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1137577

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to introduce the plastic packaging tax announced in the 2018 Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	274573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced his intention to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic waste through the introduction of a new tax on plastic packaging which does not contain a sufficient amount of recycled content. Earlier this year, the government launched a consultation seeking views on the initial proposed design for the tax. This closed in May and the government intends to publish a summary of responses in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As with any new tax, extensive work must be carried out before implementation, to ensure the tax operates effectively. The new tax will be introduced in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/07/2019 16:49:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1137580

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Foreign Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to discourage investment in fossil fuels overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	274576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government engages in a range of activities designed to facilitate lower global greenhouse gas emissions, including through international diplomacy, and the provision of Official Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Green Finance Strategy, the Government will align the UK’s Official Development Assistance spending with the Paris Agreement. In practical terms, this will include ensuring any investment support for fossil fuels affecting emissions is in line with the Paris Agreement temperature goals and transition plans.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/07/2019 16:04:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1548421

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing visa fees for minors.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	102908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the fees for immigration and nationality applications under regular review. However, no specific assessment on the potential merits of abolishing the visa fees for minors has been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office provides exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These exceptions ensure the Home Office’s immigration and nationality fee structure complies with international obligations and wider government policy.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/12/2022 14:06:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1550362

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who qualified for visa fee waivers were minors in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	107180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold data on what proportion of people who qualified for visa fee waivers were minors in any of the requested years.</p><p>Data has been published on the GOV.UK website that lists the number of fee waiver applications that have been processed, resolved or remain pending a decision. This data covers the period from 2018 Q4 to 2022 Q3 inclusive. The data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022</a>. The relevant data is listed on tab FW_01.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/12/2022 17:44:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567071

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Age Assessment Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in establishing a National Age Assessment Board (NAAB); and when the NAAB will be fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) is in the process of recruiting and training suitably experienced social workers who can carry out age assessments on behalf of the Home Office. A launch date will be communicated as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/01/2023 17:42:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567072

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Age Assessment Board: Pilot Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether learning from National Age Assessment Board pilots will be shared with key stakeholders.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>As a precursor to the NAAB the Home Office has been offering an age assessment facility to local authorities to boost capacity, build experience and establish working relationships and processes in time for NAAB launch. Local authorities and other key stakeholders are engaged in this process and key findings will be built into the development of the formal NAAB processes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/02/2023 13:37:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567073

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish statistics on age-disputed young people who are initially treated as adult and later found to be children for the purposes of immigration and asylum.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and resettlement in the ‘<a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of asylum age disputes are published in table Asy_D05 of the <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#age-disputes" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#age-disputes" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to Q3 2022. Published data on age disputes only relate to age disputes of individuals with an asylum claim and do not include any other forms of age disputes.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a title="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/01/2023 17:44:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567074

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure age disputed children are safeguarded within the asylum system.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>There are clear safeguarding issues which arise if a child is inadvertently treated as an adult, and equally if an adult is wrongly accepted as a child and placed in accommodation with younger children to whom they could present a risk. It is therefore of upmost importance that, where a young asylum seeker’s age is in doubt, the process of age assessment is resolved quickly and conclusively to ensure the right care is provided for that individual.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.</p><p>All staff, including contractors, receive a number of briefings and guidance on how to safeguard children.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to protect all children. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is a key local authority duty and requires effective joint working between agencies and professionals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123991 question first answered 19/01/2023 17:47:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567075

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that children placed in any form of asylum accommodation are protected and safeguarded; and who is responsible for their protection and safeguarding.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>There are clear safeguarding issues which arise if a child is inadvertently treated as an adult, and equally if an adult is wrongly accepted as a child and placed in accommodation with younger children to whom they could present a risk. It is therefore of upmost importance that, where a young asylum seeker’s age is in doubt, the process of age assessment is resolved quickly and conclusively to ensure the right care is provided for that individual.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.</p><p>All staff, including contractors, receive a number of briefings and guidance on how to safeguard children.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to protect all children. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is a key local authority duty and requires effective joint working between agencies and professionals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123990 question first answered 19/01/2023 17:47:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1567076

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) number and (b) quality of age assessments carried out by social workers following visual assessments by her Department's officials for the purposes of immigration and asylum; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent oversight body to conduct or commission analysis on age assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	123992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>If an assessment is conducted by a local authority the Home Office considers the assessment alongside other relevant evidence before a final decision is made for immigration purposes – this includes checking whether the assessment was conducted in compliance with caselaw. Decisions on age for immigration purposes fall within the remit of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration which monitors and reports on the effectiveness of the Home Office’s immigration and asylum functions.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of age disputes and outcomes in table Asy_D05 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets%23age-disputes&amp;data=05%7C01%7CZoe.Grimes%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C81b3be0c39fb47627e8d08daf96d85c3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638096546027799098%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ROj2ZANzSdA5Nc1sNyAH%2BIUr6lBkZ%2BQ1GmKtKsgJ%2FgA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data covers up to November 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CZoe.Grimes%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C81b3be0c39fb47627e8d08daf96d85c3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638096546027799098%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FufFzsLY5z%2F51dUnurLxG1R0QXUDhGtSZ2J8%2B63rwgo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’. The statistics do not currently distinguish between those who have been assessed to be significantly over 18 and others who have been age disputed but referred directly to a local authority for further assessment.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/01/2023 18:09:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley