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1468409

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Universal Credit: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it his policy to reinstate the £20 a week uplift in the Universal Credit standard allowance in the context of the increase in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to reinstate the temporary increase to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, but the government has taken action to support and help families with cost-of-living pressures with a total package worth £37 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>This includes helping all domestic electricity customers in Great Britain to cope with the impact of higher energy bills, with £400 off their bills from October through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). This is a doubling of the £200 of support announced in February, and there will no longer be any repayments.</p><p> </p><p>The government is supporting over 8 million households across the UK in receipt of eligible means tested benefits with a one-off Cost of Living Payment of £650, paid in two instalments. The government is giving additional UK-wide support to help disabled people with the extra costs they face, with 6 million people who receive non-means tested disability benefits receiving a one-off disability Cost of Living Payment of £150.</p><p> </p><p>Millions of low-income households will receive at least £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living.</p><p /> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/06/2022 15:05:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468410

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of the increase in the cost of living, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a £20 a week uplift to all legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a £20 uplift to all legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living. These are global challenges, but the government has taken action to support and help families with cost-of-living pressures with a total package worth £37 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>This includes helping all domestic electricity customers in Great Britain to cope with the impact of higher energy bills, with £400 off their bills from October through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). This is a doubling of the £200 of support announced in February, and there will no longer be any repayments.</p><p> </p><p>The government is supporting over 8 million households across the UK in receipt of eligible means tested benefits with a one-off Cost of Living Payment of £650, paid in two instalments. The government is giving additional UK-wide support to help disabled people with the extra costs they will face, with 6 million people who receive non-means tested disability benefits receiving a one-off disability Cost of Living Payment of £150.</p><p> </p><p>Millions of low-income households will receive at least £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/06/2022 15:11:30 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468413

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing paid leave for people who have undertaken special guardianship orders.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that Special Guardians play looking after children.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance is clear that local authorities should consider financial help for special guardians. Qualifying special guardians are also entitled to annual leave, the right to request flexible working and unpaid parental leave to help them balance their family and work responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published Independent Care Review made recommendations to support special guardians and kinship carers. The Government is carefully considering all the recommendations in the Care Review and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/06/2022 11:54:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468414

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Digital Technology: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of action taken by large technology companies to ban third party companies from using certain advertising platforms.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	14416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting competition in digital markets. A draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill was announced as part of the Queen’s Speech 2022. This draft legislation will set out new rules for digital markets, which will rebalance power between major tech firms and the businesses and consumers that rely on their services such as advertisers. We will publish the draft bill as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2022 16:51:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468125

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to people seeking to naturalise who have been informed that their application may be withdrawn despite being told that they should use the UKVCAS Identity Verification (IDV) app, rather than book a biometrics test.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	13630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>13630 This is a known issue with the integration of the IDV app and existing systems, resulting in the automatic issue of a letter in error. Applicants who contact the department are being advised how to proceed. Such applications will not be withdrawn. A technical fix has now been implemented to stop the letters being issued in error.</p><p> </p><p>13631 Data is not held in respect of the processing times of applications specifically involving use of the IDV app. Once an application reaches systems from which such data can be drawn, the method of ID verification is not recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Overall performance against service standards is published quarterly. The most recent data set was published on 26 May 2022 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexander.Czulowski%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfb2f2acfa9054575675208da4e9e5d21%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637908739307734622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qbvZzSQ3O7scZbN3rJK9wvq89qr7%2FQnK5zvF4s%2FJtnM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 13631 question first answered 15/06/2022 08:46:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 6258 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1468126

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for naturalisation applicants using the UKVCAS Identity Verification (IDV) app.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	13631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>13630 This is a known issue with the integration of the IDV app and existing systems, resulting in the automatic issue of a letter in error. Applicants who contact the department are being advised how to proceed. Such applications will not be withdrawn. A technical fix has now been implemented to stop the letters being issued in error.</p><p> </p><p>13631 Data is not held in respect of the processing times of applications specifically involving use of the IDV app. Once an application reaches systems from which such data can be drawn, the method of ID verification is not recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Overall performance against service standards is published quarterly. The most recent data set was published on 26 May 2022 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexander.Czulowski%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfb2f2acfa9054575675208da4e9e5d21%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637908739307734622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qbvZzSQ3O7scZbN3rJK9wvq89qr7%2FQnK5zvF4s%2FJtnM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 13630 question first answered 15/06/2022 08:46:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 6259 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1467177

registered interest
date	27/05/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason non-direct debit applications for the council tax energy rebate are required to be verified via a credit and bank check before a payment is issued.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	11549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Councils should undertake pre-payment checks prior to the payment of any rebate which is not awarded to the holder of a live direct debit instruction. The checks are intended to help reduce the risk of fraud or error through ensuring the person applying for the rebate is entitled to the payment and that the payment details provided belong to an entitled person and relate to the relevant address.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/06/2022 16:02:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1466601

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on progress made on reforms to the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	900400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>With the conclusion of the business rates review, the Government has delivered meaningful reform and cuts worth £7 billion to business over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The review has implemented significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including a freeze in the multiplier and further relief for high street businesses during 2022-23, new support for green technology from 2022, and improvement relief from 2023. The Government is committing to more frequent revaluations, which represents significant reform of the system and will ensure that liabilities are more responsive to changing market conditions. This addresses a key ask of stakeholders for more frequent revaluations, reducing the burden of business rates to make the system fairer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/06/2022 07:08:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1465235

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The department has sent a clear message that bullying should never be tolerated and we are committed to supporting schools to tackle it. The department provides advice for schools, outlining their responsibilities. The advice makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional and mental health needs. The advice is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing over £2 million of funding, between 10 August 2021 and 31 March 2023, to five anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those who are victims of hate-related bullying and homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also making sure that all children in England will learn about respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of mandatory relationships, sex and health education. This includes content on the different types of bullying, the impact it has, the responsibility of bystanders, and how to get help.</p><p> </p><p>The department has published ‘Respectful School Communities’, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline, available here: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/</a>. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind, including hate-based bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also committed to ensuring all schools should be calm, safe and supportive environments for pupils to learn and thrive in. To this end, we are investing £10 million through behaviour hubs so that schools that want and need to turn around their behaviour can work closely with schools with exemplary positive behaviour cultures, alongside a central offer of support and a taskforce of advisers, to improve their culture, and spread good practice across the country. The behaviour hubs programme includes mandatory modules on consequences, including sanctions and rewards and creating systems and social norms which are vital in enabling children to generate and maintain behavioural standards.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of support in schools for victims of bullying. All schools should set clear, reasonable and proportionate expectations of pupil behaviour in line with the department’s ‘behaviour and discipline in schools’ guidance, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>. It is for individual schools to develop their own best practice for managing behaviour in their school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 7895 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:43:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1465236

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
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 adequacy of support available for victims of bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The department has sent a clear message that bullying should never be tolerated and we are committed to supporting schools to tackle it. The department provides advice for schools, outlining their responsibilities. The advice makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional and mental health needs. The advice is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing over £2 million of funding, between 10 August 2021 and 31 March 2023, to five anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those who are victims of hate-related bullying and homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also making sure that all children in England will learn about respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of mandatory relationships, sex and health education. This includes content on the different types of bullying, the impact it has, the responsibility of bystanders, and how to get help.</p><p> </p><p>The department has published ‘Respectful School Communities’, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline, available here: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/</a>. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind, including hate-based bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also committed to ensuring all schools should be calm, safe and supportive environments for pupils to learn and thrive in. To this end, we are investing £10 million through behaviour hubs so that schools that want and need to turn around their behaviour can work closely with schools with exemplary positive behaviour cultures, alongside a central offer of support and a taskforce of advisers, to improve their culture, and spread good practice across the country. The behaviour hubs programme includes mandatory modules on consequences, including sanctions and rewards and creating systems and social norms which are vital in enabling children to generate and maintain behavioural standards.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of support in schools for victims of bullying. All schools should set clear, reasonable and proportionate expectations of pupil behaviour in line with the department’s ‘behaviour and discipline in schools’ guidance, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>. It is for individual schools to develop their own best practice for managing behaviour in their school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 7894 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:43:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe