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1609894

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the estimated cost is for drone surveys associated with the restoration and renewal project.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	180027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The R&amp;R Programme is carrying out tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations to develop even more detailed records of the Palace of Westminster. These records are being used to inform design and planning, and future decisions on the essential restoration work required. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Two intrusive surveys, the Photogrammetric and Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) surveys, have recently started which contain an element of drone surveys as well as other activities such as high-resolution photography. The total estimated cost of these surveys is £1 million although this covers a number of activities.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Due to how the activity schedules in these contracts are priced it is not possible to disaggregate the costs of the drone flights from the rest of the works being undertaken. However, it is anticipated that a significant portion of the costs will relate to the contractor resource required to deliver the surveys and the processing of the images taken (rather than the cost of the drones themselves).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This figure also does not include Delivery Authority internal staffing costs or the costs of the contractor planning and overseeing the overall survey programme because those costs cannot be disaggregated by individual survey.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The R&amp;R Programme is carrying out tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations to develop even more detailed records of the Palace of Westminster. These records are being used to inform design and planning, and future decisions on the essential restoration work required.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Two of the intrusive surveys currently being undertaken, the Building Intrusive Survey and Pull Out Tests, are categorised as Building Surveys Works. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on these surveys are £0.3 million. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on the ground investigation works are £0.6 million.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These figures do not include Delivery Authority internal staffing costs or the costs of the contractor planning and overseeing the survey programme because those costs cannot be disaggregated by individual survey.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">All these surveys are ongoing and spend will continue beyond 1 April 2023.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/04/2023 10:13:01 question first ministerially corrected 21/04/2023 12:27:52 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 69378 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1609912

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many staff are working in the Levelling Up Unit in his Department.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	180045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We will be publishing updated departmental organograms in due course. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As of 28 April 2023, there are over 700 FTE staff working in the Department’s Levelling Up Group. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To drive delivery of the levelling up agenda, a Director General led group was established under Will Garton, Director General for Levelling Up. The group includes director led units working on strategy and policy, place, delivery, spatial data, funds and area teams based around the country. The group are responsible for work including, but not limited to Investment Zones, Levelling Up Partnerships, Freeports, the devolution agenda in England including the recent Trailblazer agreements secured with Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, the department’s role on Anti-Social Behaviour, the Levelling Up Fund, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Community Ownership Fund, legacy funds as well as servicing the Levelling Up Inter Ministerial Group and wider cross-cutting Levelling Up priorities (including the Levelling Up Missions). This activity is support by the Spatial Data Unit and the department’s analytical capability. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Other portfolios within the department’s wider senior leadership team also ensure that Levelling Up is the central mission of the department. There are currently Groups covering Local Government, Resilience and Communities; Building Safety, Grenfell and Net Zero; Regeneration (specifically Housing); Finance; and the Union. Further details will be set out in the department’s organogram which will be updated and published in due course on gov.uk </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In early 2022, prior to the establishment of the Levelling Up group and the wider departmental reorganisation, the former Second Permanent Secretary led an external recruitment process for Levelling Up Directors. There were over 500 applicants, but – given the wider departmental changes - Ministers have decided not to proceed with the appointment of the directors. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This renewed and significant senior departmental capacity, combined with the progress of the English devolution agenda, means that we believe that we are best placed to deliver levelling up by working directly with Mayoral Combined Authorities, local government, and the devolved administrations. We will continue to co-ordinate government policy via means of specific, targeted placed based interventions. We are grateful for all those who showed an interest in the roles, and for the work of the Civil Service Commissioner who supported this recruitment. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department will continue to keep under review its staffing dedicated to its priorities including work driving Levelling Up across the whole of the UK.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 24/04/2023 14:14:43 question first ministerially corrected 09/05/2023 17:22:59 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison previous answer version 70113 answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1610472

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	LGBT+ People: Kenya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing routes for the resettlement of LGBTI people from Kenya in the UK; and whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure the safety of those people.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	180605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of supporting refugees. Since 2015, we have offered a place to just under half a million individuals seeking safety.</p><p>Whilst the UK has made a generous resettlement offer, with worldwide displacement now standing at around 100 million people, we are unable to make routes available for every eventuality.</p><p>The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Referrals for the UKRS, Community Sponsorship<del class="ministerial">,</del> <ins class="ministerial">and the </ins>Mandate Resettlement and<del class="ministerial"> Pathway 2 of the ACRS</del> are assessed and submitted by UNHCR. These assessments are based on people’s needs and vulnerabilities and the UK does not seek to influence which cases are referred by UNHCR.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2023 17:38:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2023 10:19:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 68803 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1609146

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Bolton South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many (a) outstanding asylum claims there are from people in and (b) refugees there are in Bolton South East constituency as of 30 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Whilst the Home Office holds data on the address of asylum claimants and those granted asylum, this information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Therefore, the Home Office is unable to provide the number of (a) outstanding asylum claims from claimants and (b) the number of refugees currently residing in Bolton South East constituency as of 30 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The requested information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Whilst the Home Office holds information on the addresses of asylum claimants and those seeking further leave to remain, the number <em>residing in Bolton South East constituency as of </em>30 March 2023 is not held in a reportable format and would require a manual search through individual records. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/04/2023 13:52:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/04/2023 11:04:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 69545 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1608872

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, of the unaccompanied children seeking asylum who were housed in hotels and went missing but were subsequently found, how many were reported to, or were found to, have been involved in (1) organised crime, and (2) county lines drug activity, during the period they were missing.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office takes the wellbeing, welfare and security of children and minors in our care extremely seriously. Robust safeguarding procedures are in place to ensure all children and minors are safe and supported as we seek urgent placements with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally but is held by the encountering police forces. When a young person who has previously gone missing from a hotel housing unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) is encountered or located we engage with statutory partners, including the police who will identify whether there are any concerns regarding possible trafficking; exploitation or other potential criminal activities that may require investigation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All cases of missing children remain open, with police forces completing investigations and following any new evidence.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">When any young person goes missing the 'missing persons protocol' is followed and led by our directly engaged social workers. A multi-agency, missing persons protocol is mobilised involving the police and the local authority, who have a shared statutory responsibility to safeguard all children, including missing migrant children, in order to establish their whereabouts and to ensure that they are safe.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 17/04/2023 17:09:11 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2023 16:38:57 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth previous answer version 68420 answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1608150

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Blood and Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2023 to Question 170758 on Blood: Ethnic Groups, which languages literature relating to NHS blood and transplant donations is available in.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	175672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant produces literature relating to donations in various languages including Welsh, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, Arabic, Somali, Polish, Romanian, French, Cantonese, Mandarin,<del class="ministerial"> Hebrew,</del> and Yiddish.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/04/2023 08:18:03 question first ministerially corrected 03/05/2023 08:29:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 67678 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1607924

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the level of foreign direct investment into Bolton in the period since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	174258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon Lady’s Parliamentary Question of 27 March is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 30/03/2023 14:42:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:02 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 66499 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ174258HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1607116

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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	Means-tested Benefits: Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of families receiving income-related benefits that used food banks in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that estimate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	173022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>National statistics on food bank use for 2021/22 are available<del class="ministerial"> here.</del> <ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">here.</a></ins> We aim to publish statistics for 2022/23 in March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics show that in 2021/22 11% of households in receipt of any income-related benefits had used a food bank in the 12 months prior to the survey.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/03/2023 11:01:32 question first ministerially corrected 29/03/2023 13:12:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65957 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607125

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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	Energy Bills Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) zoos and (b) aquariums will be eligible for higher-tier support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	173076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) will continue to provide eligible UK businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills from <ins class="ministerial">1</ins> April <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins> until 31 March 2024. <del class="ministerial">The EBDS took account of sectors that may be most affected by rising energy prices based on energy and trade intensity.</del> A higher level of support will be provided for the most energy and trade intensive sectors who meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity through the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) Scheme element of the EBDS. <ins class="ministerial">Eligible sectors are represented by a list of SIC codes which has been published <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1128033%2F230104_ETII_List_for_gov.uk.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C64d3c23abc254b67258908db34dd229a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638161896735219553%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YZfwoqI3QgEcDDlhFU4ZkC1yFKBxe%2B11vGqP2qIqvu4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</ins> <del class="ministerial">Zoos meet these thresholds but not aquariums.</del> <ins class="ministerial">In order to be eligible, zoos and aquariums will need to meet the eligibility test and be able to evidence that 50% of their revenue from a specified period is generated from activity within an eligible sector.</ins></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 29/03/2023 15:07:22 question first ministerially corrected 17/04/2023 09:34:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 66099 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1606944

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	BBC Arabic Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they had any metrics in place to quantify the soft power advantage of the BBC Arabic radio service during its 85 years of broadcasting; what assessment they have made of any loss of soft power to the UK following its closure on 27 January; and whether they have had any discussions on the matter with the BBC in 2023.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL6799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The FCDO values the work of the BBC World Service in promoting UK values globally. As the world's most trusted international broadcaster, it is a vital tool in providing accurate and impartial news to 365 million people globally each week. The FCDO engages regularly with the BBC and the Foreign Secretary periodically agrees with the BBC their objectives, priorities and targets, which include metrics relating to audience reach. However, the BBC remains operationally and editorially independent of Government, decisions about delivery of services are for them to take.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Though BBC Arabic radio has closed, the service remains available on TV and digital platforms, which are fast becoming the most popular form of engagement. BBC Arabic is funded by the Licence Fee, with some additional support from the FCDO through the 'World2020 programme'. As stated in the Integrated Review Refresh, the UK Government is working to bring soft power into its broader foreign policy approach. This includes providing a one-off £20 million uplift to the World Service to protect all 42 language services, recognising its crucial role in supporting UK soft power and countering harmful disinformation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The FCDO strongly values the important work of the BBC World Service in providing accurate and impartial news to 365 million people globally each week.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The FCDO engages regularly with the BBC. The BBC and the Foreign Secretary periodically agree objectives, priorities and targets, which include audience reach metrics. However, the BBC remains operationally and editorially independent of Government and service delivery decisions are for them to take. Though BBC Arabic radio broadcasting has ceased, the service remains available via TV and digital platforms, reflecting audience trends. BBC Arabic is funded by the Licence Fee, with some additional support via the FCDO-funded 'World2020 programme'.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As stated in the Integrated Review Refresh, the UK Government is working to bring soft power into its broader foreign policy approach. This includes providing a one-off £20 million uplift to the World Service to protect all 42 language services, recognising its crucial role in supporting UK soft power and countering harmful disinformation.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/04/2023 10:35:10 question first ministerially corrected 06/04/2023 10:52:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 67663 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian