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1364664

registered interest
date	29/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
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 publish the data she holds on the number of people reporting offences under the Offences against The Person Act 1861, section 23, and section 24 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	66256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2021 answer text <p>Information on the number of crimes recorded under the Offences against The Person Act 1861 section 23 and section 24, including the offence subcodes “Administering poison so as to endanger life” and “Administering poison with intent to injure or annoy” for each financial year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 can be found in the attached annex.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/11/2021 13:07:56 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2021 15:54:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse attachment 1 file name 66256 Annex.xlsx title Annex previous answer version 31806 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1364006

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when officials in his Department were made aware of the presence of flammable cladding on buildings in the Defence Estate.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	64542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence Officials were first made aware that one Single Living Accommodation block at HMS Nelson was not compliant with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government guidance on cladding in July 2019.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June 2017. In response to the concerns about building cladding and following advice from MHCLG, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) surveyed the defence estate to establish if any MOD-owned sleeping accommodation blocks over 18m in height were clad with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) during July-August 2017. This found that MOD had no buildings that met the criteria or that were clad with ACM.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In December 2018, the MHCLG issued an updated Advice Note which changed and extended the requirement, recommending that all buildings with any external cladding at a height in excess of 18m and containing residential accommodation should be assessed to ascertain the type of cladding used. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All relevant buildings on the Defence Estate were re-surveyed (surveys completed in July 2019), which identified 28 buildings (subsequently reduced to 27 buildings) which had cladding and required further investigation as there was no evidence to confirm the external wall systems had a BR135 classification that was required under MHCLG Advice Note 14 to determine that the external wall system is safe.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this process Ministry of Defence Officials were first made aware that one Single Living Accommodation block at HMS Nelson was not compliant with MHCLG guidance on cladding in July 2019.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In November 2019, Defence Fire and Rescue (DFR), the Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR) and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) agreed that the 28 buildings identified should have the cladding removed, and letters notifying of the risk and need for removal were sent to the relevant Heads of Establishments in December 2019. DFR provided advice on how to operate the buildings to enable them to be safe to occupy. DFR, DFSR and DIO agreed that occupation of the buildings could continue until the appropriate measures were implemented subject to maintaining and adhering to the conditions within the buildings Fire Risk Assessments. Subsequent advice from Fire Engineering Specialists confirmed that the buildings and cladding could be assessed to determine if the cladding needed to be removed. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In Jan 2020 a consolidated advice note was issued by MHCLG, which advised all buildings containing sleeping accommodation (at any height) with external cladding should be assessed.</ins></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 01/11/2021 16:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2021 14:44:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 29259 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1362994

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to make available to the eight pathfinder trusts in the New Hospital Programme to deliver new facilities; and what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of that planned funding.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have</ins> £117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2021 16:38:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29120 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1362995

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will to publish a timeline for releasing funds for the detailed design and enabling works required from West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and the other seven pathfinder trusts to help those trusts meet the New Hospital Programme’s timescale.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have</ins> £117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2021 13:12:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29121 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1362996

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy for the pathfinder trusts to start construction in 2023 and be ready to open by 2027 at the latest as part of the New Hospital Programme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Individual allocations for trusts will be determined once the respective final business cases have been reviewed and agreed. The timing and amount of funding allocations for each scheme are dependent on trusts’ specific requirements. In total, pathfinder schemes have received public dividend capital of £94 million prior to the current financial year for fees and enabling works. In addition, <del class="ministerial">West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has</del> <ins class="ministerial">pathfinder trusts have </ins>£117 million in confirmed allocations for 2021-22 and future years. Further requests for funding are currently being considered and will be subject to the appropriate governance process to ensure maximum value for taxpayers’ money.</p><p>The pathfinder schemes are currently anticipated to start construction between 2023-24 and complete in the period 2026-28.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/11/2021 14:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2021 16:38:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 29122 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1363240

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what diplomatic steps they have taken to support international action to tackle climate change ahead of COP26.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL3401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Climate is the top priority for the Government. The UK's COP26 Presidency provides a key opportunity to promote and engage international cooperation on tackling climate change. The Foreign Secretary and every member of the Ministerial team will continue to discuss climate in our meetings with counterparts across the world.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As the Prime Minister has said, Climate is the top international priority for the UK. COP26 is the key moment to promote international cooperation on tackling climate change. The Foreign Secretary and every member of the Ministerial team have been raising climate in meetings with counterparts across the world. Climate change is an issue for everyone. Tackling it needs everyone to work together.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 01/11/2021 13:30:15 question first ministerially corrected 08/11/2021 11:54:32 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park previous answer version 28986 answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1362570

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been paid by his Department to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>In the period covering the last five financial years the MOJ has paid the following sums to Stonewall:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2016-17 Financial Year<ins class="ministerial"> (HR Services)</ins><br /></strong></p><p> </p><p>£354.00: MOJ conference attendance</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017-18 Financial Year<ins class="ministerial"> (HR Services)</ins><br /></strong></p><p> </p><p>£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership</p><p>£3,768.00: MOJ Role Models Cluster Programme</p><p>£358.<del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">8</ins>0: MOJ conference attendance</p><p> </p><p><strong>2018-19 Financial Year<ins class="ministerial"> (HR Services)</ins><br /></strong></p><p> </p><p>£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership</p><p> </p><p><strong>2019-20 Financial Year<br /></strong></p><p> </p><p>£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership</p><p>£<ins class="ministerial">552</ins><del class="ministerial">460</del>.00: Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance</p><p> </p><p><strong>2020-21 Financial Year</strong></p><p> </p><p>£3,000.00: Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership</p><p>£837.60: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conference attendance</p><p> </p><p>Total departmental spend across the last five financial years totals £17,<ins class="ministerial">870</ins><del class="ministerial">778</del>.40 with costs inclusive of VAT.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">For financial years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 the spend outlined only covers MoJ Headquarters HR Services (People Group).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For the entire Ministry of Justice inclusive of its agencies 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years this would include a spend search for MOJ HQ, National Offender Management Service, Office of the Public Guardian with a nil return for HMCTS, WLS, Independent Monitoring Authority, Probation Board, Legal Aid Agency, Judicial Appointments Committee, and Youth Justice Board. This does not include spend for Legal Services Board, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Legal Ombudsman, Criminal Cases Review Commission and Gov Facility Services Limited.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further information relating to spend from MoJ Agencies could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/11/2021 17:31:06 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2021 12:47:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 29291 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362577

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport, including its Executive Agencies (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency), has allocated the following funding to Stonewall in the last five years:</p><p> </p><ol><li><del class="ministerial">£7,863.01 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2016/2017</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2018</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£468 excluding VAT - Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2018/2019</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2019</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£180 excluding VAT – Networking event, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2019/2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£500 excluding VAT – Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2019/2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£5,450 excluding VAT - Seven (online) training sessions, accessible to staff of Department for Transport Core, 2020</del></li></ol><p> </p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">£3,090 excluding VAT – Membership (from October 2016 to October 2017) and conference participation, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2016/2017</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£7,863.01 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies except Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2016/2017</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2018</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£468 excluding VAT - Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2018/2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£5,250 excluding VAT - Stonewall In-house Allies Programme, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2018/2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£180 excluding VAT – Networking event, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2019/2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£500 excluding VAT – Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2019/2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£5,450 excluding VAT - Seven (online) training sessions, accessible to staff of Department for Transport Core, 2020</ins></li></ol><p>The Department has no plans currently to renew its Stonewall membership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:49:12 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2021 12:48:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 29040 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362397

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
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	Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence that they have, if any, which identifies the health risks posed to smokers who switch to snus products.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>Consumption of any tobacco product is harmful and it is the Government’s policy to support people to quit all forms of tobacco use. Oral tobacco, or snus, is banned in the United Kingdom under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016.</p><p>There is limited data on the health risks posed to smokers who switch to snus products. Evidence submitted on snus to the United States Food and Drug Administration states that there are still health risks involved with the use of snus. Although snus products contain significantly lower levels of harmful carcinogens than other smokeless tobacco products, the products contain nitrosamines, including NNN and NNK, which have been demonstrated to cause cancer, including cancers of the mouth. A copy of this evidence, <em>Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) ApplicationTechnical Project Lead (TPL) Review</em>, is attached.</p><p><em>Health risks of Scandinavian snus consumption (English summary)</em> from Norway shows that tobacco products such as oral tobacco contains carcinogenic substances which are associated with a number of adverse health effects. This is regardless of whether the individual is a smoker or not. A copy of this summary is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall attachment 1 file name health-risks-of-scandinavian-snus-consumption-english-summary-pdf.pdf title Health risks of Scandinavian snus consumption 2 file name SMUSA-TPL-Review.pdf title Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application (MRTPA) question first answered 15/11/2021 11:48:11 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2021 12:18:50 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall previous answer version 31943 answering member printed Lord Kamall attachment 1 file name health-risks-of-scandinavian-snus-consumption-english-summary-pdf.pdf title Health risks of Scandinavian snus consumption 2 file name Modified-Risk-Tobacco-Product-Application-Technical-Project-Lead-Review-Swedish-Match-North-America.pdf title Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) ApplicationTe answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1361129

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
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 support the Government plans to make available to the people of Afghanistan who do not meet the criteria of the Afghanistan citizens' resettlement scheme but who have a connection with the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	58936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide those put at risk by recent events in Afghanistan with a route to safety. The ACRS is one of the most generous schemes in our country's history under which we will welcome up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans over the next year and up to a total of 20,000 in the coming years. There will not be a formal application process for the ACRS. The scheme is not yet open and further details, including eligibility criteria, will be announced in due course by the Home Office. Further details on the scheme will be published here: <ins class="ministerial">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</ins><del class="ministerial">Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement - GOV.UK</del>. Unfortunately not all who wish to leave Afghanistan will be eligible under the ACRS. The Government continues to do all it can to ensure safe passage for the most vulnerable Afghans and is committed to supporting the people of Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 27/10/2021 16:38:52 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2021 12:42:38 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 28195 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell