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1661731

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Malik Riaz Hussain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the settlement it reached with Malik Riaz Hussain in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	200171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency conducted a review of the process for settling civil recovery claims in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2023 16:38:45 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1661732

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government issued guidance to Train Operating Companies to commence consulting on ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has asked train operators to reduce the cost of the industry to the taxpayer given the dire financial situation facing the railways; as well as ensuring staff are deployed where they are most needed by passengers. As a result, operators have considered potential reforms, including at stations and in July 2023 commenced consultations using the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement (TSA) process, which train operating companies must follow when proposing changes to the opening hours or closure of a ticket office. The proposals are industry led and this is a real opportunity to update and improve the way train operators deliver for customers. We expect train operators to continue to work collaboratively with the passenger bodies to refine their proposals</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/10/2023 16:11:12 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1661733

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Gastrointestinal System: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of gut health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Information on digestive health is published by the National Health Service and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/digestive-health/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/digestive-health/</a></p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published best practice guidance, and a corresponding quality standard, on diagnosing and managing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in people aged 18 and over [CG61 and QS114]. These set out recommendations and quality standards for clinicians on the care for patients with IBS by promoting effective management using dietary and lifestyle advice, pharmacological therapy and referral for psychological interventions.</p><p>To assist with increasing the visibility of its guidance, NICE promotes its guidance via its website, newsletters and other media. It also publishes information for the public, which explains the care people with IBS should receive as set out in the NICE guideline.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 13:42:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661734

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of benefit entitlement among pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>We have been running an extensive communications campaign since April 2022 to raise awareness of Pension Credit and encourage eligible pensioners to check their eligibility and apply. The main features of the campaign included advertising in regional and national newspapers, on national and local broadcast radio and across selected TV channels. We have also undertaken mini-bursts of communications activity to highlighted that successful Pension Credit claims mean qualification for Cost of Living Payments.</p><p> </p><p>There is a strong indication that it is having a positive effect. The number of Pension Credit applications is up by around 75% in the 12 months to May 2023 compared to the same period the year before.</p><p> </p><p>In July we launched an “Invitation to Claim” trial which involved contacting approximately 2,500 pensioner households identified as being likely to be entitled to Pension Credit and encouraging them to contact DWP and make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/10/2023 16:05:04 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661735

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Civil Service: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department holds data on the number of sick days taken by Northern Ireland civil service staff in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information and I refer the Hon Gentleman to the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/10/2023 13:19:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661736

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland on fraudulent or incorrect payments paid out by public bodies in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold this information and is a matter for the Northern Ireland Civil Service.</p><p>However, we are committed to combatting fraud through prevention, detection and taking action against those who commit it.</p><p>The Cabinet Office worked with HM Treasury to launch the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in August 2022. The PSFA is the government’s centre of expertise and works with ministerial departments and public bodies to understand and reduce the impact of public sector fraud. The PSFA provides counter fraud data analytics capability through the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) to public bodies including those in Northern Ireland. Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022, the NFI achieved £4.4 million of counter fraud savings through the prevention or recovery of fraud in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Rt Hon. Jeremy Quin MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General, has not had any meetings on the subject of fraudulent or incorrect payments paid out by public bodies with the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/10/2023 13:59:40 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1661737

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprenticeships have been (a) offered, (b) completed and (c) started but not completed with (i) London North Eastern Railway, (ii) Transpennine Express, (iii) Northern Rail and (iv) Southeastern Railway since they have been run by the operator of last resort.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. As part of the ongoing work with the Transport Employment and Skills Taskforce, the Department has been working with a range of stakeholders leading on the skills and employment agenda, which includes Apprenticeships. The Department has also included requirements for Passenger Services rail operators including OLR Operators to recruit Apprentices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Train Operators have confirmed as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>OLR Operator</p></td><td><p>Offered</p></td><td><p>Started but Ongoing</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern 2020</p></td><td><p>1265</p></td><td><p>762</p></td><td><p>377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Eastern 2021</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>392 (The started but not completed figure includes individuals who started an apprenticeship but then left SET before completion, as well as those that are still working to complete their apprenticeship.)</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TransPennine Trains 2023</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North Eastern Railway 2018</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>See below</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>LNER’s apprenticeship data is based on the Apprenticeship Service Status:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waiting to start</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Live</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paused</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stopped</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/10/2023 16:23:04 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1661738

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish proposals on UK Green Taxonomy.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The 2023 Green Finance Strategy set out the Government’s commitment to deliver a UK Green Taxonomy to support an increase in financing for activities supporting the transition to net zero and delivering on UK environmental objectives. It also announced that we expect to consult on the Taxonomy in Autumn 2023.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 17/10/2023 09:14:21 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661739

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Forests: Commodities
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 it her policy to identify (a) cocoa, (b) coffee, (c) soy and (d) other forest-based commodities in secondary legislation under the Environment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	200328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK plays a leading role in supporting global efforts to protect and restore forest landscapes, driving international action to tackle deforestation and ensure forests are sustainably managed. This effort is underpinned by a commitment of £1.5 billion to international forests between 2021-26.</p><p> </p><p>This package of work includes new due diligence legislation through the Environment Act 2021 to tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. We ran a consultation to seek views on how we should implement Environment Act provisions, including which commodities we should regulate through the first round of secondary legislation, and published a summary of responses in June 2022, available at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Ftackling-illegal-deforestation-in-uk-supply-chains&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSophie.Jones%40defra.gov.uk%7Cb63a460973054cf5601c08da4edaa349%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637908998200357314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=azoqMoyY27aJmFF%2FgpcRQ%2B%2Bi33ixmjw0Hd%2FUbe1qunA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-illegal-deforestation-in-uk-supply-chains</a>.</p><p> </p><p>While a wide number of commodities have played and continue to play a role in driving global deforestation, we identified seven key commodities in our 2021-22 consultation that are responsible between them for driving the majority of recent and ongoing deforestation. These commodities include: cattle (beef and leather), cocoa, coffee, maize, rubber, palm oil, and soy. The consultation also sought evidence on other commodities driving deforestation.</p><p> </p><p>We will take into account consultation responses in decisions around which commodities to regulate and will publish the UK Government’s approach to secondary legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/10/2023 15:07:11 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1661740

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries in receipt of healthy start payments have no recourse to public funds but are eligible through having British children as of 19 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Andrew Western
uin	200329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>As of 19 September 2023, there are 41 beneficiaries in receipt of payments from the temporary extension to the Healthy Start scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 16/10/2023 09:53:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western