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1458215

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date	19/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Institutions: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report published by Lloyds Bank entitled Black. British. In Business & Proud, what steps he is taking to increase the confidence of the UK's Black business community in the banking and financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	155697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>On 17 March, the Government published “Inclusive Britain” in response to the independent report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, setting out a ground-breaking action plan to tackle negative disparities, promote unity and build a fairer Britain for all. The Government has responded in detail to each of the Commission’s 24 recommendations from its report. In some cases, The Government’s response has gone further than the report envisaged, to ensure that our action plan is as wide-reaching as possible and builds a fairer and more inclusive society in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is very supportive of the Race At Work Charter, which over 100 financial services firms have already signed up to. The Charter commits firms that sign up to take practical steps to tackle barriers that ethnic minority people face in recruitment and progression.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting entrepreneurs through the Start-Up Loans scheme, which offers businesses 12 months of free mentoring. Of all loans issued up to December 2021, 20% went to Asian people, Black people, or people from other Ethnic Minorities (excluding White minorities). At the end of December 2021, the programme had delivered more than 90,000 loans, providing more than £819m of funding to entrepreneurs.</p><p>In March 2021, the Parker Review published statistics showing that significant progress has been made on improving ethnic diversity of UK boards, with 89 out of 100 FTSE 100 companies reporting they had appointed a director from a minority ethnic group.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury remains committed to supporting individuals and businesses of all backgrounds to access the finance they need and continues to engage with the private sector and other government departments including BEIS and Cabinet Office on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 155698 155699 question first answered 26/04/2022 14:57:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1458216

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report published by Lloyds Bank entitled Black. British. In Business & Proud, what steps he is taking to increase (a) cultural awareness and (b) Black representation in the banking sector.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	155698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>On 17 March, the Government published “Inclusive Britain” in response to the independent report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, setting out a ground-breaking action plan to tackle negative disparities, promote unity and build a fairer Britain for all. The Government has responded in detail to each of the Commission’s 24 recommendations from its report. In some cases, The Government’s response has gone further than the report envisaged, to ensure that our action plan is as wide-reaching as possible and builds a fairer and more inclusive society in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is very supportive of the Race At Work Charter, which over 100 financial services firms have already signed up to. The Charter commits firms that sign up to take practical steps to tackle barriers that ethnic minority people face in recruitment and progression.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting entrepreneurs through the Start-Up Loans scheme, which offers businesses 12 months of free mentoring. Of all loans issued up to December 2021, 20% went to Asian people, Black people, or people from other Ethnic Minorities (excluding White minorities). At the end of December 2021, the programme had delivered more than 90,000 loans, providing more than £819m of funding to entrepreneurs.</p><p>In March 2021, the Parker Review published statistics showing that significant progress has been made on improving ethnic diversity of UK boards, with 89 out of 100 FTSE 100 companies reporting they had appointed a director from a minority ethnic group.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury remains committed to supporting individuals and businesses of all backgrounds to access the finance they need and continues to engage with the private sector and other government departments including BEIS and Cabinet Office on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 155697 155699 question first answered 26/04/2022 14:57:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1458217

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report published by Lloyds Bank entitled Black. British. In Business & Proud, if he will take steps to work with the banking sector on creating a bespoke mentoring programme for Black-owned businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	155699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>On 17 March, the Government published “Inclusive Britain” in response to the independent report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, setting out a ground-breaking action plan to tackle negative disparities, promote unity and build a fairer Britain for all. The Government has responded in detail to each of the Commission’s 24 recommendations from its report. In some cases, The Government’s response has gone further than the report envisaged, to ensure that our action plan is as wide-reaching as possible and builds a fairer and more inclusive society in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is very supportive of the Race At Work Charter, which over 100 financial services firms have already signed up to. The Charter commits firms that sign up to take practical steps to tackle barriers that ethnic minority people face in recruitment and progression.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting entrepreneurs through the Start-Up Loans scheme, which offers businesses 12 months of free mentoring. Of all loans issued up to December 2021, 20% went to Asian people, Black people, or people from other Ethnic Minorities (excluding White minorities). At the end of December 2021, the programme had delivered more than 90,000 loans, providing more than £819m of funding to entrepreneurs.</p><p>In March 2021, the Parker Review published statistics showing that significant progress has been made on improving ethnic diversity of UK boards, with 89 out of 100 FTSE 100 companies reporting they had appointed a director from a minority ethnic group.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury remains committed to supporting individuals and businesses of all backgrounds to access the finance they need and continues to engage with the private sector and other government departments including BEIS and Cabinet Office on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 155697 155698 question first answered 26/04/2022 14:57:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1458222

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	NHS Covid Pass: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the purposes are of the Covid Pass Delivery Partner contract awarded to Netcompany UK Limited on 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	155703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Netcompany is required to provide services for a range of COVID pass products. This includes providing live service support and infrastructure development services, such as the design and integration of the operation service of the COVID Pass system.</p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/04/2022 11:08:41 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457475

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Paraquat: Parkinson's Disease
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 recent assessment the Government has made of the potential role played by paraquat in the cause of Parkinson’s Disease.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. A pesticide may only be placed on the market in Great Britain if the product has been authorised by our expert regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), following a thorough risk assessment</p><p><br> It has been illegal to sell or use paraquat in the UK since 2007. HSE has therefore not carried out a recent risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is aware that several studies have been undertaken investigating associations between exposure to paraquat and Parkinson’s disease. HSE is not aware that a causal link has been demonstrated.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 153919 question first answered 26/04/2022 15:15:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457477

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Paraquat: Parkinson's Disease
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 he has made of the potential link between developing Parkinson’s disease and the use of the paraquat pesticide; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s first priority with regard to pesticides is to ensure that they will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment. A pesticide may only be placed on the market in Great Britain if the product has been authorised by our expert regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), following a thorough risk assessment</p><p><br> It has been illegal to sell or use paraquat in the UK since 2007. HSE has therefore not carried out a recent risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is aware that several studies have been undertaken investigating associations between exposure to paraquat and Parkinson’s disease. HSE is not aware that a causal link has been demonstrated.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 153918 question first answered 26/04/2022 15:15:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457485

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that teachers and other education staff can choose to be accompanied to disciplinary or grievance hearings by a person other than a trade union representative or colleague.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is supportive in principle of a change to the Employment Relations Act 1999 to give teachers who are not members of a trade union the right to be accompanied by a representative of another professional body, such as Edapt, to disciplinary and grievance meetings.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/04/2022 16:02:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457867

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include impact on motorcyclists as an additional factor in the Cycling Level of Service Tool audit as set out in his Department's paper entitled Cycle Infrastructure Design, published in July 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Cycle Infrastructure Design Guidance (Local Transport Note 1/20) provides guidance to local authorities on building good quality cycle infrastructure and integrating it safely into their local roads. It includes advice on safely managing interactions between cyclists and other road users, including motorcyclists, and suggests ways of reducing the particular risks to motorcyclists that can arise from the use of certain types of light segregation features.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 22/04/2022 11:27:03 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457926

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telephone Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to work with Ofcom to ensure that people who still use landlines after the PSTN switchover process is completed in 2025 are able to access landline payment plans (a) without broadband internet connection included and (b) that only charge them for their phone usage time instead of operating as a set monthly payment plan.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>PSTN’s replacement, VoIP technology, requires a minimum stable connection speed of just 0.5Mbps, and, for current landline-only customers on BT and KCOM (the universal service providers), it will be possible to order a VoIP landline without purchasing a general internet connection.</p><p>Pricing in the telecoms market is ultimately a commercial decision and is a matter for the independent telecoms regulator Ofcom. That being said, the government is clear that the PSTN migration should not be used as an opportunity for providers to exploit consumers with disproportionate costs for the necessary upgrades.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 25/04/2022 10:43:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1457945

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 enable people to access covid-19 vaccinations outside the NHS, such as by those who use private health service providers.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	153923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Private sales of any COVID-19 vaccine are a decision for vaccine manufacturers. There are sufficient stocks of COVID-19 vaccines in the United Kingdom to allow all those eligible to be vaccinated through the National Health Service free of charge. As of 14 April 2022, over 141.5 million doses have been administered via the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/04/2022 11:26:33 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker