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1697839

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Palliative Care: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if NHS England will (a) fund and (b) publish a data dashboard to help integrated care boards commission children and young people’s palliative and end of life care.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	19763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has developed an all-age palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together all relevant local data in one place in an easily accessible format. The dashboard is accessible to integrated care boards (ICBs) and their commissioners and helps them understand the palliative and end of life care needs of their local population, including children and young people. This supports commissioners in their statutory duty for palliative and end of life care, enabling ICBs to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities, and ensure that funding is distributed fairly based on prevalence.</p><p>Funding has been confirmed to ensure continued maintenance of the dashboard for 2024/25, with discussions ongoing regarding further development and use. There is, however, existing publicly available data, such as the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ‘Fingertips’ data on palliative and end of life care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2024 12:47:06 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1697851

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Conciliation Services
	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 21 March 2024 to Question 18955 on Family Conciliation Services, whether his Department monitors the number of therapists offering reunification therapy services in England and Wales who help with cases of family breakdown.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	19764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of therapists offering reunification therapy in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 02/04/2024 16:29:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1696638

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	Public Footpaths: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of members of the public who have been killed by cattle whilst walking on public rights of way or open access land in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Over the period 2020/21-2022/23, eight members of the public were killed in agriculture, forestry and fishing in work-related incidents involving cattle while walking on public rights of way or open access land. This information has been published on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/resources/fatal.htm" target="_blank">Fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2022/23 (hse.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) provide the national reporting framework for accident reporting and place a duty on responsible persons (usually employers, certain self-employed persons, and those in control of work premises) to report certain cases of injury, diseases and specified dangerous occurrences to the relevant Enforcing Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Incidents involving livestock and members of the public are reportable under RIDDOR where they result in either a fatality or a member of public attending hospital, directly from site, for treatment in respect of any injuries sustained. Many serious incidents are not reported so HSE does not have verified data on major injuries sustained by members of the public involving cattle. However, some analysis was done in 2020/21 for the Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee and this suggested that 26 members of the public sustained non-fatal injuries from cattle whilst walking on public rights of way or open access land.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and health of people at work in agriculture and members of the public who are affected by agricultural activities is a concern to HSE and the industry. HSE has a long-term strategy to drive up industry ownership of the challenge and influence farmer behaviour to comply with long standing legal requirements. Since 2018, HSE has delivered an annual programme of free training to farmers in advance of targeted proactive inspection. These targeted inspections specifically check if farmers are complying with the law in relation to management of risks from workplace vehicles, cattle (including the management of cattle in fields with public rights of ways) and falls.</p><p>Earlier this year HSE has launched its 2024 Agricultural Campaign <a href="https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/agriculture/" target="_blank">Work Right Agriculture - Work Right to keep Britain safe</a> which includes a clear focus on management of livestock in a bid to improve safety on Britain’s farms. HSE is committed to supporting farmers to work safely with livestock.</p><p> </p><p>HSE also produces guidance to enable farmers and landowners to manage the risk from cattle put into fields which also have public access. Guidance is available free of charge on HSE’s website:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in England and Wales (hse.gov.uk)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17s.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in Scotland: Advice for farmers, landowners and other livestock keepers AIS17 (hse.gov.uk)</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 18953 18954 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:47:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1696639

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	Cattle: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of members of the public who have been seriously injured by cattle while walking on public rights of way or open access land in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Over the period 2020/21-2022/23, eight members of the public were killed in agriculture, forestry and fishing in work-related incidents involving cattle while walking on public rights of way or open access land. This information has been published on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/resources/fatal.htm" target="_blank">Fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2022/23 (hse.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) provide the national reporting framework for accident reporting and place a duty on responsible persons (usually employers, certain self-employed persons, and those in control of work premises) to report certain cases of injury, diseases and specified dangerous occurrences to the relevant Enforcing Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Incidents involving livestock and members of the public are reportable under RIDDOR where they result in either a fatality or a member of public attending hospital, directly from site, for treatment in respect of any injuries sustained. Many serious incidents are not reported so HSE does not have verified data on major injuries sustained by members of the public involving cattle. However, some analysis was done in 2020/21 for the Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee and this suggested that 26 members of the public sustained non-fatal injuries from cattle whilst walking on public rights of way or open access land.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and health of people at work in agriculture and members of the public who are affected by agricultural activities is a concern to HSE and the industry. HSE has a long-term strategy to drive up industry ownership of the challenge and influence farmer behaviour to comply with long standing legal requirements. Since 2018, HSE has delivered an annual programme of free training to farmers in advance of targeted proactive inspection. These targeted inspections specifically check if farmers are complying with the law in relation to management of risks from workplace vehicles, cattle (including the management of cattle in fields with public rights of ways) and falls.</p><p>Earlier this year HSE has launched its 2024 Agricultural Campaign <a href="https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/agriculture/" target="_blank">Work Right Agriculture - Work Right to keep Britain safe</a> which includes a clear focus on management of livestock in a bid to improve safety on Britain’s farms. HSE is committed to supporting farmers to work safely with livestock.</p><p> </p><p>HSE also produces guidance to enable farmers and landowners to manage the risk from cattle put into fields which also have public access. Guidance is available free of charge on HSE’s website:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in England and Wales (hse.gov.uk)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17s.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in Scotland: Advice for farmers, landowners and other livestock keepers AIS17 (hse.gov.uk)</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 18952 18954 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:47:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1696640

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	Farmers: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that farmers follow duties under (a) section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and (b) Cattle and public access guidance published by the Health and Safety Executive.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Over the period 2020/21-2022/23, eight members of the public were killed in agriculture, forestry and fishing in work-related incidents involving cattle while walking on public rights of way or open access land. This information has been published on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/resources/fatal.htm" target="_blank">Fatal injuries in agriculture, forestry and fishing in Great Britain 2022/23 (hse.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) provide the national reporting framework for accident reporting and place a duty on responsible persons (usually employers, certain self-employed persons, and those in control of work premises) to report certain cases of injury, diseases and specified dangerous occurrences to the relevant Enforcing Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Incidents involving livestock and members of the public are reportable under RIDDOR where they result in either a fatality or a member of public attending hospital, directly from site, for treatment in respect of any injuries sustained. Many serious incidents are not reported so HSE does not have verified data on major injuries sustained by members of the public involving cattle. However, some analysis was done in 2020/21 for the Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee and this suggested that 26 members of the public sustained non-fatal injuries from cattle whilst walking on public rights of way or open access land.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and health of people at work in agriculture and members of the public who are affected by agricultural activities is a concern to HSE and the industry. HSE has a long-term strategy to drive up industry ownership of the challenge and influence farmer behaviour to comply with long standing legal requirements. Since 2018, HSE has delivered an annual programme of free training to farmers in advance of targeted proactive inspection. These targeted inspections specifically check if farmers are complying with the law in relation to management of risks from workplace vehicles, cattle (including the management of cattle in fields with public rights of ways) and falls.</p><p>Earlier this year HSE has launched its 2024 Agricultural Campaign <a href="https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/campaigns/agriculture/" target="_blank">Work Right Agriculture - Work Right to keep Britain safe</a> which includes a clear focus on management of livestock in a bid to improve safety on Britain’s farms. HSE is committed to supporting farmers to work safely with livestock.</p><p> </p><p>HSE also produces guidance to enable farmers and landowners to manage the risk from cattle put into fields which also have public access. Guidance is available free of charge on HSE’s website:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17ew.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in England and Wales (hse.gov.uk)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ais17s.pdf" target="_blank">Cattle and public access in Scotland: Advice for farmers, landowners and other livestock keepers AIS17 (hse.gov.uk)</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 18952 18953 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:47:34 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1696641

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Family Conciliation Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2024 to Question 17775 on Family Conciliation Services, for what reason her Department does not monitor the number of therapists offering reunification therapy services in England and Wales who help with cases of family breakdown.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>This is not a matter for the Department for Education, therefore, the department does not collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 21/03/2024 12:44:43 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1696642

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to collaborate with its counterparts in other countries to tackle fraud.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Last week the Government hosted the first ever Global Fraud Summit.</p><p>This brought together Ministers and senior representatives from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore and the Republic of Korea as well as the United Nations, European Union, Financial Action Task Force and INTERPOL to emphasise the need for international collaboration to tackle fraud.</p><p>We agreed an ambitious communiqué which sets out a new international framework to better understand and address the threat and keep our citizens safe.</p><p>We will continue to build upon these commitments whilst also engaging bilaterally with key countries to build capability and strengthen their ability to tackle and disrupt fraud before it reaches the UK.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/03/2024 12:41:41 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695781

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with rejected asylum applications have been approached regarding voluntarily relocation to Rwanda as of 13 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18342 18343 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695782

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department plans to use for selecting people with rejected asylum applications for proposed voluntary relocation to Rwanda.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18341 18343 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695783

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards his Department has put in place to ensure that people with a rejected asylum application being offered voluntary relocation to Rwanda are giving informed consent.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	18343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18341 18342 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1694968

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to remove the corporate opt-out for cross-border payments pricing disclosures.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s legislative framework for payment services, including cross-border payments, places various disclosure requirements on payment firms. This includes the ability to opt out of disclosures for certain corporates, where both parties agree.</p><p>This legislation derives from EU law, which will be replaced under the government’s Smarter Regulatory Framework programme. Under this, it is intended that government legislation will set the framework within which the regulators will operate. In general, firm-facing requirements, such as these cross-border disclosures, will be determined by the relevant regulator (in this case, the FCA).</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 14/03/2024 17:04:02 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695016

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 26 January 2024 from the Rt hon. Member for East Ham, reference ST105404.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that a full response was issued to the MP’s parliamentary email address as a PDF attachment on 15 February 2024 from our complaint’s resolution team (CMPT12024-07318 (ST105404) I have checked the email address used and it is correct.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/03/2024 16:22:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695017

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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	Family Conciliation Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to prevent unregulated psychologists from giving reunification therapy to parents and children.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and the HM Courts and Tribunals Service set any criteria that a professional must satisfy, in order to be a psychological expert, providing evidence in a family court setting. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the independent regulator responsible for regulating practitioner psychologists. The HCPC does not regulate practitioner psychologists according to job role, although its legislation protects nine designated psychologist professional titles in law.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2024 16:40:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695018

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Family Conciliation Services
	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 estimate of the number of therapists offering reunification therapy services to help with cases of family breakdown.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 14/03/2024 17:31:46 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1694489

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	Property Management Companies
	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 his Department's consultation on building safety directors, published on 1 December 2022, which closed on 7 February 2023, which right to manage companies his Department has (a) received representations from and (b) otherwise consulted as part of that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Responses came from a cross-section of the sector including Right to Manage and Resident Management companies, as well as individual directors of Right to Manage and Resident Management companies and individual leaseholders. The Government is carefully considering their feedback, and the Building Safety Regulator continues to work with a range of stakeholders, including through their new statutory Residents Panel.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 13/03/2024 11:23:59 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1694271

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	Shared Housing: Government Assistance
	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 received housing support at the shared accommodation rate in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available for Universal Credit, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, data on households on Housing Benefits entitled to the Shared Accommodation Rate is published and available <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>Evidence relating to Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) rates was considered as part of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) review last Autumn. This led to the significant investment of £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This means 1.6 million private renters will receive additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>There are exemptions from the SAR for those who find it difficult to share accommodation, such as care leavers, victims of modern slavery and domestic abuse and people who have been homeless and living in a hostel for over 3 months. There is also an exemption in certain circumstances on the grounds of disability. Exempt claimants can claim the higher one-bedroom LHA rate.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who may require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. DHP payments are entirely at the discretion of the local authority and since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:50:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1694272

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	Shared Housing: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of housing support provided through the shared accommodation rate.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Evidence relating to Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) rates was considered as part of the LHA review last Autumn. This led to the significant investment of £1.2 billion increasing Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This means 1.6 million private renters will receive additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>There are exemptions from the SAR for those who find it difficult to share accommodation, such as care leavers, victims of modern slavery and domestic abuse and people who have been homeless and living in a hostel for over 3 months. There is also an exemption in certain circumstances on the grounds of disability. Exempt claimants can claim the higher one-bedroom LHA rate.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who may require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. DHP payments are entirely at the discretion of the local authority and since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:54:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693756

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Christianity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum claims based on false conversions to Christianity between 6 September 2022 and 13 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	17030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>This information is not recorded in a reportable format.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding initial decisions on asylum claims, by outcome, is contained within the ASY_D02 tab of the Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement dataset: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include information regarding whether the asylum claimant changed their religion.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/03/2024 13:19:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693274

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Muslim Council of Britain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15545 on Muslim Council of Britain, when a MCB leader most recently took a position that contradicts the UK's fundamental values.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-02-26%2F15545&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce7365464ebee40cff50208dc3dd49611%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638453230463587739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zzUHSE%2BrYYCAtfTyA4uTw1gKyYWPlqvosOCT%2FpZ%2FWTk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">15545</a> on 29 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 07/03/2024 17:56:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693276

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.1.2 of the NHS Vaccination Strategy, last updated on 4 January, 2024, which Integrated Care Systems have been identified as demonstrator systems to test (a) new models of vaccine delivery and (b) innovative commissioning models.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Regional National Health Service teams are working with several integrated care boards to explore how they are planning to implement different aspects of the NHS Vaccination Strategy. These demonstrator systems are:</p><p>- Suffolk and North East Essex;</p><p>- North West London;</p><p>- South West London;</p><p>- Birmingham and Solihull;</p><p>- Humber and North Yorkshire;</p><p>- North East and North Cumbria;</p><p>- Lancashire and South Cumbria;</p><p>- Cheshire and Merseyside;</p><p>- Surrey Heartlands;</p><p>- Kent and Medway;</p><p>- Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire; and</p><p>- Gloucestershire.</p><p>The demonstrator systems are currently identifying the elements of the vaccination strategy on which they would like to focus. These include delivering innovative outreach services to target underserved communities, and exploring the expansion of successful flexible seasonal workforce management systems across all immunisations delivered by the NHS. As each demonstrator system develops and finalises its plans, we will support the system in evaluating the impact of its activities, and share the learning across other systems.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 16574 question first answered 08/03/2024 14:11:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 22157 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693277

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps each demonstrator system is taking to help deliver the NHS Vaccination Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Regional National Health Service teams are working with several integrated care boards to explore how they are planning to implement different aspects of the NHS Vaccination Strategy. These demonstrator systems are:</p><p>- Suffolk and North East Essex;</p><p>- North West London;</p><p>- South West London;</p><p>- Birmingham and Solihull;</p><p>- Humber and North Yorkshire;</p><p>- North East and North Cumbria;</p><p>- Lancashire and South Cumbria;</p><p>- Cheshire and Merseyside;</p><p>- Surrey Heartlands;</p><p>- Kent and Medway;</p><p>- Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire; and</p><p>- Gloucestershire.</p><p>The demonstrator systems are currently identifying the elements of the vaccination strategy on which they would like to focus. These include delivering innovative outreach services to target underserved communities, and exploring the expansion of successful flexible seasonal workforce management systems across all immunisations delivered by the NHS. As each demonstrator system develops and finalises its plans, we will support the system in evaluating the impact of its activities, and share the learning across other systems.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 16573 question first answered 08/03/2024 14:11:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 22158 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693278

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information was included in his Department’s foodbank signposting slips in February (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 February we introduced a new food charity signposting slip to replace the one previously used.</p><p> </p><p>This does not change DWP signposting policy but improves the signposting slip to comply with our obligations under GDPR.</p><p> </p><p>Our Jobcentres continue to provide customers with guidance to find additional support, including signposting to emergency food support when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The new slip does not include any personal data. It also now provides claimants with information on where they might access emergency food locally, and wider sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 16587 question first answered 07/03/2024 10:19:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1693279

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has changed the information provided on foodbank signposting slips.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 February we introduced a new food charity signposting slip to replace the one previously used.</p><p> </p><p>This does not change DWP signposting policy but improves the signposting slip to comply with our obligations under GDPR.</p><p> </p><p>Our Jobcentres continue to provide customers with guidance to find additional support, including signposting to emergency food support when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The new slip does not include any personal data. It also now provides claimants with information on where they might access emergency food locally, and wider sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 16575 question first answered 07/03/2024 10:19:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1692356

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	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	Housing: Asbestos
	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 the oral contribution of 27 February 2024 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Official Report, column 237, which party the asbestos duty holder will be following enfranchisement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>When enfranchisement happens a new dutyholder takes over the ‘duty to manage’ under Regulation 4 the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 for the communal areas. Further to regulation 4(1), the new dutyholder will be whoever is responsible for the communal areas as a result of the terms of the enfranchisement.</p><p>I have asked departmental officials to contact the Rt Hon Gentleman to discuss the issue he has raised in further detail.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/03/2024 12:33:21 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1692441

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 13206 on Migrants: Health Services, whether applicants who applied for entry clearance under paragraph 319X of the Immigration Rules before 12 April 2023 pay the Immigration Health Surcharge if their application is processed after that date.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	16062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Appendix Child Joining a Non-Parent Relative, also known as Appendix CNP, allows for extended family with protection status in the UK to sponsor children to join them where there are serious and compelling circumstances. This can be in situations where a child has no parents or relatives to care for them, or where the parents or relatives in their own country cannot safely care for the child.</p><p>Simplification of the Immigration Rules, by inserting Appendix CNP on 12 April 2023, did not impose different Immigration Health Surcharge requirements, but replicated the existing provisions contained under paragraph 319X.</p><p>There were no policy changes made to the requirements of this route and it was solely formatting changes in line with the wider simplification format. Decision makers have been instructed to consider all applications made before and after 12 April 2023 under Appendix CNP. This means that all applications submitted prior to, and after, 12 April 2023 must pay the Immigration Health Surcharge. The requirement to do so may be waived where the sponsor is determined to be destitute, but it is in the best interests of the child to come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2024 11:52:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms