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1688955

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date	16/02/2024
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	Business: Sovereign Wealth Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to monitor firms with financial ties to sovereign wealth funds originating from countries that do not have transparent and democratic systems to ensure the (a) effective allocation, (b) efficient implementation and (c) transparent reporting of committed funds.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	13856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK is an open economy and we welcome global investment. UK firms that have financial ties to Sovereign Wealth Funds already have to abide by the UK's regulatory regimes for corporate practice, including the Companies Act, 2006.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/02/2024 17:21:44 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1688956

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the eligibility criteria for the plug-in taxi grant.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	13915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Following recent representations, the Department has extended the plug-in taxi grant for a further year to support the taxi industry. There are no plans to change the criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/02/2024 14:55:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1688957

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Central African Republic: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Central African Republic; if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the group known as Movement for the Emergence of the Central African Republic; and whether he has made an assessment of the sources of funding for that group.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	13954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The security situation remains volatile across the Central African Republic (CAR) with numerous armed groups continuing to operate, many of them forming, merging and dissipating at short notice. Violence has been driven by the rebel groups Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) and Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (3R), as well as from the recent expansion of self-defence group Azandé Ani Kpi Gbé in south-eastern CAR, which often targets civilians. However, there have been recent improvements in security, including in the capital Bangui, following greater cooperation between the UN Peacekeeping Mission (MINUSCA) and the Central African Armed Forces. The UK is committed to supporting MINUSCA to improve security in CAR, including through our assessed contributions that amounted to approximately £50 million in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/02/2024 10:32:07 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1688958

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Mansour Shouman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Canadian counterparts on the rescue of Mansour Shouman.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	13930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK and Canada are close partners and friends. Ministers speak regularly to discuss international issues, including the wider conflict between Israel and Hamas. FCDO Ministers have not held discussions with Canadian counterparts regarding Mansour Shouman.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/02/2024 12:22:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1688959

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Sewage: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of homes affected by sewage rising into (a) gardens, (b) toilets and (c) sinks after heavy rains.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	13955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discoverwater.co.uk%2Fsewer-flooding&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cf184ed16f6e247d5667108dc390d732d%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638447977156826645%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7HSMe6iajfowcrcr4OI%2Foc37GLZ4HX77iB8u4g9jhFM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Discover Water</a>, a water company performance data website which brings robust already-available company data from a range of sources together includes detail on sewer flooding incidents. In 2022-23; 47,176 areas of private land or gardens were flooded by sewage and 4,794 properties were internally flooded by sewage.</p><p> </p><p>Sewer flooding may occur for a number of reasons, including a failure of the sewerage system; blockages; or when the sewerage system is overwhelmed when too much rainwater enters the sewers from surrounding roads, houses and land. Storm overflows stop sewage backing up into homes by releasing wastewater when the system is overwhelmed during periods of heavy rain. A growing population and ageing infrastructure, means these storm overflows are being pushed beyond their intended limits and that needs to change. As part of our Plan for Water, water companies are delivering the largest infrastructure programme in history - £60 billion of investment over 25 years. We continue to hold water companies to account and will not hesitate to act where there is evidence of wrongdoing.</p><p> </p><p>Government recognises the importance of having a robust drainage system both now and for future demand. As per commitments in the Environmental Improvement Plan and the Plan for Water, Defra will legislate to require water companies in England to produce Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs). DWMPs set out how a water company intends to improve their drainage and wastewater systems over the next 25 years, accounting for factors including growing population and changing environmental circumstances. When producing DWMPs, water companies will be required to identify solutions in collaboration with other partners such as lead local flood authorities (LLFAs) and other flood risk management authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Flooding from heavy rain and thunderstorms is known as surface water flooding. In England 3.4 million properties are at risk of such flooding. The responsibility for managing local flood risk, including from surface water, falls to LLFAs, in partnership with highways authorities and water companies. LLFAs are required to identify and agree local objectives for managing these local flood risks and to set them out in their statutory Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 08/03/2024 13:30:26 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1688960

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's spend on the youth offer was in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	14029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Work and Pensions Youth Offer provides individually tailored work coach support to young people aged 16 to 24 who are claiming Universal Credit. This support includes the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to finding work, and Youth Hubs across Great Britain.</p><p>Previously, the Youth Offer was only available for those searching for work. As of the 25 September 2023, this been expanded to include to include additional young people on Universal Credit not currently searching for work, including young parents and carers.</p><p>The information regarding the Department’s total spend on the Youth Offer is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information regarding the Department’s spend on grants to support the opening and operation of Youth Hubs in each financial year since they were launched is not held.</p><p>The indicative Youth Hub Work Coach costs for the previous three financial years are:</p><p>2020/2021 - £1.1m</p><p>2021/2022 - £5.4m</p><p>2022/2023 - £4.8m</p><p><br> NB:</p><ul><li>This excludes estates, digital, support and other operations costs.</li><li>This data is derived from DWP's Activity Based Model (ABM) and/or Departmental Activity Based Model (DABM) and is unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only. It has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards.</li><li>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions / benefits / DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.</li><li>Youth Employability Coaches and other Jobcentre staff may also work from Youth Hubs which is not reflected in this data.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2024 17:11:10 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

1688961

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people from Sudan applying for entry clearance to the UK have requested that (a) the biometric enrolment process be excused and (b) the application be predetermined since April 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	13857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of applications that are excused from the biometric enrolment process and those that are pre-determined due to applicants undertaking unsafe journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Biometrics, in the form of fingerprints and facial images, underpin the current UK immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. They enable comprehensive checks to be made against immigration and criminality records to identify those who pose a threat to our national security, public safety, immigration controls, or are likely to breach our laws if they are allowed to come to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The threshold in the unsafe journeys guidance for excusing the requirement to attend a visa application centre is deliberately set at a high-level because of the need to protect the integrity of the UK border. If we do not know about a person's identity we are less able to assess the risks they may pose to the public. This is why we would only excuse applicants from being required to attend a visa application centre to enrol their biometrics in circumstances that are so compelling as to be exceptional.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 13858 question first answered 21/02/2024 17:52:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1688962

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and in what proportion of cases he has (a) excused the biometric enrolment process and (b) predetermined the application for people applying for entry clearance to the UK from Sudan since April 2003.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	13858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of applications that are excused from the biometric enrolment process and those that are pre-determined due to applicants undertaking unsafe journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Biometrics, in the form of fingerprints and facial images, underpin the current UK immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. They enable comprehensive checks to be made against immigration and criminality records to identify those who pose a threat to our national security, public safety, immigration controls, or are likely to breach our laws if they are allowed to come to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The threshold in the unsafe journeys guidance for excusing the requirement to attend a visa application centre is deliberately set at a high-level because of the need to protect the integrity of the UK border. If we do not know about a person's identity we are less able to assess the risks they may pose to the public. This is why we would only excuse applicants from being required to attend a visa application centre to enrol their biometrics in circumstances that are so compelling as to be exceptional.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 13857 question first answered 21/02/2024 17:52:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1688963

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Blood Diseases: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with (a) NICE and (b) NHS England on encouraging the adoption of new treatments for (i) sickle cell disease and (ii) beta-thalassaemia.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	13899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department regularly discusses a range of issues with colleagues in NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), related to patient access to new treatments.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE appraises all new licensed medicines, and its recommendations are developed independently in line with its established methods and processes, on the basis of an assessment of the available evidence, and through extensive engagement with stakeholders. NHS England is legally required to fund treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/02/2024 16:13:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1688964

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NICE on developing its methodologies to ensure future access to (a) innovative one-time treatments and (b) cell and genetic therapies.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	13900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Department officials regularly discuss a range of issues with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and HM Treasury. The NICE is responsible for the methods and processes it uses to develop its recommendations, and concluded a comprehensive review of the methods and processes it uses for health technology evaluation, in January 2022. The NICE carried out the review through extensive engagement with stakeholders, including officials within the Department. The NICE introduced a number of changes that make its methods fairer, faster, more consistent, and appropriate to the evaluation of emerging new technologies, such as cell and gene therapies.</p><p>The NICE is monitoring the impact of the changes following the methods review and has committed to considering modular updates to its methods and processes in the future, including a planned update focussed on health inequalities in 2024. The NICE has been able to recommend several advanced therapeutic medicinal products, including one-off gene therapies, for National Health Service funding that are now available to NHS patients in line with NICE’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 13901 13902 question first answered 21/02/2024 16:08:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth