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1337845

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date	17/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on ensuring that funding under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is comparable to the funding provided under EU Structural Funds.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	17840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK.</p><p>Funding for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will at least match receipts from EU structural funds, on average reaching around £1.5 billion per year. Its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review.</p><p>To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we are providing additional funding through the UK Community Renewal Fund to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/06/2021 13:10:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1337846

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of funding under the Levelling Up Fund his Department has allocated to Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	17841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The Levelling Up Fund is a competitive fund, with funding distributed to places across the UK on the basis of successful project selection. The Fund will set aside at least £800 million across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over four years from 2021-2022 to 2024-2025.</p><p>For the first round of the Fund, at least 9% of total UK allocations will set aside for Scotland, as well as 5% for Wales, and 3% for Northern Ireland.</p><p>Further detail on future rounds of the Fund will operate from 2022-23 onward will be set out later this year. For these future rounds, the parameters of the Fund as set out in the prospectus will be kept under review, and updated where appropriate to reflect operational feedback and wider changes in Government policy.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/06/2021 13:11:26 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1337425

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Civilians: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Minister in his Department is responsible for the implementation of the UK Government’s Protection of Civilians policy; and whether that postholder has a counterpart in the Ministry of Defence.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	16955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Ministerial responsibility for the Protection of Civilians (PoC) agenda is shared across Government departments. HMG's approach paper, published in August 2020, was drafted in collaboration between the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the former Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence. In line with the breadth and complexity of PoC issues, ranging from humanitarian access to urban warfare, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence continue to work closely on this agenda.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 16956 question first answered 25/06/2021 13:45:45 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1337426

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Civilians: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the UK Government’s Protection of Civilians policy.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	16956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Ministerial responsibility for the Protection of Civilians (PoC) agenda is shared across Government departments. HMG's approach paper, published in August 2020, was drafted in collaboration between the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the former Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence. In line with the breadth and complexity of PoC issues, ranging from humanitarian access to urban warfare, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence continue to work closely on this agenda.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 16955 question first answered 25/06/2021 13:45:46 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1337427

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Tigray: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relevance of (a) the Responsibility to Protect doctrine and (b) the UK Government’s Protection of Civilians policy to the ongoing situation in Tigray.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	16957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has been at the forefront of the international response throughout the conflict in Tigray, engaging directly with the Government of Ethiopia, and that of Eritrea, to press for protection of civilians, unfettered humanitarian access and an end to the conflict, in line with our approach to protection of civilians and commitment to Responsibility to Protect. We have continued to engage core international partners and raise concerns in international fora, most recently through the G7 leaders' communique of 13 June. We have also raised the issue in UN Security Council open discussions on conflict and famine, the annual Open Debate on Protection of Civilians, in five 'AOB' items on the UNSC agenda, and the Interactive Dialogue of the UNSC of 16 June. The UK's longstanding position is that any determination of genocide is an issue for competent courts, rather than governments. Our focus is always on securing an end to violence and protecting civilians.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 25/06/2021 13:31:49 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1337428

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Civilians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department is responsible for the implementation of the UK Government’s Protection of Civilians policy.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	16958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Within the Ministry of Defence, the Protection of Civilians policy is the responsibility of the Minister for the Armed Forces. This forms an important part of the Department's Human Security policy.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/06/2021 14:44:31 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1329566

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to establish an independent quality assurance review of RBS Global Restructuring Group's treatment of SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	10648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment on or intervene in the independent redress process overseen by Sir William Blackburne.</p><p>The Government believes that the financial services industry has changed significantly since the challenging period leading up to and following the financial crisis. For example, all of the major SME lenders have signed up to the Standards of Lending Practice (SLP), which are overseen by the independent Lending Standards Board and contain clear guidance on best practice.</p><p>The Government has always been clear that the fact that there were areas of widespread inappropriate treatment of firms by RBS GRG is unacceptable. RBS has rightly apologised for these mistakes and as stated above, has set up a scheme to compensate victims. The redress scheme has paid out over £130 million so far and the Government continues to monitor how much redress is being paid out.</p><p>There are currently no plans to undertake a review of RBS Global Restructuring Group's treatment of SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/06/2021 08:54:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1329572

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have Government Gateway accounts for (a) personal and (b) business use.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	10649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>There are currently 73.1 million active credentials/accounts registered with Government Gateway; a single unique user may hold several accounts for use in interactions with HMRC and/or other Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>69.4 million credentials are linked to HMRC services and are profiled across the user types below:</p><ul><li>Tax Agents: 1.0 million</li><li>Individuals: 20.9 million</li><li>Organisations: 47.5 million</li></ul><p> </p><p>The remaining 3.7 million credentials are associated to OGDs (not HMRC) and HMRC do not hold a record as to whether these are used for personal or business use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2021 13:54:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1329582

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog of driving theory tests.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	10650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that demand for theory tests in Scotland is currently high and it is doing all it can to offer more tests at centres by increasing opening hours and running tests on extra days where possible. The provision of additional testing is dependent upon the availability of venues and agreements with landlords. The DVSA is working with its theory test provider, Pearson VUE, to explore further ways in which it can further increase theory test capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is continuing to work with the Scottish Government but as a result of the 2 metre physical distancing restrictions in Scotland, as required by the Scottish Government, it is unable to increase the number of desks used to take tests. This has reduced capacity at most theory test sites by 50%.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA and its theory test contract provider, Pearson VUE, have explored the possibility of delivering the theory tests outside of existing sites, but this was found to be not suitable as it is dependent upon a physical infrastructure within the Pearson VUE network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 14/06/2021 13:21:09 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1329667

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her target number is for refugees to be resettled in the UK under the global UK Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	10651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) we continue to welcome vulnerable refugees in need of protection to the UK as well as through other safe and legal routes such as Refugee Family Reunion. Since 2015 we have resettled over 25,000 refugees through our resettlement schemes, in addition to granting over 29,000 Refugee Family Reunion visas in the last 5 years. The number of refugees we resettle every year depends on a variety of factors including local authorities’ capacity for supporting refugees and the extent to which Community Sponsorship continues to thrive. This year the recovery from the pandemic will clearly be a significant factor affecting capacity. We have been working closely with our partners to assess the capacity for resettlement in the months ahead and will continue to welcome those in need in the years to come.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/06/2021 08:15:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith