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1306876

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date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Army’s Armoured Vehicle capacity.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>The Army, as outlined in the Defence Command Paper, is receiving significant and ongoing investment in its armoured capability. The new Boxer and Ajax, and the upgraded Challenger Main Battle Tank will make up the core of the Army's two future Heavy Brigade Combat Teams. We will be more capable against peer adversaries and integrated with our NATO Allies and partners.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/04/2021 13:48:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307238

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the BBC on ensuring that licence fee payers receive value for money during the covid-19 outbreak with new content being broadcast.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As the national broadcaster, the BBC has a vital role to play in supplying information to the public throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, and it has introduced a wide-ranging package of measures to help keep the nation informed, educated, and entertained through these unprecedented times.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government and the government cannot intervene in the BBC’s editorial decisions. The Government is clear it expects the BBC to be held to the highest standards, and ensure value for money taking into account the wider public interest, but it is the BBC Board who is ultimately responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue. The Comptroller and Auditor General of the NAO is the BBC's independent external auditor. The NAO is responsible for auditing the BBC accounts and ensuring value for money in the way the BBC uses its funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 19/04/2021 11:05:30 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307245

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Local Restrictions Support Grant: Golf
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding golf club and premise to the businesses that are eligible to receive the Local Restrictions Support Grant.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed), closed for new applications on 31<sup>st</sup> March. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget that from 1<sup>st</sup> April one-off Restart Grants of up to £6,000 for non-essential retail and up £18,000 for hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation businesses will be available to support them to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>Where a business does not meet this criteria, they may be eligible for further grant support via the Additional Restrictions Grant a discretionary scheme, administered by Local Authorities. Local Authorities are free to provide support that suits their local area including to support those businesses not required to close but which have had their trade severely affected by the restrictions. The Chancellor has announced an additional £425m will be made available via the Additional Restrictions Grant meaning that more than £2bn has been made available to Local Authorities since November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are responsible for the administration of all Grant Schemes and queries regarding eligibility should be made locally.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2021 08:33:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307317

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are not registered to a GP surgery and receive private medical treatment are able to receive a covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Private patients are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Any patient with a National Health Service number can book a vaccination appointment through the National Booking Service, when they become eligible. Any patient without an NHS number, including private patients, can register with a NHS general practitioner (GP) if they choose. However, not having an NHS number and not being registered with a GP should not be a barrier to vaccination. The terms under which NHS GPs are commissioned to deliver COVID-19 vaccination services enable practices to vaccinate unregistered patients. Private practices can also contact their local clinical commissioning group, who should identify local providers able to vaccinate their patients.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2021 09:03:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307397

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: East Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will grant citizenship to East African Asian children on the basis of compelling compassionate grounds and exceptional circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office considers individual cases within the context of the applicant’s circumstances and the statutory requirements for citizenship.</p><p>Within the British Nationality Act 1981 there is discretion to register a child under the age of 18. In each case, the Home Office will consider if there are circumstances which would mean it is appropriate to register a child, and if so the child would be granted citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 10:04:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307399

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of recent reports that Iran is concealing the scale of its nuclear programme.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>We remain committed to preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). It remains the best, and currently the only, way to monitor and constrain Iran's nuclear programme.</p><p>Iran's continued systematic non-compliance with its JCPoA commitments is undermining the non-proliferation benefits of the deal and jeopardising our efforts to preserve it. The UK has repeatedly made clear in public and in private, both bilaterally and with the governments of France and Germany (as E3), that Iran must change its approach and co-operate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In his call with President Rouhani on 10 March, the Prime Minister stressed that while the UK remains committed to making the JCPoA a success, Iran must stop all nuclear activity that breaches the terms of the deal and come back into compliance.</p><p>We continue to work with the parties to the JCPoA and the new US Administration to find a diplomatic way forward that realises the benefits of the deal, and call upon Iran not to take any further steps which violate its JCPoA commitments and make a return to mutual compliance harder to achieve</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/04/2021 16:29:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307400

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	VFS Global: China
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 1 March 2021 to Question 160548, on VFS Global: China, if he will publish a list of the 16 VFS visa centres in China that are run by subcontractors.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The 16 VFS centres in China run by subcontractors, plus their subcontractor, are listed below:</p><p>Beijing Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign Service Company</p><p>Chengdu Chengdu Sino Visa Eternal Exit &amp; Entry Immigration Co. Ltd</p><p>Chongqing Chongqing Taifu Exit &amp; Entry Service Co Ltd</p><p>Fuzhou Fujian Shenzhou Nonofficial Exit &amp; Entrance Service Centre</p><p>Guangzhou Guangdong CTS Visa Consulting Service Co. Ltd</p><p>Hangzhou Hangzhou Leader Business Consultant Co. Ltd</p><p>Jinan Shandong YIHUI Industry Co. Ltd</p><p>Nanjing Jiangsu Golden Sunshine Foreign Entry Resources and Service Centre</p><p>Shenzhen Shenzhen XingGuo Visa Services Co. Ltd</p><p>Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Relation &amp; Trade Overseas Affairs Consulting Co. Ltd</p><p>Shenyang Liaoning Aoxin Consulting Co. Ltd</p><p>Wuhan Wuhan Johnton Science and Technology Co. Ltd</p><p>Xi'an Xian Boli Immigration Agency Co., Ltd</p><p>Kunming Yunnan Delang Business Consulting Co., Ltd</p><p>Changsha Hunan GDCTS Visa Consulting Service Co., Ltd</p><p>Hong Kong Glory Visa Consulting Company Limited</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 178877 question first answered 20/04/2021 15:42:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307401

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	VFS Global: China
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 1 March 2021 to Question 160548, VFS Global: China, if he will publish a list of the subcontractors that run the 16 VFS visa centres in China.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The 16 VFS centres in China run by subcontractors, plus their subcontractor, are listed below:</p><p>Beijing Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign Service Company</p><p>Chengdu Chengdu Sino Visa Eternal Exit &amp; Entry Immigration Co. Ltd</p><p>Chongqing Chongqing Taifu Exit &amp; Entry Service Co Ltd</p><p>Fuzhou Fujian Shenzhou Nonofficial Exit &amp; Entrance Service Centre</p><p>Guangzhou Guangdong CTS Visa Consulting Service Co. Ltd</p><p>Hangzhou Hangzhou Leader Business Consultant Co. Ltd</p><p>Jinan Shandong YIHUI Industry Co. Ltd</p><p>Nanjing Jiangsu Golden Sunshine Foreign Entry Resources and Service Centre</p><p>Shenzhen Shenzhen XingGuo Visa Services Co. Ltd</p><p>Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Relation &amp; Trade Overseas Affairs Consulting Co. Ltd</p><p>Shenyang Liaoning Aoxin Consulting Co. Ltd</p><p>Wuhan Wuhan Johnton Science and Technology Co. Ltd</p><p>Xi'an Xian Boli Immigration Agency Co., Ltd</p><p>Kunming Yunnan Delang Business Consulting Co., Ltd</p><p>Changsha Hunan GDCTS Visa Consulting Service Co., Ltd</p><p>Hong Kong Glory Visa Consulting Company Limited</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 178876 question first answered 20/04/2021 15:42:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307402

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will undertake an assessment of how the covid-19 lockdown has affected the spread of extremist ideologies in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic operational and intelligence services have been monitoring and assessing the terrorist threat, but such reports are classified and cannot be shared.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 15:38:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1307403

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Caribbean: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist Commonwealth members in the Caribbean to roll out covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	178879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Building on its £548 million commitment to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for the 92 most vulnerable countries, which in the Caribbean includes Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, the UK will continue to make the case for Caribbean countries to benefit from all vaccination campaigns under COVAX.</p><p>There have been successful COVAX vaccine deliveries to 12 independent Caribbean Commonwealth countries - Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/04/2021 15:40:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell