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1641920

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 proportion of dependent study visas were granted by her Department to students undertaking taught postgraduate courses in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	187784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Our published data on dependent study visas can be found in the available Migration Statistics on GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 187785 question first answered 12/06/2023 15:11:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1641442

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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 proportion of international students arriving with dependents are (a) male and (b) female
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	187429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>We consider our Public Sector Equality Duty in the development of all policy, and an Equality Impact Assessment was produced and considered in developing this package of reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We consider any indirect impact to be proportionate in achieving our overall aim of reducing net migration and only allowing dependants to a specific cohort of students with the types of skills the UK is specifically seeking to attract to assist economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>We keep all our immigration policies under constant review to ensure they best serve the UK and reflect the public’s priorities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 187433 question first answered 12/06/2023 09:21:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1641446

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of limiting the ability for international students not on a research postgraduate course to bring dependents on women's (a) access to and (b) participation in higher education in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	187433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>We consider our Public Sector Equality Duty in the development of all policy, and an Equality Impact Assessment was produced and considered in developing this package of reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We consider any indirect impact to be proportionate in achieving our overall aim of reducing net migration and only allowing dependants to a specific cohort of students with the types of skills the UK is specifically seeking to attract to assist economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>We keep all our immigration policies under constant review to ensure they best serve the UK and reflect the public’s priorities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 187429 question first answered 12/06/2023 09:21:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1624373

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
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	Individual Savings Accounts: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when will he implement the announcement made by the Government in June 2022 to exempt Lifetime ISAs from Universal Credit capital rules.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	183161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to support citizens into homeownership, including those on Universal Credit who currently have access to a generous Help to Save scheme, which tops up their savings by 50 per cent and can be used towards a mortgage.</p><p>We are continuing to work on the issue of Lifetime ISAs.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/05/2023 16:22:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1623709

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from the higher education sector on membership of the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	182671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce was established in November 2022. Its mission statement is to reduce the risk of foreign interference to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society, and ensure that these are secure and resilient to threats of foreign interference.</p><p>The Taskforce is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative made up of ministers and officials from policy-owning departments, including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, DSIT, DLUHC and DfE, law enforcement, the UK intelligence community and Parliament.</p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce will be complemented by wider formal engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including in the devolved administrations, local government and private, education and third sectors.</p><p>The government takes the risk of foreign interference in higher education very seriously.</p><p>This is why there is already a dedicated cross-government programme of work to assess and counter foreign interference in higher education. This responsibility ultimately lies with Department for Education, but the Taskforce has taken a keen interest in this issue and will continue to support efforts to protect academic freedoms and universities from the threat of foreign interference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 182672 182673 182674 182675 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:02:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1623710

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce includes representatives from the (a) university, (b) research and (c) higher education sectors.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	182672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce was established in November 2022. Its mission statement is to reduce the risk of foreign interference to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society, and ensure that these are secure and resilient to threats of foreign interference.</p><p>The Taskforce is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative made up of ministers and officials from policy-owning departments, including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, DSIT, DLUHC and DfE, law enforcement, the UK intelligence community and Parliament.</p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce will be complemented by wider formal engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including in the devolved administrations, local government and private, education and third sectors.</p><p>The government takes the risk of foreign interference in higher education very seriously.</p><p>This is why there is already a dedicated cross-government programme of work to assess and counter foreign interference in higher education. This responsibility ultimately lies with Department for Education, but the Taskforce has taken a keen interest in this issue and will continue to support efforts to protect academic freedoms and universities from the threat of foreign interference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 182671 182673 182674 182675 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:02:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1623711

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to ensure that representations can be made to the Defending Democracy Taskforce by non-members.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	182673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce was established in November 2022. Its mission statement is to reduce the risk of foreign interference to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society, and ensure that these are secure and resilient to threats of foreign interference.</p><p>The Taskforce is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative made up of ministers and officials from policy-owning departments, including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, DSIT, DLUHC and DfE, law enforcement, the UK intelligence community and Parliament.</p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce will be complemented by wider formal engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including in the devolved administrations, local government and private, education and third sectors.</p><p>The government takes the risk of foreign interference in higher education very seriously.</p><p>This is why there is already a dedicated cross-government programme of work to assess and counter foreign interference in higher education. This responsibility ultimately lies with Department for Education, but the Taskforce has taken a keen interest in this issue and will continue to support efforts to protect academic freedoms and universities from the threat of foreign interference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 182671 182672 182674 182675 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:02:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1623712

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce plans to make an assessment of foreign interference at universities; and whether representatives from universities can participate in relevant meetings.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	182674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce was established in November 2022. Its mission statement is to reduce the risk of foreign interference to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society, and ensure that these are secure and resilient to threats of foreign interference.</p><p>The Taskforce is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative made up of ministers and officials from policy-owning departments, including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, DSIT, DLUHC and DfE, law enforcement, the UK intelligence community and Parliament.</p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce will be complemented by wider formal engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including in the devolved administrations, local government and private, education and third sectors.</p><p>The government takes the risk of foreign interference in higher education very seriously.</p><p>This is why there is already a dedicated cross-government programme of work to assess and counter foreign interference in higher education. This responsibility ultimately lies with Department for Education, but the Taskforce has taken a keen interest in this issue and will continue to support efforts to protect academic freedoms and universities from the threat of foreign interference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 182671 182672 182673 182675 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:02:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1623713

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) application process is and (b) appointment criteria are for members of the Defending Democracy Taskforce
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	182675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce was established in November 2022. Its mission statement is to reduce the risk of foreign interference to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society, and ensure that these are secure and resilient to threats of foreign interference.</p><p>The Taskforce is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative made up of ministers and officials from policy-owning departments, including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, DSIT, DLUHC and DfE, law enforcement, the UK intelligence community and Parliament.</p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce will be complemented by wider formal engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including in the devolved administrations, local government and private, education and third sectors.</p><p>The government takes the risk of foreign interference in higher education very seriously.</p><p>This is why there is already a dedicated cross-government programme of work to assess and counter foreign interference in higher education. This responsibility ultimately lies with Department for Education, but the Taskforce has taken a keen interest in this issue and will continue to support efforts to protect academic freedoms and universities from the threat of foreign interference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 182671 182672 182673 182674 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:02:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1609784

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the liability to corporation tax of the video games expenditure credit.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	179917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government will set out the detail of the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) alongside draft legislation in Summer 2023 and welcomes feedback. After this is published, the government will provide thorough guidance and education about how VGEC will work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It was announced at Spring Budget 2023 that VGEC will be introduced from 1 January 2024. VGEC will be calculated directly from qualifying expenditure and have a credit rate of 34%, which will provide a greater benefit than the current Video Games Tax Relief. The expenditure credit model will also provide businesses with greater clarity about the amount of credit they can expect to receive and greater flexibility over production decisions. In addition, this reform will ensure video games tax relief continues to work as intended following the implementation of the OECD ‘Pillar 2’ rules in the UK and elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>VGEC will be modelled after the R&amp;D Expenditure Credit (RDEC). The credit will be liable to Corporation Tax, like RDEC, and this was taken into account when the credit rate was set at 34%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2023 16:04:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western