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1272151

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Nagorno Karabakh: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent humanitarian assistance his Department has provided to people affected by the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	131378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>In line with the Foreign Secretary's announcement of 30 October, the UK Government has provided the International Committee of the Red Cross with £1 million in support of its humanitarian efforts in the region. This financial support is being used to provide urgent medical supplies, food and shelter to thousands of people affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We have supported the wider international response by providing funding for additional monitoring and analysis of the humanitarian situation through organisations such as the Humanitarian 2 Humanitarian network. We are keeping the situation under close review, coordinating with local and international partners and will continue to explore opportunities to support partners to deliver an effective international response.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2021 10:50:30 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1271098

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	China: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to extend the sanctions list to include senior Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for human rights violations against Tibetan and Uyghur people.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>On 6 July, the UK Government established the Global Human Rights sanctions regime. The Government's position remains that it is not appropriate to speculate about who may be designated under the Global Human Rights sanctions regime, as to do so could reduce the impact of the designations. We will keep all evidence and potential listings under close review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 21/12/2020 17:10:45 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1258842

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
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	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	126096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The impact of COVID-19 on lives across Syria is alarming. Health care capacity across Syria is overstretched; the regime's brutal pursuit of conflict and bombing of its own hospitals has left the whole of Syria ill-prepared for a pandemic that continues to spread. Deaths due to lack of humanitarian access are unacceptable, and the UK will continue to work with the international donors, the UN and humanitarian partners to pressure all parties to the conflict to allow unfettered humanitarian access across the whole of Syria.</p><p>The UK is one of the largest donors to the humanitarian response to the Syria Crisis across the region. Since 2012, we have committed over £3.3 billion to help Syrian civilians displaced and vulnerable within their country, and host communities and Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. This includes a pledge of at least £300 million for 2020 at this year's Brussels conference that ensures the most vulnerable Syrians continue to have access to life-saving and essential services, including healthcare, food, water and sanitation. We continue to monitor the situation and work closely with UN and NGO partners in Syria to respond to the outbreak and to adapt our ongoing programming effectively to ensure the safe delivery of sustain life-saving services in light of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 14/12/2020 14:24:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1257185

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure businesses are making their workplaces covid-secure for employees.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	123672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The Safer Workplaces <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">guidance</a> includes robust health and safety measures to ensure businesses are supported or, where required, challenged. Alongside legal requirements covered in the guides, they outline the enforcement powers held by the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities (section 1.2).</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/12/2020 12:23:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1254898

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle recent trends in the level of disability hate crimes in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	120103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Hate crime is completely unacceptable, and this Government takes it very seriously. That is why the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016 and refreshed it in October 2018.</p><p>The Action Plan established a public awareness campaign which included examples of disability hate crime to make clear that such acts are completely unacceptable, held two ministerial meetings with disability groups and social media companies to help tackle online abuse of disabled people and provided £193,000 in funding for community projects that directly tackled disability hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2020 17:10:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1254494

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure adequate funding for the statutory duties in the Domestic Abuse Bill to ensure local authorities can provide support and protection to those experiencing domestic abuse and their children.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	119333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Following the outcome of Spending Review, £125 million funding will be allocated to local authorities, to cover costs of the new duty to provide support in safe accommodation for 2021-22.</p><p>MHCLG has also provided £6 million to support relevant local authorities to undertake early planning and preparation work so they are ready to implement the new duty.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/12/2020 12:59:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1252672

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students who have not been eligible for student finance because their Indefinite Leave to Remain applications have been delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	116616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the number of students who were not eligible for student finance on the first day of the first academic year of their course because their Indefinite Leave to Remain application was delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>The requirement for a student to hold settled status on the first day of the first academic year of their course is a condition that is defined in the Education (Student Support) Regulations. Where certain events occur after the first day of the first academic year of the course (for example, the student is recognised as a refugee) the student may qualify for student support for that year and any subsequent years depending on when the event occurred. Indefinite leave to remain is not, by itself, an event. Most students acquiring indefinite leave to remain part way through a course (for reasons other than Permanent Residence, under the EUSS or as a victim of domestic violence) will not become eligible for full support as a settled person under the Student Support Regulations.</p><p>In assessing eligibility for student finance, the Student Loans Company will rely on information from the Home Office on all immigration matters, including in relation to the grant of settlement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 25/11/2020 13:28:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1252338

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Mental Health: Research
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 recommendation 4 of the UK framework for mental health research, whether the recommended portfolio review of UK mental health research funders has been published.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	115758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The 2018 Framework for Mental Health Research recommended a portfolio review of United Kingdom mental health research funders, including the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research. MQ has subsequently led on a second portfolio review of UK mental health research funders in 2019, building on previous work. The report, ‘UK Mental Health Research Funding 2014-2017’, was published in 2019 by MQ.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/11/2020 13:11:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1251927

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
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	Influenza: Bath
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 is taking to tackle flu vaccine shortages in Bath.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	91993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists are responsible for ordering flu vaccine from suppliers which are used to deliver the national flu programme to adults, with deliveries phased through the season. The Department has procured additional doses of seasonal flu vaccine to ensure 30 million flu vaccines are available this winter. GPs, community pharmacists and trusts who have exhausted their own supply are now able to order from this central stock. Guidance has been issued with information on how to do this.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with local areas to ensure that local providers are supported to meet increased demand for the flu vaccination this winter. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has granted dispensation to allow the movement of vaccines locally between practices and other National Health Service provider organisations this season, to help address local shortages.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/11/2020 21:42:15 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1251825

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Telecommunications: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there is a competent authority in place to fulfill the UK's obligations under the EU Electronic Communications Code 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	114987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The European Electronic Communications Code Directive updates the EU telecommunications regulatory framework. The Directive will be implemented in the UK via the Electronic Communications And Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code And Eu Exit) Regulations 2020, as approved by the Houses on 10 November 2020, to come into force for a transposition deadline of 21 December 2020.</p><p>Whilst the Directive gives member states flexibility to assign certain functions to competent authorities, as under prior EU and domestic law, Ofcom is retained as the designated telecoms national regulatory authority in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 17/11/2020 16:36:38 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse