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1472765

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date	23/06/2022
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	Farmers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers with cashflow.
tabling member constituency	Grantham and Stamford
tabling member printed	Gareth Davies
uin	900688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Input costs for fuel, feed and fertiliser are worryingly high. We are monitoring the situation closely. To ease cashflow concerns, in England we have announced bringing forward half of the Direct Payment to July from December. We have powers in the Agriculture Act to help sectors if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We have just announced £30 Million to help farmers add value to their products, and we have boosted Countryside Stewardship payment rates by an average of 30%. We will shortly launch the Sustainable Farming Incentive, for which farmers will receive quarterly payments.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/06/2022 10:46:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies

1471655

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the UKVI MP Urgent Inquiries line closed at least 20 minutes early on 17 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	21114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Due to an unexpected spike in calls a large queue of callers built. To ensure those in the queue were able to speak with an agent before 5pm the line closed to NEW callers at 3.15pm (45 minutes earlier than normal). Agents continued to assist queued callers up until 6pm. We continue to closely monitor and review call volumes to match staffing capacity to anticipated demand.</p><p>Analysis of the spike on 17<sup>th</sup> June is currently being undertaken to ensure a closure of this nature is not required in the future.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:26:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1471665

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle is for the Royal Air Force.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	21118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Order of Battle is not a term commonly applied by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The information that is presented in the UK Armed Forces Equipment and Formations data, published at the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2021, provides the size and shape of the RAF in tables 7, 8 and 9 for 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/06/2022 11:08:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1471672

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Culture: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal by culture industry organisations for a Smart Fund to ensure creators and performers are paid for their work.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	21257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government agrees that creators should be fairly remunerated. The Government is taking forward work to achieve this, including a programme considering the remuneration issues related to music streaming.</p><p>DCMS Ministers and officials have been engaging with the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) on their proposals for a Smart Fund. It is encouraging to see proposals from the sector to support creators and fair remuneration. However introducing statutory levies of this nature can present significant challenges, including the risk that costs would be passed to consumers. This is of particular concern in the context of wider cost of living challenges. We encourage DACS to work with the tech industry to explore options for industry-led solutions.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/06/2022 08:21:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1471677

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Garry Pang
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the arrest and denial of bail to the Hong Kong Christian pastor Garry Pang Moon-yuen; and is she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	21078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The right to peaceful protest is one of the rights China promised to protect, as guaranteed in both the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. However, the Chinese Government has failed to uphold freedom of speech and assembly, including through Chinese and Hong Kong authorities' continuing use of the National Security Law to target dissenting voices.</p><p>As a co-signatory to the Joint Declaration, we will continue to stand up for the people of Hong Kong, to call out the violations of their rights and freedoms, and to urge China to uphold the rights set out in the Joint Declaration and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 23/06/2022 09:27:47 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1471702

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005 Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the review of legislation on gambling regulation.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	21124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 June to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-07/13827" target="_blank">Question UIN 13827</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/06/2022 08:23:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1471740

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 adequacy of her Department's response rate to enquiries from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	21244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:30:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1471742

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of enquiries from hon. Members to her Department received a response within 20 working days since 1 January 2022; and how many and what proportion of enquiries awaiting a response were received more than (i) 20, (ii) 40, (iii) 60 and (iv) 80 working days ago as of 20 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	21245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions have been taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:29:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1471745

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Long Term Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the prevalence of speech, language and communication needs among the long-term unemployed in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	21075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-09/15249" target="_blank">PQ15249</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/06/2022 09:48:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1471758

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to UK Visas and Immigration and HM Passport Office's customer service operations data, published on 26 May 2022, what her timeframe is for reaching the performance target of 95 per cent in respect of responses to letters and emails from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	21240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can also escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2022 10:32:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq