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1673295

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date	27/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Technology: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the GREAT Tech campaign on (a) overseas investors' perceptions of the UK’s technology ecosystem and (b) the propensity of overseas investors to invest in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Unicorn Kingdom campaign was launched by GREAT in March 2023. The campaign’s primary purpose is to improve perceptions of the UK tech ecosystem and drive inward investment.</p><p>To date the campaign has directly engaged US investors representing over $500 billion in assets under management and several of those investors are actively engaging with HMG in relation to establishing offices in the UK.</p><p>A comprehensive evaluation will be completed in 2024 to assess the campaign's impact on international perceptions of the UK's technology ecosystem, the number of overseas investors considering investing in the UK, and the amount of overseas investment attributed to the campaign. We will continue to monitor impact from the campaign beyond this initial evaluation period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 30/11/2023 16:39:27 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1316378

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK official development assistance has been allocated to supporting the provision of health care to the Rohingya community that has been relocated to the silt island Bhasan Char; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is not funding operations on Bhasan Char.</p><p>We remain clear that the refugees need to relocate voluntarily, be safe on Bhasan Char, and have access to education and healthcare, including Covid-19 vaccinations as these become available. We welcome the UN's first appraisal visit to evaluate the safety and sustainability of life on Bhasan Char but recognise that further conversations are needed between the Government of Bangladesh and the UN to discuss protection and technical issues in detail.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 28/05/2021 14:02:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1170989

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department complies with the requirement set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Yes. DExEU complies with this requirement; any safety representative employed by the Department would be entitled to time off with pay, which would not be set against facility time.</p><p>Obligations to provide reasonable paid time off to trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties include paid time off for safety representatives, as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/01/2020 12:16:39 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1151535

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 740, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making additional funding available to the National Taskforce for Thomas Cook.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Taskforce for Thomas Cook will look to ensure existing mechanisms to offer support and associated governance are working effectively.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/10/2019 15:03:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

750214

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 1480, on human trafficking, if she will place in the Library a copy of the data used by the National Crime Agency in making its assessment of the nature and scale of modern slavery in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The data used by the National Crime Agency to make its assessment of the nature and scale of modern slavery in the UK as published in the 2017<em> National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime </em>is based on classified intelligence sources and cannot therefore be made available.</p><p>The quantitative assessment of the overall scale of modern slavery in the UK quoted in this publication refers to a 2014 Home Office estimate which is publically available on the Gov.uk website via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-slavery-an-application-of-multiple-systems-estimation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modern-slavery-an-application-of-multiple-systems-estimation</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:58:42 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

384890

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who are living in emergency or temporary accommodation provided by (a) local authorities and (b) the voluntary sector.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities reported that there were 330 applicant households headed by 16 and 17 year olds in temporary accommodation arranged by authorities at 31 March 2015. This compares to 3,140 when this data was first collected in 2007. This is the only information reported on young people from households in temporary accommodation. No figures are held on the numbers in accommodation provided by the voluntary sector.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/07/2015 15:50:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms