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1698978

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) political (i) benefits and (ii) disadvantages of membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	20496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an established multilateral development bank (MDB) with a membership of 109 countries worldwide.</p><p>The benefits of the UK's membership of the AIIB were set out when the government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-plans-to-join-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank" target="_blank">announced its intention for the UK to join the AIIB</a> and in <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-19/debates/38666024-f411-47c2-a905-96ea04ca1fa8/DraftAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(InitialCapitalContribution)Order2015" target="_blank">presenting the Draft AIIB (Initial Capital Contribution) Order 2015 for agreement by the House of Commons.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:25:18 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698981

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the threat of use by the Chinese authorities of UK membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Ban to access UK data.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	20497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring threats to UK data and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary to protect our national security.</p><p>Data can be exploited by those seeking to counter UK interests and we are taking action to secure our data. As set out in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023, this includes considering new levers to prevent hostile actors accessing our data.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:28:02 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1694466

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to report entitled Financing the Future: Energy, published by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association on 26 February 2024, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage private capital investment in green energy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	17483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK saw £60bn of investment in 2023, meaning that since 2010 the UK has seen £300bn of public and private investment into low carbon sectors. The Powering Up Britain Plan, backed by substantial government funding, seeks to attract private capital for green energy.</p><p> </p><p>We've bolstered investor confidence with announcements on the UK Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) sector and the Hydrogen Strategy. In December 2023, we unveiled Europe's largest simultaneous commercial-scale green hydrogen projects, supporting 125MW in the inaugural Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR1).</p><p> </p><p>We’ve allocated over £1 billion for the flagship Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme's Allocation Round 6 (AR6) and £1.1 billion to the Green Industries Growth Accelerator, to support the expansion of domestic green manufacturing capacity and strengthen clean energy supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/03/2024 13:16:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1694467

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pension Funds: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to make investment in energy infrastructure more attractive for pension funds.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	17484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The government is attracting tens of billions of private investment into energy infrastructure from a wide variety of sources. Autumn Statement 2023 announced planning and grid reforms which could bring forward £90 billion of investment in energy infrastructure over 10 years, and since September 2023 alone companies have announced plans for £30 billion of new energy investment.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement added to the significant progress government has already made in creating the right enabling environment for infrastructure in decarbonization, as set out in Powering Up Britain. This includes:</p><p>- Innovative financing mechanisms and business models to provide revenue support and long-term certainty for investors in green industries, including Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewable energy generation, Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear, and models for CCUS and hydrogen.</p><p>- A strong public finance offer, including the £22bn in financial capacity in the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) which enables it to partner with the private sector and government to increase net zero infrastructure investment.</p><p> </p><p>Spring Budget 2024 delivers and builds on announcements from Autumn Statement, creating the enabling environment for net zero investment through energy system reforms. This includes:</p><p>- Confirmation of the parameters of the 6<sup>th</sup> Contracts for Difference (CfD) round for offshore wind, with the largest ever budget set at £1 billion.</p><p>- Seizing the growth opportunities of the net zero transition, with an additional £120 million for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator targeted at manufacturing capacity in the clean energy sectors where the UK has the strongest current or potential advantage: CCUS, hydrogen, offshore wind, networks, and nuclear. This brings overall funding for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator to over £1 billion.</p><p>- The pensions reforms currently being developed by the Government, Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator, which will also help ensure that pension funds are investing in the full range of asset classes including infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 14:39:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1694126

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been subject to a special guardianship order in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	17246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not collect figures in relation to how many children are subject to a special guardianship order at any one time.</p><p>However, the following table extracted from the publicly available Family Court Statistics Quarterly figures provides details on the number of children involved in orders from 2013 until 2022. Data for public law cases in 2022 has not been published due to data issues resulting from the reform of public law services.</p><p>The number of these orders has remained relatively stable over that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public Law</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Private Law</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,923</p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td><td><p>6,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,852</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td><td><p>6,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,514</p></td><td><p>1,949</p></td><td><p>7,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,668</p></td><td><p>1,812</p></td><td><p>7,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,758</p></td><td><p>1,581</p></td><td><p>7,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5,920</p></td><td><p>1,501</p></td><td><p>7,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5,835</p></td><td><p>1,544</p></td><td><p>7,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5,268</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>6,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6,124</p></td><td><p>1,293</p></td><td><p>7,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/03/2024 17:06:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1694127

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
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	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of children born as a result of IVF treatment in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	17247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes annual reports on the number of children born as a result of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), and has a live database containing this information, that can be found on their website. The following table shows the number of live births as a result of IVF treatments, in each of the last 10 years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of treatment</p></td><td><p>Live births due to IVF treatments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>18,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>15,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>21,057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>21,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>22,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>21,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20,801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17,967</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: data is from the HFEA annual report on fertility treatment and the HFEA dashboard.</p><p>Note: live births for 2019, 2020, and 2021 are preliminary, and have not yet undergone quality assurance processes, to verify that the data is correctly recorded on the register.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/03/2024 10:02:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1693275

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace: Horn of Africa
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 implications for (a) his policies and (b) the safety of overflying British aircraft of recent Traffic Collision Avoidance System events over air space controlled by Somalia and Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	16572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The safety and security of British airlines and the travelling public are a top priority for my Department. Management of airspace is a sovereign responsibility and it is for airlines to take decisions on routings. DfT provide additional advice to UK airlines operating outside of the UK where we deem it necessary</p><p> </p><p>In relation to Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) events within Somali airspace, a high number of TCAS events may indicate an inadequate Air Traffic Control provision within the area but it also means that the protections are working and aircraft are being kept separated. Should an aircraft’s TCAS be unserviceable, then protection is still provided by aircraft with a serviceable TCAS. It is also of note that this airspace is not routinely or regularly used by UK operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 07/03/2024 14:21:37 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1690356

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	China: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he made representations to his Chinese counterpart on the (a) repeal of the Beijing-imposed National Security Law and (b) the release of (i) Jimmy Lai and (ii) other political prisoners at the Munich Security Conference in February 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	14772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>On 16 February the Foreign Secretary met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference. In line with the Government's &quot;protect, align, and engage&quot; approach to China, as set out in the Integrated Review Refresh, the Foreign Secretary raised a number of issues important to the UK national interest. The Foreign Secretary reiterated his call for the release of British national Jimmy Lai and unambiguously set out the UK's position across a number of areas of disagreement, including on Hong Kong.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/02/2024 09:05:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1690262

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to enact section 4 of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	901597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>Work to publish the response to the 2019 consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths was paused during the pandemic, and since then the landscape of maternity investigations has changed significantly.</p><p>The findings of the consultation were complex, and it is imperative that they are carefully considered when deciding whether the coronial jurisdiction should be extended to include the investigation of stillbirths.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/02/2024 19:39:20 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1688120

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's procedure is for the verification of religious conversion when cited as a reason for the validity of an application for asylum.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	13489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims, including those based on religion or belief, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations, so that we do not remove anyone who faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed Home Office policy guidance provides a framework for considering asylum claims, including those based on religious conversion, and all caseworkers receive extensive training and mentoring support before making such decisions.</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of relevant case law and the latest available country of origin information. This is based on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national, and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>The degree of weight to be given to evidence from church witnesses will depend on how much knowledge and experience a church witness has, and the individuals concerned, and the way in which the claimant may have engaged in church activities. Evidence from a senior church member is not considered to be determinative.</p><p>In such cases, decision-makers must decide whether a conversion is genuine on the balance of probabilities. Decision-makers must consider all evidence in the round, including, where relevant, such factors as the claimant’s participation in church activities, the timing of their conversion, their knowledge of the faith, and the opinions of other members of the congregation as to the genuineness of the conversion.</p><p>Protection is normally granted where a claimant has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention or a claimant faces a real risk of serious harm. Those found not to need protection are refused, and the decision can be subject to legal challenge where appropriate, either via appeal to the independent courts or through a judicial review, depending on the decision in question. Once appeal rights are exhausted, they are liable for removal and enforcement action pursued where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 13490 question first answered 27/02/2024 14:01:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton