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1681071

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date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of orchestras that will benefit from the extension of the higher rates of relief for the Orchestra Tax Relief announced in the Spring Budget.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of orchestras that will benefit from the extension of the higher rates of relief for the Orchestra Tax Relief can be found in HMRC’s Creative Industries Statistics:</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023</a></em> (Table 7.1)</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/01/2024 16:26:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681074

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people who have indicated that they want to make contributions to fill gaps in their state pension contributions are waiting to be informed of the (a) amount they should pay and (b) code required to make that payment as of 10 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	8959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the replies given to him on 13<sup>th</sup> November 2023 (UIN748) and to the Honourable Member for North East Fife on 15<sup>th</sup> November 2023 (UIN498).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/01/2024 16:24:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1681075

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum applications and (b) other applications for leave to remain were awaiting a decision as of 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on immigration applications in the following releases:</p><ul><li>Provisional data on the number of asylum applications awaiting an initial decision is published in table IMB_02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Final statistics on the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision are published in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’, in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’</a>.</li><li>The number on non-asylum applications awaiting a decision (Work in Progress) is published in the Migration Transparency collection, in table VSI_03 of the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca8f3d7eaaf1646903d0d08dc128457fa%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638405606816915204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KAP0LToBzi5KYiG9SxoOiUiVAxEvS3I5BGhds2%2FvgpY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visas and citizenship data</a>’.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 14:01:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681078

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were waiting for a hearing date in the first tier immigration tribunal as of 1 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that are waiting for a hearing date, as at 30 September 2023, is 24,085.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on a quarterly basis. The latest set of data available covers the period up to 30 September 2023. Data provided in answer to this question is a sub-set of the published caseload data.</p><p>Published statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023.</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:43:50 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1681079

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with Scottish local authorities on the number of dispersed bed spaces for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	9005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to discuss full dispersal allocation plans through monthly governance meetings with Scottish local authorities and partners.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 14:05:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1681081

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conclusions her Department drew from the pilot survey for young people on cultural activities for children and young people with a disability carried out by her Department in 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Data from a pilot survey of young people aged between 10 and 19 will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/01/2024 11:01:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681082

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wales Rail Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Wales Rail Board has met since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Wales Rail Board held an inaugural meeting in March 2022 and has met on six further occasions since then.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/01/2024 14:26:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1681083

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wales Rail Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has the Wales Rail Board made in identifying rail infrastructure (a) improvements and (b) investments since March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Wales Rail Board continues to play an important role working with UK Government to identify a range of rail infrastructure improvements and investments in Wales to meet current needs and anticipated future demand.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/01/2024 16:07:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1681084

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Restoring Your Railway Fund: St Clears
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on delivering St Clears railway station via the Restoring Your Railway Fund.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>We have previously made £4.7m available to the Welsh Government towards the cost of reopening a railway station at St. Clears. The Welsh government has requested work on this project is paused, pending a decision on the location of a new hospital.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/01/2024 16:18:14 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1681086

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: Voucher Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many gigabit broadband scheme vouchers have been (a) applied for and (b) granted as part of phase two of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Overall, under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and previous iterations, over 108,000 vouchers have been used to connect rural premises to a gigabit-capable connection.</p><p> </p><p>Phase two of the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme was implemented on 5 December 2022. As part of this phase, we increased the maximum voucher value available for homes and businesses to £4,500.</p><p> </p><p>Since December 2022, Building Digital UK (BDUK) has received applications for over 12,800 vouchers, of which over 12,000 have been approved and issued to date.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/01/2024 12:02:55 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens