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date	11/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
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 review her Department’s use of hotel accommodation to help improve the suitability of accommodation offered to asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	193421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office is working tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Asylum Accommodation service providers identify suitable accommodation and ensure that it conforms to the accommodation standards and provision set out in Schedule 2 of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The Statement of Requirements, available via the link below, sets out the full details of our contractual obligations:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.parliament.uk%2FDepositedPapers%2FFiles%2FDEP2018-1112%2FAASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5e6d5c5bfb44494ab67908db52093aed%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638193971807310448%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bMVyR1sTTK8B9OqTMGxv90cXfwX%2BMMdYHD%2BEmROCTS0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1112/AASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf(opens in a new tab)</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2023 15:45:44 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 10:30:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 88809 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1010542

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Economic Partnership Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to paragraph 10 of the draft explanatory memorandum to the Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Economic Partnership Agreements and Trade Agreement) (Eastern and Southern Africa States, Southern African Development Community States, Ghana and Ecuador) Order 2018 published in July 2018, what assessment he has made of criticisms of economic partnership agreements.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	193421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are development-focused trade agreements which aim to promote increased trade and investment and thereby contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction.</p><p> </p><p>I am satisfied that criticism raised during the negotiation of the EPAs is addressed in the agreements. For example, concerns about potential impact of competition with EU goods is addressed in various ways, including the provision of a wide range of safeguards to protect African domestic products for fledgling industries or for food security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 23/11/2018 14:04:53 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

44710

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's (a) coal, (b) gas and (c) oil requirements were met by imports from Russia in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	193421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The amounts of coal and oil imported from Russia by the UK for each year between 2008 and 2012 compared to total UK demand for those fuels are shown in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Coal </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>(thousand tonnes)</em></p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Import</p></td><td><p>21,249</p></td><td><p>17,726</p></td><td><p>8,322</p></td><td><p>12,126</p></td><td><p>16,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of demand</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Primary Oil </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>(thousand tonnes)</em></p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Import</p></td><td><p>8,295</p></td><td><p>5,065</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>6,058</p></td><td><p>7,491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of demand</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Petroleum Products </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>(thousand tonnes)</em></p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Import</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>2,306</p></td><td><p>2,407</p></td><td><p>2,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of demand</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There was no gas imported directly from Russia by the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching