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1601930

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce Courts: Bury St Edmunds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken by the Bury St Edmunds Regional Divorce Centre to process an application for a decree nisi was in the latest period for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	160357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. HMCTS does not hold the data requested that measures that parameter on the average length of time taken by the Bury St Edmunds Regional Divorce Centre to process an application for a decree nisi.</p><p>HMCTS is working to standardise process management and systems within Regional Divorce work in the future.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/03/2023 08:47:29 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1601957

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Health Services: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to measure the impact of the Women’s Health Strategy for England in its first year.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	160358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>On 24 January 2023, I wrote to MPs to update on the year one priorities for implementing the Women’s Health Strategy. We will update Parliament annually on progress, with the first update due in September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2023 10:26:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1601425

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of financial support for widows and widowers who do not receive their late spouse's state pension following the introduction of the bereavement support payment.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	159046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made, however, the Department has a wide range of financial support available to those affected by bereavement.</p><p> </p><p>Funeral Expense Payments contribute to the cost of a funeral arranged by someone in receipt of income-related benefits, and Budgeting Loans and Budgeting Advances are interest-free loans available to claimants of income-related benefits. Bereavement Support Payment helps working age people through the difficult period following bereavement when their spouse, civil partner (or cohabiting partner if there are children) dies. Further support for day to day living expenses is available via Universal Credit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/03/2023 17:59:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1601563

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on disabled tenants in supported housing paying bills at domestic rates rather than business rates.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	159095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has regular discussions with Ofgem on a wide range of issues in relation to energy retail markets.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 28 February Ofgem published a call for input on the non-domestic gas and electricity market. This included seeking inputs about the arrangements whereby some domestic customers have their energy supply collectively arranged for them by a managing entity that agrees a non-domestic energy contract, such as mobile park residents, care home residents, and residents of managed flats. Ofgem’s call for input is open until 31 March.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 14/03/2023 14:36:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1599359

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Pensioners: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a benefit for people over the age of retirement who are caring for relatives and do not qualify for carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	153921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance aims to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment, in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.</p><p> </p><p>For those over the age of retirement, the State Pension is intended to replace income when work ceases. It has been a long-held feature of the UK’s benefit system under successive governments that, where someone is entitled to two benefits for the same contingency, then whilst there may be entitlement to both benefits, only one will be paid to prevent duplicate financial provision for the same need.</p><p> </p><p>Where underlying entitlement of Carer’s Allowance occurs (all entitlement conditions are met, but the overlapping benefit rule prevents payment), additional support may be available through Pension Credit, notably including the additional amount payable to carers in Pension Credit. This additional amount is currently £38.85 a week, but will increase to £42.75 a week from April. It is paid to recognise the additional contribution and responsibilities associated with caring and means that lower income pensioners with caring responsibilities can receive more than other lower income recipients of Pension Credit. If a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2023 15:36:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1588246

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	Care Workers: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to decrease the time it takes for sponsorship licences to be issued to immigrant care workers.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	150577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Adult social care providers who wish to sponsor international workers under the Health and Care Visa can apply for a sponsorship licence. Individual workers then need to apply for a visa once they have a job offer from a licensed sponsor. The Home Office is currently providing decisions on sponsorship licences in five weeks against an eight week service standard.</p><p>The Department is supporting the adult social care sector on international recruitment. This includes providing £15 million to help areas establish local support arrangements, which can include support for the sponsorship licence application process. The Department is also producing new guidance for the sector, including on the sponsorship licence process.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2023 16:08:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1586248

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Elections: Canterbury
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of people on the electoral register in Canterbury who will be affected by the requirement to produce voter ID at the May 2023 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	147136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Further to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-02-21%2Fdebates%2FE941CE91-95D6-4EB8-B3E2-46059027B909%2FVoterIdentification&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C637b2dcc9d944bef000408db18cb2794%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638131033039895273%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DRo0SKM0FDCH5SjkJiDffbm%2F0TrRcszvy1nuThQKfk0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">response</a> to the UQ I gave on the floor of the House on 21 February 2023, the Cabinet Office has published an extensive survey on levels of ownership of photographic identification, which includes geographical breakdowns. The results have been published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvoter-identification-photographic-id-ownership-in-great-britain&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C637b2dcc9d944bef000408db18cb2794%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638131033039895273%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Fw05gfm0ey3k2Nr%2F6j0eKjCg7rDePoOPGpEH%2F2CQt88%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/02/2023 14:27:11 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1586538

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much is spent on weekly running costs for Manston Processing Centre, (a) in total and (b) for heating.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	147297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The costs of operating the Manston Processing Centre sits across multiple commands and are attributed to a number of different budgets and funding streams. A costing exercise, commissioned in response to a similar request from the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC), is currently underway to capture this information. Once that exercise has been completed and the detail passed to HASC then this will be publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/02/2023 17:45:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1586708

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and 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 Business and Trade, whether her Department has been informed of when Australia will implement the immigration visa changes under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	147399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will make it easier for UK professionals to live and work in Australia, creating greater certainty for businesses. We expect the UK-Australia FTA will enter into force in Spring 2023. The agreement’s commitments on the temporary movement of skilled professionals will come into effect at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of the agreement, Australia has also committed to implementing changes to their Working Holiday Maker programme within two years of entry into force, and the delivery of a unilateral Innovation and Early Careers Skills Exchange Pilot within one year of entry into force.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/02/2023 17:52:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1585458

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
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	Roads: Litter
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 steps she is taking to reduce the level of littering by main roads.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	142802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for keeping the majority of trunk roads and other, more minor roads clear of litter. In recent years we have bolstered their enforcement powers to tackle roadside litter by giving them powers to issue a civil penalty of between £65 and £150 to the keeper of a vehicle from which litter is thrown.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we published our report on Litter on the Strategic Road Network having worked closely with DfT and DLUHC which explored the challenges faced by councils in keeping major roads clear of litter. Next steps on tackling the issue were set out in our most recent Litter Strategy Annual Report. These included exploring the potential for making National Highways responsible for keeping the entire Strategic Road Network clear of litter and for National Highways to publish best practice on effective partnership working with councils in respect of litter clearance on the network.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/02/2023 11:21:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield