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1464963

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date	23/05/2022
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the annual (a) rent and (b) other charges are for the IPSA premises at 85 Strand, London; how many staff are employed at that premises; and if he will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of those staff have worked from those offices in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	6697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>IPSA incurred costs of 508k on rent, rates, and service charges in the 2020-21 financial year. In 2021-22, this figure was 367k. IPSA currently has 97 contracted employees, of which 68% (66) are on office-based contracts and (32%) 31 are on home-based contracts. The difficult times brought about by the pandemic brought forward IPSA’s plans to create a more representative national organisation which better reflects the nations, regions, and constituencies our MPs serve. Recruiting staff from across the UK without the necessity of living within commuting distance of central London has delivered a more inclusive and diverse workforce, well-positioned to deliver services locally without the need for lengthy travel from London. Of the 66 employees on office-based contracts, all 66 have worked at some point in the past 12 months at the premises. The data for all 97 staff members, regardless of their contract type, also indicates that 100% of employees have worked from the premises at some point over the last 12 months.</p><p>The delay in providing a response to this Question was due to an administrative error in the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 24/10/2022 15:57:53 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458928

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reconsider the policy of including French tropical islands in the calculation of French winter temperatures for the purposes of winter fuel payments.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments were introduced in winter 1997/98 and has been honoured by successive Governments. There are no plans to review this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/04/2022 10:55:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458930

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Nigeria: Abduction
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 her Department has made representations to the Government of Nigeria regarding those abducted from train AK9 on 28 March 2022, some of whom have relatives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>I expressed my public condemnation following the tragic Abuja-Kaduna train attack, and expressed my condolences to Foreign Minister Onyeama.</p><p>Officials from the British High Commission in Nigeria have raised the attack with representatives from the Kaduna State Government. The UK Government is committed to working with Nigeria to tackle insecurity, and we have provided support to the Nigerian police to improve their anti-kidnap capacity. I discussed rising insecurity in Nigeria with the Vice President and with the Foreign Minister when I visited Nigeria in February; and with Nigeria's National Security Advisor during the first dialogue of our Security and Defence Partnership in February in London. At the dialogue, the UK and Nigeria committed to further our cooperation on preventing kidnaps in Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 25/04/2022 15:34:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458998

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Local Government Finance: Spelthorne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial position of Spelthorne Council.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of all local authorities to manage their own finances and ensure that they set and maintain a balanced budget position. It is also for local authorities to determine their own borrowing and investment strategies, but in doing so they have to appropriately comply with the Prudential Framework and its four statutory Codes. The government has made clear that authorities should not borrow to invest for profit. The government is taking actions to strengthen the capital system and continues to monitor risks across the sector including local authorities’ borrowing profile and associated risks, and engages with individual local authorities where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/04/2022 08:49:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458999

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Foreign Companies: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether anonymous foreign owners will be required to register their identities on the UK property register as well as the Register of Overseas Entities.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Created under the powers of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act, the Register of Overseas Entities will require overseas companies owning or buying property in the UK to give information about those with more than 25% ownership or control of their company to Companies House.</p><p> </p><p>The Register will require the name, date of birth and nationality of the beneficial owner to be submitted, as well as their usual residential address, a service address, details on the basis of on which grounds they are a beneficial owner, and if the person is part of the UK Sanctions List.</p><p> </p><p>The Register will be publicly accessible online, allowing anyone scrutinising data held by the UK’s land registries to quickly seek relevant further information from the Register of Overseas Entities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2022 09:08:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1459000

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Foreign Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) financial and (b) personnel resources will be allocated to the Register of Overseas Entities.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Companies House will operate the Register of Overseas Entities. Companies House will be receiving £63million announced at the Spending Review in order to implement its transformation programme which includes implementing the Register of Overseas Entities. Work is already underway to implement the Register.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2022 09:07:32 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1459001

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall outturn spending on housing benefit was in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>In 2020/21 the spending on Housing Benefit was £17.3bn. This includes Housing Benefit within Welfare Cap, Housing Benefit outside Welfare Cap and Housing Benefit funded by Local Authorities. Figures were published after the Autumn Budget 2021 and they are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/04/2022 16:13:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1459006

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new buses and coaches were registered last year (a) in total and (b) by system of propulsion.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	156376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The numbers of buses and coaches<sup>1</sup> registered for the first time in the United Kingdom by propulsion / fuel type is given in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Petrol</p></td><td><p>Diesel</p></td><td><p>Gas<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Battery Electric</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021(to end-September only)</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>3,053</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>3,394</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfT / DVLA</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Based on DVLA body type for buses and coaches, which also includes minibuses. The DVLA body type does not necessarily relate to how vehicles are used.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Includes gas, gas bi-fuel, petrol/gas and diesel/gas.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>Includes hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, new fuel technologies, fuel cells and steam.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 26/04/2022 14:26:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458275

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of compliance by China of its World Trade Organisation obligations.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	155575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK statement at China’s World Trade Organization Trade Policy Review in October 2021 sets out the Department’s position on China’s level of compliance.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise China’s progress but have called on China to fully meet the commitments set out in its Accession Protocol. We have concerns about lack of transparency in various areas, including subsidies and state-owned enterprises, and practices which distort markets.</p><p> </p><p>The statement can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/wto-trade-policy-review-of-china-uk-statement." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/wto-trade-policy-review-of-china-uk-statement.</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2022 16:01:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1458277

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Food: Prices
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 his Department has made of the impact of market speculation on food prices.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	155576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Increases in international food commodity prices have been driven by a range of factors, including rising energy prices, increased demand, and trade disruption. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has impacted the ability of Ukraine to produce and export key agricultural commodities. This suggests that the main driver of the observed price changes is due to Ukraine’s inability to export. Previous assessments by Government economists have suggested there are good reasons to be sceptical that speculation in futures markets has been a significant cause of food price spikes. The department continues to monitor market developments closely alongside international partners like the Agricultural Market Information System.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 155577 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:14:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar