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1696961

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date	19/03/2024
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	Israel: Hamas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent Hamas rocket fire into Israel.
tabling member constituency	Northampton North
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Ellis
uin	19346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>As the Government has stated previously, for there to be a lasting peace Israel's security must be assured. Removing Hamas' capacity to launch attacks against Israel and Hamas no longer being in charge of Gaza are among the vital elements for a lasting peace.</p><p>We are calling for an immediate pause to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to destruction, fighting and loss of life. This is the focus of all our diplomatic efforts.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/03/2024 18:09:21 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

1696964

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Urban Areas: Newton-le-Willows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 5.140 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, when plans to publish details of funding for Newton-Le-Willows.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	19387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Long Term Plan for Towns will see up to £20 million of funding and support from the Government for Newton-Le-Willows over the next decade. I wrote to the Member for St Helen’s North and the Leader and Chief Executive of St Helen’s Borough Council on 19 March 2024 setting out next steps for developing the Long Term Plan for their town. This included details of the funding that will be provided for Newton-Le-Willows.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 27/03/2024 10:40:24 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1696966

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of foster care placements in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	19389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The department is investing over £36 million this parliament to deliver a fostering recruitment and retention programme, so that foster care is available for more children who need it. This will boost approvals of foster carers, as well as aiding the retention of foster carers already in place.</p><p>St Helens North is participating in this programme, working in a regional cluster group, ‘Foster4’, which is led by Warrington.</p><p>Greater financial support for foster carers will help improve the experiences of all children in care. For the second year running, the department is increasing the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) above the rate of inflation. For 2024/2025, the NMA will increase by 6.88%. This is on top of a 12.43% NMA increase in 2023/24.</p><p>In addition, the department estimates that changes to tax and benefit allowances will give the average foster carer an additional £450 per year as well as simplifying the process for self-assessment returns for most foster carers.</p><p>The department will also build on its investment since 2014 of over £8 million to advance the work of the Mockingbird programme, an innovative model of peer support for foster parents and the children in their care where children benefit from an extended family environment.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 27/03/2024 15:18:05 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1696967

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department has provided to research projects based in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	19390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>In the 12 months leading to the start of January 2024, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) awarded:</p><ul><li>None to organisations located in St Helens North constituency during this period;</li><li>£264m to organisations performing research projects in the North West of England</li><li>£4.9bn to organisations performing research projects in the UK.</li></ul><p>These figures include a range of investments made via UKRI’s Research Councils and Innovate UK, but the figure excludes formula-based block grants deployed through universities which will also have gone to research projects in this region.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 27/03/2024 15:19:49 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1696968

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of homelessness is used by the Office for Veterans Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	19239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs’ definition of homelessness is in line with the Government’s definition of homelessness. Statutory homelessness is defined as households or individuals who are owed a homelessness duty by a local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 27/03/2024 16:53:42 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1696969

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
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 the Migration Advisory Committee’s Rapid review of the Immigration Salary List, published on 23 February 2024, for what reason his Department has not implemented the recommendation on the use of the Immigration Salary List beyond the skilled worker route for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	19383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Replacing the Shortage Occupation List with the new Immigration Salary List will maintain the important principles that underpin our approach to permission to work and is in line with wider changes to the Immigration Rules.</p><p> </p><p>Unrestricted access to employment could act as an incentive for more migrants to choose to come here illegally, with many making dangerous journeys across the Channel and supporting the business model of evil people smugglers, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers it important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Aligning asylum seekers’ permission to work with the Skilled Worker route could undermine the legal routes for those seeking to work in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/03/2024 16:03:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1696978

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Nature Conservation: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 18175 on Nature Conservation: Finance, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of how the budget for climate change interventions that protect and restore nature and biodiversity was spent in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	19373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Later this year we will publish a detailed breakdown of all International Climate Programme spend, including those that protect and restore nature and biodiversity, through the UK's first Biennial Transparency Report under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This will cover calendar years 2021 and 2022. Future years spending will be published in future Biennial Transparency Reports.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/03/2024 18:06:05 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1696986

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the future and common support services team at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Future and Common Support Services team did not stand up until the 2023-24 Financial Year and the data for this year will not be available until the end of the Financial Year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/03/2024 13:12:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696989

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the fires, infrastructure and manoeuvre support team at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed in the Fires, Infrastructure and Manoeuvre Support team in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees, and workforce substitutes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Fires, Infrastructure and Manoeuvre Support team</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>88.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>88.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>93.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>113.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>113.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/03/2024 13:13:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696990

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the vehicle support team at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed in the Vehicle Support team in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees, and workforce substitutes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Vehicle Support team</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>272.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>296.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>247.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>385.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 27/03/2024 13:14:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle