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1255336

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Access to Work Programme: Job Entry Targeted Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to integrate the Access to Work fast track scheme into the Job Entry Targeted Support scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	120975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Participants finding work through Work and Health Programme Job Entry: Targeted Support can get support from their employment adviser to make transition into employment including support with Access to Work process.</p><p>Participants who are successful in securing a job offer, and submit their application to Access to Work within 4 weeks of their start date will have their application automatically prioritised by Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p> </p><p>Access to Work already prioritises applications from key workers, people who are in the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable Group and disabled people who have a job to start within the next 4 weeks. If Access to Work was to extend the prioritisation further then the ability to prioritise applications would be lost as the majority of Access to Work applications would be in the prioritised category, which would result in all applications being treated the same and the prioritisation would be lost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/11/2020 16:09:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1254084

registered interest
date	20/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Animal Housing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing VAT relief for pet boarding businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>VAT is a tax on consumption and the standard rate of 20 per cent applies to most goods and services, including pet boarding kennels. Introducing further reliefs would have a significant cost to the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to review the VAT treatment of pet boarding kennels at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/11/2020 14:15:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1254087

registered interest
date	20/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NFU Mutual: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with NFU Mutual on that organisation's treatment of covid-19 support grant payments to businesses as income in insurance claims.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Following the letters issued by the Treasury and the Association of British Insurers at the end of September, in which the majority of insurers committed to not make deductions from business interruption insurance settlements to account for specific government grant funds, I am aware that NFU Mutual has continued to make such deductions. As stated in my letter, these grants are intended to provide emergency support to businesses at this time of crisis, and it is the Government’s firm expectation that they are not to be deducted from business interruption insurance claims.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are looking into this matter further. The FCA sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms in relation to their business which aim to ensure customers are treated in a fair manner. You will note that the FCA has already written to relevant insurers providing clarification on how government support should be treated in claim calculations and asking that they consider very carefully the appropriateness of any deductions in the context of individual insurance policies. The FCA has also made it clear that it may intervene and take further actions where firms do not appear to be meeting the FCA’s expectations and treating their customers fairly, although neither the Government nor the regulator is able to confirm or comment on any discussions with individual firms.</p><p> </p><p>I am monitoring this issue closely and will assess what, if any, further steps are needed to resolve this issue for policyholders.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 25/11/2020 12:26:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253767

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has assessed the potential effect of including glass in a future deposit return scheme on levels of plastic packaging.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118083 118084 118085 118086 118087 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253876

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in the amount of (a) PET bottles and (b) aluminium cans on the market in countries where glass beverage containers are included in deposit return schemes.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118082 118084 118085 118086 118087 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253877

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of glass beverage bottles on the market in countries where glass beverage containers are included in a deposit return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118082 118083 118085 118086 118087 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253878

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 his Department has made of the effect on emissions from waste collection of including glass in a deposit return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118082 118083 118084 118086 118087 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253879

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 discussions he has had with the glass industry on the scope of his Department's proposed deposit return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118082 118083 118084 118085 118087 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253880

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 his Department has made of the potential effect of a deposit return scheme on glass recycling rates.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers. A first consultation on the issue was held in 2019 where we consulted jointly with the Welsh Government and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. They have met with the glass industry on several occasions to discuss the inclusion of glass in a DRS. British Glass is also a member of our DRS Industry Working Group and sits on Defra’s Packaging and Collections Working Group which provides input on Defra’s major waste reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted further cost benefit analysis on the inclusion of glass in a DRS. The interim findings demonstrate that the inclusion of glass in the long term has a higher value than not including glass given the potential for increased collection and recycling rates and the resulting greater reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This will be presented in an Impact Assessment alongside the second consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis has not included an assessment of market shifts in materials. Further research would be needed to distinguish the effects on consumer purchasing habits in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of the introduction of a DRS.</p><p>The proposed scope of a DRS will be presented in a second consultation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 118082 118083 118084 118085 118086 question first answered 24/11/2020 12:56:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1253881

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
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 discussions he has had with local authorities on materials to be included in his Department's proposed deposit return scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	118088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. As part of the Government's ambitious commitments to reforming producer responsibility systems, we have committed to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have been developing proposals for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers using further evidence and ongoing engagement with stakeholders. This has included several meetings with representatives from local authorities. The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee, the Local Government Association and a Local Authority representative from both Northern Ireland and Wales are also members of our DRS industry working group which has met to discuss materials to be included in a DRS.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 27/11/2020 13:47:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake