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1280336

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What financial support he is providing to the cultural and arts sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	James Sunderland
uin	911369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has announced a £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to protect the cultural sectors through the pandemic.</p><p>To date, more than £790m of grants and loans have been allocated to over 3,000 cultural organisations in England. In addition, £100 million has been allocated in direct support to our national cultural institutions and the English Heritage Trust.</p><p>This unprecedented investment will help to protect jobs and organisations across the country.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 26/01/2021 15:14:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4767 label Biography information for James Sunderland

1280337

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the level of infrastructure investment required to support the potential contribution of the (a) North and (b) Midlands to post covid-19 economic recovery.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	911370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>In November, the government published the first ever National Infrastructure Strategy, setting out our comprehensive plan to transform infrastructure across the UK. The NIS announced a number of measures which will support the North and Midlands in their economic recovery from COVID 19, including: a new £4bn Levelling Up Fund to invest in local infrastructure priorities; £5bn to support UK-wide gigabit broadband roll-out; and a share of £4.2bn for intra-city transport settlements.</p><p> </p><p>The NIS also announced that the government will set up a new UK infrastructure bank, which will be headquartered in the North and will support the UK’s economic recovery from the COVID 19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/01/2021 14:59:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1280338

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps his Department is taking to improve transport connectivity throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	911380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Improving transport connectivity throughout the UK is vital to the Government’s levelling up agenda. That is why at the Spending Review, the Government announced a new £4 billion Levelling Up Fund to invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities. This is in addition to already announced transport investment through intra-city transport settlements, the Transforming Cities Fund and RIS2.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has also made over £12 billion available to transport services across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2021 15:55:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1280339

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage self-build and custom housebuilding.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Bacon
uin	911382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that self- and custom-build provision expands across the country – giving more people a greater say over their homes and communities.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spending Review, we announced £2.2 billion of new loan finance to support SME housebuilders. This includes delivering ‘Help to Build’ for custom and self-builders.</p><p> </p><p>Custom-builders can also access development finance through the Home Building Fund.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/01/2021 13:11:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1451 label Biography information for Mr Richard Bacon

1280340

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce changes to the minimum age for withdrawing a private pension.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	911389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>In 2014 the government announced it would increase the minimum pension age from age 55 to age 57 from 2028.</p><p> </p><p>This increase reflects trends in longevity and encourages individuals to remain in work, while also helping to ensure pension savings provide for later life.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 announcement set out the timetable for this change well in advance to enable people to make financial plans and will be legislated for in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/01/2021 13:25:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1280341

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Federation of Small Businesses January 2021 finding that 250,000 small businesses may go out of business in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	911392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the FSB’s findings. We are committed to supporting small businesses and have put in place an unprecedented package of support, worth over £280 billion, which includes loans, tax deferrals, Business Rate reliefs, and general and sector-specific grants.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to take a flexible approach to ensure businesses are supported in coming months, even as measures to control the virus change.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/01/2021 13:26:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1279143

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Sale of Goods Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department's policy is on ratifying the Convention on the International Sale of Goods 1980.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	141505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Lady for Paisley and Renfrewshire South to the answer I gave her on 20<sup>th</sup> November 2020 (UIN: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-11/114241" target="_blank">114241</a>).</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 26/01/2021 13:25:51 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1279147

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Supported Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Supported housing: national statement of expectations, published on 20 October 2020, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that exempt accommodation providers housing victims of domestic abuse and their children meet the required standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	141489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Statement of Expectations (NSE) is an important step in improving oversight of supported housing. The publication of the NSE sent a strong signal that the Government expects high standards to be met in housing across the supported exempt sector.</p><p>We are continuing to work with local government and the sector to improve standards for all residents in supported exempt accommodation. My officials will continue to work with Women’s Aid, and domestic abuse providers on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/01/2021 17:14:37 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1279148

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been referred to the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship service broken since October 2018; and what information her Department holds on the (a) looked after children status, (b) age, (c) gender and (d) nationality of those children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	141490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs), an independent source of advice for trafficked children, in one third of local authorities across England and Wales. ICTGs provide one-to-one support for children who have no one with parental responsibility for them in the UK via an ICTG Direct Worker (DW). They also provide an expert ICTG Regional Practice Co-ordinator (RPC), first introduced in October 2018, for children where there is someone with parental responsibility for them in the UK.</p><p>Data tables published in October 2020 as part of the Assessment of Independent Child Trafficking Guardians – Regional Practice Co-ordinators: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-analysis-of-independent-child-trafficking-guardians" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-analysis-of-independent-child-trafficking-guardians</a> show ICTG referral data between October 2018 and December 2019:</p><p>(a) The Home Office does hold data about the LAC status of children within the ICTG service. However, this data is not currently published and so, on this basis, we cannot provide any details on how many children receiving ICTG support are LAC.</p><p>(b) The split of gender in this timeframe is 378 males (243 DW and 135 RPC) and 134 females (77 DW and 57 RPC), these do not include some values that have been suppressed in order to protect the confidentiality of children in the ICTG service.</p><p>(c) The split by age group in this timeframe is:</p><ul><li>49 aged 0-13 (37 DW and 12 RPC);</li><li>44 age 14 (28 DW and 16 RPC);</li><li>90 age 15 (57 DW and 33 RPC);</li><li>155 age 16 (107 DW and 48 RPC);</li><li>148 age 17 (83 DW and 65 RPC); and</li><li>18 age 18 (18 RPC).</li></ul><p>These also do not include values that have been supressed in order to protect the confidentiality of children in the ICTG service.</p><p>(d) The total RPC caseload in this timeframe was 193 children. Out of this, 174 children were UK nationals. Due to the small numbers involved, data on other nationalities within the RPC caseload has not been provided in order to protect confidentiality.</p><p>For the DW role the following data is recorded for the timeframe: 320 children in total on the DW caseload. 56 Vietnamese nationals, 40 Sudanese nationals, 38 UK nationals, 30 Albanian nationals, 23 Gambian nationals, 22 Afghan nationals, 19 Romanian nationals, 17 Ghanaian nationals, 13 Eritrean nationals, 10 Iraqi nationals and 6 Iranian nationals. As with the RPC role, other nationalities cannot be included due to small numbers and the confidentiality required.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on NRM referrals on a quarterly basis, reports from Q2 2019 – Q3 2020 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a>.</p><p>Reports from 2018 and 2017 can be found here respectively:</p><p><a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/282-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-end-of-year-summary-2018/file" target="_blank">https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/282-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-end-of-year-summary-2018/file</a> and; <a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/159-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-annual-report-2017/file" target="_blank">https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/159-modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-annual-report-2017/file</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/01/2021 16:58:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1279149

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances there have been of an Independent Child Trafficking Guardian acting as a litigation friend for a child in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	141491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/01/2021 15:27:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips