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1717969

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of veterans that have (a) died and (b) committed suicide whilst awaiting a final settlement of a claim to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	26171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested cannot be provided without exceeding the disproportionate cost limit.</p><p>However, I can confirm that between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2024, ten veterans whose next of kin decided to proceed with the active claim died before receiving an outcome of either an initial Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) injury/illness claim or an appeal. The figure includes claims which were still open on 31 March 2024.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the cause of death where a claimant dies before receiving an outcome of claim under the AFCS. Therefore, it is not possible to identify veterans that have committed suicide whilst awaiting a claim outcome since 2019.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/05/2024 11:57:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1683486

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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	Floods: Rotherham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9220 on Floods: Rotherham, how much funding has been allocated to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council via the Flood Recovery Framework since Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	10457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Flood Recovery Framework does not work on pre – determined allocations. Eligible local authorities are responsible for distributing flood recovery funding to affected households and businesses and the Government re-imburses those local authorities retrospectively, based on the certified costs of the eligible grants that they have provided.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 23/01/2024 17:14:54 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1675892

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his proposal to increase the income thresholds for spousal visas would apply to renewals of existing visas.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	5540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The revised minimum income requirement will be implemented in spring 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out any transitional provisions associated with the increase in the minimum income requirement in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Any applications already submitted will be considered in line with the existing policy.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 5544 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:06:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1673576

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tents prisons have provided to people leaving prison in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>There is no official policy to issue tents as part of releasing people from prison, therefore the Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of tents issued. As such no information can be provided.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper set out our plans to reduce reoffending, including improving prison leavers’ access to accommodation. This includes delivering our transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), which provides up to 84 nights of basic temporary accommodation for prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless.</p><p>CAS-3 launched in five initial probation regions in July 2021. The service was expanded to Wales in June 2022, with expansion to the remaining six probation regions in England by the end of the year, to support the thousands of offenders who leave prison homeless.</p><p>Between 01 July 2021 and 31 March 2023 5,796 individuals, who would have otherwise been homeless, were accepted on to CAS-3.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2023 13:23:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1672198

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid
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 the oral evidence given by Andrew McCoubrey, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan of his Department, to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Follow-up to Afghanistan Inquiry on 17 October 2023, Q33, HC 1888 of Session 2022-23, what steps the Government has taken to encourage the World Bank to release further funds from the Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund to provide (a) humanitarian assistance following the recent earthquake in Afghanistan and (b) support for Afghan people during winter 2023-23.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	3238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO is committed to supporting Afghanistan's citizens, including helping them respond to the recent earthquake. We provided an additional £1 million to Red Cross and the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund to provide emergency shelter, food and health assistance. The UK has been instrumental in unlocking over $1 billion through the Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund and we continue to work with the World Bank to deliver support at scale in health, food security and community resilience in the earthquake affected areas.</p><p>In 2023/24, we are providing the World Food Programme with over £30 million to deliver humanitarian assistance, including prepositioning essential winter food supplies in hard-to-reach areas.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/11/2023 17:07:12 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1672199

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Afghanistan: Development Aid
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 the oral evidence given by Andrew McCoubrey, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan of his Department, to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Follow-up to Afghanistan Inquiry on 17 October 2023, Q33, HC 1888 of Session 2022-23, if he will make a commitment to publishing his Department’s analysis of the implications for UK aid funding decisions for Afghanistan of the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification assessment of Afghanistan, due to be completed by the end of November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	3239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>As the Development White Paper highlights, the UK Government prioritises humanitarian assistance to people in greatest need. On Monday the UK hosted the Global Food Security Summit, announcing up to £100 million in new humanitarian funding to countries worst hit by food insecurity, including Afghanistan. We continue to monitor the food security situation in Afghanistan, including analysing Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) data and other assessments and evidence, and use these to inform portfolio planning. In recognition of the needs in Afghanistan this year, we provided the World Food Programme with over £30 million for emergency food, cash and nutrition assistance.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/11/2023 17:15:47 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1669590

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	UN Population Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 203848 on the UN Population Fund and to the £425 million the UK Government pledged to the United Nations Population Fund Supplies Partnership in 2019 for 2020-2025, to how much that figure was reduced as a result of the decision to reduce that pledge in 2021; and whether the Government is on track to disburse the remaining sum outstanding under that revised pledge by the end of 2025.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	1573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government previously agreed to provide the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Supplies Partnership with £425 million from 2020 - 2025. This was later reduced following reductions in Overseas Development Assistance spend in 2021 to £264 million from 2020-2025. We are, however, still the largest donor to UNFPA Supplies and we are supporting supplies in additional ways such as through market shaping.</p><p>The UK Government has disbursed £204 million and is on track to disburse the final £60 million payment next financial year. The programme closes in March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/11/2023 18:19:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1669591

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Unitaid: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the UK pledged to Unitaid in the period from 2006 to 2026; how much and what proportion of that funding has been disbursed; and whether he plans to disburse the full amount of the pledged funding by the end of 2026.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	1574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK has been a strong supporter and partner of Unitaid for over 17 years. We continue to highly value Unitaid's work to drive access to life-saving new health technologies for those who need them most.</p><p>The UK has a 20-year donor arrangement with Unitaid from 2007-2026, for a total commitment of €1.1 billion converted to £789 million at the outset. The UK has contributed £574 million to date. Allocations for 2025-26 and beyond will form part of the next Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 16/11/2023 11:53:07 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1666709

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	UN Population Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the £785 million pledged by his Department to the United Nations Population Fund Supplies Partnership from 2020-25, what the planned schedule of payments was for that funding; and how much of that funding has been disbursed and on what dates as of 23 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	203848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>In 2019, the UK pledged £425 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Supplies Partnership (not £785 million)</p><p>Following the signing of its first agreement, the UK disbursed £65 million in 2020 as planned. The UK signed a second agreement in 2020 to provide the remaining £360 million from 2020-2025 but this was reduced in 2021 following reductions in ODA spending. We are currently providing £60 million a year to UNFPA Supplies Programme.</p><p>Payments can be found on DevTracker: https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-1-300713/documents.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/10/2023 09:22:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1666742

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	Floods: Grants
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 take steps to increase the value available of the (a) Community Recovery Grant and (b) Business Recovery Grant for those who are eligible to receive it under the flood recovery framework.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	203849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We work closely with local authorities to ensure recovery support is provided when appropriate. The current guidance is regularly reviewed and updated as required.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 26/10/2023 08:18:32 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion