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1196373

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to support the charity sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	902695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Alongside unprecedented support for individuals and businesses in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government has announced a £750 million support package for charities.</p><p> </p><p>£360m of this will be allocated directly to charities providing essential services and supporting vulnerable people, including up to £200m for hospices across the next quarter.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/05/2020 15:09:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1196374

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to extend the (a) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and (b) business rates holiday to businesses involved in the retail, hospitality and leisure supply chain during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	902693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 crisis has led to a steep decline in customer footfall on our high streets. <br></p><p>That is why the Government has provided funding for over £5 billion of grants for small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, and over £9.5 billion of funding to provide a 12 month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.</p><p> </p><p>This business rates holiday along with the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund, are designed to support businesses which have been particularly hard hit by the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/05/2020 15:10:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1196375

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps the Government has taken to help prevent key workers who (a) work on and (b) use the rail network contracting covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	902645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Drivers and other public transport staff have been working hard to ensure that all those on the frontline can get to work. New safer transport guidance was published on 12 May, and we are working closely with transport operators across the sector on its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/05/2020 16:05:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1195460

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what support her Department is providing to local authorities to deliver English for Speakers of Other Languages (EWOL) courses in local authority areas with high levels of resettled individuals and families seeking asylum relative to other local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	46595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <ul><li><p>The Department for Education funds English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) through the Adult Education Budget (AEB).</p></li><li><p>Individuals aged 19 and over, including refugees, those granted humanitarian protection and asylum seekers, can be fully funded or co-funded depending on their age, prior educational attainment, employment status, and provided they meet the residency criteria set out in the AEB Funding and Performance Management Rules.</p></li><li><p>Approximately half the AEB is devolved to six Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, and they are responsible for commissioning and funding provision, including ESOL provision, for learners resident in their areas.</p></li><li><p>As well as access to mainstream services, additional funding is provided to Local Authorities (of £850 per adult refugee) for refugees resettled through the UK’s resettlement scheme. This is intended to boost local capacity so that refugees on the scheme can receive additional hours of ESOL tuition.</p></li><li><p>We are also investing around £600,000 this year (2020/21) so that refugees on the UK Resettlement Scheme can benefit from additional childcare provision to support access to ESOL classes; and £360,000 to improve regional coordination of ESOL for refugees.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/05/2020 17:01:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1195461

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the equity of distribution of the resettling of individuals and families seeking asylum throughout the UK by (a) geographical region and (b) in terms of the regional public service provision capacity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	46596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office is working in partnership with Local Authority Chief Executives  through the Home Office Local Government Chief Executive group’s, who have agreed a change plan, that seeks to achieve a more equitable dispersal of asylum seekers across the UK and seeks to overcome barriers to ensure availability of service provision.</p><p>The plan has been paused in light of the current covid-19 crisis but will resume once restrictions on accommodation moves have been lifted.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/05/2020 16:56:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1195466

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Agriculture: New Forest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the implementation of a reference period for delinked agricultural payments to replace basic payment scheme payments during the transition period, what representations he has received on managing animal stock numbers in the New Forest; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	46831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Defra has received several pieces of correspondence on this issue. On the substance of the department’s response to those representations, I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer I gave to the Rt Hon Member for New Forest East on 11 May 2020, PQ UIN 41876.</p><p>[<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-05-01/41876" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-05-01/41876</a>]</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/05/2020 13:26:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1195467

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring the financial viability of the UK transport industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	46704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>DfT has been engaging with a range of transport industry sectors to understand and monitor the impact of Covid-19. The Chancellor has set out an unprecedented range of support measures for businesses across the economy that the transport industry can access. This includes schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees.</p><p> </p><p>We have discussed and agreed with HMT appropriate support to ensure continuation of key services. This includes services to support key workers and essential freight capacity. We have suspended normal rail franchise agreements and transferred all revenue and cost risk to the government for a limited period to safeguard minimum rail services. On Maritime Freight Capacity, support for operators on key routes across the Irish Sea (up to 5 routes) and GB-mainland Europe (up to 26 routes, incl. Eurotunnel). We have committed to funding worth almost £400 million to protect bus services for people who need to make essential journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Any business that continues to experience financial distress after taking advantage of the cross-economy schemes and implementing all possible self-help measure can apply for bespoke support. This additional bespoke support is treated as the last resort.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to discuss the support that may be required as we enter the restart and recovery phase of the Covid outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/05/2020 16:10:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1195468

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tourism: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the tourism industry on consumer protection and industry obligations to refund journeys cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	46705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges consumers and businesses are experiencing regarding refunds for cancelled holidays and flights. In particular, we appreciate the frustration consumers may be experiencing. The government’s position is clear - if a customer asks for a refund, that refund needs to be paid. The Department for Transport is in regular conversation with UK airlines and is working with the wider sector, the regulator and consumer groups to help ensure airlines deliver on their commitments.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/05/2020 16:54:07 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1195474

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that data collated by international development agencies is disaggregated by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity to inform responses to support women and girls in vulnerable communities facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	46811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID’s Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan sets out our ambitions to increase the collection and use of disaggregated data, and to work with the United Nations and others to improve disaggregation at a global level. This is critical to understand who is being left behind, why, and how to reach them. Our focus is on disaggregation by sex, age, disability status and geography in the first instance, whilst we work with others in the international system to develop tools to disaggregate by other variables. In the longer term, we will move towards additional disaggregation variables; we expect this to include income, race and ethnicity.</p><p>DFID is investing £6 million to support the UN Women-led flagship programme initiative on gender data – Making Every Woman and Girl Count – and the joint UN Programme on Violence Against Women and Girls data. These programmes are working with developing country governments to improve the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality data and statistics on gender equality and gender-based violence. This includes developing new global standards for measuring violence against older women. The programme is currently supporting rapid assessment surveys focused on understanding gendered impacts of COVID-19 across a number of countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/05/2020 14:28:42 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1195475

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Care Homes: Death Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that a medical practitioner verifies the cause of death on death certificates of people in care homes during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	46722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to COVID-19, the Department has published ‘CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Verifying Death in Times of Emergency’ guidance. This guidance is designed to clarify existing practice for the verification of death outside of hospitals and to provide a framework for safe verification of death in this COVID-19 emergency period. It is for all cases outside hospital when verification of death may be completed by people who have been trained to do so in line with their employer’s policies, including medical practitioners, registered nurses or paramedics. It is also to be exercised by other non-medical professionals, usually and normally independent of family members, who are verifying death using remote clinical support.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 18/05/2020 11:15:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell