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1329401

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
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	Abortion: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's consultation, Home use of both pills for early medical abortion, which closed on 26 February 2021, whether his Department has met with (a) relevant stakeholders, (b) hon. Members and (c) Peers to discuss that policy; and when he plans to publish a response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	10682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>We have met with a number of Parliamentarians and a range of stakeholders to discuss the consultation and implementation of the temporary measure. The consultation has now closed and we are carefully considering all of the responses received and plan to publish our response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/06/2021 12:45:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1328916

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
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 his E3 counterparts on the triggering of the Dispute Resolution Mechanism in January 2020 in response to Iran’s nuclear activities.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	8749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK, with France and Germany, triggered the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA's) Dispute Resolution Mechanism on 14 January 2020 in response to Iran's systematic non-compliance with the deal. Our priority continues to be to bring Iran back into compliance with its commitments and to return the US to the deal. Negotiations on a return to the JCPOA are currently ongoing in Vienna.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/06/2021 10:10:17 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1328917

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	Iran: Israel
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 assessment he has made of reports of Iran-linked attacks against Israeli-owned naval vessels.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	8750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ensuring the safety of shipping and to maintaining the principle of freedom of navigation. Growing tensions around strategic maritime choke points threatens the ability of trade to safely pass through international waters. The UK continues to underline the need for a reduction in tensions on all sides.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/06/2021 10:13:56 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1313092

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 6055, on Developing Countries: Genito-urinary Medicine, on what basis his Department allocates funding to grassroots organisations in other countries for sexual and reproductive health services and rights.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK is proud to defend universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. Investing in SRHR can reduce some of the factors that lead girls to drop out of school, such as early pregnancy, HIV and AIDS, period poverty and shame.</p><p>Grassroots organisations are critical to achieving lasting transformation. The barriers to achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights are multi-dimensional and complex, and particular to a country or community context. Grassroots organisations are well placed to understand this context, to be a voice for people affected by these barriers and to define where actions should be focused. An example of UK support is to the Robert Carr Fund which supports networks of grassroots organisations that seek to serve key populations affected by HIV, and ensure that their issues and concerns are raised and addressed.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/05/2021 13:09:28 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1313093

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 6055 on Developing Countries: Genito-urinary Medicine, if he will publish details of foreign governments funding UK grassroots organisations to change UK laws on abortion.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office does not track foreign governments funding of UK grassroots organisations to change UK abortion laws so is unable to provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/05/2021 13:15:33 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1306884

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	British Red Cross
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will review its relationship with the British Red Cross charity in response to that charity's recent criticisms of Government policy.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	178608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government's relationship with the British Red Cross is established under the BRC's Royal Charter. There are no current plans to review this relationship.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 20/04/2021 10:48:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1306316

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict charities who receive public money from engaging in lobbying activities.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	176077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government Grants Functional Standard already includes a requirement for departments to ensure grant agreements provide a clear description of how funding should be spent which precludes the use of public money in paid for lobbying. This is to ensure that public money is used for its intended purpose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Funded charities can use other funding sources to undertake non-party political activities and campaigning that supports their charitable purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 13/04/2021 16:14:36 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1306317

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	British Red Cross: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the amount of Government funding donated to the British Red Cross Charity in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	176078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not make donations to charities. Such funding, whether for a specific restricted purpose or unrestricted, would be classified as a grant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Charity Commission for England and Wales publishes charities’ annual returns from the last five reporting years. This includes a breakdown of funding that includes income from government grants and income from government contracts. The most recently published annual return covers the financial period up to 31 December 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The British Red Cross Society has received £147 million in government grants in total over the past five reporting years. A breakdown by financial period end date is below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>31/12/2015 - £32.5 million</p></li><li><p>31/12/2016 - £22.3 million</p></li><li><p>31/12/2017 - £33.7 million</p></li><li><p>31/12/2018 - £22.1 million</p></li><li><p>31/12/2019 - £36.4 million</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The British Red Cross Society also receives income from government contracts. Over the five reporting years described above, the British Red Cross Society received a total of £226.3 million income from government contracts.</p><p>This information is published on the Charity Commission for England and Wales website here: <a href="https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/220949/financial-history" target="_blank">https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/220949/financial-history</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/04/2021 13:38:47 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1304455

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to simplify asylum (a) claims and (b) appeals.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	913721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is working to transform the broken asylum system and processes: the work will simplify, streamline and digitise processes, ensuring that genuine asylum claimants are treated quickly, fairly and are supported; and those who do not qualify are rapidly identified and prepared for return.</p><p>As part of this programme of work, the Home Office is working collaboratively with HMCTS on their ambitious programme of court reform.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2021 16:37:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1301901

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade in Services Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to recommence multilateral talks on the proposed Trade in Services Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	167336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Making multilateral progress on services trade liberalisation is a priority for the UK as an independent trading nation. As an active member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the UK is advancing market access negotiations through the Joint Initiatives on Services Domestic Regulation and E-Commerce, which draw on and have a much broader membership than the Trade in Services Agreement. Demonstrating further global services leadership, we are co-sponsoring exploratory market access discussions on environmental services and financial services at the WTO. We will continue to advocate strongly for services trade liberalisation in our multilateral and plurilateral engagement, including through the UK Presidency of the G7 trade track and through the G20.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/03/2021 17:42:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton