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1377840

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date	12/11/2021
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	Dairy Farming
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 steps he is taking to support the development of value-added operations within the diary sector.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	73997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Dairy is the largest agricultural sector playing a vital role in the British economy and we want to see it produce, sell, and export more of our great British dairy products. The sector is world renowned with a strong reputation for quality, built on high animal welfare standards, strong environmental protection, traceability, and sustainability. This is a strong basis on which to sell more of our produce at home and abroad, increasing overall value in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Our new £27 million Farming Investment Fund also opened on 16 November. This will provide grants to farmers so that they can invest in the equipment, technology and infrastructure that will help their businesses to prosper, while improving their productivity and further enhancing the environment. The Fund will help them to focus on more efficient production methods, to reduce resource costs, to improve yields, and to provide a better return. We intend future rollout of the Fund will support producers who want to process and add value to their products, to create new products, or to sell their produce directly to consumers.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the Fund is available at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/16/the-farming-investment-fund-launches-today/" target="_blank">The Farming Investment Fund launches today - Future Farming (blog.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/11/2021 15:35:53 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1377841

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Social Security Benefits: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating the payment of rent arrears directly from benefits.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	73998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Landlords can apply for rent arrears to be deducted from Universal Credit. Rent arrears deductions can only be made when certain criteria are met – the claimant must receive the housing element of Universal Credit or housing benefit, the amount of arrears accrued must be equal to the amount of two months’ rent, and it must relate to the property where the claimant currently resides.</p><p> </p><p>Rent arrears have a minimum deduction rate each month of 10 per cent of the claimant’s Universal Credit standard allowance and a maximum deduction rate of up to 20 per cent per month.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/11/2021 16:17:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1377842

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 is his assessment of the impact of the covid-19 (a) outbreak and (b) vaccine rollout on the delivery of HPV vaccines in schools for 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	73853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Routine childhood immunisation programmes continued to be delivered in primary care during the early stages of the pandemic. However, the closure of schools from 23 March 2020 disrupted the delivery of all school-aged immunisation programmes, including human papillomavirus (HPV).</p><p>Providers have adopted a flexible and transformative delivery model to address this and ensure that those who are eligible can receive their vaccinations. This includes prioritisation of immunisations based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice, digitalising consent processes and utilising a range of alternative community settings to deliver vaccines where appropriate. The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England are working with the Department for Education to ensure that schools facilitate the continuation of vaccinations and improve uptake rates.</p><p>Providers are currently focussed on delivering the flu vaccine in schools as well as the COVID-19 vaccine. The prioritisation of the flu vaccine is usual for this time of year and school providers will recommence work on routine vaccinations and those outstanding in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2021 09:36:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1377843

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 has taken to progress the delivery of HPV vaccination, following the Minister's response to HC Deb, 25 March 2021, who stated that missed school aged vaccinations would be delivered no later than August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	73854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The closure of schools from 23 March 2020 interrupted the delivery of school-aged immunisation programmes, including human papillomavirus (HPV). NHS England and its commissioned school aged providers continue to implement the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation regarding HPV vaccinations. The National Health Service is therefore prioritising the first dose of HPV vaccine for all those eligible whilst working to recover those school aged immunisations which have been previously missed. The Department and NHS England are working closely with the Department for Education to ensure that schools facilitate the continuation of vaccinations and improving uptake rates for school-aged vaccinations.</p><p>Providers are currently focussed on delivering the flu vaccine in schools, as is usual for this time of year, as well as the COVID-19 and expanded flu immunisation programme. School providers will recommence work on routine and outstanding vaccinations in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2021 17:24:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1377844

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Coronavirus: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £43,379,999 for the sharing of 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccines with countries in need, published in his Department's Development Tracker, what the cost of purchasing those 100 million doses was to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	73936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister, at the G7 Summit in June, committed to donate 100m doses that we do not need for the UK vaccination programme. The cost of these doses will depend on both the specific vaccines donated and their cost. The cost of COVID-19 vaccine donations will be funded through UK Official Development Assistance and will be reported as such.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to disclose specific costs of individual vaccines procured to date, as details of contracts between the Government and vaccine manufacturers are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/11/2021 17:37:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1377845

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, whether funding from the expanded Youth Offer can be spent on social infrastructure in addition to capital projects.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	73903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Following the 2021 Spending Review, we are investing £560 million in youth services in England over the next three years, including the Youth Investment Fund and ongoing support for the National Citizen Service.</p><p>Access to youth facilities is not felt equally, with young people in many parts of the country struggling to gain access to them. The Youth Investment Fund will seek to remedy this, creating up to 300 youth facilities to level up opportunity in left behind places, giving young people access to support from youth workers and enabling them to engage in beneficial activities.</p><p>Full details of the YIF's eligibility criteria will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/11/2021 16:41:05 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1377846

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Development Aid: Agriculture
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 recent steps she has taken to support farming cooperatives in the global south to tackle the climate crisis in their communities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	73937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) supports farmers in low-income countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change through several programmes, funded either centrally or directly for priority posts across our network. For example, in Nepal and Malawi, the FCDO Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme facilitates market linkages between farmer organisations and suppliers who can provide climate-smart inputs for agriculture, to promote climate adaptation and agri-food sector development. Among central programmes, the UK-funded Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) responds directly to the needs of farmers' organisations in the poorest and most vulnerable countries by providing funding and training to promote climate-smart agriculture practices and link farmers to markets. Building on the positive results of five pilot projects, a dedicated call for proposal is ongoing and in December 2021 approximately US$25 million will be allocated to the best 8-10 proposals from producer organisations in Africa and South Asia. GAFSP, through its private sector window, has also supported farmer organisations throughout the pandemic to ensure uninterrupted food supply chains and use innovative IT for aggregation and marketing.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 17/11/2021 17:23:56 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1377847

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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	Baglan Energy Park: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on helping to minimise disruption to the power supply on the Baglan Energy Park.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	73852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Officials have met weekly with their counterparts in the Welsh Government since March 2021 to discuss the compulsory liquidation of the Baglan Group and the potential impact on businesses at Baglan Energy Park. Officials continue to provide regular updates including ongoing contingency planning by the Welsh Government and the affected businesses.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/11/2021 13:02:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1377848

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on women of the policy of forced adoption during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	73855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The government has great sympathy for those affected by historical adoption practices. Our hearts go out to the parents and children of those involved. Although from a modern perspective these practices are clearly wrong, they took place at a time when society shared very different values.</p><p><br> Thankfully society today takes a very different attitude to single parents. Lessons of the time have been learned and led to significant changes to legislation and practice. Single parents are now supported to help ensure that children and their families stay together, and children are only removed permanently by a court, without the consent of the parents, if it is satisfied that the child is suffering significant harm or is likely to suffer significant harm.</p><p> </p><p>Parents now have legal representatives appointed to support them, to ensure their views are heard and that evidence put forward can be challenged. In addition, NHS maternity services now have robust policy guidance and processes in place to safeguard care for vulnerable women and babies.</p><p> </p><p>A range of help and support is available for those affected by historical adoption practices. For example, they can access intermediary services, provided by local authorities, voluntary adoption agencies and registered adoption agencies, to help them trace their birth children or birth parents and establish whether contact is possible. Birth relatives and adopted adults can also add their details to the Adoption Contact Register at the General Register Office to find a birth relative or an adopted person.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that none of the above can change the heartbreak and impact of things done in the past and repeat again our deepest sympathy for all those affected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/11/2021 12:25:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1377849

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to lay regulations to rescind Schedules 21 and 22 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	73819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>Following the third six-month review of the Coronavirus Act 2020 in September 2021, the Government proposed that a number of provisions, including section 51 (Schedule 21) and section 52 (Schedule 22) be expired early, in line with the commitment to ensure only powers deemed necessary and proportionate remain in force. Expiry regulations were laid on 27 October.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/11/2021 12:15:03 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 32739 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker