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1695766

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, to what date UK funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been transferred to that body; and whether any funding has been provided for the financial year 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	18533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>We are appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned. We are pausing any future funding of UNRWA.</p><p>The UK provided £35 million to UNRWA this financial year, including an uplift of £16 million for the Gaza humanitarian response, all of which was disbursed before the recent allegations came to light. No more British funding is due this financial year.</p><p>Our decision to pause future funding to UNRWA has no impact on the UK's contribution to the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 18/03/2024 17:18:51 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1690853

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment decisions overturned at tribunal were due to (a) the tribunal panel drawing a different conclusion based on the same evidence, (b) oral evidence given by the individual and (c) new written evidence provided at the hearing in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	15121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Analysis of unpublished Personal Independence Payment (PIP) data held by DWP provides data on why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing between January 2014 and September 2023 and is shown annually in the tables below. This information is taken from Decision Notices and recorded on the PIP computer system.</p><p> </p><p>This data only provides one reason per appeal why decisions by DWP decision makers have been overturned at a tribunal hearing, and therefore may not give the full story as there may be other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are the result of a complex data match across a number of data sets. This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</p><p> </p><p>Learning from this information, we have made improvements to our decision-making processes to help ensure we make the right decision as early as possible in the claim journey. We have introduced a new approach to decision making at both the initial decision and the Mandatory Reconsideration stage, giving Decision Makers additional time to proactively contact customers where they think additional evidence may support the claim.</p><p /><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023 (to September)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>14,700</p></td><td><p>22,900</p></td><td><p>26,500</p></td><td><p>25,100</p></td><td><p>26,200</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>7,700</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>21,100</p></td><td><p>24,600</p></td><td><p>26,100</p></td><td><p>16,300</p></td><td><p>16,700</p></td><td><p>17,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Summary reason DWP decision<br> overturned at Tribunal hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Appeal clearance year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023 (to September)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent documentary evidence<br> supplied at the appeal</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cogent oral evidence</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reached a different conclusion on<br> substantially the same facts</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and percentages to the nearest percent.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 15:50:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1686651

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to paragraph 40 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State in the case of The King (on the application of Al-Haq) v. Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, if he will publish the out-of-cycle international humanitarian law assessment produced by his Department's Middle East and North Africa directorate on 8 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	12621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We regularly review advice about Israel's capability and commitment to International Humanitarian Law and act in accordance with that advice. It would not be appropriate to comment on documents related to ongoing legal proceedings. We continue to call for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to be respected in the conflict and for civilians to be protected.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/02/2024 15:19:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1686652

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to paragraph 44 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State in the case of The King (on the application of Al-Haq) v. Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, for what reason the assessment on Israel's commitment to comply with international humanitarian law was deferred for ministerial decision.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	12622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>We regularly review advice about Israel's capability and commitment to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and act in accordance with that advice. As the Foreign Secretary has said, Israel has the capability and commitment to act within IHL, but we are also deeply concerned about the impact on the civilian population in Gaza. We continue to call for IHL to be respected and civilians to be protected. The Foreign Secretary stressed this with Israeli political leaders in his visit of 24 January.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 13/02/2024 16:17:14 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1686653

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to Q639 of the oral evidence given by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to the Foreign Affairs Committee on 9 January 2024, HC 325, and to paragraph 50 of the summary grounds of the Secretary of State in the case of The King (on the application of Al-Haq) v. Secretary of State for Business and Trade, AC-2023-LON-003634, for what reason the Secretary of State said to the Committee that his role was not to make a legal adjudication on whether Israel had breached international humanitarian law.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	12623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>We regularly review advice about Israel's capability and commitment to International Humanitarian Law and act in accordance with that advice, including in relation to arms exports. The Foreign Secretary's role is to advise the Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) on certain Criteria in the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including whether there is a clear risk that controlled goods exported under a licence might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of IHL, and it is for the Secretary of State at DBT to act in light of that advice.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/02/2024 15:20:59 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1685889

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has received legal advice on the implications for his Department's policies of the International Court of Justice’s decision on the request for provisional measures in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	12097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>We regularly review advice about Israel's capability and commitment to International Humanitarian Law and we act in accordance with that advice. We respect the role and independence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ); however, we have stated that we have considerable concerns about this case, which is not helpful in the goal of achieving a sustainable ceasefire. Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with IHL, as we have said from the outset. Our view is that Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be described as a genocide, which is why we thought South Africa's decision to bring the case was wrong and provocative. The Court's call for the immediate release of hostages and the need to get more aid into Gaza is a position we have long advocated. We are clear that an immediate pause is now necessary to get aid in and hostages out, and then we want to build towards a sustainable permanent ceasefire, without a return to the fighting.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/02/2024 12:08:53 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1684822

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what legal advice he has received on the risk that UK manufactured (a) arms and (b) components have been used during the conflict in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	11372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on the legal advice it receives. Nevertheless, we are monitoring the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories very closely. All export licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we can amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 30/01/2024 16:58:38 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1683206

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 8 July 2002 to Question 67534 on Export Licences, whether the guidance on incorporation of British weaponry components is still current; whether that guidance has been (a) updated or (b) modified; and whether it was consulted during the review of (i) extant and (ii) pending licence applications to Israel since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	10199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes its defence export responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (the Criteria).</p><p> </p><p>The Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework, and the Export Control Joint Unit will not issue an export licence to any destination where to do so would be inconsistent with the Criteria, including where there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). This includes licences where UK components are sent to a third country for incorporation into another product which is then supplied to the final destination.</p><p> </p><p>All our export licences are kept under careful and continual review, and we are able to amend, suspend or revoke extant licences, as well as refuse new licence applications, where they are inconsistent with the Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/01/2024 10:04:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1683208

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against Personal Independence Payment decisions were lapsed by her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	10200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal registrations and lapsed appeals. Data provided is for the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Appeals registered for each financial year and how many were subsequently lapsed</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals subsequently lapsed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td><td><p>27,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data provided is for England and Wales (excluding Scotland).</li><li>These figures include appeal registrations and decisions for PIP New Claims, Reassessments, Award Reviews and Change of Circumstances. These figures include appeals registered from April 2018 to March 2023 and any lapsed appeals related to these appeal registrations up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September 2023, the latest date for which published data is available.</li><li>Appeals data has been taken from DWP PIP customer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>This data is unpublished data. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2024 14:34:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1683209

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at mandatory reconsideration in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	10201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The reasons for Personal Independence Payment decisions being overturned at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) are evaluated locally on a case-by-case basis, and we continue to learn from this. The Department’s overarching focus at the MR stage is on ensuring that each application is thoroughly reviewed, including considering all available evidence and contacting the claimant where necessary. Decisions will be changed at the MR stage where the evidence supports this, resolving disputes as early as possible and reducing the need to appeal.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/01/2024 11:34:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon