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1681668

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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	Gaza: Genocide Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) EU and (b) African Union countries on (i) preventing a possible genocide in Gaza and (ii) providing accountability for possible violations of the Genocide Convention in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	9214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government closely follows the security situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and maintains a regular dialogue with international counterparts.</p><p>We recognise that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas, in accordance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We do not believe that calling this genocide is the right approach. It is wrong to suggest that Israeli leadership, and Israel as a country, have the intention to commit genocide.</p><p>Ultimately, it is for the courts to decide on matters of genocide, not for states. We respect the role and independence of the International Court of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/01/2024 13:16:51 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680863

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to (a) work coaches and (b) decision makers on, (i) referring for sanctions and (ii) imposing sanctions on, Universal Credit claimants with dependent children.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Comprehensive Universal Credit guidance is provided to Work Coaches when referring cases for a decision, which may lead to a sanction. For example, before referring for or applying a sanction, staff must consider if the claimant is a care leaver, has complex needs, is vulnerable, has a health condition or if there have been previous sanctions recorded in the last 12 months.</p><p>For sanctions imposed on Universal Credit claimants with dependent children; all claimants will have their conditionality tailored to their individual circumstances.</p><p>Relevant guidance for Decision Makers is available on GOV.uk. Specific relevant chapters can be found here:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>K1: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644a43f8faf4aa0012e12f52/admk1.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644a43f8faf4aa0012e12f52/admk1.pdf</a></p><p>K2: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61e13d648fa8f5058667834d/adm-k2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61e13d648fa8f5058667834d/adm-k2.pdf</a></p><p>K3: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afc961adff000d01b2f9/admk3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afc961adff000d01b2f9/admk3.pdf</a></p><p>K4: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c92307840f0b633f71989d7/admk4.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c92307840f0b633f71989d7/admk4.pdf</a></p><p>K5: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ca5b6421df0f000dab4be6/admk5.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64ca5b6421df0f000dab4be6/admk5.pdf</a></p><p>K6: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d0b94a3e5274a0694afe5c3/admk6.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d0b94a3e5274a0694afe5c3/admk6.pdf</a></p><p>K8: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5aa2811de5274a3e391e37a6/admk8.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5aa2811de5274a3e391e37a6/admk8.pdf</a></p><p>K9: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afd60ea2cb000d15e546/admk9.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6afd60ea2cb000d15e546/admk9.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 18:01:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680864

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) single and (b) couple parent households receiving universal credit (i) were eligible for and (ii) received the childcare element in each region in the latest month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of households in receipt of Universal Credit are published every three months. The latest statistics, to August 2023, are available by family type and if they receive the childcare element, and by region on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households who are eligible for the childcare element are not routinely published, but we are looking to develop the official UC household statistics to include these statistics. Further details will be published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">here</a> in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 17:58:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680865

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
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	Universal Credit: Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Universal Credit claimants eligible for and receiving the childcare element between March 2021 to February 2022, published on 29 June 2022, whether he plans to publish an update to these statistics.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We intend to publish proposals on the future release of these statistics in due course at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5b%5d=department-for-work-pensions&amp;order=release-date-oldest" target="_blank">UC Research and Statistics Announcements</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2024 11:36:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1682719

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Women: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of women and girls in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	900962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>I recently visited the Women’s Aid Federation NI in Belfast, to hear directly about this important issue. It is disappointing that Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK without a dedicated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls and I note the significant work currently underway in the Executive Office to develop a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls. It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored to approve and implement this strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/01/2024 14:35:05 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680352

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum have spent at least one night in hotel accommodation provided by the Home Office in the last 3 months.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The High Court has upheld that local authorities have a statutory duty to care for UASC. We have always maintained that the best place for unaccompanied children to be accommodated is within a local authority. The High Court recently noted that improvements, plus impressive collaboration between the Home Office and Kent County Council, has led to a significant fall in the number of lone children being accommodated in hotels.</p><p>Since 18 November 2023, the one remaining hotel in Kent has remained empty. Of the 7 hotels which were operational in 2022, 6 of those were closed permanently on 30 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 8424 question first answered 11/01/2024 17:50:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680353

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum were placed in hotel accommodation by the Home Office in the last three months, broken down by number of nights spent in that accomodation.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The High Court has upheld that local authorities have a statutory duty to care for UASC. We have always maintained that the best place for unaccompanied children to be accommodated is within a local authority. The High Court recently noted that improvements, plus impressive collaboration between the Home Office and Kent County Council, has led to a significant fall in the number of lone children being accommodated in hotels.</p><p>Since 18 November 2023, the one remaining hotel in Kent has remained empty. Of the 7 hotels which were operational in 2022, 6 of those were closed permanently on 30 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 8423 question first answered 11/01/2024 17:50:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680446

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the University of Manchester entitled Racial Bias and the Bench, published in November 2022, whether he has had recent discussions with the Lady Chief Justice on the recommendation to (a) publish the Judicial Executive Board report into judicial bullying and racism and (b) make the judiciary more (i) transparent and (ii) accountable.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>To protect the independence of the judiciary, it is a matter for the judiciary to determine which judiciary commissioned reports are published. Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ), as Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales, has responsibility for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the Judiciary of England and Wales. The LCJ carries out these responsibilities through the Judicial Executive Board (JEB) and the Judges’ Council. Successive LCJs have laid annual reports before Parliament. The report published by the previous LCJ in September 2023 reported on training, welfare and related matters.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/01/2024 16:43:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1680447

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the University of Manchester entitled Racial Bias and the Bench, published in November 2022, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the implications for its policies of the findings on the adequacy of the level of take-up of race training by legal professionals; and if he will take steps with the (a) Lady Chief Justice and (b) Chief Coroner to increase the take-up of this training.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>Everyone has a right to be confident in the justice system, regardless of their background. In 2023, the government published an update to the Inclusive Britain Strategy – our ambitious response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report – which included the important work we are doing to improve diversity in the judiciary and magistracy.</p><p> </p><p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lady Chief Justice, the Senior President of the Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively, exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p> </p><p>The legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government. Legal professional training and statutory responsibility for encouraging a diverse legal profession sits with the approved regulators, overseen by the oversight regulator, the Legal Services Board.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/01/2024 16:44:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1679330

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total annual rates of decommissioning tax relief from corporation tax were in each financial year between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	7911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>Estimates of the cost of tax reliefs used by oil and gas companies under the Ring Fence Corporation Tax (RFCT) and Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT) regimes, including the costs of RFCT and PRT decommissioning tax reliefs, are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics" target="_blank">tax relief statistics gov.uk (www.gov.uk).</a> This publication contains non-disclosive estimates of number of claimants for each relief, where relevant data are available.</p><p> </p><p>A succinct summary of the UK’s ring fence oil and gas tax regime, including the relief available for decommissioning-related losses, is available on the <a href="https://www.ukeiti.org/oil-gas" target="_blank">relevant EITI website</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 7913 7914 question first answered 10/01/2024 11:24:37 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham