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1309082

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 156609 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, what actions resulted from the March 2021 roundtable with insurers to support people living in buildings where cladding or other fire safety issues have resulted in an increase to their building insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	181078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>We are working closely with the insurance industry to understand the drivers of recent price changes and how they are pricing risks. We are considering a number of options that have been proposed by industry which could help us address these issues.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/04/2021 16:19:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1305561

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	Musicians: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what correspondence the Government has had with the customs authorities of each EU Member State to ensure that border officials understand and uphold the exemption for musicians and accompanied instruments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	174926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The EU’s customs legislation, the Union Customs Code, provides that relief from import duty can be given for portable musical instruments temporarily imported by travellers in order to be used as professional equipment, without the need to submit a formal customs declaration. The UK has an equivalent provision for similar movements into the UK. The management of EU import and export procedures are the responsibility of the customs authorities of the Member States. It is therefore important that individuals or businesses confirm the processes at their port of arrival and any conditions or procedures that may apply.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials in the Border and Protocol Delivery Group (BPDG) engage on a regular basis with the EU custom authorities. DCMS will continue to work with BPDG and the sector to engage with relevant customs authorities to address any issues facing musicians.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/04/2021 14:09:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1304858

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he made of the potential merits of including a question on disability in the 2021 Census.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	173112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/03/2021 17:36:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name UKSA's final response to PQ173112.pdf title UKSAs response to PQ173112
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1300158

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	UN Climate Conference 2021
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the British Overseas Territories in preparation for the COP26 summit.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	164571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Overseas Territories (OTs), as small island states, are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and work in the OTs contributes to global understanding of climate science.</p><p>The UK Government is working closely with all OTs to ensure that their unique perspectives are accurately represented and is designing a specific package to support Territory Governments in the run up to COP26 and beyond. Whilst they are not part of the formal COP negotiating framework, COP26 provides an opportunity for the OTs to showcase their unique biodiversity, environments and marine protected areas and to highlight the importance of adaptation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/03/2021 15:34:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1300830

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Columbia: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much financial assistance the UK Government has offered to the Colombian Government to help tackle illicit drugs in that country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	165627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>Between April 2015 and March 2020, HMG spent £11,785,400 on Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programming covering Colombia, Peru, Panama and Venezuela, focused on tackling serious organized crime and corruption, including tackling illicit drugs. It is not possible to disaggregate this figure by country as a significant proportion of the programming is regional in nature, and activities benefit more than one country. It should be noted that a significant proportion of this figure was activity delivered by HMG, and was not outsourced to other implementers.</p><p>The UK has also contributed to a multi-donor $2 million project for crop substitution and food security, as well as funding the provision of technical advisers to the Colombian government office overseeing this work.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/03/2021 10:56:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1300157

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) veterans and (b) recently discharged personnel during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	164570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to provide a full range of support services for veterans and recently discharged personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, with appropriate adjustments to keep people safe. Veterans continue to access a range of NHS services, including Op COURAGE, a new single point of access for all veterans’ mental health and wellbeing services in NHS England. Veterans can also access support through Veterans UK and MOD services including its welfare services, employment support for service leavers through the Career Transition Partnership, the Defence Transition Service, and a helpline telephone call back service.</p><p>The Office for Veterans’ Affairs has also funded a new study with King’s College London, exploring the impact of COVID-19 on veterans, and given £6m in grants to over service 100 charities across the UK whose operation had been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, directly supporting over 90,000 members of the Armed Forces community. In this year’s Budget, an extra £10m has been allocated to help deliver charitable projects across the UK that support veterans with their mental health and wellbeing needs in the wake of the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 15/03/2021 17:42:36 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1285170

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the scientific advice for the decision to close outdoor sports facilities during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 and keep children's playgrounds open.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	151788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, we have consistently adapted our response as we have learnt more about the virus and how best to tackle it. Decisions on when to lift restrictions, and in which order, seek to strike a balance between the epidemiological evidence and advice, the impact lockdown is having on people’s health (including mental health and disproportionate impacts on certain groups), wellbeing, and the economy. Scientific evidence supporting the government response to coronavirus is regularly published here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/scientific-evidence-supporting-the-government-response-to-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/scientific-evidence-supporting-the-government-response-to-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>On 22 February the Government published its '<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-spring-2021/covid-19-response-spring-2021#roadmap" target="_blank">COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021</a>'</p><p>roadmap to recovery. The roadmap outlines four steps for cautiously easing restrictions across England. The first measures of Step 1 took place on the 8th March. Schools breaking up for the Easter holidays will provide an opportunity for further, limited relaxation particularly in outdoor settings where there is less risk. Therefore from 29 March, outdoor sports and leisure facilities will reopen and organised sport (for adults and children) will resume.</p><p>The design of the roadmap has been informed by the latest scientific evidence and seeks a balance between our key social and economic priorities, whilst preserving the health and safety of our country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 145871 question first answered 25/03/2021 17:34:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1282426

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Broadband: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how each regulatory mechanism governing consumer-compensation schemes with respect to broadband service providers is monitored to ensure it is (a) accessible to and (b) practically functional for individual consumers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	146980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>To help protect telecoms consumers, the Government strengthened Ofcom’s powers through the Digital Economy Act 2017. As a result, in April 2019, Ofcom introduced a voluntary <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/costs-and-billing/automatic-compensation-need-know" target="_blank">automatic compensation</a> scheme for customers of broadband and landline services for when things go wrong, such as missed engineer appointments, delayed start of a service or delayed repairs. BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Zen Internet, Utility Warehouse and Hyperoptic have all signed up to the scheme. The scheme is designed to help ensure customers receive appropriate redress when things go wrong and, over time, incentivise companies to improve their service.</p><p>Since its launch, Ofcom has been monitoring the scheme through regular engagement with the signatory companies, Openreach and with telecoms alternative dispute resolution providers. Under the voluntary agreement, signatories are also required to provide information to Ofcom, such as volumes of issues and the amounts of compensation paid. Following a <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/201540/auto-comp-review-aug-2020.pdf" target="_blank">review</a> of the scheme in August 2020, Ofcom concluded that the scheme was launched successfully, that it covered around 80% of the broadband market, and that it had increased compensation payments to consumers where repairs or installations had been delayed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 04/02/2021 15:22:35 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1282427

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Broadband: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that customers who have been identified as being of vulnerable or priority status under coronavirus guidance, and therefore in need of broadband services as critical infrastructure, are able to ensure prompt repair and resumption of their broadband services where those are suspended.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	146981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of digital connectivity, particularly during this difficult period. For repairs, broadband providers are able to send new equipment to their consumers via postal delivery or using click and collect services, and telecoms engineers are able to visit residential properties to instal or fix broadband connections under the current Covid-19 guidelines.</p><p>More broadly, Ofcom has rules in place, known as general conditions, which all providers must follow, that mandate communication providers to have procedures and policies in place to identify and support vulnerable consumers. Under these industry rules, providers must provide a priority fault repair service for disabled consumers of landline, broadband and mobile services.</p><p>Ofcom has also recently published a <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/198763/treating-vulnerable-customer-fairly-guide.pdf" target="_blank">vulnerability guide</a> for providers, setting out their expectations and good practice on how vulnerable telecoms consumers should be supported. This includes steps providers can take to identify vulnerable consumers, and an expectation that all providers implement specialist teams in order to provide extra support for vulnerable consumers.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 04/02/2021 15:21:14 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1278356

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Rules of Origin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to support small businesses affected by the Rules of Origin provisions of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	140224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes modern and appropriate rules of origin which have been negotiated to reflect the interests of UK businesses and consumers. The Government continues to work closely with industry to support them to take advantage of the opportunities on offer and help them adapt to any new trading requirements including rules of origin now we have left the single market and customs union.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made comprehensive guidance available online, and departments are engaging directly with businesses, including small and large businesses as well as trade associations, to support on technical and administrative queries. Furthermore, the Government has put in place a number of administrative simplifications. For goods imported from the EU to the UK between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021, the UK’s unilateral staged import controls policy means UK importers will have up to six months to submit a full customs declaration and pay any necessary tariffs. This also includes declaring the origin of their goods. As part of the TCA, we also agreed with the EU that traders will not need supplier declarations from business suppliers to be in place until 1 January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/01/2021 13:14:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West