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1453888

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she has taken to implement the recommendations of the Draft Online Safety Bill Joint Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	906278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill on 17 March, alongside our response to the Joint Committee’s report, which has significantly influenced the final Bill.</p><p>We have taken forward over 60 recommendations, including to:</p><ul><li><p>put priority offences onto the face of the Bill</p></li><li><p>bring scam advertising into scope</p></li><li><p>include Law Commission recommendations on communications offences and cyberflashing</p></li><li><p>introduce a standalone provision to protect children from pornography on dedicated sites as well as social media.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2022 13:35:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1170092

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	900117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government regularly engages the devolved administrations, and I spoke to counterparts in the devolved administrations regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund during the last Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. My officials have also held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:27:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1240515

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2020
	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	NHS: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that the NHS and social care sectors are adequately resourced during winter 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	907134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the National Health Service and wider social care sector this winter, as it has throughout this year. In July, the Government announced £3 billion in additional funding, alongside £450 million for accident and emergency department upgrades and expansions. Similarly, we are supporting adult social care with a further £546 million of infection control funding over this winter. Where health policy is devolved, the devolved nations have benefitted from the appropriate Barnett consequentials.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/10/2020 16:13:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1275069

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with (a) devolved Administrations and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	910671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been clear we intend to continue to work in partnership with the devolved administrations and local communities. We have demonstrated this commitment by confirming that devolved administrations will have a place within the governance structures for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).</p><p>Ministers regularly speak to Cabinet colleagues on the UKSPF and my officials routinely engage with their devolved administration counterparts on their priorities. To date, we have conducted 25 engagement events across the UK, many of which were attended by the devolved administrations. We will continue this engagement as we develop the UKSPF investment framework and in advance of its publication.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 910677 910679 question first answered 11/01/2021 17:06:00 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1365704

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Politics and Government: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's representation of (a) Scotland and (b) Scottish interests internationally.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	903929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO provides a range of services to all parts of the UK, such as promoting trade and investment, delivering security and providing consular services. UK policy in this area was set out earlier this year in the Integrated Review. My Department is committed to representing Scottish interests on the world stage as demonstrated by my ministerial colleague, Lord Offord, on his recent visit to Mumbai.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 03/11/2021 13:50:28 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1149969

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 contribution of the Secretary of State for International Development of 2 October 2019, Official Report column 1205, when she plans to (a) publish the timescale for informing local authority and civil society partners of and (b) begin supporting those organisations to prepare for that commitment to resettle 5,000 refugees every year post-2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	1068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are grateful to the many local authorities and civil society organisations who have participated in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). Through the collective goodwill and efforts of all involved over 17,000 vulnerable refugees fleeing conflict have now found safety in the UK to rebuild their lives.</p><p>Delivery of our resettlement schemes has relied strongly on the principles of collaboration and co-design between central and local government and other partners. We continue to engage closely with regional Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMP), local authorities and other stakeholders as we collectively prepare to transition to the new resettlement scheme in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2019 14:52:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1313231

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 181333 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what her Department's policy is in circumstances where an individual who is required to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme is unable to prove that they had reasonable grounds for missing the 30 June 2021 deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>In line with the general approach under the EU Settlement Scheme of looking to grant status, rather than for reasons to refuse, the Home Office will take a flexible and pragmatic approach to considering, in light of the circumstances of each case, whether there are reasonable grounds for an individual’s failure to meet the 30 June 2021 deadline.</p><p>Non-exhaustive guidance on what constitutes reasonable grounds for missing the deadline can be found at pages 26 to 44 of the main caseworker guidance for the scheme, which is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance</a>.</p><p>The guidance will underpin a flexible and pragmatic approach to considering late applications under the scheme, in light of the circumstances of each case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2021 15:31:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1550265

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the asylum transformation programme includes a commitment to reinstate the 6-month service standard for decisions on all straightforward asylum applications.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	107138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>A new accelerated service standard is being developed and we are testing the impact of several coordinated initiatives, including enhanced screening, case triage, centralised workflow and streamlined decision templates, in order to improve productivity and increase decision rates.</p><p>To accelerate decision making we are simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like shortening interviews, removing unnecessary interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible, dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded and extra decision makers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/12/2022 15:16:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1238362

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Government's passport renewal website to make applicants aware that they can enter a family or friend's email address if they do not have an email address themselves.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	96102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>While people can provide the email address of a third party as part of their online passport application, for security purposes Her Majesty’s Passport Office strongly recommends the use of a personal email address. As such, there are no plans to change the guidance relating to this.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2020 13:12:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1646577

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with international humanitarian law.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	905650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes its international obligations very seriously. There is nothing in the Bill that requires the Government to act incompatibly with our international obligations.</p><p>The Home Secretary and I have had regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/06/2023 08:42:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant