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1643685

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date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Seeds
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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure that World Bank negotiation of Development Policy Financing takes account of seed laws.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188816 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643686

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Agriculture
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 funding his Department provides to the World Bank to support a shift to sustainable agricultural production in low-income countries.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188817 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643687

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	World Bank: Agriculture
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 his Department has made of the impact of World Bank (a) policies on and (b) investment in agriculture on (i) reducing poverty and (ii) increasing food security.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank has helped protect farmers, local production, and food security in developing countries. The Bank advocates the use of quality seeds and is planning major investments in green fertiliser production. An efficient national agricultural innovation system and an effective seed certification system is essential to meet the challenges agriculture faces in developing countries. The UK is supporting this longer-term goal to do both, boost food security, incomes, and climate adaptation and resilience. The World Bank has committed to full alignment of all its sovereign lending with the Paris Agreement by 1 July 2023. We are holding the Bank to account through the Board.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 188815 188816 question first answered 15/06/2023 10:26:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643713

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
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 adequacy of conditions for asylum seekers in Diego Garcia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) provides accommodation, food, communications and dedicated 24/7 medical support, as well as educational and welfare facilities to the migrants in Diego Garcia. The facilities and support offered to the migrants are continuously reviewed and enhanced as required. BIOT does not have an asylum system. Migrants' claims for protection are considered in line with BIOT law and international legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/06/2023 09:54:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643886

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	189126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 08:42:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643366

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled The second cycling and walking investment strategy, published 10 March 2023, what progress his Department has made on completing its objective of increasing walking activity to 365 stages per person per year by 2025.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s most recent assessment of progress towards meeting its active travel goals was set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) report to Parliament in July 2022, a copy of which is available in the House Libraries. The most recent National Travel Survey statistics for 2021 show that the number of walking stages per person per year fell to 279 stages following impacts from the pandemic. The previous (CWIS1) objective of 300 stages per person had consistently been achieved from 2015 to 2019, with an average of 331 stages per person per year across this period, which is why the objective was made more ambitious in CWIS2. The latest statistics for 2022 are due to be published in September 2023, and the Department will provide a further assessment in its next report to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 07:53:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1643367

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Active Travel England: Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many successful Levelling Up Fund bids were assessed by Active Travel England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	188655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>In August 2022, Active Travel England assessed all bids relating to active travel that were submitted as part of the second round of the Levelling Up Fund. This included 20 successful bids from local authorities containing active travel measures.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2023 07:56:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1642384

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students suspected by ETS of cheating in its TOEIC English language test were (a) offered (i) the opportunity to retake the test or (ii) a credibility interview and (b) granted leave on the basis of subsequently passing a test or credibility interview in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	187877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish ETS data for any of the last three years as part of the Immigration Systems statistics.</p><p> </p><p>All cases affected by ETS must follow the current guidance published on 18 November 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions/educational-testing-service-ets-casework-instructions-accessible-version#about-this-guidance" target="_blank">Educational Testing Service (ETS): casework instructions (accessible version) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/06/2023 16:30:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1641081

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the costs of delaying adoption of the recommendations of the 2022 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	187018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>There needs to be a fundamental shift away from crisis intervention and towards earlier intervention, and ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ sets out how the department intends to achieve that. These are complex reforms, with complicated systemic interactions. It is critical that the department takes a test and learn approach and ensure these models can be rolled out effectively.</p><p>Alongside the Implementation Strategy, the department announced funding of £200 million by 2024/25 to address urgent issues facing children and families now, to lay the foundations for whole system reform, and set the national direction for change. This is on top of the £142 million by 2024/25 to take forward reforms to unregulated provision in children’s social care, £160 million as announced in March 2022, over the next three years to deliver the Adoption Strategy. This is also in addition to £259 million over the Spending Review 2021 period to maintain capacity and expand provision in secure and open residential children’s homes, and £230 million over this Spending Review to support young people leaving care.</p><p>Also, the government is providing £3.85 billion social care grant to local authorities for adults and children’s social care this year.</p><p>The department recently published a Written Statement, entitled Children’s Social Care Reform, which provides an update to Parliament on progress made one year after the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. After two years, the department will refresh ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, and seek to scale up the new approaches that have been tested and developed, including bringing forward new legislation where necessary, subject to parliamentary time. The written statement is available at: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-23/hcws792" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-23/hcws792</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 19/06/2023 15:51:41 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1641118

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the new online application service for Personal Independence Payments will include a facility to update a current claim with (a) new address and (b) other information.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	187019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Health Transformation Programme will transform the entire Personal Independence Payment (PIP) service, from finding out about benefits through to decisions, eligibility, and payments. We are developing the new service carefully and incrementally, designing the service around the needs of claimants. We have begun by focussing on the initial application part of the process and we are operating a small-scale test of the new online apply service. In time, we intend that the transformed PIP service will let claimants update their address and other information online. Currently, claimants using the online application process can update their claim by calling the PIP phone line, as other claimants do.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/06/2023 09:27:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms