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1342247

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date	30/06/2021
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church has taken to support the covid-19 vaccination programme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	24966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>Support for the vaccine programme has been provided at the local and regional levels by clergy engaging pastorally in their communities, and the use of cathedrals and larger churches as vaccination centres. As part of the NHS-backed #GiveHope campaign, bishops and church leaders joined together in sharing video messages encouraging communities to seek accurate information on vaccines, hold local conversations, and to encourage one another to take up offers of vaccines: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/news-and-statements/bishops-and-church-leaders-target-covid-vaccination" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/news-and-statements/bishops-and-church-leaders-target-covid-vaccination</a></p><p>The Church has also been supporting VaccinAid, to encourage those who have been vaccinated to donate to enable other people around the world to have access to vaccines: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/news-releases/church-england-backs-vaccinaid-campaign-give-world-shot-help-defeat" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/news-releases/church-england-backs-vaccinaid-campaign-give-world-shot-help-defeat</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/07/2021 13:35:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1342253

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent car repair workshops from parking vehicles on streets or in residential parking areas.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have existing powers to introduce Traffic Regulation Orders to restrict parking on their roads, where problems occur. They may prohibit parking altogether, or restrict it to particular times or types of user, e.g. residents. Local authorities are best placed to consider how to balance the needs of residents, emergency services, local businesses and those who work in and visit the area.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/07/2021 14:02:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1342256

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Freedom of Information
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 letter from the Information Commissioner’s Office of 24 March 2021 entitled, Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) Decision notice, reference IC-44478-C9Q4, whether his Department has complied with the Commissioner’s requirement for his Department to disclose the nine sets of minutes from the Windrush Commemorative Committee produced from June 2018 to 8 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	24879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has disclosed the information to the requester.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 08/07/2021 15:01:46 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1342261

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Environmental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the environmental health profession is supported through adequate (a) funding and (b) skills and training to deliver its services.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	25000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>We understand that regulatory services teams, including environmental health officers, have faced significant pressures during the period of pandemic response. The Regulatory Services Task and Finish Group, which was set up by the Department in December 2020, has considered these issues in partnership with the Local Government Association and with senior colleagues from local authorities. The Group is currently finalising a set of recommendations which will aim to support the development and retention of a skilled environmental health workforce.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/07/2021 15:07:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1342271

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of malicious prosecution the Crown Prosecution Service or any other previous prosecuting has [had upheld against it] since 1999.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	25167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>In respect of the two prosecuting agencies I superintend – the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) - neither have had any cases of malicious prosecution upheld against them since 1999.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/07/2021 14:07:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1342279

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Zimbabwe: Water Supply
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 recent assessment he has made of the access to clean and safe water for the citizens of Harare.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	25137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe which includes a lack of access to clean and safe water for Zimbabweans. Out of an estimated daily demand of 800 mega litres, the City of Harare produces approximately 500 mega litres. We are also worried about the vast leakages in the water system due to old and ill-maintained infrastructure, and the diminishing water quality.</p><p>Through a multi-donor trust fund called ZIMFUND, the UK has, since 2010, supported the rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure to improve waste water treatment capacity and water supply to some areas. Through UNICEF we are supporting the City of Harare with repairing water infrastructures and boreholes in cholera prone areas. In early 2020, the UK adapted existing programmes to support Zimbabwe's Covid-19 response which included access to clean and safe water for Zimbabweans. The UK also allocated £5 million to UNICEF for cholera prevention and emergency response.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/07/2021 14:27:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1342287

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of children who are (a) eligible for free school meals and (b) living in poverty; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	25175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The number and proportion of children who are eligible for and claiming free school meals in Enfield North and for England for each of the last 5 years are provided in the attached table. The department does not hold information on the number of pupils living in poverty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 25176 question first answered 08/07/2021 16:04:01 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 25175_25176_table_of_children_claiming_free_school_meals.xls title 25175_25176_table
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1342288

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Enfield North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children were eligible for free school meals in Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	25176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The number and proportion of children who are eligible for and claiming free school meals in Enfield North and for England for each of the last 5 years are provided in the attached table. The department does not hold information on the number of pupils living in poverty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 25175 question first answered 08/07/2021 16:04:01 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 25175_25176_table_of_children_claiming_free_school_meals.xls title 25175_25176_table
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1342324

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has issued guidance to the Department of Work and Pensions on welfare benefit entitlement for individuals who have missed the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline of 30 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	25109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>Access to benefits for non-UK nationals depends on their immigration status. EEA and Swiss nationals, and their family members, resident in the UK at the end of the transition period need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to maintain entitlement to taxpayer funded benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Those currently receiving benefits will not see their payments stop automatically from 1 July. However, it is important that anyone eligible who hasn’t applied to the EUSS does so quickly to ensure that benefit payments don’t stop.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found here - <a href="https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/02/media-factsheet-eu-settlement-scheme/" target="_blank">https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/02/media-factsheet-eu-settlement-scheme/</a></p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Home Office and HM Revenue and Customs to identify existing benefit claimants who have yet to apply for status under the EUSS. Letters had been issued to encourage existing benefit recipients to apply to the EUSS to protect their existing rights in the UK before the deadline.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will shortly be writing to benefit recipients who have still not applied for a status, giving a further 28 days to apply, after which the department will be notified of those recipients who have still not applied.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed guidance will be issued through our Advice to Decision Makers in due course - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2021 12:53:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1342325

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish guidance on welfare benefit entitlement for EU nationals who have not made an application under the EU Settlement Scheme by the deadline of 30 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	25110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As with citizens of countries elsewhere in the world, EEA citizens who missed the 30 June deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, and do not have any other form of immigration leave, no longer have their rights protected, including access to benefits.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">However, a person granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme on the basis of a late application will have the same rights from the date they are granted status, as a person who applied by the deadline.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has already published guidance on late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme at <a href="https://horizon.homeoffice.gov.uk/file-wrapper/eu-settlement-scheme-eu-other-eea-and-swiss-citizens-and-their-family-members" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members | Horizon</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office is working closely with DWP and HMRC to ensure all those eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme apply, including contacting people to encourage them to do so. We will also expediate outstanding applications to the EUSS, including late applications where there are compelling or compassionate grounds for doing so.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As with citizens of countries elsewhere in the world, EEA citizens who missed the 30 June deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, and do not have any other form of immigration leave, no longer have their rights protected, including access to benefits. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, a person granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme on the basis of a late application will have the same rights from the date they are granted status, as a person who applied by the deadline. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has already published guidance on late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-eu" target="_blank">Immigration Rules Appendix EU - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office is working closely with DWP and HMRC to ensure all those eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme apply, including contacting people to encourage them to do so. We will also expediate outstanding applications to the EUSS, including late applications where there are compelling or compassionate grounds for doing so.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2021 14:12:56 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2021 10:52:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 12506 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor