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1434515

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to ban conversion therapy in all circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	905718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to banning conversion therapy practices regardless of the setting in which they are carried out. Our primary concern is to ensure that people are protected from harmful practices that do not work and can cause long lasting damage. We are analysing the responses to the consultation which closed on 4 February and remain committed to preparing legislation for Spring, to be introduced when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/02/2022 16:20:31 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1434555

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of BAME Further Education (a) students and (b) college leaders.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	905713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Government is clear that all learners from all backgrounds must benefit from our education and training policies. Our latest FE trends participation data (August 2011 to July 2019) shows that whilst the total number of people in further education in England fell, during the same period, the percentage of people in further education from Asian, Black, Mixed, and Other ethnic groups increased from 19.3% to 22.6%.</p><p>We have exceeded our target to increase the proportion of apprentices from ethnic minority backgrounds starting apprenticeships. 14.3% of starts in 2020/21 were by people of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, compared to 13.3% in 2019/20. We continue to raise awareness in schools through our ASK programme to support young people into apprenticeships and The Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network promotes diversity in apprenticeships including encouraging more from ethnic minorities into key sectors with historic under-representation.</p><p>We are supporting the largest-ever expansion of traineeships as part of the government’s Plan for Jobs to ensure that more young people have access to high-quality training. Since their introduction in the 2013/14 academic year (AY), the diversity record on traineeships has shown steady improvement, with around one third of starts being from ethnic minority backgrounds in 2020/21.</p><p>We also provide extra funding for colleges to support the most disadvantaged students with low prior attainment or living in deprived areas and provide learner support for disadvantaged students to help them overcome barriers to learning.</p><p>We have been working with a number of representative bodies in the Further Education sector to strengthen leadership and governance, including through greater diversity. We recognise the importance of having a diverse and representative workforce, and have funded the Education and Training Foundation to deliver a range of programmes designed to increase the diversity of leaders and managers. We have also committed to a new mandatory annual data collection in FE, which will uncover a large range of characteristics of the workforce, including ethnicity, which will provide a robust picture of the ethnic makeup of the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/02/2022 17:30:36 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1434556

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the Online Safety Bill improves protections for women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	905716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling violence against women and girls, and we have taken significant steps to strengthen the forthcoming Online Safety Bill to improve protections for women and girls. Offences relating to sexual images (including revenge and extreme pornography), harassment and cyberstalking will be included in the list of priority offences on the face of the Bill. As a result, platforms will have to take steps to search for, remove and stop people from being exposed to this content and criminal behaviour. We have also accepted the Law Commission’s recommendations to introduce a new harms-based offence and threatening communications offence, which will go further to tackle harmful online abuse of women and girls. We are also making changes to the Bill to ensure children are protected from pornography content, wherever it appears online.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/02/2022 16:47:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1433553

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what critical infrastructure his Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	126677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>My Department is not responsible for any critical infrastructure that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 23/02/2022 11:17:32 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1433699

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: Pain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to assess the suitability of the personal independence payment assessment criteria for people with chronic pain.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	126808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>PIP is intended to act as a contribution towards the extra costs that arise from needs related to a long-term health condition or disability, such as a chronic pain condition. Entitlement is assessed on the basis of the needs arising from the health condition or disability, rather than the health condition or disability itself.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently over 151,000 people in receipt of PIP whose primary disabling condition is a chronic pain condition.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/02/2022 16:55:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1433747

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what year the Class 313 trains serving Brighton and Hove and the South East ​Coastway lines were built; what plans he has to replace them; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	126612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Class 313 units were introduced into passenger traffic by British Rail in 1976. Whilst we expect rolling stock to meet the needs of passengers, this is currently a matter for the operator to ensure that the rolling stock it deploys is appropriate for the services operated.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/02/2022 16:33:43 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1422626

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have received humanitarian and social protection support from her Department in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	125398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The way in which we estimate beneficiary numbers has changed during the period in question. Between 2011 and 2016 FCDO (DFID at the time) reached 8.94 million people with cash transfers, against a target of at least six million people reached for social protection. From 2015 and March 2020 FCDO (DFID at the time) reached 33.7 million individuals with humanitarian assistance (food aid, cash and voucher transfers). Many of these individuals are likely to have received assistance in more than one year. Results have not been collected for this instance since March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/02/2022 17:18:13 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1422631

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve the performance of the DVLA.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	125132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to transact with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is by using its extensive suite of online services. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their documents within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham. These measures are having a positive impact and customers should continue to see an improving picture in terms of waiting times for paper applications.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/02/2022 09:37:17 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1422632

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published in March 2021, how much of the £1.5 billion of funding for improving single living accommodation has been allocated to future projects.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	125109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The £1.5 billion is split across multiple different programmes, some of which are contracts for builds that are cross-cutting to other accommodation types. I will write to the hon. Member with further detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/02/2022 15:48:52 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1422633

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £2 billion in funding for strategic investment in the Future Combat Air System has been spent in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	125110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The March 2021 Defence Command Paper highlighted that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) would make a strategic investment of £2 billion in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) over the following four years. Since March 2021, the MOD has spent approximately £296.4 million on FCAS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/02/2022 14:33:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans