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1664738

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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, following the High Court ruling that the use of hotels to house unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is unlawful, what steps they will take to end the use of hotels for this purpose.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL10521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Hotel accommodation is a temporary means to accommodate the increased number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) arriving in the UK and is only ever a contingency option, not a long-term solution. The high number of UASC arrivals, particularly because of small boat crossings, has placed unprecedented pressure on the National Transfer Scheme (NTS). Out of necessity, the Home Office have accommodated UASC on an emergency and temporary basis in hotels while placements with local authorities have been vigorously pursued.</p><p>The High Court recently ruled that the routine and systematic use of hotels to accommodate UASC is unlawful, and we are working at pace with Kent County Council, other government departments and local authorities across the UK to ensure suitable local authority placements are provided for UASC urgently and sustainably.</p><p>The High Court has upheld that local authorities have a statutory duty to care for all children including UASC. The Home Office have always maintained that the best place for UASC to be accommodated is within a local authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 25/10/2023 14:44:38 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1664854

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set a target date by which there will be no gender pay gap for all employees.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Under this government the gender pay gap has fallen significantly, with the gap having fallen from 19.6% to 14.9% over the last decade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, we introduced world-leading regulations requiring large employers to publish the differences in average salaries and bonuses for men and women every year. This has ensured that employers are aware of their gaps and are taking steps to close them.</p><p> </p><p>We know that reporting is just the first step, but do not believe that setting arbitrary targets will help to drive the changes that we all want to see. The causes of the gender pay gap are complex, and the wider societal shifts required to close it will take time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 08:56:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665137

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Home Office: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 101 of the Home Office's Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, how many individual trips were made on (a) domestic and (b) international flights.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	202830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice Climate Change &amp; Sustainability Unit collate data related to flights on behalf of the Home Office. The figures quoted below relate only to the Home Office account.</p><p>There were 4,623 individual trips made on domestic flights in 2022-23.</p><p>There were 3,254 individual trips made on international flights in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 25/10/2023 16:33:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1663364

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Batteries: Factories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 196337 on Batteries: Factories, for what reason the financial support figure to Tata was not set out in the previous answer.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	201218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with investors through our Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) to progress plans to build a globally competitive electric vehicle supply chain in the UK.</p><p>We are engaging with a number of other companies to secure investment into the UK, so it would not be appropriate to reveal commercially sensitive figures.</p><p>We will publish details of any subsidy on the UK Subsidy Database (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/view-subsidies-awarded-by-uk-government), in line with our statutory obligations, in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2023 11:43:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1663659

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Horticulture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a seasonal worker, published in April 2023, what (a) monitoring and (b) enforcement is in place to ensure that (i) piece rate targets set to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme are reasonable and (ii) workers are (A) treated fairly by their employer and (B) not penalised for failing to work at the fair piece rate.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	201513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>UKVI have implemented a specific seasonal workers team as recommended by the 2022 ICIBI report. They have interviewed an extensive number of migrant workers this year and requested evidence of pay rates from the scheme operators. These visits, often undertaken with GLAA, seek evidence of salary paid to ensure requirements are met. Any breach of Sponsor guidance identified is dealt with as per published Sponsor Guidance.</p><p>As such, UKVI can take action against a Sponsor licence when it is identified workers are being incorrectly paid or there is a failure to comply with employment law.</p><p>UKVI have inspected and assured the complaints procedures put in place by the operators for workers to report treatment and conditions on farms.</p><p>Regular engagement with the licensed scheme operators is in place and UKVI assure that the operators monitor conditions on farms.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 201512 201514 question first answered 20/10/2023 11:22:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1663687

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) inspect residential care homes in Scotland where (i) referrals are made for children residing in England and (ii) children with primary home addresses in England are staying.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	201540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The department collects and publishes data on the number of children’s residential placements, including children placed in Scotland. The data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions-methodology#content-section-4-content-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions-methodology#content-section-4-content-5</a>.</p><p>Local authorities hold the responsibility for monitoring a child in residential care where they have legal responsibility for that child. Each child’s care, including contact and monitoring, is agreed and detailed in their individual care plan. All residential care homes are inspected, and this is the responsibility of the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, and Ofsted in England.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 201538 201539 question first answered 25/10/2023 14:17:31 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1664140

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the average age at which neurodivergent conditions are identified among children.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Matt Hancock
uin	201993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the average age children are identified with neurodivergent conditions.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 23/10/2023 17:15:48 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock

1662191

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that bereaved families are able to retrieve a note or letter written by an individual who has died by suicide.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL10326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>Any death which is suspected to have been a suicide must be reported for investigation by the coroner. If a note or letter has been left by the deceased person, this should be provided to the coroner by the police and must be admitted as evidence if the coroner considers that the content of the document is relevant to the inquest into the person’s death.</p><p>Rule 13 of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 provides that, (subject to a limited number of exceptions) where an interested person (which would include the bereaved family) requests the disclosure of a document held by the coroner, the coroner must provide the document, or a copy of it, or make the document available for inspection by the interested person as soon as reasonably practicable.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 03/10/2023 10:21:07 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1661134

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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	Human Rights: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Ministers did not attend the UN review of the Government's treatment of disabled people due to take place in Geneva on 28 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	200009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The hearing was arranged in relation to the Committee’s review of the UK Government’s follow-up reports to the 2016 inquiry under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A state party dialogue with Ministers is not a procedural requirement of this review.</p><p> </p><p>We have followed all of the Committee’s necessary rules and procedures and, as agreed with the Committee entirely properly, representatives of the UK Government will present the UK’s progress at the Committee’s session in March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/10/2023 11:59:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1661080

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support children who have a parent serving a prison sentence.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	199793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 sets out local areas’ responsibilities to provide support and services. It highlights dependent children of imprisoned parents as a cohort which practitioners should be particularly aware of and should provide the appropriate needs-based advice and support to where needed.</p><p>The department’s ambition is for every family to receive the right support, at the right time. In Stable Homes, Built on Love, the department outlined its strategy for whole system reform, including family help which will provide effective and intensive support to any family facing significant challenges.</p><p>Prison Mother and Baby Units Admission Boards must be in receipt of a Children’s Services assessment in order to facilitate a Board. Every assessment by a social worker should reflect children’s needs within their family and community context, which would include taking account of a parent being in prison. These children’s circumstances vary considerably and therefore local agencies are best placed to determine what support is needed, whether early help, statutory social care services, or support for other needs such as mental health.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 25/09/2023 17:00:11 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq