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1685130

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	Red Sea: Piracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2024 to Question 9661 on Houthis: Shipping, what the British links were of each vessel.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Where vessels are not flagged with the Red Ensign Group, specific detail relating to their operations is commercially sensitive information which is not for the UK Government to share.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 31/01/2024 15:14:44 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1467281

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the extra investment that will be brought forward as a result of the introduction of the investment allowance announced in his Economy Update on 26 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The new Energy Profits Levy will raise around £5 billion over the next year. This figure factors in the investment allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the combination of the Levy and the investment allowance to lead to an overall increase in investment.</p><p> </p><p>The Levy will be legislated for shortly, and a Tax Information and Impact Note will be published as standard. A full costing of the policy will be certified by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility at Autumn Budget 2022.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 11542 11840 question first answered 13/06/2022 14:43:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1330163

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	Unemployment: Rural Areas
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in unemployment in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>Over the period of the Covid-19 pandemic the unemployment rate in rural areas increased from 2.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 to a peak of 3.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 but has since fallen to 3.0 per cent in the first quarter of 2021. In urban areas the unemployment rate increased from 4.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 to a peak of 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 but has fallen to 5.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2020 the eligibility criteria for claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance were changed following the Covid-19 pandemic. In predominantly rural areas the proportion of the working age population claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance while seeking work had increased by May 2020 to 5.0 per cent from 2.2 per cent in February 2020. In comparison, the proportion in predominantly urban areas increased to 7.2 per cent from 3.4 per cent over the same period. By April 2021 in predominantly rural areas the proportion of the working age population claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance while seeking work had decreased to 4.6 per cent while in predominantly urban areas it was 7.3 per cent.</p><p> </p><p><em>Unemployment rate (as a proportion of people aged 16 and over who are economically active (in or seeking work)), England</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 2020</p></td><td><p>Quarter 2 2020</p></td><td><p>Quarter 3 2020</p></td><td><p>Quarter 4 2020</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural areas</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban areas</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Proportion of the working age population (aged 16 to 64 years) claiming Universal Credit or Job Seeker’s Allowance whilst seeking work, England</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February 2020</p></td><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>April 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Predominantly rural areas</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Predominantly urban areas</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 15/06/2021 16:28:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1175782

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Nigerian Government on Official Development Assistance allocated to that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly on overseas development assistance with representatives of the Nigerian Government at all levels – including Federal, State and Local government administrations. We do this at all stages of our programming, from portfolio discussions, to more granular engagement on design, delivery and lesson learning following the closure of our projects.</p><p> </p><p>While no money goes directly to the Government of Nigeria, aid is delivered in partnership with government bodies to ensure it is effective, impactful and in line with national priorities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 10/02/2020 15:45:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

420960

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the work required to collect the revenue paid into the EU budget in each year since 1985.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not calculate separately the cost of collecting revenues paid over to the EU each year. Revenues paid over to the EU are funded through paying over a proportion of the customs duties and general taxation that are collected by HMRC.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 11544 question first answered 21/10/2015 16:03:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies