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1349286

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date	21/07/2021
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	Housing: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received from stakeholders on the upkeep and return to occupancy of vacant residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	37464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department received correspondence linked to the National Day of Action on Empty Homes in April.</p><p>Local authorities have powers and strong incentives to tackle empty homes. Through the New Homes Bonus, they receive the same amount for bringing an empty home back into use as building a new one. Billing authorities in England also have the power to charge up to 100% extra council tax - on top of the standard bill - on properties that have been unoccupied and unfurnished for at least two years, up to 200% extra on properties that have been empty for at least five years, and up to 300% extra on properties that have been empty for at least 10 years.</p><p>In certain circumstances, local authorities can exercise powers to take over the management of long-term empty homes in order to bring them back into use in the private rented sector. Local authorities can apply for an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) when a property has been empty for more than two years, subject to the production of evidence that the property has been causing a nuisance to the community and evidence of community support for their proposal.</p><p>Grant funding is also available through the Affordable Homes Programme to bring empty homes back into use. Empty properties must not be existing social housing owned by the Registered Provider or by another Registered Provider.</p><p>It is for local housing authorities to decide when to use their powers to deal with empty properties, and they have the flexibility to focus on locally determined priorities and allocate their resources accordingly.</p><p>The number of long-term empty homes remains substantially lower than when records began in 2004. At May 2010, over 300,000 homes in England had been standing empty for longer than 6 months. As of October 2020, the number of long-term empty properties had fallen to 268,385.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:05:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1348584

registered interest
date	20/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total value was of the 42,000 grants provided by the Government to UK businesses through the Tradeshow Access Programme between April 2009 and March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	36623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The total value of more than 42,000 grants provided by HM Government to UK businesses through the Tradeshow Access Programme between April 2009 and March 2021 was in excess of £93.4 million.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/09/2021 16:13:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346832

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget is for the Adoption Support Fund for the financial year 2021-22; and how much and what proportion of that budget has been spent as of 14 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	33209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Adoption Support Fund budget, spend and proportion spent as at 14 July 2021, is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22 Budget</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion Spent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£46m</p></td><td><p>£31,203,545</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/07/2021 13:45:43 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346408

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what economic impact assessment her Department has carried out on the decision to discontinue the Tradeshow Access Programme.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>We have not carried out a direct economic analysis of the decision to discontinue the Trade Access Programme. However, we are working closely with HM Treasury on alternative future arrangements for supporting businesses to participate in tradeshows as part of our plan to support exports to help drive economic growth around the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 32368 question first answered 19/07/2021 09:38:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346409

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on UK competitiveness of the decision to discontinue the Tradeshow Access Programme.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>We have not carried out a direct economic analysis of the decision to discontinue the Trade Access Programme. However, we are working closely with HM Treasury on alternative future arrangements for supporting businesses to participate in tradeshows as part of our plan to support exports to help drive economic growth around the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 32367 question first answered 19/07/2021 09:38:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346410

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the finding by Export Partners UK that for every £1 invested by the Government in the Tradeshow Access Programme, £40 is generated in taxable revenue.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>We welcome engagement from key industry players, including these findings from Export Partners UK. We will work to understand the benefits of this intervention and use it to help design future arrangements for our export support services.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/07/2021 09:33:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346411

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many successful grants were made via the Tradeshow Access Programme since it was launched in 2009.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>More than 42,000 successful grants have been provided to UK businesses through the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) between April 2009 and March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/07/2021 09:29:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1346502

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to relocate staff in his Department from Liverpool to Blackpool.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>In line with &quot;A better Defence Estate&quot;, the Department announced in 2016 that it intends to consolidate its three Defence Business Services (DBS) establishments in the North West at one location to make the most efficient and cost-effective use of its property. A formal decision has not yet been reached, but I anticipate being able to announce a preferred location in the Autumn, at which point I will write to Honourable and Right Honourable Members in whose constituencies these sites are located.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2021 14:00:38 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1345515

registered interest
date	09/07/2021
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	NHS: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Supply Chain’s response of 29 June 2021 to FOI Request SCCL-FOI-2021-063, which of the 16 companies set out in that FOI response that supply the NHS with rubber gloves from Malaysia receive rubber glove supplies from (a) Top Glove, (b) Supermax, (c) Brightway Holdings, (d) WRP, (e) Ansell, (f) Kossan and (g) Hartalega.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	30347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department has procured rubber gloves to supply the National Health Service from the following suppliers on the NHS Supply Chain Framework, sourced from the providers in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Suppliers</p></td><td><p>Sources</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ansell Healthcare Europe</p></td><td><p>Ansell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicare Products</p></td><td><p>Kossan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medline Industries Ltd</p></td><td><p>Hartelega</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supermax</p></td><td><p>Supermax</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/07/2021 11:30:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 14259 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1345517

registered interest
date	09/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer 2021, published in June 2021, on the 28 per cent of adopted young people aged between 16-25-years who were not in education, employment or training at the end of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	30348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Improving adoption is a manifesto commitment and Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer report is a valuable resource for informing policy debate. We will be considering Adoption UK’s barometer report carefully as part of our planning for funding for future years.</p><p>Contact will continue to be a challenge for adopted children, their birth parents, and their adoptive parents, particularly when this contact comes through social media. It is important that social workers help children, birth parents, and adoptive parents to understand the implications of disclosing personal information on social networking sites, and the harm unauthorised or unmediated contact can have.</p><p>We continue to work with Regional Adoption Agencies and Voluntary Adoption Agencies to ensure that services including contact support are delivered to a high-quality standard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 30350 question first answered 14/07/2021 11:32:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson