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1607821

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support for people receiving benefits before benefit rates are increased in June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	174303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>All benefits and State Pensions will be increased by 10.1% from April.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are providing cost of living payments of up to £900 for households on eligible means-tested benefits, paid in three separate payments of £301, £300 and £299 across 2023/24. The first payment of £301 will be paid to the majority of those eligible between 25 April and 17 May. Separately, people on qualifying disability benefits will receive a separate Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 in the summer while £300 payments will be made to pensioner households alongside the annual Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Spring Statement, the government is maintaining the Energy Price Guarantee at £2,500 until the end of June. This will ensure that households across the UK are supported through the spring while retail energy costs are expected to remain high.</p><p> </p><p>To help households with the costs of essentials, including those who may not be eligible for cost of living payments, we are also extending the Household Support Fund in England. The Devolved Administrations will receive Barnett funding to spend at their discretion and with their local knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/03/2023 10:08:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1607823

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Transport Acceleration Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) a list of current invitees to meetings of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council and (b) the number of meetings since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	174305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2022 the Northern Transport Acceleration Council held one full plenary meeting on 23 May 2022, to discuss the UK Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Core membership of NTAC consists of the transport ministers, northern metro mayors, the leaders of northern transport authorities, as well as the Chief Executives of Network Rail, Highways England and HS2 Ltd. and the chair of the NP11.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Ministers are currently reviewing the format and structure of regular engagement in the north, including the role to be played by the Northern Transport Acceleration Council given its overlap with Transport for the North.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 30/03/2023 08:29:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606827

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it has been the policy of her Department to place people who were relocated to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy into hotel bridging accommodation in the period since 23 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	172408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The use of hotels to accommodate those we are relocating and resettling from Afghanistan under both the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is a temporary solution. We do not want to see Afghan families in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We continue to work at pace with over 350 local authorities to find appropriate long-term accommodation for them.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/03/2023 15:42:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606830

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of leisure centres that will receive financial support for energy bills, as part of the package of measures announced in the Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	172409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers. It will also help provide investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term. Eligibility criteria for the fund will be published shortly, which will determine the number of beneficiaries through a competitive process. The Government intends for community and charitable trusts to be eligible for support.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 28/03/2023 08:19:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606831

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided feedback on bids to all (a) local and (b) mayoral combined authorities which were not successful in the second round of funding under the Levelling Up Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	172410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Officials have provided feedback to local authorities and mayoral combined authorities whose bids have not received funding.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 28/03/2023 16:34:06 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606832

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Investment Zones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to work with mayoral combined authorities in preparation for the application process for investment zones.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	172411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Investment Zones <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finvestment-zones&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C29558d499e6247e9ff7608db2f6b0c02%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638155909030848812%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OLeseGURjOLTods6Fwfo47CUdve4jWyWKJSTdO0W75I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">policy prospectus</a>, officials will work in partnership with places, and their local stakeholders, to co-develop their Investment Zone proposals.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 172390 question first answered 28/03/2023 16:37:52 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606833

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which councils have received new funding to house refugees from (a) Ukraine and (b) Afghanistan; and how many refugees his Department plans to support with this funding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	172412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We are announcing £35 million of new funding to enable local authorities to provide increased support for Afghan households to move from hotels into settled accommodation.</p><p>Further to the announcement made earlier today, the Department for Levelling Up is expanding the Local Authority Housing Fund for England with an additional £250 million, primarily targeted at Afghan arrivals. This is in addition to the £500 million already allocated to support areas with the highest existing housing pressures and those that are facing the most significant housing pressures as a result of the recent Ukrainian arrivals.</p><p>Where sponsorships can no longer continue for the financial year 2023/24, all councils will receive help to house Ukrainians through a one-off pot of government funding worth £150 million.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 28/03/2023 16:22:59 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606678

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to implement the Law Commission's April 2020 recommendation on extending to six months the time limit for bringing any employment tribunal claim.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	904348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27<sup>th</sup> March 2023, UIN 170606.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/03/2023 11:46:11 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1606051

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) implementing the Law Commission’s April 2020 recommendations and (b) extending the time limit for all Employment Tribunal claims to 6 months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	170606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the Law Commission’s report on Employment Law Hearing Structures and is keeping the recommendations made, under consideration. While the time limit for bringing most claims is three months, tribunals have the discretion to provide extensions. We believe that the current approach, taken on a case by basis, is the most proportionate at this time</p><p><br> The Government continues to look closely at extending the time limit for bringing Equality Act 2010 based cases to the employment tribunal and are looking to assess the impact of such a change on all aspects of the Employment Tribunal System. Any decision will need to take account of the effect on the wider justice system and on the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/03/2023 16:04:35 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1605583

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether flights to the UK for people in Pakistan who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been suspended.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	169297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We continue to accommodate and support ARAP eligible people in Pakistan while they await relocation to the UK. When relocation becomes possible for individuals or family groups, we use commercial flights to bring individuals to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 28/03/2023 11:08:33 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis