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1472114

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	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	Youth Services: Disadvantaged
	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 her Department has plans to increase the funding allocated to youth services in areas of high deprivation.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	22590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion last year. DCMS is currently reviewing the guidance associated with the statutory duty.</p><p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. The Government has committed to a National Youth Guarantee: that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. This will be supported by a three year £560 million investment in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending, with a firm focus on levelling up.</p><p>The £368 million Youth Investment Fund will fund the construction or redevelopment of up to 300 youth facilities - such as small youth facilities, youth centres and activity centres - targeting investment in left-behind areas, where young people have the greatest need and lowest provision. Phase One of the Youth Investment Fund, administered by BBC Children in Need, has delivered £12 million of funding this year to over 400 local youth organisations in levelling up priority areas in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/06/2022 12:50:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1641142

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the changes to the rates of Alcohol Duty on the wine industry.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	187213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government published a Tax Information and Impact Note setting out the assessment of impacts from changes to the duty rates made at the Spring Budget 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government had to make some tough decisions at Spring Budget in line with its commitment to managing the UK economy responsibly. However, prior to this, the wine industry has benefitted from freezes at 4 out of the last 5 fiscal events. Further, through the Government’s historic alcohol duty reforms, we are standardising the treatment of still and sparkling wine, providing a substantial duty cut for sparkling wine. In addition, lighter wines below 10.4% will pay less duty from 1 August.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 07:52:55 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1584594

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Urban Areas: carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the carbon footprint of urban areas.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	140367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy sets out how the Government is enabling local areas to deliver net zero in a way that recognises the differing needs of urban, rural and coastal areas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/02/2023 17:36:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1646333

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ultrasonics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound treatment on a patients quality of life.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	190642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the waiting times for patients (who are eligible) for Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/07/2023 08:05:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 84500 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524627

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department uses to assess whether a train operating company has provided an acceptable level of services for passengers.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	68025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The criteria the Department uses to evaluate the Performance-Based Fee are set out in the ERMA and NRC contracts.</p><p>Specifically, this area falls under Operational Performance and Customer Experience/Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality within the overall Scorecard.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/10/2022 11:35:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1693047

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Theft: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to help protect legal owners against the sale of stolen goods (a) at auction houses and (b) online.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	16549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as theft can have on individuals and the wider community. The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office established the Stolen Goods Working Group in January 2021, collaborating with policing and academic leads to deliver a programme of work that will make it harder for criminals to profit financially from acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through this group the Government are working closely with a group of expert policing and academic partners who are taking forward work across a number of themes. These include actions to identify where and how stolen goods are commonly sold; examining ways to ensure property is marked, identifiable and traceable; exploring ways to share best practice between forces; and examining what more can be done to tackle the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>There are a number of police-led schemes to prevent the sale of stolen goods, including We Don’t Buy Crime and the Safe Seller scheme. Under these schemes, sellers of second-hand goods commit to undertake checks before buying and offering goods for sale.</p><p>Owners are encouraged to mark and register property, this helps to prove ownership of an item and return it to the rightful owner if stolen property is recovered. There are a number of commercially run property marking databases where members of the public can register their items. Some of these specialise in certain types of items such as bicycles or antiques. Police Crime Prevention Initiatives have developed practical crime prevention advice to better understand how to better safeguard property. Information can be found here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.securedbydesign.com%2Fguidance%2Fcrime-prevention-advice%2Ffuel-theft&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BqgfgLKEGePnSUjzp%2FeDG2qQYQZuC8UVy%2FYxYl4SW%2BM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill, currently making its passage through Parliament, includes a new power for the police to enter premises to search for and seize specific stolen items. This power will allow swift seizure of stolen property and better gathering of evidence to support investigation and arrest, which police indicate is crucial for acquisitive crime offences.</p><p>Online sale sites have policies in place to prevent the sale of illegal items and items that encourage illegal activity, along with guidance for the public on how to avoid purchasing stolen goods. The Online Safety Act 2023 will place a new responsibility on tech companies to prevent users encountering illegal content, which includes advertisements for stolen goods.</p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce a database of stolen goods which can be updated by law enforcement or bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 16547 16548 question first answered 08/03/2024 09:52:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1693044

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Theft: Auctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	16547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as theft can have on individuals and the wider community. The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office established the Stolen Goods Working Group in January 2021, collaborating with policing and academic leads to deliver a programme of work that will make it harder for criminals to profit financially from acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through this group the Government are working closely with a group of expert policing and academic partners who are taking forward work across a number of themes. These include actions to identify where and how stolen goods are commonly sold; examining ways to ensure property is marked, identifiable and traceable; exploring ways to share best practice between forces; and examining what more can be done to tackle the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>There are a number of police-led schemes to prevent the sale of stolen goods, including We Don’t Buy Crime and the Safe Seller scheme. Under these schemes, sellers of second-hand goods commit to undertake checks before buying and offering goods for sale.</p><p>Owners are encouraged to mark and register property, this helps to prove ownership of an item and return it to the rightful owner if stolen property is recovered. There are a number of commercially run property marking databases where members of the public can register their items. Some of these specialise in certain types of items such as bicycles or antiques. Police Crime Prevention Initiatives have developed practical crime prevention advice to better understand how to better safeguard property. Information can be found here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.securedbydesign.com%2Fguidance%2Fcrime-prevention-advice%2Ffuel-theft&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BqgfgLKEGePnSUjzp%2FeDG2qQYQZuC8UVy%2FYxYl4SW%2BM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill, currently making its passage through Parliament, includes a new power for the police to enter premises to search for and seize specific stolen items. This power will allow swift seizure of stolen property and better gathering of evidence to support investigation and arrest, which police indicate is crucial for acquisitive crime offences.</p><p>Online sale sites have policies in place to prevent the sale of illegal items and items that encourage illegal activity, along with guidance for the public on how to avoid purchasing stolen goods. The Online Safety Act 2023 will place a new responsibility on tech companies to prevent users encountering illegal content, which includes advertisements for stolen goods.</p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce a database of stolen goods which can be updated by law enforcement or bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 16548 16549 question first answered 08/03/2024 09:52:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1693045

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Theft: Auctions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a database of stolen goods which (a) can be updated by law enforcement agencies and (b) auction houses can search before selling an item.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	16548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as theft can have on individuals and the wider community. The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office established the Stolen Goods Working Group in January 2021, collaborating with policing and academic leads to deliver a programme of work that will make it harder for criminals to profit financially from acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through this group the Government are working closely with a group of expert policing and academic partners who are taking forward work across a number of themes. These include actions to identify where and how stolen goods are commonly sold; examining ways to ensure property is marked, identifiable and traceable; exploring ways to share best practice between forces; and examining what more can be done to tackle the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>There are a number of police-led schemes to prevent the sale of stolen goods, including We Don’t Buy Crime and the Safe Seller scheme. Under these schemes, sellers of second-hand goods commit to undertake checks before buying and offering goods for sale.</p><p>Owners are encouraged to mark and register property, this helps to prove ownership of an item and return it to the rightful owner if stolen property is recovered. There are a number of commercially run property marking databases where members of the public can register their items. Some of these specialise in certain types of items such as bicycles or antiques. Police Crime Prevention Initiatives have developed practical crime prevention advice to better understand how to better safeguard property. Information can be found here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.securedbydesign.com%2Fguidance%2Fcrime-prevention-advice%2Ffuel-theft&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BqgfgLKEGePnSUjzp%2FeDG2qQYQZuC8UVy%2FYxYl4SW%2BM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill, currently making its passage through Parliament, includes a new power for the police to enter premises to search for and seize specific stolen items. This power will allow swift seizure of stolen property and better gathering of evidence to support investigation and arrest, which police indicate is crucial for acquisitive crime offences.</p><p>Online sale sites have policies in place to prevent the sale of illegal items and items that encourage illegal activity, along with guidance for the public on how to avoid purchasing stolen goods. The Online Safety Act 2023 will place a new responsibility on tech companies to prevent users encountering illegal content, which includes advertisements for stolen goods.</p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce a database of stolen goods which can be updated by law enforcement or bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 16547 16549 question first answered 08/03/2024 09:52:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1656896

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Temporary Accommodation: Standards
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that temporary accommodation used to house homeless children is a suitable standard.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	197213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities must ensure any temporary accommodation placement is suitable and should try to place individuals within their own area. Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice.</p><p>If an authority places a household in temporary accommodation outside of the local area, this should be as a last resort, and they should still try to place the household as near as possible to the original local authority.</p><p>The Government is taking steps to increase quality and regulation across all housing stock, including temporary accommodation. This includes reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, improving the way social housing is regulated through The Social Housing Regulation Act and delivering a better deal for renters through the Renters Reform Bill.</p><p>The Government has provided local authorities in excess of £1 billion over the next 3 years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to help them prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 197285 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:56:38 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1541227

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2022
	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	Temporary Accommodation: Public Expenditure
	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 steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the cost to the public purse of Government spending on temporary accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	83780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Detailed information on local authority revenue expenditure and financing can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce400651c462541627a6d08dac7f9b75f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638042172571929975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=E3FCICQiWOcLfrTqNpSpD1Fq8H46ikmwH4ha5o2yZ6M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Local authorities have received £316 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2022/23, helping them to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner. This is on top of the £375 million Homelessness Prevention Grant funding local authorities received in 2021/22.</p><p>Local authorities should avoid placing households out of their borough. In some areas where there is a limited supply of suitable accommodation, we are aware that it can be necessary to place households in temporary accommodation outside of the local area. This, however, should be as a last resort.</p><p>The Statutory Homelessness Statistics show that in 2021 there were a total of 105,360 households placed in temporary accommodation outside their area. The most recent publication of January - March 2022 show there was 26,620 households placed in temporary accommodation outside their area during that quarter.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 83779 83782 83783 question first answered 16/11/2022 17:47:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker