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1698319

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regular reviews of the funeral plan market his Department undertook between 2001 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The government works closely with the FCA to continually review the regulatory perimeter to ensure that the right balance is struck between proportionately protecting consumers, minimising costs on business, and ensuring consumers have access to useful and affordable financial products and services.</p><p> </p><p>Once made aware of consumer detriment in the pre-paid funeral plans sector, the government investigated and confirmed these reports through its 2018 call for evidence. The government then consulted widely with industry and passed legislation in January 2021 to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the FCA regulatory perimeter.</p><p> </p><p>This has ensured that 1.6 million funeral plan customers are, for the first time, protected by compulsory and robust regulation.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 18/04/2024 14:23:36 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698320

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times a breach of the Regulated Activities Order by a funeral plan company was reported to the Financial Conduct Authority in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA will respond to the Honourable Member by letter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 18/04/2024 14:25:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698321

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria the Financial Conduct Authority uses to decide what markets to (a) monitor and (b) intervene in.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 establishes the framework for financial services regulation. It provides for the Treasury and Parliament, through legislation, to determine which activities, products and markets are regulated and fall within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 also gives the FCA a set of statutory objectives and the appropriate regulatory tools and powers to pursue those objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The question of how the FCA monitors and intervenes in the markets it regulates, in order to fulfil its statutory functions, is a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent from Government. The FCA will respond to the Honourable Member by letter on this matter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 18/04/2024 14:17:30 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698322

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority made of the implications for their policies of the speed of growth of the funeral plan market between 2001 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In January 2021, the government legislated to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from 29 July 2022. This has ensured that, for the first time,1.6 million funeral plan customers are protected by compulsory and robust regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The government consulted widely on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. It published a consultation, draft statutory instrument, and impact assessment in June 2019. The FCA also published a consultation and detailed cost-benefit analysis on their proposed regulatory rules for the pre-paid funeral plan sector in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20323 20326 20327 question first answered 18/04/2024 14:32:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698323

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proportion of funeral plan companies that failed to gain regulation following the new regulatory regime in the funeral plan market.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In January 2021, the government legislated to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from 29 July 2022. This has ensured that, for the first time,1.6 million funeral plan customers are protected by compulsory and robust regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The government consulted widely on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. It published a consultation, draft statutory instrument, and impact assessment in June 2019. The FCA also published a consultation and detailed cost-benefit analysis on their proposed regulatory rules for the pre-paid funeral plan sector in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20322 20326 20327 question first answered 18/04/2024 14:32:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698324

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Fairer Finance and Dignity raised issues regarding Safe Hands Funeral Plans in meetings with his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>During a wide-ranging meeting with industry in July 2017 to discuss pre-paid funeral plans, some concerns about Safe Hands funeral plans were raised with HM Treasury.</p><p /><p>In response, officials advised that such concerns should be reported to the FCA, reflecting the fact that HM Treasury has no investigatory or enforcement powers of its own.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 18/04/2024 14:19:09 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698326

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of changes in the number of funeral plan companies following the announcement of regulatory change in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In January 2021, the government legislated to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from 29 July 2022. This has ensured that, for the first time,1.6 million funeral plan customers are protected by compulsory and robust regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The government consulted widely on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. It published a consultation, draft statutory instrument, and impact assessment in June 2019. The FCA also published a consultation and detailed cost-benefit analysis on their proposed regulatory rules for the pre-paid funeral plan sector in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20322 20323 20327 question first answered 18/04/2024 14:32:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698327

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the immediate regulation of funeral plan companies that (a) were founded and (b) changed ownership after the announcement of regulatory change in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	20327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>In January 2021, the government legislated to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) from 29 July 2022. This has ensured that, for the first time,1.6 million funeral plan customers are protected by compulsory and robust regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The government consulted widely on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. It published a consultation, draft statutory instrument, and impact assessment in June 2019. The FCA also published a consultation and detailed cost-benefit analysis on their proposed regulatory rules for the pre-paid funeral plan sector in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20322 20323 20326 question first answered 18/04/2024 14:32:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1698344

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Tree Planting: Finance
	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 (a) his Department's budget for and (b) the amount spent on the planting of trees was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	20268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on tree-specific funding is only available from 2020, when the Nature for Climate Tree Programme was established. Since then, Defra has had a capital spend (CDEL) of £232 million on planting trees in England.</p><p>The planting of trees has also been funded by Countryside Stewardship payments. Since 2016, £120 million has been claimed planting and managing trees and for managing and enhancing woodlands.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/04/2024 14:35:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1698345

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Mill Hill Broadway Station: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 April 2019 on Access for All, HCWS1484, for what reason work to provide step-free access at Mill Hill Broadway has not yet started.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	20273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There are many technical issues to overcome at this station, given it is located on the Midland Main Line and adjacent to the M1 motorway, all of which are currently under consideration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/04/2024 13:04:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord