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1663080

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date	13/10/2023
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	Office for Environmental Protection
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 much grant funding was provided to the Office for Environmental Protection in financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) in England is publicly funded by a grant in aid from Defra as the sponsoring department.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/23, Defra provided £7,108,583 of baseline funding and £4,364,366 of additional funding to the OEP to support establishment costs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023/24, Defra increased baseline funding to £8,130,755 and provided £1,100,000 of additional funding.</p><p> </p><p>The OEP’s activity in Northern Ireland is funded separately by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 12:21:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663081

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Water: Pollution Control
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 information on the Government’s proposed amendments to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill on nutrient neutrality the Office for Environmental Protection had access to in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State discussed the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill with Dame Glenys Stacey on 31 August 2023, and sent a follow-up letter on the same day. The letter is published on the Office for Environmental Protection’s website <a href="https://www.theoep.org.uk/report/proposed-changes-laws-developments-will-weaken-environmental-protections-warns-oep" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 13:21:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663430

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Supermarkets: Customers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the use of loyalty cards by supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government recently ran a consultation which included questions on the display of prices for loyalty card schemes and other promotions. The Government is analysing the responses to this consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 13:25:43 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663473

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of when the proposed ban on sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices will be in place; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 197041 200427 200488 200489 200490 200494 200797 201578 201589 question first answered 25/10/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663488

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Homelessness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Centre Point entitled Human costs and lost potential: the real cost of youth homelessness, published on 12 September 2023; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201488" target="_blank">201488</a> on 23 October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 202521 question first answered 23/10/2023 13:00:22 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663670

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188925 on Slavery: Victims, if she will publish her findings following consideration of the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We are continuing to keep under consideration the process and scope of any assurance process in respect of negative conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism. There are currently no planned statements or publications in respect of this ongoing work.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 13:56:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663674

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198491 on Asylum: Applications, how many legacy cases her Department plans to process in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We have taken immediate action to speed up asylum processing whilst maintaining the integrity of the system. This includes simplifying guidance and streamlining processes. We have also introduced shorter, focussed interviews, making the interview process more efficient.</p><p>The asylum backlog of legacy cases had fallen by over 35,000 cases, between the end of November 2022 and the end of August 2023, and has continued to fall since the last publication of statistics.</p><p>Information on the legacy backlog is published online in the IMB_02 Tab of the data table regarding Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act - GOV.UK (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMark.McLaughlin2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C13fafc2fb7e04b123d6308dbce3cef89%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638330533328633817%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=S6SmN5XuJffLuwEqfIL%2BQbqt84HF93ZEckLz%2BayoJOw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). This data is provisional and has not been cleansed to remove duplicates.</p><p>In the year ending June 2023, there were 23,702 initial decisions made on asylum applications, 61% more than in the previous year. This is in part due to an increase in the number of asylum decision makers employed by the Home Office.</p><p>We are confident that with increased capacity and improved efficiency this will help deliver further significant output over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 14:03:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663675

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198491 on Asylum: Applications, how long the training lasts for newly recruited decision makers; who provides the training for newly recruited decision makers; and what steps she is taking to (a) provide support to new decision makers and (b) monitor the (i) quality and (ii) consistency of decision making.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Asylum Operations provides staff with specialist training through a comprehensive programme of classroom-based learning and a mentoring framework as part of our plan for a highly skilled workforce. This is delivered by a dedicated team of senior grade trainers and higher-grade technical experts, thereby helping to maintain case-working expertise and improve decision maker capability.</p><p>Work has been undertaken to review and redesign the training of Asylum decision makers. The focus of the project is to ensure that the right training is given at the right time. The expectation is that by moving to this model it will help decision makers become more productive in a quicker timeframe as the training will be more focused on the type of casework that they are assigned and the tasks they will need to undertake at that time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 11:14:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663676

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
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 Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme advice provided by his Department to Afghan nationals that they should travel to Pakistan for final checks stating that they can arrange their own accommodation in the UK, if she will issue guidance on the criteria required by the Government for those accommodation arrangements; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We continue to issue new visas to eligible individuals under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. This means they immediately have the right to live, work and study in the UK.</p><p>Where individuals seek to arrange their own accommodation, the Home Office works with local authorities to ensure that they are content with the arrangements. Where the local authority indicates that they are willing to receive and support the family, arrangements are made to provide a funding package to local authorities, and to facilitate travel to the UK for the individuals themselves.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 10:12:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663705

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Help: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 on Migrant Help: Standards, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in the headcount for Migrant Help on the service standards they provide; what rectification actions are still outstanding; what progress Migrant Help have made on improving standards to the level set out in their contract; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work with Migrant Help in line with their contract to ensure that they take all rectification actions to bring about improvements. Migrant Help have increased their headcount to respond to the significant increase in demand for their services which is due to increased volumes of those destitute asylum seekers requiring accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 13:39:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas