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1696763

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Department for Business and Trade: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in (i) her Department and (ii) the predecessor Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	19021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 20<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>4, Official Report, PQ 17709 and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, Cols. 1901-1904.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/03/2024 16:35:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/03/2024 10:08:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 25256 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1696204

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Ukraine: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European and (b) US counterparts on (i) seizing and (ii) re-purposing Russian state assets to support the financing of Ukraine's reconstruction.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	18713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK position and ongoing support for the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination remains unchanged. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his recent visit to the Falkland Islands and in his meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister Mondino at the G20 in February, as long as the Islanders wish to remain part of the UK family, there can be no discussions on sovereignty. At their meeting on 17 January, the Foreign Secretary and President Milei discussed how to enhance UK-Argentina relations through greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest including trade, education, culture and enhancing people to people links. On the Falkland Islands, the Foreign Secretary and President Milei said they would agree to disagree, and do so politely.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is discussing with our partners how to use immobilised assets to support Ukraine. G7 Leaders have tasked Ministries to continue working on these issues and to report back ahead of the Leaders' Summit in June. We will update the House as this develops, noting it would not be appropriate to offer a running commentary on those discussions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/03/2024 14:31:37 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2024 15:52:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan previous answer version 25102 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1695885

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2024 to Question 15154 Flood Control: Finance, in which local authority areas the completed flood defences are located; what type of flood defences they are; and how many homes are protected by those flood defences in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	18568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>We are in the third year of the current <ins class="ministerial">six</ins><del class="ministerial">6</del>-year £5.2 billion <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-an-investment-plan-for-2021-to-2027" target="_blank">Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) investment programme</a>. This investment programme will better protect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses from flooding and coastal erosion. At the end of March 2023, approximately £1.5 billion of this funding has been invested with 60,000 properties better protected from flooding and coastal erosion. This was delivered through over 200 completed schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table which shows properties better protected by Local Authority boundary between April 2021 and March 2023. The figures include Environment Agency, Local Authority, and Internal Drainage Board flood and coastal risk management projects that fall within that boundary. We are unable to provide a breakdown of the type of flood defences for each authority. However, the Environment Agency’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes" target="_blank">Programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management</a> shows completed FCERM schemes within the previous <ins class="ministerial">six</ins><del class="ministerial">6</del>-year investment programme (2015-2021), and the first year of the current capital investment programme (2021-2027) which are now better protecting homes.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the Environment Agency also produced a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-risk-management-national-report" target="_blank">summary </a>of flood and coastal erosion risk management work carried out by risk management authorities in England. This is required under Section 18 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When the current FCERM investment programme ends, after March 2027, the Environment Agency will publish a report with a breakdown of spending, similar to the report published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-capital-investment-programme-headline-benefits/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-assessment-of-benefit-of-the-2015-to-2021-capital-investment-programme#:~:text=Between%202015%20and%202021%20government,flood%20and%20coastal%20erosion%20risk." target="_blank">2022</a> after the 2015-2021 investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the table attached. Notes for the table:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The figures are based on the best available information.</li><li>Flood and coastal schemes built in one Local Authority boundary may benefit under another Local Authority Boundary.</li><li>Projects that cross multiple boundaries have been grouped together under the ‘cross-boundary projects’ row.</li><li>The properties were better protected between April 2021 and March 2023. The April 2023 to March 2024 figures have not yet been finalised.</li></ul> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 20/03/2024 15:51:48 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2024 15:52:31 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore attachment 1 file name PQ 18568 attachment.xlsx title 18568 Attachment previous answer version 24852 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1694993

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were charged with a criminal offence since entering the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	17782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The best department to approach for information on charging is the Ministry of Justice.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">After further conversation with MOJ colleagues, please see amended response to your written question;</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of people charged with a criminal offence will be data held by the Police, the number of asylum seekers within that total will be a subset. It’s not information we hold.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and secure immigration system.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If the asylum claimant is aged 16 years or over, their fingerprints will be checked against those fingerprints held on the police biometric database, IDENT1. An asylum decision-maker will be able to confirm the presence of a criminal offence charge. However, this information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/03/2024 16:10:24 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2024 15:30:18 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 24529 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1690187

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Listed Events Regime: Digital Rights Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the Digital Rights Review 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL2538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are undertaking a review to look at whether, in the face of technological change, the objectives of the existing regime are still being met and whether digital rights should now be included in the regime.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In considering this issue, it is important that we maintain the right balance between access for audiences, and the commercial freedoms that allow rights holders to reinvest in their sport at all levels. This is a complex issue and it's important we get it right.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Government is undertaking a review to look at whether, in the face of technological change, the objectives of the existing regime are still being met and whether digital rights should now be included in the regime.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In considering this issue, it is important that we maintain the right balance between access for audiences and the commercial freedoms which allow rights-holders to reinvest in their sport at all levels. We will publish further details in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 04/03/2024 17:53:03 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2024 15:16:47 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay previous answer version 21234 answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1689470

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there were in England on 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 40 FTE below the Target Staffing level. </ins></p><p>This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies, and therefore netting vacancies against surpluses is a reasonable reflection of the overall national position.</p><p>At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/02/2024 14:39:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2024 15:57:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 18636 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689487

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Horticulture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken steps with Cabinet colleagues to issue guidance to people with horticultural seasonal worker visas on how to register with a GP; and what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of people with horticultural seasonal worker visas who registered with a GP in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	14386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour’s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour’s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold data on how many workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme were injured at work during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Seasonal Workers enjoy the same workplace protections as resident workers, and as such workplace safety is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive. </ins></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2024 16:07:10 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2024 17:01:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 18398 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1687859

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Import Controls: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the introduction of the Border Target Operating Model, what estimate his Department has made of the cost per consignment of acquiring health certificates for sanitary and phyto-sanitary controls.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:28 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22905 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687861

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse for the direct administration of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:36:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22906 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687900

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the average cost to businesses of each consignment checked through the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	13319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We will publish the Economic Impact Assessment of the legislative measures required to enable the Border Target Operating Model<del class="ministerial"> (BTOM)</del> in due course and no later than the Statutory Instruments<del class="ministerial"> (Sis)</del> are laid. This will contain summary data tables and they will include the requested information.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Under the new BTOM, consignments can undergo various types of checks depending on the type of product and the level of risk presented. Low risk consignments will not undergo documentary, ID or physical checks. All medium risk products of animal origin (POAO) will undergo documentary checks with an estimated cost to business of £10-£25 per check. 1% of medium risk consignments of POAO will undergo physical and ID checks, with an estimated cost to business of £250-£750 per check. The check rates on high risk consignments of POAO are unchanged. For plant and plant products, the cost of documentary checks is expected to be around £5 per check for high and medium risk goods and the cost of risk-based inspections is expected to be £20-£80 per check. Low risk plant and plant products are not charged for checks. Plans to amend fees for documentary checks will occur under future SIs for the BTOM.</del></p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/03/2024 14:06:51 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2024 13:35:56 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 22907 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy