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1356716

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of the National Shipbuilding Office on (a) the number of ships being built in the UK and (b) the amount of (i) British technology, (ii) components and (iii) steel in those ships.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Office will be responsible for driving forward one of the Prime Minister’s key domestic priorities across Government. It will report directly to the Shipbuilding Tsar and will oversee all of the UK Government’s interests in UK shipbuilding.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, which will be published later this year, will set out our approach in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/09/2021 16:07:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1356717

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the families of armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	903515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Families are at the heart of the Defence Community. Our assistance to them includes, wraparound childcare and children’s education partner employment. The Armed Forces Families Strategy, to be published this autumn, will provide a cross-Government policy framework to support outcomes for families.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/09/2021 16:57:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1356259

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve processing times for applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) in April 2021, we have received more than 67,000 applications and are continuing to receive large quantities each day.</p><p>The original ARAP team has already been augmented with significant additional resource, and in the coming days we are establishing a cell of augmented staff to support the initial triage of applications so that applicants can be notified of our decision on their eligibility as soon as possible. A dedicated casework team are currently processing 6,800 applications, however in the majority of these cases we have requested more information and documentation from the applicant and are waiting to receive this before we can make the most appropriate and informed eligibility decision.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:37:04 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1356260

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was for processing applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Since 1 August 2021 the applications received for the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have increased exponentially. This has affected the processing times of each case, which varies enormously.</p><p>We do not record or hold the metrics for the processing times of applications, and any number of factors can affect how long it takes for an applicant to progress through each stage of the process, for example their location, access to IT, employment history verification, security checks, or family circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:35:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1355694

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Unicycles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of legalising the use of electric unicycles.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	49961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>In the UK, powered transporters, also known as micromobility devices, are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act, and this includes electric unicycles.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Governments Future of Transport regulatory review the Department is running trials of rental e-scooters which will decide whether micromobility devices should be allowed on the road and, if so, what rules should apply to them. We have put in place a national monitoring and evaluation programme and data continues to be collected from the e-scooter trials. An interim report summarizing findings from the data collected so far will be published in autumn 2021, with a final report due in spring 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/09/2021 16:21:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1355704

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for teachers delivering the new Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	50037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the statutory guidance for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum revealed that many teachers and subject leads needed training and support to deliver the new content. The department invested in a package of support to develop teacher capability and competence to teach high quality RSHE. The package of support included a training and peer support programme, delivered by teaching schools and based on the department’s training modules which were developed with subject experts and tested with teachers. In the 2020/21 academic year, the programme reached 3,800 schools, and provisional data for the last wave, which ended in July, shows a further 1,000 schools have been supported. This is a cascade model of training whereby those trained are expected to share the training with other teachers in their school and wider school networks. Teaching schools have made their training materials and other resources freely available on their websites. The department’s training modules are also freely available for all schools to download via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health</a>.</p><p>The department is developing plans to monitor national implementation of RSHE over time, including new quantitative and qualitative research, which will seek to understand the quality of implementation, including teacher confidence in teaching the statutory requirements, and identifying training and support needs to inform future policy development.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/09/2021 16:22:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1355705

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with refence to the Plan for Health and Social Care, published September 2021, what estimate he has made of the costs of the funding and system reform commitments referred to in paragraph 36 of that Plan over financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25; and if he publish the costs related to the specific commitments in that Plan.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	49949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>In Build Back Better: Our plan for health and social care,<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> the Government set out that £5.4bn in additional funding will be provided to support a sustainable social care system that is fit for the future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This funding will end unpredictable care by introducing a cap of £86,000 on the costs of care; and include over £500 million pounds to support the adult social care workforce, in recognition of their tireless efforts during the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>It also includes funding to enable all Local Authorities to move towards paying providers a fair rate for care, which should drive up the quality of adult social care services, improve workforce conditions and increase investment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government will set out its plans for spending across all public services at the Spending Review on October 27<sup>th</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015736/Build_Back_Better-_Our_Plan_for_Health_and_Social_Care.pdf</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/09/2021 11:02:50 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1355712

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Vandalism: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines for vandalism of lifesaving equipment under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 were issued in the years (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	50038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Information on fines given for vandalism of lifesaving equipment cannot be disaggregated from broader criminal damage offences within the MOJ’s Court Proceedings Database as they are not separately defined in legislation. This information may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases would require access to individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p>Fines given for offences related to criminal damage can be found in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p>To isolate the broader offences within which vandalism of lifesaving equipment is likely to sit in the data tool, select the categories below in the ‘offence’ filter:</p><ul><li>58D Other Criminal Damage (relating to indictable offences)</li><li>149 Criminal or Malicious Damage Offence (relating to summary offences)</li></ul> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/09/2021 15:52:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1355716

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the end of the universal credit £20 temporary uplift on people living in areas with relatively high consumer price levels of goods and services.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	50080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not completed an Impact Assessment of the removal of the Universal Credit temporary uplift as it was introduced as a temporary measure.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced a temporary six-month extension to the £20 per week uplift at the Budget on 3 March to support households affected by the economic shock of Covid-19. Universal Credit has provided a vital safety net for six million people during the pandemic, and the temporary uplift was part of a COVID support package worth a total of £407 billion in 2020-21 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>There have been significant positive developments in the public health situation since the uplift was first introduced. With the success of the vaccine rollout and record job vacancies, it is right that our focus is on helping people back into work.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Plan for Jobs, we are targeting tailored support schemes of people of all ages to help them prepare for, get into and progress in work. These include: Kickstart, delivering tens of thousands of six-month work placements for Universal Credit claimants aged 16-24 at risk of unemployment; Restart, which provides 12 months’ intensive employment support to Universal Credit claimants who are unemployed for a year; and JETS, which provides light touch employment support for people who are claiming either Universal Credit or New Style Jobseekers Allowance, for up to 6 months, helping participants effectively re-engage with the labour market and focus their job search. We have also recruited an additional 13,500 work coaches to provide more intensive support to find a job. In total, our Plan for Jobs interventions will support more than two million people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/09/2021 17:04:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1355718

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to tackle fuel poverty before (a) the removal of the temporary £20 universal credit uplift and (b) winter 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	50082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>During winter months we continue to support low income, fuel poor and vulnerable consumers with their energy bills through a number of existing schemes. The Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million low income and vulnerable eligible households with a £140 discount. In addition, the energy price cap, on average, saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year.</p><p>Furthermore, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments will help ensure those most vulnerable are better able to heat their homes over the colder months.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/09/2021 16:50:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell