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1678531

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing employers in (a) commercial laundries and (b) other sectors to use 25% of their apprenticeship levy funds for non-apprenticeship training.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 November 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/614" target="_blank">614</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 08/01/2024 13:16:57 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1678698

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Victoria Tower Gardens
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what response they made to the request by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee that the plan to build a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens on the Westminster World Heritage site be abandoned; and what discussions they had with the World Heritage Committee at its meeting in 2023 about that matter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL1264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government noted that the independent planning inspector concluded, following an extensive public inquiry in 2020, that “…the proposed UKHMLC would not result in compromise to the Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage Site because it does not harm it or its setting, thus conserving it”. DCMS, acting as State Party to the World Heritage Convention, will continue to keep UNESCO updated.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 04/01/2024 15:38:45 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1678376

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many times pest control has been called onto the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	7214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>A pest control expert is based on-site. The pest control team monitor and take steps to manage pests on the Parliamentary estate.</p><p>In the past three years a total of 1,180 requests for pest control have been made and the number for each year are given below:</p><ul><li>15/12/2020–14/12/2021: 227</li><li>15/12/2021–14/12/2022: 412</li><li>15/12/202<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>–14/12/2023: 541</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 08/01/2024 13:17:51 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2024 10:42:47 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 9857 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1678166

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Police: Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether police forces are taking steps to increase Sikh community (a) engagement with and (b) trust in police handling of security concerns raised by such communities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Hatred towards Sikhs is completely abhorrent and has no place in our society. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat it. In 2023/24, the Home Office is providing £3.5 million for protecting places of worship, including for gurdwaras.</p><p>More broadly, we continue to look across Government at how best we can tackle all forms of religious hatred.</p><p>Questions relating to policing are a matter for the Home Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 7098 7100 7101 question first answered 20/12/2023 12:40:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1678190

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5303 on Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Females, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of girls who are accommodated in all-male young offender institutions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	7116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Females within the Youth Estate can be placed at Oakhill Secure Training Centre and seven out of the eight available Secure Children’s Homes, as well as HMYOI Wetherby. Females will also be placed at the new Oasis Restore Secure School that is set to open in Spring 2024. Whilst all of these sites accommodate both males and females, they are contained within their own units and only mix with each other in supervised education and social settings.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is considering future provision for all children via an internal assessment of the role and purpose of each sector to ensure sufficient capacity and suitable environments. This will inform the longer-term, strategic direction of provision for children in the YCS.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:05:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1677842

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution in response to the question from the hon. Member for Ipswich of 6 December 2023, Official Report, column 373, when she plans to publish guidance on gender-questioning children.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	6707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>On 19 December 2023, the government published draft guidance for schools and colleges in England on gender questioning children. The consultation will remain open until 12 March 2024.</p><p>The draft guidance and the consultation document can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2023 16:34:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1677894

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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 from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, column 911, how many and what proportion of hotels will the Government extend contracts with to house Afghans beyond 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ending the systemic use of hotels, and we do not plan to open new hotels to meet this increased demand.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on hotel contracts is not publicly available, however, a small number of hotels with existing contracts will be extended for a limited time period to help accommodate ACRS arrivals who have yet to be matched to settled housing solutions in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published statistics on Afghan resettlement, up until the end of September, may be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The next publication of Afghan resettlement data sets is due to be published around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 6730 question first answered 19/12/2023 12:39:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1677895

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 13 of his Department's publication entitled British energy security strategy, published on 7 April 2022, what her planned timeline is to publish the proposed review into the practical planning barriers that households can face when installing energy efficiency measures.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	6870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The review into the practical barriers that households can face when installing energy efficiency measures has been completed and we will publish a report on the outcome in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 6869 question first answered 20/12/2023 12:52:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1677897

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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, with reference to the Oral Statement from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, column 911, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) principals and (b) dependents under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy that will be housed in service accommodation in (i) December 2023, (ii) January 2024 and (iii) February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Based on current planning, we anticipate that over 1,000 ARAP eligible Afghans who have arrived in the UK since the resumption of flow in October 2023 will be housed in settled Service Family Accommodation properties by the end of February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/12/2023 15:23:16 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1677898

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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 Oral Statement from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, column 911, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending contracts for temporary hotel accommodation beyond 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ending the systemic use of hotels, and we do not plan to open new hotels to meet this increased demand.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on hotel contracts is not publicly available, however, a small number of hotels with existing contracts will be extended for a limited time period to help accommodate ACRS arrivals who have yet to be matched to settled housing solutions in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published statistics on Afghan resettlement, up until the end of September, may be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The next publication of Afghan resettlement data sets is due to be published around 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 6727 question first answered 19/12/2023 12:39:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey