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1678210

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date	14/12/2023
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	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Indian counterpart on the (a) detention of Jagtar Singh Johal, (b) length of his detention without charge and (c) allegations of his torture.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has consistently raised our concerns about Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India, including his allegations of torture and mistreatment, and his right to a fair trial. The UK Government regularly raises Mr Johal's case with Indian counterparts and will continue to do so. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Modi on 9 September in the margins of the New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia, regularly raises Mr Johal's case with the Government of India, including with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on 13 November. The former Foreign Secretary raised Mr Johal's case with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar on 1 March. As Home Secretary he also raised Mr Johal's case with External Affairs Minister Jaishankar again on 13 November. The UK Government remains committed to seeing Mr Johal's case resolved as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 7094 question first answered 22/12/2023 15:58:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1327800

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the letter of 18 February 2021, and follow up letters of 1 March, 16 April and the 19 May 2021, from the Member for Basildon and Billericay regarding his constituent with reference JB31518.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 2 June 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/06/2021 09:35:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1172912

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social houses are projected to be built in England over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including at least 12,500 for Social Rent.</p><p>We will renew the Affordable Homes Programme, building hundreds of thousands of new homes for a range of people in different places.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 13:50:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1167027

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: International Men's Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans his Department has to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has no specific plans to mark International Men's Day 2019, but in the UK Government’s Domestic Abuse Bill we propose to create a statutory definition of domestic abuse that makes clear men can also be victims of this abhorrent crime. International Men’s Day also offers an opportunity to talk about work across Government to highlight how outcomes for men and boys can be improved.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 05/11/2019 13:03:17 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

756096

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Disability: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made towards introducing personalised and tailored employment support for disabled people who are looking for work.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>From April 2017, as announced in the Green Paper, <em>Improving Lives</em>, we rolled out the new Personal Support Package (PSP) for people with health conditions. So far we have recruited 300 new Disability Employment Advisers, allocated £15 million to the Flexible Support Fund, made changes to the permitted work rules, and almost completed the roll out of the Health and Work Conversation. This is in line with our ambition to provide a support system which can be tailored to individuals’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the PSP, we have been rolling out a £330m package from April 2017, delivering a broad range of employment and health support for new ESA Work Related Activity Group and UC Limited Capability for Work claimants. For those claimants, the national employment support provision has been expanded and extended so that there are spaces available on Work Choice and Specialist Employability Support. This will also apply to the Work and Health Programme when it is rolled out from November 2017. We have introduced Community Partners to Jobcentres across Great Britain, peer support Journey to Employment job clubs and deployed trained Small Employer Advisors to deliver the Small Employer Offer.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 16:47:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

389946

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5776, whether the routes covered by the existing Southern and Gatwick Express franchise, which will be migrating into Govia Thameslink Railway franchise on 26 July 2015, will also be obliged to introduce carnet-based season tickets based on ITSO certified smartmedia on or before 30 September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	7106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/07/2015 14:40:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle