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1654090

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 undertook a consultation before deciding (a) to use barges and other floating vessels to accommodate people seeking asylum and (b) locating the Bibby Stockholm in Portland Port.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194953 194954 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654091

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 made an (a) equality impact assessment and (b) policy equality statement on the use of the (i) Bibby Stockholm to accommodate people seeking asylum and (ii) barges and other floating vessels to accommodate people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194952 194954 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654092

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 conducted an impact assessment on the use of (a) the Bibby Stockholm and (b) other barges to accommodate people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194952 194953 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654093

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 conducted an Environmental Impact Assessment on the use of (a) the Bibby Stockholm and (b) other barges to accommodate people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194952 194953 194954 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654095

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Asylum: Portland Port
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 had discussions with the Home Department on the suitability of the Bibby Stockholm as accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Developing accommodation sites for asylum seekers is a priority for the Government and officials from the Department of Health and Social Care are working with the Home Office and other Government departments to support delivery of these sites, including the Bibby Stockholm vessel at Portland Port.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/07/2023 11:13:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654096

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Asylum: Portland Port
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 had discussions with the Home Department on the suitability of the Bibby Stockholm as accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/07/2023 13:02:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1653615

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who were evacuated from Sudan and granted six-months leave to enter the UK are residing in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:18:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1653627

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Sudan
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 provide indefinite leave to remain to Sudanese families in Coventry who were recently granted six-months leave to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Where a person has leave in the UK but is unable to return home they should apply for Leave Outside the Rules using the FLR(HRO) form <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fapplication-to-extend-stay-in-the-uk-flrhro&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHywel.Thomas%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caa4f8651cc414c11021c08db87649a5f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252639354629628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dar0NdyfZI5tiAfpC5DhxPSWCX6gch837SAjYHuP9gk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Application to extend stay in the UK: FLR(HRO) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Each case will be assessed on its merits.</p><p> </p><p>If they are unable to afford the fee then a fee waiver application can be made here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvisas-immigration.service.gov.uk%2Fproduct%2Ffee-waiver&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHywel.Thomas%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caa4f8651cc414c11021c08db87649a5f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638252639354629628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1ufFJwDB48r1nSKU13YbUHFHjGopgUbFt8n2EI8QdVk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">fee waiver application form</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:59:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1652533

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Coventry South constituency on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	193819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>When proposing major changes to ticket office opening hours, including closures, operators are required to take into account the adequacy of the proposed alternatives in relation to the needs of all passengers; and to include this in the notice of the proposal sent to other operators and passenger groups. We would also expect operators to consider other equality related needs and make this clear in the notice sent to other operators and passenger groups.</p><p> </p><p>Together with industry, we want to improve and modernise the passenger experience by moving staff out from ticket offices to provide more help and advice in customer focused roles. No currently staffed station will be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, and train operators will ensure staff are well located to meet passenger needs in future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/07/2023 10:56:53 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1641590

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Multiple Births
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support parents of twins and other multiples with the cost of (a) childcare and (b) other costs associated with raising children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	187548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced transformative reforms to childcare for parents, children, and the economy. By 2027/28, the government will expect to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p><p>The department’s reforms include:</p><ul><li>Providing over £4.1 billion by 2027/28 to fund 30 hours of free childcare for children over the age of nine months.</li><li>Investing £204 million from September 2023, rising to £288 million in 2024/25 to uplift the rates for existing entitlements.</li><li>Increasing the supply of wraparound care through £289 million start-up funding.</li><li>Attracting more people to childminding through an up to £7.2 million start-up grant fund.</li><li>Giving providers more flexibility by changing staff-to-child ratios to 1:5 for two-year-olds in England.</li><li>Launching a consultation on further measures to support reform of the childcare market, to explore further flexibilities for providers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the past five years the department has spent more than £20 billion supporting families with the cost of childcare. Hundreds of thousands of children aged 3 and 4 are registered for a 30 hours place, saving eligible working parents up to £6,000 per child per year. Expanding this entitlement will help even more working parents with childcare costs.</p><p>The government is also taking action to support parents on Universal Credit with childcare costs upfront when they need it, rather than in arrears. We are increasing support for these parents by increasing the childcare cost maximum amounts up to £951 for one child and £1,630 for two or more children, a rise of 47% from the previous limits.</p><p>Additionally, Tax-Free Childcare is available for working parents of children aged 0-11, or up to 17 for eligible disabled children. This can save parents up to £2,000 per year, or up to £4,000 for eligible children with disabilities, and has the same income criteria as 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>There is no maximum limit, so regardless of the number of children claimed for, the parent can benefit provided they meet the criteria.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 12/06/2023 16:47:46 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana