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1536181

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	901846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to protecting everyone from these conversion practices.</p><p><br>It is important that we get this right. As the newly appointed Minister, I will give careful consideration to our public consultation on the issue and respond in due course.</p><p><br>In the meantime, we have launched a support service open to all victims or those at risk of conversion practices.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/10/2022 10:06:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1524130

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graduate student visa holders are accompanied by five or six dependents.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/10/2022 14:48:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1524135

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Emergencies: Education
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 plans the Government has for contributing to the Education Cannot Wait fund over the next four years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is proud to be a co-founding member and leading donor to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). Given the UK Government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, wider Official Development Assistance (ODA) pressures including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the FCDO and other ODA spending departments will need to revisit aid budgets to ensure all eligible spending is managed within 0.5% of Gross National Income this calendar year.</p><p>The Government remains committed to transparency and will provide an update to Parliament on spending plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/10/2022 16:22:43 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1524153

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's draft developer remediation contract published on 13 July 2022, when the final draft of that contract will be published.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are in advanced negotiations with developers and will publish the contract once it has been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/10/2022 15:44:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1523924

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to restrict the number of international students in the UK university sector.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	66008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 66009 66010 66011 66012 question first answered 21/10/2022 08:19:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1523926

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a cap on the number of children that international students can bring to the UK on (a) the number of international students studying in the UK, (b) the UK economy and (c) women.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	66009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 66008 66010 66011 66012 question first answered 21/10/2022 08:19:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1523930

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments she has made of the potential effect of restricting the number of international students and their dependants on in UK universities on (a) tuition fee income for universities, (b) living cost expenditure received by universities and local communities and (c) knock-on expenditure in universities and local communities.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	66010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 66008 66009 66011 66012 question first answered 21/10/2022 08:19:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1523931

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department remains committed to the graduate visa route introduced in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	66011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 66008 66009 66010 66012 question first answered 21/10/2022 08:19:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1523932

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of capping the number of graduate visas on the UK’s economy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	66012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 66008 66009 66010 66011 question first answered 21/10/2022 08:19:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1521646

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Polling Stations: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of mirrors that will need to be purchased for polling stations for elections in May 2023 to comply with new regulations on voter identification.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	62967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We estimate that one mirror will need to be purchased for each polling station and assume that there are 40,000 polling stations based on the 2019 elections.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/10/2022 16:03:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard