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1602943

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of HMRC’s enforcement of agency regulations collecting PAYE tax from agencies who have had registered contractors.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	162286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government and devolved administrations agreed an Apprenticeship Levy funding deal, based on population share.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Under this agreement, the UK Government uplifted Spending Review 2015 settlements as set out in Block Grant Transparency to ensure the devolved administrations received a full population share of forecast Levy funding from 2017-18 to 2019-20. This population share amounted to £1.3 billion across all three devolved administrations over the three-year period, with £460 million allocated in 2019-20.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Beyond 2019-20, it was agreed that the normal operation of the population-based Barnett formula would deliver a similarly fair outcome rather than a bespoke arrangement being required.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The devolved administrations received record settlements at the 2021 Spending Review and are well funded to deliver devolved responsibilities. Those settlements are still growing in real terms this year, and over the three-year spending review period, despite inflation being higher than expected.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their funding in devolved areas.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the Honorable Member to the answer that I gave on 7 March 2022 to the Honorable Member for Enfield, Southgate (UIN 156216). </ins></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2023 13:43:49 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2023 15:49:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 61853 answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen answering member 4051
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1601933

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a strategic plan for the (a) funding and (b) other resourcing of (i) discovery, (ii) translational and (iii) clinical research into brain tumours.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	160266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has published its Health Infrastructure Plan in September 2019 that sets out the Government’s strategy and priorities for investing in the National Health Service estate, including in cancer centres. We are at present working on an update to this strategy through to 2030.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department-funded National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) invests in research, clinical expertise, specialist facilities, workforce and support services across a range of clinical areas, including brain tumour research.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">NIHR has recently announced the outcome of the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) competition in which six BRCs have been funded to support brain tumour research. The NIHR BRCs works in partnership with other research centres such as the CRUK Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence to collect samples for research purposes as well as local and national sample storage facilities to support research into brain tumours.</ins></p></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Currently, we do not have a national capital programme strictly dedicated to cancer centres. However, there are several programmes, including the Targeted Investment Fund, the New Hospital Programme and the Hospital Upgrades Programme, that are funding upgrades to existing cancer centres. These schemes are assessed on a case-by-case basis.</del></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/03/2023 11:09:49 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2023 10:37:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 61183 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1601341

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that involved the use of the Forced Swim Test in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	159005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The number of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that authorised the use of the Forced Swim Test in each year since 2018 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of project licences granted</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">1</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">4</del><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 09/03/2023 14:43:24 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2023 09:50:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 60843 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1600432

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is of HM Passport Office on allowing people without a gender recognition certificate to change the sex registered on their passport.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	156262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision by nationality can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 31 December 2022. Data as at 31 March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This data is not available broken down by outcomes received by family members.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Passport Office’s gender recognition policy includes guidance for customers regarding the evidence required when someone is changing their passport sex marker without a gender recognition certificate. The policy can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fgender-recognition-policy&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Carroll1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2511555d6af341bb503908db1af323b3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638133403791559794%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aLG6jl1ym26DQQYpWdLhAkq4l%2FBXA3HoVhXEjPAL%2BOY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Gender recognition policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/03/2023 17:40:25 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2023 14:15:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 61009 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1600503

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving the (a) support element of Employment Support Allowance and (b) limited capability for work-related activity element of Universal Credit, but were not receiving the (i) Personal Independent Payment and (ii) Disability Living Allowance in the latest 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	156196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>On 31<sup>st</sup> August 2022, <del class="ministerial">373,000</del> <ins class="ministerial">259,000</ins> people in Great Britain were receiving the Support Group award of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) without receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). <ins class="ministerial">373,000</ins> <del class="ministerial">259,000</del> people were receiving the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity Element (LCWRA) of Universal Credit (UC) without receiving PIP or DLA. The below table shows the figures for the end of the four most recent quarters.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Month end</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>People receiving ESA/UC without PIP/DLA</p></td><td><p>ESA Support Group</p></td><td><p>292,000</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UC LCWRA</p></td><td><p>307,000</p></td><td><p>327,000</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td><td><p>373,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: </strong>Benefit Combinations, Universal Credit Full Service, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision;</li><li>Data covers Great Britain only;</li><li>The volumes above may include claimants that are subsequently given a PIP award that covers the reference date;</li><li>The volumes may also include Scottish claimants that are claiming Scottish disability benefits (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment) instead of PIP or DLA; and</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/03/2023 11:22:10 question first ministerially corrected 04/04/2023 11:15:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 60740 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1599365

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Health and Care Professions Council: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to advise the Privy Council to reject the Health and Care Professions Council decision to increase their registrants’ fees by 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	153854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is independent of Government and is funded by its registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis. The HCPC has concluded its consultation on the proposed fee rise and its Council has agreed to seek parliamentary approval for increasing annual registration fees by £19.62 from 1 July 2023. The proposal is subject to the <del class="ministerial">affirmative</del> <ins class="ministerial">negative </ins>parliamentary process in both the Westminster and the Scottish Parliaments.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2023 15:11:36 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 59007 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599524

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication of workforce management information for the months of March and April 2022, for what reasons those months show the same figures in the seven categories for payroll staff costs, the three categories for non-payroll staff costs and the total for all staff costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	153873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures will be updated by 2 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures were updated on 9 March 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 12:00:49 question first ministerially corrected 10/03/2023 10:45:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 58913 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1589092

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Key Workers: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to record data on the number of keyworkers who have (a) been affected, (b) taken early retirement, (c) lost their jobs and (d) become reliant on benefits due to long covid.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	152238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24 February is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/03/2023 17:35:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238 previous answer version 59811 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589108

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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	NHS England: Thompson
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 the article in the Health Service Journal entitled Branding agency hired to help cultivate new personality for NHSE, published on 7 February 2023, what the value of NHS England's contract with Thompson for work referenced in that article is; and if he will publish the interim update for senior leaders.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	152180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are unable to provide the information requested on NHS England's contract with Thompson as it is commercially sensitive.<del class="ministerial"> </del></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of the implementation of the legal merger of NHS England with Health Education England and NHS Digital approved by Parliament through the Health and Care Act 2022, Thompson were contracted to provide independent support and advice to minimise the risk of disruption to communications with the wider health and care system, operational and strategic partners and stakeholders, and staff patients and the public from the new combined organisation. The value of the contract was £80,000.</ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 59228 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 59813 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 06/03/2023 17:28:35 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1587227

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Counter Disinformation Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department provided to the Counter Disinformation Unit in each year since that Unit's formation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) monitors narratives, trends and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment online. It does not monitor individuals, however the content reviewed may incidentally include personal data, such as names and social media handles embedded within content published on publicly available sites. The CDU has a legal basis for collecting or processing any personal data as set out in Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, and the processing is necessary for us in our work as a public body and in the public interest.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy; people must be allowed to discuss and debate issues freely. The CDU’s role is not to spot every instance of disinformation but where harmful content is identified in the course of the CDU’s work which may breach a platform Terms of Service, this may be referred to the relevant platform who will consider whether or not to take any action. The CDU’s work is consistent with the Government’s principles and values on protecting freedom of expression and promoting a free, open, and secure internet and as such no action is taken on any content originating from journalists or politicians.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Addressing the challenges of disinformation is a whole of the government effort. The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is a team within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which works in close partnership with other government teams. Requirements are continually reviewed to ensure appropriate levels of resourcing, including surge capacity as needed. It would not be appropriate to comment on funding levels publicly as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of our capabilities. </strong></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/02/2023 11:47:57 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2023 14:00:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 56980 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy