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1314556

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Deed Poll: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to exempt non-binary and transgender people from plans to only allow enrolled deed polls to be accepted as proof of name change.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	1211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Master of the Rolls has established a Judicial Working Group to review and revise the current regulations for the enrolled deed process.</p><p>The Group is looking at a number of aspects of the existing regulations, and one of the issues is the current requirement for name changes to be publicly advertised, as part of the process, in the London Gazette.</p><p>A proposal under consideration by the Group is that the regulations are reformed so that the court would have a discretion on the need for, or terms of, an advertisement where there are sensitivities about a name change being made public. Examples would be name changes to reflect changes in gender and binary identification, as well as to protect people who wish to change their name following an abusive relationship. Guidance to applicants is also being reviewed as part of the reform process.</p><p>The Group is also considering public interest issues where an advertisement would be desirable, for example to place on record a change of name by a registered offender.</p><p>Home Office Ministers have written to the Master of Rolls and the Lord Chief Justice requesting that the Group considers criminality in regard to the enrolled deed poll process. Once the Group has completed its work, we will consider whether it is necessary to amend existing Home Office guidance to better protect the public.</p><p>Should a change be made to the guidance, we will take careful consideration of the potential impacts of that amendment including for European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 rights and the protection of the people who have changed their name to avoid danger.</p><p>Current Home Office Use and Change of Name guidance sets out that where there is a need to protect persons from risk of harm, separate arrangements should be implemented which protect the identity of the person who is seeking to change their name.</p><p>In addition, the policy sets out that transgender foreign nationals whose national authorities do not recognise changes to names and/or gender in their passports or national identity cards will be able to obtain a Biometric Residence Permit in their acquired name and gender, providing the person can demonstrate they are using the acquired name and gender for all purposes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 1212 1213 1214 question first answered 21/05/2021 13:37:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1314558

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Deed Poll: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultation there has been with groups representing transgender and non-binary people on plans to only allow enrolled deed polls to be accepted as proof of name change.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	1213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Master of the Rolls has established a Judicial Working Group to review and revise the current regulations for the enrolled deed process.</p><p>The Group is looking at a number of aspects of the existing regulations, and one of the issues is the current requirement for name changes to be publicly advertised, as part of the process, in the London Gazette.</p><p>A proposal under consideration by the Group is that the regulations are reformed so that the court would have a discretion on the need for, or terms of, an advertisement where there are sensitivities about a name change being made public. Examples would be name changes to reflect changes in gender and binary identification, as well as to protect people who wish to change their name following an abusive relationship. Guidance to applicants is also being reviewed as part of the reform process.</p><p>The Group is also considering public interest issues where an advertisement would be desirable, for example to place on record a change of name by a registered offender.</p><p>Home Office Ministers have written to the Master of Rolls and the Lord Chief Justice requesting that the Group considers criminality in regard to the enrolled deed poll process. Once the Group has completed its work, we will consider whether it is necessary to amend existing Home Office guidance to better protect the public.</p><p>Should a change be made to the guidance, we will take careful consideration of the potential impacts of that amendment including for European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 rights and the protection of the people who have changed their name to avoid danger.</p><p>Current Home Office Use and Change of Name guidance sets out that where there is a need to protect persons from risk of harm, separate arrangements should be implemented which protect the identity of the person who is seeking to change their name.</p><p>In addition, the policy sets out that transgender foreign nationals whose national authorities do not recognise changes to names and/or gender in their passports or national identity cards will be able to obtain a Biometric Residence Permit in their acquired name and gender, providing the person can demonstrate they are using the acquired name and gender for all purposes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 1211 1212 1214 question first answered 21/05/2021 13:37:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1314559

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Deed Poll: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Ministry of Justice, what consultation there has been with groups representing transgender and non-binary people on plans to include their former and current first names in The Gazette.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	1214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Master of the Rolls has established a Judicial Working Group to review and revise the current regulations for the enrolled deed process.</p><p>The Group is looking at a number of aspects of the existing regulations, and one of the issues is the current requirement for name changes to be publicly advertised, as part of the process, in the London Gazette.</p><p>A proposal under consideration by the Group is that the regulations are reformed so that the court would have a discretion on the need for, or terms of, an advertisement where there are sensitivities about a name change being made public. Examples would be name changes to reflect changes in gender and binary identification, as well as to protect people who wish to change their name following an abusive relationship. Guidance to applicants is also being reviewed as part of the reform process.</p><p>The Group is also considering public interest issues where an advertisement would be desirable, for example to place on record a change of name by a registered offender.</p><p>Home Office Ministers have written to the Master of Rolls and the Lord Chief Justice requesting that the Group considers criminality in regard to the enrolled deed poll process. Once the Group has completed its work, we will consider whether it is necessary to amend existing Home Office guidance to better protect the public.</p><p>Should a change be made to the guidance, we will take careful consideration of the potential impacts of that amendment including for European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 rights and the protection of the people who have changed their name to avoid danger.</p><p>Current Home Office Use and Change of Name guidance sets out that where there is a need to protect persons from risk of harm, separate arrangements should be implemented which protect the identity of the person who is seeking to change their name.</p><p>In addition, the policy sets out that transgender foreign nationals whose national authorities do not recognise changes to names and/or gender in their passports or national identity cards will be able to obtain a Biometric Residence Permit in their acquired name and gender, providing the person can demonstrate they are using the acquired name and gender for all purposes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 1211 1212 1213 question first answered 21/05/2021 13:37:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

348682

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers who wish to claim Basic Payment Scheme payments have yet to receive (a) prepopulated forms and (b) maps for use in the paper-based system.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has issued all pre-populated Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) 2015 application forms (BP5) and maps.</p><p>We expect all those farmers who wish to claim BPS to have registered their claims by the deadline of 15 June. We do not anticipate requesting any further extension of the deadline.</p><p>As of 8 June the RPA has received 58,836 completed BPS claims, which is what would be expected at this stage of the claim window. This is good progress as we move towards the deadline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1212 1214 1215 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:23:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

348683

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 proportion of farmers who have received EU CAP payments have registered their claim to receive Basic Payment Scheme payments in England.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has issued all pre-populated Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) 2015 application forms (BP5) and maps.</p><p>We expect all those farmers who wish to claim BPS to have registered their claims by the deadline of 15 June. We do not anticipate requesting any further extension of the deadline.</p><p>As of 8 June the RPA has received 58,836 completed BPS claims, which is what would be expected at this stage of the claim window. This is good progress as we move towards the deadline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1212 1213 1215 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:23:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

348684

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 proportion of farmers eligible for the Basic Payment scheme will have registered their claims by the extended deadline of 15 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has issued all pre-populated Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) 2015 application forms (BP5) and maps.</p><p>We expect all those farmers who wish to claim BPS to have registered their claims by the deadline of 15 June. We do not anticipate requesting any further extension of the deadline.</p><p>As of 8 June the RPA has received 58,836 completed BPS claims, which is what would be expected at this stage of the claim window. This is good progress as we move towards the deadline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1212 1213 1214 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:23:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle