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1685259

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
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	Aquaculture: Shellfish
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 his Department is taking to support the shellfish aquaculture industry.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	11649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Since 2021, the Government has awarded £22.3 million to support the shellfish aquaculture industry in areas such as improving sustainability, preventing shellfish disease, and better skills and training.</p><p>The Government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan prioritises action to improve the water quality of 63 of the largest shellfish waters in England by 2030.</p><p>The Government continues to challenge the EU's restrictions on undepurated Class B live bivalve molluscs which we believe are unjustified and disproportionate to the risk under the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/01/2024 13:09:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1685092

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Hospitality Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) businesses and (b) workers in the hospitality sector that will be affected by proposed increases to the minimum salary requirements for a skilled worker visa in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Analytical work has been undertaken across Government to support decision making in this process, and an Impact Assessment will be developed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 16:32:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685093

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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 information his Department holds on the number of asylum seekers that were affected by (a) mould and (b) other damp conditions in (i) social housing, (ii) the private rented sector and (iii) hotel accommodation in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that all asylum accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office accommodation providers are required to visit each property at least monthly, and assurance that contractual requirements are met is tested by the Home Office Contract Assurance Team, which inspects properties and undertakes other assurance activities on an intelligence-led basis.</p><p> </p><p>All asylum seekers have access to a 24/7 Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service provided for the Home Office by Migrant Help, where any concerns regarding accommodation standards can be raised. Issues will then be investigated and addressed in accordance with strict contractual target timeframes.</p><p> </p><p>The information you have requested is not held in a readily reportable format and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 12:55:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685094

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) self-harm, (b) depression and (c) suicidal ideation have been reported by people living in government-provided asylum accommodation in (i) hotels, (ii) barges, (iii) former military sites and (iv) detention facilities and removal centres in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Central records on the number of cases of self-harm and suicidal ideation that have been reported in immigration removal centres (IRCs) are not held as far back as 15 years. Additionally, no central records on the number of cases of depression reported in IRCs are held. This information relates to health conditions which are treated as medical in confidence and therefore the Home Office would not necessarily know if someone in detention was experiencing depression.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 13:07:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685095

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers per capita of the general population are accommodated in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Data on immigration groups by devolved administration is published in table Reg_01 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23regional-and-local-authority-data-on-immigration-groups&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd59ee42c10484a85665508dc1e69e69f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638418687378771610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=H5cv74YgqyM8ZQgeVsEXlBrX4g%2Bk7wEThKFbSrp1RT0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Regional and local authority data</a>. The number of people under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Afghan resettlement programme and the supported asylum population and the per capita figure for these three pathways combined is published. Data on the supported population does not include people who are not receiving state support (such as unsupported asylum seekers).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 13:06:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685096

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland by ethnic group as of 25 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’</a>. Data on asylum applications received is published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">‘Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’</a>. This data is only at national level and includes nationality breakdowns, but not ethnic breakdown.</p><p>Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by UK region is published in table Asy_D09 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-support" target="_blank">‘Asylum support’</a> detailed datasets. Not all asylum seekers will require support. The data does not include location information for those who are not on support.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 30 September 2023. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024 and data up to the end of March 2023 will be published on 23 May 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar’</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 13:05:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685097

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's consultation entitled Child Maintenance: Improving our enforcement powers through the commencement of curfew orders, published on 9 July 2022, what his Department's planned timetable is for laying the commencement order relating to curfew orders.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	11495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service already has a suite of strong enforcement powers at its disposal. These include, using Enforcement Agents (previously known as bailiffs) to take control of goods, forcing the sale of property, removal of driving licence or UK passport, deductions directly from earnings and bank accounts or even commitment to prison. We have explored how Curfews could be implemented as an additional enforcement measure to improve compliance. Several enforcement initiatives aimed at improving compliance are currently in train and we need to get those in place and assess their effects before we can best see how curfews might fit with them. We are continuing to keep their introduction under review.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2024 17:21:36 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1685102

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO Enlargement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his NATO counterparts on the expansion of the number of enhanced opportunities partners since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly with NATO Allies and Partners. NATO currently has five Enhanced Opportunity Partners (EOPs), who make significant contributions to NATO operations and have enhanced opportunities for dialogue and cooperation with Allies. Any partner can request EOP status, which must then be agreed by all NATO Allies. Most recently, NATO recognised Ukraine as an EOP. No partner has requested EOP status in the interim.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/01/2024 11:17:14 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1685107

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were waiting for dental care as of 25 January 2024, broken down by service.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	11536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>As of 1 December 2023, which is the latest available data, 26,625 UK Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category 2 or 3, meaning that they require either preventative or interventive treatment to achieve optimal dental fitness. The table below shows a breakdown of these numbers by service.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NATO Category 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NATO Category 3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,084</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,541</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>9,588</p></td><td><p>7,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2,453</p></td><td><p>1,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>3,043</p></td><td><p>2,122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/01/2024 17:28:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1685112

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Girlguiding UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Girlguiding UK and (b) develop links overseas with similar ventures.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. We have committed to a National Youth Guarantee: that by 2025, every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer. This is supported by a three year investment of over £500 million in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending, with a firm focus on levelling up.</p><p>As part of the National Youth Guarantee, we are investing over £16 million in Uniformed Youth Organisations, including Girlguiding, to ensure all young people have access to these groups by establishing new groups in areas without existing provision, and tackling waiting lists.</p><p>Additionally, this Government is committed to protecting the United Kingdom’s core national interests, ensuring the prosperity of the British people across the Overseas Territories. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, alongside colleagues in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, is engaging in ongoing discussions with representatives of the British Overseas Territories and Girlguiding UK on options for the continuation of Girlguiding in the Territories.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 30/01/2024 11:29:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell