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1518797

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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to provide additional (a) equipment and (b) training to Ukrainian forces.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	58883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We continue to liaise closely with Ukraine to understand their priorities and to shape what support the UK and international community offer as these requirements evolve.</p><p>To date, we have committed £2.3 billion of military support and the Government has committed to match this in the next financial year. Our most recent funding package, announced in June, is being used to deliver key military equipment, including more armoured fighting vehicles, air defence missiles, artillery ammunition, more integrated air defence systems, uncrewed systems and innovative new electronic warfare equipment. On 13 October 2022, the Defence Secretary announced that the UK will also donate cutting edge air defence missiles to Ukraine to help defend against Russian missile strikes.</p><p>We have also trained over 6,000 Ukrainian personnel to help Ukraine defend its sovereign territory.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2022 12:03:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519248

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Air Pollution: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the government plans to take to (a) tackle air pollution and (b) find innovative solutions to provide clean air.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Latest published figures show that air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010, with emissions of nitrogen oxides down by 44%, sulphur dioxide down 70% and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) down 18%. However, HM Government absolutely recognises that there is more to do to drive down air pollution and its damaging effects on people's health, the environment, and the economy.</p><p>The Clean Air Strategy 2019 sets out HM Government's plans to tackle emissions across all sectors. Through the Environment Act 2021 we have also consulted on two new targets for fine particulate matter (PM <sub>2.5</sub>) - the pollutant most harmful to human health. This includes an innovative population exposure reduction target which, if achieved, will <strong>would</strong> on average cut people's exposure to PM <sub>2.5 </sub>by over a third by 2040, compared to 2018 levels.</p><p>We are driving innovative solutions to tackling <strong>improve</strong> air quality across a range of sectors:</p><p>· We fund local authorities to use innovative solutions to tackle air quality problems in their local areas through our Air Quality Grant scheme. We have more than doubled the funding paid to local authorities through the 21/22 grant scheme to £11.6 million, and we are now assessing bids for the 22/23 round of funding. Since 2010 more than £42 million has been awarded through the scheme, across almost 500 projects.</p><p>· In August this year we published our response to our consultation on the UK 'best available techniques' regime, through which we will regulate emissions from larger industry. Our collaborative approach will support business investment, the adoption of new and innovative technologies, and management practices to reduce emissions of air pollutants.</p><p>· The Farming Transformation Fund provides investment for innovative farming equipment that increases productivity and improves the environment. It offers grants between £25,000 and £500,000.</p><p>· As climate change and air pollution have many of the same contributing emission sources, delivering net zero will likely significantly benefit air quality. HM Government is supporting a range of innovative clean technologies, many of which are being pioneered by businesses based in all corners of the UK.</p><p>· We have invested over £2 million in evidence projects to look at the performance of low-cost sensor technologies, including practical trials. This work lays foundations to enable the dependable use of low-cost sensor systems in measuring air pollutant concentrations at finer geographical scales, providing better local forecasts and therefore better information on air quality.</p><p>As part of the 2017 NO2 plan, we have also made £883 million available to affected local authorities to deliver cleaner transport and improve air quality.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2022 16:03:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519361

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Fuel Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make provision to support households who use oil heating and who will be unable to afford to heat their homes in winter with the aid of financial support already announced.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuel Payment will provide a one-off payment to UK households that use alternative fuels for heating, such as heating oil. This will come in addition to the £400 provided by the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the electricity component of the Energy Price Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing £800 of one-off support to eight million of the most vulnerable households to help with the cost of living.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 17:16:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519482

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Israel: Embassies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with his counterparts on the possibility of relocating the British Embassy in Israel from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to move the UK embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv. Israel is a close friend and key strategic partner, built on decades of cooperation. We will continue to strengthen our relationship with Israel through our Embassy in Tel Aviv.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 59707 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:36:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519483

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government is taking steps to tackle homelessness this winter.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling homelessness. We have made excellent progress on our commitment to end rough sleeping with levels falling by 49% since 2017, and the Spending Review committed £2 billion to tackle and prevent homelessness over the next three years. This winter, many of the most vulnerable in society will receive extra support via the £37bn of cost of living support package and the Energy Price Guarantee. Discretionary Housing Payments continue to be available to people struggling with housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>My department is committed to ensuring people get the benefits they are entitled to and the support to move into work and on with their lives. Under the “duty to refer”, jobcentres in England offer a voluntary referral to local authority housing teams for people who may be homeless or threatened with homelessness. As part of the Government’s new strategy, <em>Ending Rough Sleeping for Good, </em>we are launching an employer covenant to increase opportunities for homeless people.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/10/2022 15:18:21 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519484

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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 current protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, if the Government will take steps to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the UK Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription.</p><p>The death of Mahsa Amini is a shocking reminder of the repression faced by women in Iran. The UK condemns the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protestors, journalists and internet freedom. The use of violence in response to the expression of fundamental rights, by women or any other members of Iranian society, is wholly unjustifiable.</p><p>On the 10<sup>th</sup> October, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced sanctions on senior security and political figures in Iran and the Morality Police. The Morality Police has been sanctioned in its entirety, as well as both its chief, Mohammed Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi and the Head of the Tehran Division Haj Ahmed Mirzaei. Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij force, who is responsible for internal security in Iran has also been subject to sanctions for committing serious human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 09:12:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 24377 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1507743

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce targeted cost of living support for people who do not qualify for any form of benefit but are under state pension age.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	54512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living, and has taken decisive action to get households and businesses through this Winter and the next, while ensuring action in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already announced £37 billion of support for this financial year. This includes one-off Cost of Living Payments for millions of the most vulnerable households – including low-income households eligible for means-tested benefits, people with a disability, and pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>However, all households have been feeling the pressure of rising energy prices and it is right that the government steps in to help everyone. That is why the government has announced the Energy Price Guarantee, which means that a typical UK household will have to pay bills equivalent to no more than £2500 a year on their energy bills this winter.This comes in addition to the £400 discount already announced through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p>For households that are not eligible for one-off Cost of Living Payments or for families that need additional support, the government has provided £1.5 billion total funding towards the cost of essentials, including a further six-month extension to the Household Support Fund from October 2022 to March 2023. The fund is distributed by Local Authorities in England through small payments to support vulnerable households to meet daily needs such as food, clothing, and utilities. answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2022 17:07:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1507744

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Water Supply: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the extreme weather during summer 2022, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient domestic reserves of water.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	54513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>Despite the dry summer, water companies in England have assured us that essential water supplies remain resilient across the country. It is their duty to maintain those supplies. Defra Ministers expect water company action in accordance with their pre-agreed drought plans.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government recognises the need to continue to improve the resilience of our water supplies and is committed to a twin track approach to improving water resilience, which is set out in our Strategic Policy Statement to Ofwat, Written Ministerial Statement on Water Demand and in the 25 Year Environment Plan. This involves investing in new supply infrastructure and action to reduce water company leaks and improve water efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The National Framework for Water Resources, published in March 2020, sets out the strategic water needs for England to 2050 and beyond. HM Government is requiring water companies to plan to deliver resilience to a one in 500-year drought that is not needing to resort to emergency measures, such as standpipes and rota cuts.</p><p> </p><p>Water companies are also using the £469 million made available by Ofwat in the current Price Review period (2019-2024) to progress the infrastructure required. In autumn 2022, water companies will publish their statutory draft Water Resources Management Plans for consultation, which will set out how they will improve drought resilience and secure water supplies in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/10/2022 08:37:08 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1507745

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Dangerous Dogs: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the consultation of Breed Specific Legislation (Dangerous Dogs) Act 1991 to exempt dogs that are adaptable to family and pet life.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	54514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Section 1 of The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 prohibits owning or keeping four types of dog: the Pit bull terrier; the Dogo Argentino; the Fila Brasileiro; and the Japanese Tosa.</p><p>HM Government firmly believes that these restrictions play an important part in our overall approach towards tackling dangerous dogs. Any changes to current legislation would require careful consideration to ensure that public safety remains at the heart of the regime.</p><p>Despite the general prohibitions on these types of dogs, there are already exemptions in place to allow individual prohibited dogs to be kept by their owners (or person for the time being in charge) if a court judges that the dog is not a danger to the public safety.</p><p>In its assessment, the court must consider the temperament of the dog and its past behaviour, whether the proposed owner is a fit and proper person, and may consider any other relevant circumstances, such as whether the dog can be kept in a suitable environment. If the court considers these criteria to be met, the dog can be listed on the Index of Exempted Dogs and must be kept under strict conditions, including being on a lead and muzzled in public.</p><p>The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 also established an interim exemption scheme, which allows prohibited dogs to remain with their owners in advance of a court hearing if the police determine that the dog is not likely to pose a threat to public safety in the meantime. The relevant Chief Officer of Police must be satisfied about the dog's temperament, and the suitability of its owner, for it to be placed on the interim exemption scheme.</p><p>With regards to rehoming exempted dogs, current legislation only permits transfer of keepership of prohibited dogs where the existing keeper has died or is seriously ill. However, case law has confirmed that a person with a pre-existing relationship with the dog may apply to place it on the Index, even if they are not the owner or most recent keeper.</p><p>HM Government must balance the views of those people who want to amend the breed specific legislation with our responsibility to ensure that the public is properly protected from dog attacks. Any changes on rehoming must consider the signals this sends about the acceptability of keeping these types of dogs, which are all kept illegally until they enter the Index of Exempted Dogs.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Scott Mann question first answered 11/10/2022 08:11:50 answering member 4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1507747

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to rolling out greater broadband access in the UK; and whether her Department is on track to reach the 85 per cent connectivity target by 2025.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	54515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Project Gigabit is the government’s £5 billion mission to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband across the UK. Its objective is to level up the UK by giving hard-to-reach areas access to gigabit-capable internet speeds and, coupled with commercial gigabit delivery, ensuring almost all of the UK has access to gigabit-capable internet as soon as possible.</p><p>Across the UK, over 70% (ThinkBroadband) of premises can now access gigabit-capable broadband, and we remain on track to meet the target of at least 85% gigabit-capable coverage by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 11/10/2022 12:56:02 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy