeholders. The Home Office is taking steps to be more transparent to ensure that the department is as open as possible to all types of scrutiny, both internal and external. <del class="ministerial">This requires a fundamental cultural shift in our attitude to people with different views on policy and those who make a complaint when something goes wrong.</del></p><p>We will keep the Home Affairs Select Committee updated on the progress of all the Wendy Williams recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/01/2023 18:01:29 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2023 10:11:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 48638 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1549597

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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	Animals: Retail Trade
	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 she will take legislative steps to prohibit online retailers from (a) listing for sale and (b) dispatching live animals.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	105453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 anyone who is in the business of selling animals as pets or breeding and selling dogs needs a valid licence from their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutory minimum welfare standards which are enforced by local authorities who have powers to issue, refuse or revoke licences. Any licensee advertising animals for sale will need to include their licence number in the advert and specify the local authority who issued the licence. Advertisements must also include the age of the animal for sale displayed alongside a recognisable photograph.</p><p><br> Legislation protects all animals from being transported in a way likely to cause injury or suffering. Transportation of vertebrate animals for a commercial purpose must comply fully with legal requirements aimed at protecting their welfare, set out in Regulation (EC) 1/2005 (as retained). Vertebrate animals transported for non-commercial purposes and invertebrates are protected from injury or unnecessary suffering by a general duty of care provision in Article 4 of The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 (WATEO) and equivalent national legislation in Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/01/2023 11:11:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564389

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Development Aid
	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 proportion of non-Official Development Assistance departmental spending has been committed to the Asia-Pacific region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2021-22 the FCDO allocated £6.5million of its non-ODA programme allocation to the Asia-Pacific region, which is 9.2% of the FCDO's total non-ODA programme allocation. In 2022-23, the FCDO allocated £1million to Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), £1.5million to Indo Pacific, and £3.4million to individual posts in the region . This totals £5.9million non-ODA programme allocation to the Asia-Pacific region, which is 8.6% of the FCDO's total non-ODA programme allocation. These figures exclude spend through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, the FCDO's arm's length bodies and international subscriptions. The FCDO does not hold accurate non-ODA programme spend or allocation data at a regional level prior to 2021-22. For operating expenditure I refer the hon member to my answer to PQ 122198.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/01/2023 15:23:09 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564390

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Ministerial-level visits have taken place to Asia-Pacific nations in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers and Senior Officials maintain regular contact with interlocutors in the Indo-Pacific region.</p><p>The Integrated Review, published in March 2021, affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The UK's increased focus on the region is a whole of Government effort and the UK continues to increase engagement across the region, including to strengthen including to strengthen defence, security and trade partnerships, and to and uphold and promote the international rules based system.</p><p>The FCDO fulfils the requirement, established since 2010, for government departments to publish transparency data in line with the Ministerial Code. The full set of FCDO published transparency returns, which include ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs (since the department's formation in September 2020), can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2020 and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-hospitality-april-to-june-2022.</p><p>Historic transparency data detailing ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Department for International Development can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-department-for-international-development and https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-senior-executives-business-expenses-gifts-travel-and-meetings.</p><p>Similarly, ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2011 and. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pus-data</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 117751 question first answered 01/02/2023 13:28:37 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564391

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many visits to the Asia Pacific region have been undertaken by senior Civil Service officials in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers and Senior Officials maintain regular contact with interlocutors in the Indo-Pacific region.</p><p>The Integrated Review, published in March 2021, affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The UK's increased focus on the region is a whole of Government effort and the UK continues to increase engagement across the region, including to strengthen including to strengthen defence, security and trade partnerships, and to and uphold and promote the international rules based system.</p><p>The FCDO fulfils the requirement, established since 2010, for government departments to publish transparency data in line with the Ministerial Code. The full set of FCDO published transparency returns, which include ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs (since the department's formation in September 2020), can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2020 and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-hospitality-april-to-june-2022.</p><p>Historic transparency data detailing ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Department for International Development can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-department-for-international-development and https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-senior-executives-business-expenses-gifts-travel-and-meetings.</p><p>Similarly, ministerial overseas travel and senior officials' travel costs for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/minister-data#2011 and. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/pus-data</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 117750 question first answered 01/02/2023 13:28:37 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564392

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK-based staff in his Department have been solely focused on relations with Asia Pacific nations in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Data on the detail of individual staff roles and responsibilities is not held centrally.</p><p>The publication of the Integrated Review in March 2021 affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific tilt is a whole of UK Government effort with staff focused on delivering UK objectives across the region, including to strengthen defence, security and trade partnerships, and to and uphold and promote the international rules based system.</p><p>A significant and increasing number of FCDO roles in the UK and across the global network, involve an element of China policy. This shift in focus and resource has been underway for a number of years. The FCDO dedicated an additional £3 million in 2020/21 and a further £3 million in 2022/23 to increase our capability on China, including a significantly expanded China Department and new China-related roles in the overseas network.</p><p>In addition, the UK continues to increase focus on the region. We have doubled the number of British High Commissions across the Pacific Island Countries over the past three years. The UK now has six High Commissions in the Pacific including: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu.</p><p>The UK also opened the UK Mission to ASEAN in 2019 to strengthen UK-ASEAN engagement. Since achieving ASEAN Dialogue Partner Status, the UK Mission to ASEAN has expanded with further roles planned by March 2023. We have also increased resourcing in a number of key Missions including Canberra, Jakarta, and Singapore. Recruitment is underway for new roles across trade, economics, cyber, media/communications, science and technology.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/01/2023 09:50:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1566492

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Asia-Pacific Region: Diplomatic Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's operating and frontline diplomacy expenditure has been attributed to the Asia/Pacific region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Frontline diplomatic activity was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's term for ODA eligible operating costs and so this response focuses on that expenditure. Prior to the merger of the Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2020, the two legacy organisations took different approaches to reporting ODA eligible operating expenditure. As the aid agency, 100 per cent of DFID's operating expenditure was ODA eligible, but DFID did not break operating expenditure down by region. Only a portion of the FCO's operating expenditure was ODA eligible and, based on the published Statistics on International Development, the table below shows how much for each calendar year. Please note that it is not possible to provide the percentage of total ODA eligible operating costs to Asia and Pacific in 2010 as the figure available for total ODA eligible operating costs is likely to be an underestimate.</p><p><strong>Ex-FCO ODA eligible operating costs attributed to Asia &amp; Pacific regions* 2010-2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>£ thousands</p></td><td><p>% of total FCO ODA eligible operating costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>11,247</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14,900</p></td><td><p>21.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>35,300</p></td><td><p>45.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>32,076</p></td><td><p>39.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>45,540</p></td><td><p>36.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57,473</p></td><td><p>37.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>86,190</p></td><td><p>43.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017**</p></td><td><p>115,025</p></td><td><p>23.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125,219</p></td><td><p>22.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>129,268</p></td><td><p>20.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>118,103</p></td><td><p>18.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*For the list of countries included in Asia and Pacific regions please see OECD Development Assistance Committee recipient code list https://webfs.oecd.org/oda/DataCollection/Resources/DAC-CRS-CODES.xls</p><p>**In 2017 FCO updated its approach to estimating the ODA eligible proportion of its operating costs. See here for more information: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760178/Methodology-FCO-Frontline-Diplomatic-Activity.pdf</p><p>In calendar year 2021 the FCDO aligned methodologies, and spent £129,090k on ODA eligible operating costs in Asia and Pacific, which represents 20.2 per cent of total FCDO ODA eligible operating costs.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 30/01/2023 11:18:06 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1567102

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current wait time is between submitting an application for Personal Independent Payment and receiving a decision.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	124024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner, and reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearance times are available as part of the PIP Official Statistics quarterly release. The latest release, with data available to October 2022, is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123400/tables-pip-statistics-to-oct-2022-eng-wales.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123400/tables-pip-statistics-to-oct-2022-eng-wales.xlsx</a><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1A in this release shows that the median average clearance times for normal rules new claims are currently (October 2022) 16 weeks “end to end” (from registration to a decision being made).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>The status of claims as 'normal rules' and 'new claim' is shown as at the point of the claim registration. It is possible for claims to transition between normal and special rules, and between new claims and reassessments, during the course of the claimant journey;</li><li>The figures in Table 1A are the average clearance time of claims completing the relevant stage of customer journey within that calendar month;</li><li>The 'Registration to DWP decision (end to end)' clearance time is measured as the average time between the date of registration of the claim and the date of the DWP decision to either award or disallow the claim. It does not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by DWP pre-referral to the Assessment Providers (e.g., for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria or failure to return the Part 2 form within the time limit);</li><li>The median time is the middle value if you were to order all the times within the distribution from lowest value to highest value. The median is presented here instead of the mean because the mean can be unduly affected by outlying cases (e.g., cases where the person has been hard to reach due to being in prison, hospital, failed to attend the assessment on numerous occasions etc.);</li><li>Data provided is for claimants residing in England and Wales, plus those with unknown or abroad addresses only.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/01/2023 10:48:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1567230

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	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	Myanmar: Oppression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his regional counterparts on taking steps to help tackle internal repression in Myanmar.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	124029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises the situation in Myanmar with regional counterparts, including at Ministerial and Secretary of State level. We continue to support the regional leadership of ASEAN on the crisis in Myanmar, and welcome the announcement of a new ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar. We will work closely with the Envoy, and Indonesia as ASEAN Chair, to support the delivery of the ASEAN Five Point Consensus.</p><p>The UK also uses our role as UN Security Council pen-holder to raise awareness on the international stage, and on December 2022, the UN Security Council passed the first ever resolution on the situation in Myanmar, led by the UK, which demands an end to violence and urges immediate action by the military regime to fully implement the ASEAN Five Point Consensus.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 24/01/2023 13:58:48 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1567254

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Royal Mail: Ofcom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he made the adequacy of Ofcom's regulatory powers for scrutinising Royal Mail's performance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	124030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Postal Services Act 2011 gives Ofcom robust powers to scrutinise performance of any regulatory requirements it has imposed on Royal Mail, and other operators, and to enforce those requirements, including imposing financial penalties or instituting court proceedings where appropriate. The Government has no plans to seek changes to the Act.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom considers Royal Mail’s performance against its quality of service targets and will continue to closely monitor performance for 2022-23 which it has been clear should no longer be impacted by Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/01/2023 12:35:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West