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date	22/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Debts
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 impact of the rising cost of living on the levels of household debt in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	190838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government monitors personal debt levels by working closely with the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as well as other stakeholders in the debt advice sector.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA conducts a biennial Financial Lives Survey which provides a comprehensive insight into the finances of the UK population. The latest results of their survey relating to financial resilience can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/data/financial-lives-2022-early-survey-insights-vulnerability-financial-resilience" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/data/financial-lives-2022-early-survey-insights-vulnerability-financial-resilience</a></p><p> </p><p>MaPS monitors financial difficulty through an annual survey of 22,000 people. The results of MaPS’ latest Debt Need Survey were published on 25 January 2023. This includes a regional breakdown of how the need for debt advice changed since 2021. The summary of their findings can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/2023/01/25/need-for-debt-advice-and-how-households-are-reacting-to-changes-in-the-cost-of-living/" target="_blank">https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/2023/01/25/need-for-debt-advice-and-how-households-are-reacting-to-changes-in-the-cost-of-living/</a></p><p> </p><p>MaPS have also published constituency-level debt advice need figures from 2021 which can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoneyandpensionsservice.org.uk%2F2021%2F09%2F30%2Fneed-for-debt-advice-2021-estimates-for-uk-constituencies-and-local-authorities%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crajesh.kapoor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C00685ebe2a1d431e32e008db73e0d8db%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638231181770102548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RJgSD0%2B1i5GCmGlnnSJz%2BPnc%2FkSMnAqKvdEUyFuz9i4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/2021/09/30/need-for-debt-advice-2021-estimates-for-uk-constituencies-and-local-authorities/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>MaPS is aiming to publish constituency-level debt advice need figures based on their 2022 survey later this year.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 27/06/2023 10:30:18 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

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registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in the Bangladesh Government on ensuring freedom to (a) campaign and (b) assemble in advance of the parliamentary elections in that country.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	190838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The British Government has been consistently clear that we wish to see a free, fair and pluralistic election in Bangladesh. I have repeatedly encouraged the Government of Bangladesh and opposition parties to engage in an effective dialogue to this end. Through our High Commission in Dhaka we have been clear that the Election Commission should be allowed to continue its important work, including the registration of voters, without inteference. We have consistently made the case for international oversight of the election and the EU has agreed to send an Election Expert Mission. Through the Department for International Development funding, the UK will also support local observation of the general election.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary raised his concerns regarding the next election in Bangladesh with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when they met at the UN General Assembly in New York on 24 September. In a call on 1 November with State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, I again made the case for a free, fair and participatory election. Allowing freedom of expression and freedom of assembly is an integral aspect of this, and through our High Commission in Dhaka the UK continues to make its concerns heard regarding freedom of expression in Bangladesh.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 21/11/2018 12:06:43 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main