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1503353

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that all modes of public transport are equipped to deal with extreme heat.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has plans in place to adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change, including risks from extreme heat. The Road Investment Strategy includes a commitment to enhance all-weather resilience of the Strategic Road Network, to minimise the risk of incidents and their impact for road users. Similarly, the Williams-Shapps Rail Plan includes a priority for long-term investment in climate resilience supported by smarter forecasting, planning and technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The third National Adaptation Programme is due in 2023. It will showcase the government’s strategy and plans to tackle the effects of climate change, including how to protect people, infrastructure and the environment in heatwaves. For transport, this means working closely with transport infrastructure operators to take meaningful and measurable action to address risks posed by our changing climate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/09/2022 13:53:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503385

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities helping to tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45046 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503386

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities specialising in support for victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45045 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503387

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle the root causes of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a government priority. VAWG is an unacceptable, preventable issue which blights the lives of millions.</p><p>One year on from the publication of the Tackling VAWG Strategy, we have made significant progress and delivered a number of key commitments to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online, at work and in public spaces. This includes action to tackle the causes of these crimes. We have:</p><p>o supported the introduction of a new full-time National Policing Lead for VAWG, DCC Maggie Blyth, to help strengthen the police response;</p><p>o ratified the Istanbul Convention on 21 July 2022, demonstrating to women in the UK and to our partners overseas our commitment to tackling VAWG;</p><p>o launched the first phase of our national communications campaign, ‘Enough’, to challenge the harmful behaviours that exist within wider society, educate young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensure victims can recognise abuse and receive support;</p><p>o announced that we will add VAWG to the Strategic Policing Requirement meaning it will be set out as a national threat for forces to respond to alongside other threats such as terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse;</p><p>o allocated £55 million to communities through the Safer Streets Fund and Safety of Women at Night Fund, including for extra CCTV, streetlighting and work to change attitudes and work to preventing VAWG in public spaces at night;</p><p>o published a refreshed National Statement of Expectations and accompanying VAWG Commissioning Toolkit to outline the activity that local areas should undertake to ensure victims and survivors of VAWG get the help and support they need;</p><p>o criminalised virginity testing, to send a clear message that this practice is wholly unacceptable in our society;</p><p>o appointed joint Transport Champions to help make public transport safer for women and girls; and</p><p>o piloted a tool, StreetSafe, which enables the public to anonymously report areas where they feel unsafe.</p><p>In addition, in May 2022, the Home Office launched a competition on What Works to prevent violence against women and girls. This will provide multi-year funding to providers and be accompanied by extensive evaluation to increase our understanding of what works.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 06/09/2022 15:39:00 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491654

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on passenger safety in the event that agency workers are brought in to replace striking transport workers.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>With the change in the law on 21 July 2022, employment businesses can now provide agency workers to fill staffing gaps caused by industrial action. Any agency worker supplied by an employment business would need to be suitably qualified to perform the role.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2022 12:22:22 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491655

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
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 her Department is taking to help ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Sri Lanka following the announcement of President Rajapaksa's resignation.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK looks forward to working with Ranil Wickremesinghe following his election as President of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan parliament as part of a peaceful transition of power. We continue to call for a peaceful, democratic and inclusive approach to resolving the current political and economic challenges. In his recent call with Prime Minister Gunawardena on 16 August the Minister responsible for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, called on the Sri Lankan Government to build an inclusive consensus for the reforms necessary to bring Sri Lanka's economy back on a sustainable path. Lord Ahmad also discussed efforts to build a multi-party government with President Wickremesinghe on 23 July. We welcome the Sri Lanka Government's engagement with members of the opposition and we call for the ambitions and hopes of all citizens and communities to be listened to as Sri Lanka builds its future. We continue to engage with members of Sri Lankan civil society to encourage inclusive, peaceful and democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ongoing challenges.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 06/09/2022 17:06:30 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491656

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Sri Lanka: Economic Situation
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 her Department is offering aid to families in Sri Lanka affected by the economic situation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK is closely monitoring the political, economic and security situation in Sri Lanka including food security and livelihoods. The UK is providing economic support through multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB) and United Nations (UN). The UK has the joint fifth largest shares in the IMF and is a major contributor to the UN and WB. The UK has a significant voice in international debt fora and we are working with other Paris Club members on solutions to Sri Lanka's unsustainable debt levels.</p><p>The WB has reprogrammed US $400 million in financial assistance to provide economic and health sector support. We are working to support the UN and its agencies in their coordinated response to the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan. This called for US $47.2 million to provide life-saving assistance to 1.7 million people who are most at risk and need immediate support. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has announced US $5 million for an urgent response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. The UK is a longstanding partner to the CERF and is the largest overall donor, contributing more than $1.7 billion to the fund since its inception fifteen years ago. We are exploring additional options to respond to Sri Lanka's humanitarian needs.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 06/09/2022 17:03:53 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491660

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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 the UK will continue its commitment to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by maintaining its levels of investment at the 7th Replenishment later this year.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Global Fund is a high performing organisation that, with partners, has saved 44 million lives to date. The UK is proud to be the organisations third largest donor historically, and the second largest donor to the last replenishment with a pledge of up to £1.46 billion.</p><p>As set out in the International Development Strategy (IDS), global health will remain a top priority. The decision on the UK's contribution to the Global Fund's seventh replenishment will be taken in due course.</p><p>We will continue to contribute financial and leadership support to the Global Fund as a key partner in the shared global fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 06/09/2022 07:40:50 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491661

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his November 2017 commitment to invest £360 million in UK rail infrastructure has been spent; and what estimate he has made of the date on which all funding will have been spent.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We are interpreting this question as referring to the announcement made on 17 November 2021 about the £360million investment to transform rail ticketing across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the three months since the beginning of this Spending Review period, the programme focus has been on developing the detailed technical and commercial work to inform business cases and future procurements to transform rail ticketing. We estimate that all this £360million funding will be spent during this Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2022 12:20:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491662

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Working Conditions: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the July 2022 heatwave on the safety of workers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>There is already a legal obligation under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 which requires all employers to make a suitable assessment of the risks to the health and safety of their employees; and take action where necessary to minimise those risks as far as reasonably practicable. This would include the risks from extreme weather events such as heatwaves.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 place a legal obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in indoor workplaces. Employers should consult with employees or their representatives to establish sensible means to cope with high temperatures.</p><p> </p><p>During the heatwave, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a proactive <a href="https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/07/15/extreme-heat-what-are-my-rights-at-work/" target="_blank">press release</a> highlighting these duties and the detailed guidance available on the HSE <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/" target="_blank">website</a> to manage workplace temperature and thermal comfort. This guidance includes information on how to undertake an assessment and specific measures that can be taken to improve thermal comfort.</p><p> </p><p>There is no maximum temperature because workplaces with hot processes such as bakeries or foundries would not be able to comply with such a regulation. They use other measures to control the effects of temperature.</p><p> </p><p>In the first instance, employees should use the procedures put in place by their employers to raise any issues. If they remain unresolved then employees can raise them with the appropriate enforcing authority – either HSE or the Local Authority depending on the type of workplace.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 42272 question first answered 05/09/2022 15:21:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry