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1436236

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's policies on tackling child sexual abuse include sibling sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	905750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including intra-familial abuse.</p><p>We fund the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse who have produced specific guidance on responding to sibling sexual abuse, and fund Rape Crisis England and Wales to provide support to victims and survivors of sibling sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/02/2022 15:40:28 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435217

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's impact assessment of the new free trade agreement between the UK and Australia, published on 16 December 2021, if she will make a subsequent assessment of the impact of that agreement on (a) air pollution, (b) water quality, (c) forests, (d) biodiversity and (e) waste management as a result of the estimated increased economic activity and sectoral changes set out in that original impact assessment.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ongoing monitoring and evaluation of its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). It is currently developing the tools and approaches to undertake monitoring and evaluation activities. This includes consideration of approaches to assess the environmental impacts of FTAs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade will publish an ex-post evaluation for the UK-Australia agreement within 5 years of entry into force of the agreement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/03/2022 17:03:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435218

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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	Screening: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the volume of plastic waste that has been generated as a result of the use of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such an estimate as information on used later flow device and polymerase chain reaction tests is not held. The UK Health Security Agency is committed to reviewing options for minimising testing related wastage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/03/2022 09:36:46 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435219

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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	Screening: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment was made during the design stage of the covid-19 testing system of the environmental effects of plastic waste generated as a result of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>No assessment was made. However, work on improving the environmental and sustainability aspects of all testing products is continuing.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/03/2022 09:34:14 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435222

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crime (a) allegations and (b) arrests were made in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020 and (v) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information is not held on the number of hate crime allegations or arrests.</p><p>Information on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police can be found in the Home Office statistical bulletin <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021%2Fhate-crime-england-and-wales-2020-to-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJacob.Morrison11%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C4673fb6fec8f4a88e46d08d9f8466d23%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813804815597703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=MDF6pmqXajgF7BZYSYIfN2y7UBAo2yM68ElDFI2Csa4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Hate crime, England and Wales, 2020 to 2021</a>’</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/03/2022 16:53:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1421913

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
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	Antisemitism
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings from the Community Security Trust that anti-Jewish hate incidents have increased 34 per cent from 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>Any amount of antisemitism is too much and the Government will continue tackling it in all its forms. We are providing £14 million this year, and provided over £65 million to date, for the Protective Security Grant to protect Jewish schools and community buildings. We also were the first country to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and will continue to encourage organisations and councils to take this important step to combat antisemitism in their communities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/02/2022 14:23:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1421447

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI MP Account Management cases are currently outstanding past the 20 working day response target.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Members written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan. Ministers and officials have also had to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but has implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance. The Department has recruited additional resources and expects to return to answering Hon. Member’s correspondence within service standard by the end of March 2022.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q3-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q3-2021</a></p><p>This includes data up to and including the end of quarter 3 - 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/02/2022 11:52:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420404

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bristol Airport: Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential effect of the extra Bristol Airport runway on traffic in Bath and North East Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	119731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 119732 question first answered 14/02/2022 12:19:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420406

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bristol Airport: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect of the new Bristol Airport runway on carbon emissions in Bath and North East Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	119732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 119731 question first answered 14/02/2022 12:19:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1420408

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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	Plastics: Government Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much single-use plastic has been used in Government buildings in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	119733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>Under the Greening Government Commitments Framework published in 2021 we introduced a new target to remove consumer single-use plastic from the central Government office estate. The first report under this new framework, covering the 2021-22 financial year, is due to be published later this year, and will set out how much single-use plastic has been used.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/02/2022 17:08:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse