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1277746

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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	Universal Credit: Hendon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Hendon received a Universal Credit payment (a) at the most recent assessment and (b) in each of the twelve months prior to that date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	138935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The latest available monthly statistics on the number of households on Universal Credit by payment indicator and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/01/2021 16:20:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1275265

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for London: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a new funding model for Transport for London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	135910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>In October 2020, the Government agreed an extraordinary funding and financing package for TfL worth up to £1.7bn, in addition to the earlier May 2020 deal worth up to £1.6bn, to ensure the continuation of public transport services in London during the pandemic; this deal runs until 31 March 2021. The deal is fair to national taxpayers and it takes steps to put TfL on a sustainable footing. As part of the deal, TfL was required to produce a plan for financial sustainability, with a target date for 2023. Having received this plan, the Government will now consider and discuss with the Mayor and TfL how a trajectory to financial sustainability can be achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/01/2021 13:48:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274217

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications of delaying municipal and local elections in May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Primary legislation states that the elections will go ahead in May 2021.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the electoral community, including electoral suppliers, and public health bodies to resolve challenges and ensure everyone will be able to cast their vote safely and securely - and in a way of their choosing.</p><p>Measures are planned to support absent voting at short notice. Guidance will be published in good time ahead of the polls and this matter will be kept under review. The House will be kept updated.</p><p>The Government has also engaged with the Parliamentary Parties Panel to ensure that views from political parties are taken on board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 133742 133879 133919 133920 133921 133922 133923 133924 133925 134185 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:22:56 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274285

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Seized Articles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the financial value of assets seized in each of the last five years under the Modern Slavery Act.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The full breakdown of statistical data reflecting the above financial value of assets recovered between 2015 and 2020 is reported in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/923194/asset-recovery-financial-years-2015-to-2020-hosb2320.pdf" target="_blank">Asset Recovery Statistical Bulletin in Annex A in Table 4</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/01/2021 15:00:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274287

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences in each year since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information for prosecutions and convictions for ‘Modern Slavery offences’ up to 2019, found in the ‘Outcomes by offence tool’ here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on eligible companies that fail to publish a statement of compliance in the Transparency in Supply Chains as sought by the Modern Slavery Act 2015 that were subsequently prosecuted/convicted/sentenced is not held in the court proceedings database so these cases cannot be separately identified.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 133798 question first answered 14/01/2021 13:41:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274288

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the compliance rate of eligible businesses in publishing annual statements of Transparency in Supply Chain Provisions under the Modern Slavery Act in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Organisations which have taken no steps must state this clearly in their statement, which must be published in a prominent place on their website. Currently, organisations are not required to submit their modern slavery statement directly to the Home Office.</p><p>To assess compliance rates, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) from September 2019 to January 2020 to undertake an audit of compliance on the Home Office’s behalf. The audit findings on levels of compliance were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a></p><p>To improve the quality and detail of reporting and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, the Government recently announced an ambitious package of changes to strengthen and future-proof section 54, including requiring organisations to report against specific topics and creating a Government modern slavery statement registry to make all statements available in one place. The new registry, which is due to launch this year, will improve the transparency, accessibility and comparability of statements published under the Act, empowering investors, consumers and civil society to scrutinise progress and enabling Government to continually monitor compliance.</p><p>These measures, including requiring organisations to publish their statement on the Government modern slavery registry, require primary legislation and will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 133797 question first answered 15/01/2021 13:43:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274293

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eligible businesses have advised her Department that they have taken no steps to confirm the existence of slavery or trafficking in their supply chains as required under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Organisations which have taken no steps must state this clearly in their statement, which must be published in a prominent place on their website. Currently, organisations are not required to submit their modern slavery statement directly to the Home Office.</p><p>To assess compliance rates, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) from September 2019 to January 2020 to undertake an audit of compliance on the Home Office’s behalf. The audit findings on levels of compliance were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a></p><p>To improve the quality and detail of reporting and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, the Government recently announced an ambitious package of changes to strengthen and future-proof section 54, including requiring organisations to report against specific topics and creating a Government modern slavery statement registry to make all statements available in one place. The new registry, which is due to launch this year, will improve the transparency, accessibility and comparability of statements published under the Act, empowering investors, consumers and civil society to scrutinise progress and enabling Government to continually monitor compliance.</p><p>These measures, including requiring organisations to publish their statement on the Government modern slavery registry, require primary legislation and will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 133796 question first answered 15/01/2021 13:43:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1274303

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) criminal prosecutions and (b) punitive actions have been taken against eligible companies that fail to publish a statement of compliance in the Transparency in Supply Chains as sought by the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	133798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information for prosecutions and convictions for ‘Modern Slavery offences’ up to 2019, found in the ‘Outcomes by offence tool’ here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on eligible companies that fail to publish a statement of compliance in the Transparency in Supply Chains as sought by the Modern Slavery Act 2015 that were subsequently prosecuted/convicted/sentenced is not held in the court proceedings database so these cases cannot be separately identified.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 133795 question first answered 14/01/2021 13:41:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1273356

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	Vaccination: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on progress on meeting childhood immunisation targets.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	132868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>For pre-school vaccinations preliminary data suggests that, whilst there was an initial decrease in the number of vaccinations delivered during the early weeks of the pandemic compared with the same period in 2019, the situation rapidly stabilised and recovered. For school-aged immunisation programmes were impacted due to school closures, though providers offered immunisations through a range of school and community settings. All vaccinations missed will be delivered as soon as possible and no later than August 2021.</p><p>The latest verified data for this period will be published in September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2021 14:41:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1273357

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will the Department publish the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	132869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The publication of England’s national vaccine strategy has been delayed as a result of our ongoing focus on responding to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. However, the strategy has been kept under review and we are now in the process of refreshing the strategy to reflect the new models for delivery and vaccine development seen in the COVID-19 vaccine development and roll out as well as in the extended National Health Service flu programme. This work is on-going and the strategy will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2021 14:20:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord