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1691334

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
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	Income Support: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 February 2023 to Question 133573 on Income Support, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of the minimum income guarantee on the (a) living standards and (b) quality of life of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	15464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The minimum income guarantee (MIG) will increase in line with inflation, by 6.7%, from 6 April 2024. The revised rates were published in the 2024 Local Authority Circular on 9 February. The MIG rates are reviewed annually. No specific assessment has been made, nor is there one planned, on the impact of the level of the MIG on the quality of life of disabled people and local authority budgets.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 15465 question first answered 28/02/2024 17:16:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1691335

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
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	Income Support: Disability and Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the level of the minimum income guarantee on (a) the quality of life of disabled people and (b) local authority budgets.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	15465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The minimum income guarantee (MIG) will increase in line with inflation, by 6.7%, from 6 April 2024. The revised rates were published in the 2024 Local Authority Circular on 9 February. The MIG rates are reviewed annually. No specific assessment has been made, nor is there one planned, on the impact of the level of the MIG on the quality of life of disabled people and local authority budgets.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 15464 question first answered 28/02/2024 17:16:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1691219

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Nigeria: Shell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK National Action Plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: progress update, published in May 2020, whether he has had recent discussions with Shell on (a) tackling legacy oil pollution in the Niger Delta and (b) its adherence to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	15307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has consistently supported the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and is clear that we expect UK businesses to comply with all applicable laws; identify and prevent human rights risks; and behave in line with the UNGPs. The UK Government regularly discusses with Shell the importance of action to address the risks of pollution from oil production in the Niger Delta. We continue to support initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of oil and gas production in Nigeria, including encouraging the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project to meet the needs of the communities affected by pollution.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 28/02/2024 17:59:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1689251

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to introduce new measures to help reduce emissions from surface transport by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	14177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>In March 2023, the Government published an internationally unprecedented level of detail on its plans to meet emission reduction commitments, including those from surface transport. The Carbon Budget Delivery Plan sets out the policies and quantified carbon reductions needed to meet carbon budgets 4 and 5, and the vast majority of reductions needed to meet our commitments into the 2030s. The Department regularly reviews transport’s decarbonisation policies to ensure we are on track, and are committed to publishing our progress and reviewing our net zero pathway at least every five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 22/02/2024 09:44:38 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1688246

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications by academy trusts to her Department to sell school grounds have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	13588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Departmental officials have checked records from 1 January 2020 to 12 February 2024, and the total number of successful applications from academy trusts for the freehold sale of school land is 49.</p><p>The department’s policy is that capital receipts from the disposal of publicly funded playing field land should ordinarily be reinvested in improving sports provision at the affected school or local schools. Capital receipts from the disposal of publicly funded non-playing field land should be reinvested in capital projects at the affected school or local schools. Playing field land is defined widely as: land in the open air which is provided for the purposes of physical education or recreation.</p><p>Departmental officials have checked the records from 1 January 2020 to 12 February 2024, and the department has not received any applications from academy trusts in Norwich to sell school land.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13664 question first answered 21/02/2024 12:41:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1688247

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Norwich
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications by academy trusts in Norwich to her Department to sell school grounds have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	13664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Departmental officials have checked records from 1 January 2020 to 12 February 2024, and the total number of successful applications from academy trusts for the freehold sale of school land is 49.</p><p>The department’s policy is that capital receipts from the disposal of publicly funded playing field land should ordinarily be reinvested in improving sports provision at the affected school or local schools. Capital receipts from the disposal of publicly funded non-playing field land should be reinvested in capital projects at the affected school or local schools. Playing field land is defined widely as: land in the open air which is provided for the purposes of physical education or recreation.</p><p>Departmental officials have checked the records from 1 January 2020 to 12 February 2024, and the department has not received any applications from academy trusts in Norwich to sell school land.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13588 question first answered 21/02/2024 12:41:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1686887

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose application for an award under the Windrush Compensation Scheme has been denied have appealed in each quarter since that scheme was launched.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	12730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants, who have requested a review of their full and final decision, is included in the Windrush Compensation Scheme Transparency Data, which is published regularly. However, the publication does not distinguish between reviews requested on the basis of the claim being awarded a zero entitlement decision (denied), or where the claimant is not satisfied with the value offer received.</p><p>The latest published data, covering the period up to December 2023, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-december-2023?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&amp;utm_source=e0983546-816e-4824-8f3c-f3f6fff16c51&amp;utm_content=immediately" target="_blank">Windrush Compensation Scheme data: December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The relevant page is WCS_09, which contains details of the cumulative number of reviews requested at Tier 1 and Tier 2. Tier 2 reviews are completed by an Independent Adjudicator outside of the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 15:59:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676962

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the size of the Challenger 2 tank fleet; whether it remains his policy that 148 existing Challenge 2 tanks will be upgraded to the Challenger 3 programme; and what his plans are for those tanks not scheduled for upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are 213 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks in service. It remains the Department’s policy to build 148 Challenger 3 tanks. A decision on what will happen to the remaining Challenger 2 platforms has not yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:27:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676963

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger tanks have been donated to Ukraine since 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has donated 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine since 24 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/12/2023 16:05:36 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676964

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) Chieftain and (b) Challenger 1 tanks remain in storage.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any Chieftain or Challenger 1 Main Battle Tanks in storage.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:48:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis