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1468513

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date	08/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 1156 on Visas: Ukraine, in how many cases did Visa Application Centres (VAC) operated by TLS Contact which were serving Ukrainian refugees breach the (a) advice to provide appointments within 48 hours and (b) expectation to notify refugees within 24 hours of TLS receiving the vignette at the VAC as of 8 June 2022; with reference to the correspondence of 8 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion to the Minister for Safe and Legal Migration, what systems she has in place to (i) monitor and (ii) address (A) errors and (B) delays with services her Department has outsourced to TLS; whether she is taking steps to expedite cases raised by MPs on these (1) errors and (2) delays; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>For part (a), we currently do not hold this data in a reportable format and would require development time with associated costs to extract this information, so this exceeds the cost threshold. For part (b), this is a contractual requirement and TLS report they have met in all cases the requirement of contacting customers via email within 24 hours of receiving the vignette at the VAC.</p><p>Regarding systems to monitor and address errors and delays, for part (a), our usual standard Service Level Agreement (SLA) within the contract is to provide appointments within 5 working days (or the next cycle for temporary locations that run less frequently). For Ukraine appointments, we reduced this SLA to 48 hours and monitored daily appointments being taken and capacity remaining, but as noted above we cannot provide this in a reportable format without exceeding the cost threshold. For part (b), we monitor this against the relevant contractual SLA and would address any breaches in line with this, but as noted above we cannot provide this information without exceeding the cost threshold.</p><p>To support with expediting cases raised by MPs on errors and delays, UKVI has also set up key escalation points including dedicated email inboxes for submitting requests and getting them reviewed and resolved by TLS. All individual cases raised are tracked to completion. There is also the telephone helpline in place for customers to request information.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/06/2022 16:06:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468602

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to (a) end period poverty and shame in the UK by 2025 and (b) invest £250,000 on new period poverty programmes; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 94% of eligible secondary schools had accessed this scheme by December 2021.</p><p>Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax Fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 14465 question first answered 13/06/2022 15:57:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468603

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to (a) provide further funding to end period poverty in response to rising inflation and (b) actively monitor levels of period poverty, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 94% of eligible secondary schools had accessed this scheme by December 2021.</p><p>Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax Fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 14464 question first answered 13/06/2022 15:57:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468098

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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 Written Statement of 12 May 2022, HCWS23 on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Announcements, whether representatives of the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS will be attending his forthcoming roundtable; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The roundtable on research priorities for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) took place on 9 June. It was attended by members of the academic community, research charities and people with lived experience. The discussion will inform the newly convened UK Clinical Research Collaboration ME/CFS research subgroup. A representative from the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS will participate in this subgroup.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 15/06/2022 15:02:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468149

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Lakenheath
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2022 to Question 7960, what the purpose is of the infrastructure programmes and projects his Department has agreed to deliver on behalf of the United States Visiting Forces at RAF Lakenheath.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The purpose of the infrastructure programmes and projects at RAF Lakenheath is to develop and deliver work to support the European Deterrent Initiative and European Consolidation Initiative across the United States Visiting Forces estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 15/06/2022 10:23:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468167

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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, with reference to the oral statement of the Minister for Afghan Resettlement of 6 January 2022, Official Report, column 185, how many refugees have (a) been referred and (b) been resettled in the UK following a referral by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Eligible individuals can be referred onto the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) under one of three ‘pathways’, as set out in the policy statement of 13 September 2021: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p><br> Pathway two provides for vulnerable refugees who have fled Afghanistan to be referred for resettlement to the UK by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The launch of pathway two was announced on 13th June and we expect to begin receiving referrals soon</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/06/2022 12:54:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 6553 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468168

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many places on the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme were offered to (a) British Council and GardaWorld contractors and (b) Chevening alumni since the opening of the scheme on 6 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the third pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), and in year one, the Government will consider eligible, at-risk Chevening alumni for resettlement, as well as eligible at-risk GardaWorld contractors and British Council contractors. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be in touch with those eligible to support them through the next steps. We are not able to share further detail at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/06/2022 16:27:29 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468169

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
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 Answers of 19 January 2022 to Question 101688 and 28 February 2022 to Question 125081 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how many (a) Chevening alumni and (b) British Council and Garda World contractors (i) have been notified about their applications to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and received information about arrangements for safe passage and (ii) are yet to be contacted about their places on the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the third pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), and in year one, the Government will consider eligible, at-risk Chevening alumni for resettlement, as well as eligible at-risk Gardaworld contractors and British Council contractors. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be in touch with those eligible to support them through the next steps. We are not able to share further detail at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 15/06/2022 16:23:49 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1468170

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have not yet been concluded due to an (a) initial decision not being made and (b) appeal not yet taking place.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 8 June 2022, there are 15,340 applications awaiting an initial decision and 335 requests for review are awaiting an outcome.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/06/2022 10:58:59 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1467721

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Household Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it his policy to allow local authorities to make decisions on the allocation of Household Support Fund monies to households based on local population needs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Local Authorities in England have received their allocations from the £421m Household Support Fund extension for April – September 2022, alongside the grant determination and guidance. The allocations for Local Authorities for this period can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/household-support-fund-guidance-for-local-councils/household-support-fund-grant-determination-2021-no-315787#annex-a-household-support-fund-grant-final-funding-allocations-per-county-councils-and-unitary-authorities-for-the-period-1-april-to-30-september-2022" target="_blank">here</a>. Local Authorities have discretion on exactly how and when this funding is used within the scope set out in the guidance, based on their assessment of local need.</p><p>From October 2022, Government is providing an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, bringing the total funding for this support to £1.5 billion. In England £421m will be used to further extend the Household Support Fund (October 2022 – March 2023). Guidance and individual local authority allocations for this further extension to the Household Support Fund will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/06/2022 14:41:09 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas