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1467175

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Iran: Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on Iranian intelligence operatives attempting assassinations in (a) mainland Europe and (b) Britain and Gibraltar in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	11802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on intelligence matters or specific threats.</p><p>The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority and we will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-linked threats.</p><p>The UK is committed to working with the international community to ensure Iran abides by international laws and norms and is held to account for its destabilising activity.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2022 15:41:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1467368

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to tackle noise pollution from vehicles.
tabling member constituency	South West Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Mr Gagan Mohindra
uin	11896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The police and local authorities have powers to enforce against vehicles that have been modified, or are driven in a way, to create excessive noise. However, barriers exist to effective enforcement. Following encouraging initial research, the Department is conducting further trials of the latest “noise camera” technology to understand if it can be used to automatically detect excessively noisy vehicles.</p><p>As the research develops, the Government will keep under review the way “noise cameras” can be used to tackle noise pollution from vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/06/2022 10:52:49 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4804 label Biography information for Mr Gagan Mohindra

1467241

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it mandatory for drivers to report a collision with a cat.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	11771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement for drivers to stop and report collisions with cats. A focus for this Government is to make roads safer for all users, which will in turn reduce the risk to all animals.</p><p>Under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, a driver is required to stop and report an accident involving specified animals including horses, cattle, asses, mules, sheep, pigs, goats or dogs, but not cats or wild animals. This requirement arises from their status as working animals rather than as domestic pets. To introduce such a measure within the provision of section 170, would require primary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/06/2022 11:41:48 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1467144

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Sexual Assault Referral Centres: Domestic Abuse
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 the new specific offence of strangulation and suffocation in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, whether victims of those crimes in a domestic abuse setting will be able to access sexual assault referral centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	11698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse irrespective of age, gender or when the assault or abuse occurred.  NHS England and NHS Improvement will review service provision to determine whether forensic and medical interventions for non-fatal strangulation should form part of the core offer for SARCs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 08/06/2022 16:20:28 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1467145

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	General Practitioners: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing senior academic General Practitioners to access clinical excellence awards.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Clinical Excellence Awards have been reformed and renamed the National Clinical Impact Awards. Academic general practitioners (GPs) are eligible to apply for an award if they meet the criteria within the 2022 guidance for applicants, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clinical-excellence-awards-application-guidance/guide-for-applicants-national-clinical-excellence-awards-2021-awards-round" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clinical-excellence-awards-application-guidance/guide-for-applicants-national-clinical-excellence-awards-2021-awards-round</a></p><p>Access to the Local Clinical Excellence Award scheme is a contractual entitlement for all consultants employed on the 2003 terms and conditions. Academic GPs are not eligible for the scheme as they are employed on separate terms and conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/06/2022 15:08:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467146

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target timescale and (b) average wait time is for offering move on accommodation to people evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting who are housed in hotel accommodation as of 1 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We do not want to keep people in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We have moved – or are in the process of moving - over 6,000 Afghan Refugees since June 2021.</p><p>There is a huge effort underway to support families in bridging accommodation into permanent homes as soon as we can so they can settle and rebuild their lives, alongside ensuring those still temporarily accommodated in hotels are given the best start to their life in the UK.</p><p>The length of time that a family will remain in a bridging hotel is dependent on a number of factors including the availability of appropriate housing. We strive to allocate the right families into the right accommodation to ensure their integration into their new communities is as smooth as possible. To achieve this, we triage and prioritise families to ensure the settled accommodation provides the best possible match, taking in to consideration date of arrival into the UK, family size, vulnerability and integration factors.</p><p>Where Local Authorities or employers are able to offer accommodation in greater volume and more quickly, this overall timescale will reduce.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we will consider requests, and any compelling evidence, to be housed in specific geographical areas, the reality of housing pressures means this may not be possible especially in relation to London and the South East.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 11722 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:33:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467147

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for her Department to respond to requests for a person to be offered move on accommodation in a specific geographical area, where that person is an Afghan evacuee from Operation Pitting (a) who is (i) eligible for move on accommodation and (ii) in hotel accommodation and (b) there is compelling evidence to demonstrate that being housed in a specific area is necessary to the wellbeing of that person.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We do not want to keep people in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We have moved – or are in the process of moving - over 6,000 Afghan Refugees since June 2021.</p><p>There is a huge effort underway to support families in bridging accommodation into permanent homes as soon as we can so they can settle and rebuild their lives, alongside ensuring those still temporarily accommodated in hotels are given the best start to their life in the UK.</p><p>The length of time that a family will remain in a bridging hotel is dependent on a number of factors including the availability of appropriate housing. We strive to allocate the right families into the right accommodation to ensure their integration into their new communities is as smooth as possible. To achieve this, we triage and prioritise families to ensure the settled accommodation provides the best possible match, taking in to consideration date of arrival into the UK, family size, vulnerability and integration factors.</p><p>Where Local Authorities or employers are able to offer accommodation in greater volume and more quickly, this overall timescale will reduce.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we will consider requests, and any compelling evidence, to be housed in specific geographical areas, the reality of housing pressures means this may not be possible especially in relation to London and the South East.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 11721 question first answered 08/06/2022 16:33:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467148

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to reduce the budget for Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The budget and outputs for Network Rail for day to day running of the railway (operations, maintenance and renewals) are set over five year Control Periods. The current Control Period 6 settlement guarantees this funding until March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/06/2022 16:48:08 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467149

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Household Surveys: Voucher Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason HM Government's household participation survey offers £10 shopping vouchers to those who complete the survey; and what is the estimated annual cost to the taxpayer of such incentives.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	11546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The use of incentives is in line with best practice for public surveys and is common practice across Government. Incentives improve survey response rates, which is important for ensuring we have enough representative data. Low response rates carry a number of risks including insufficient data to analyse, bias in survey results and reduced stakeholder confidence.</p><p>We keep abreast of relevant research (such as a <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/methodologies/howfacetofaceinterviewerattitudesandbeliefsmoderatetheeffectofmonetaryincentiveonuklabourforcesurveyresponserates" target="_blank">2020 ONS study</a>) and review our incentive strategy regularly to ensure it continues to represent good value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>In 2021/22, Kantar Public issued, on behalf of DCMS, 33,841 vouchers (22,202 e-vouchers and 5,639 by post) as an incentive for completion of the 2021/22 Participation Survey. This equates to £338,410.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 08/06/2022 12:57:31 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1467150

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insolvency Service: Bristol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the planned closure of the Insolvency Service Office in Bristol, where will interviews for individuals in that city requiring those services be carried out following the closure of that office.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the closure of the Bristol Office in September 2024, interviews will be held in either a local interview facility or at one of the Insolvency Service 11 Regional Centres. Alternatively, interviews will be conducted remotely using telephone and online channels, this is already established practice where it works for the individual and the Service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/06/2022 16:36:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire