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1226146

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	First Time Buyers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to help first-time buyers to purchase their own homes.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	904982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government will reset our national homeownership offer – ensuring local people and key workers have the opportunity to build a life in their own community.</p><p>First Homes, our new homeownership programme, will discount homes by at least 30 per cent for key workers, local people, and first-time buyers – including those who have done so much to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak. We recently closed our consultation on First Homes and will publish our response soon.</p><p>At the same time our new £12 billion investment in affordable homes will create thousands of new homes for Shared Ownership.</p><p>And all of this adds to other Government-backed schemes, including Help to Buy, which have supported over 627,000 households into homeownership since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2020 16:26:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1205279

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been allocated to vulnerable children in Warrington during the period of school closures due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	61620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £100 million to support vulnerable and disadvantaged children in England to access remote education and social care services, including by providing laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10, receiving support from a social worker or are a care leaver. Where care leavers, children with a social worker at secondary school and children in year 10 do not have internet connections, we are providing 4G wireless routers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has ordered over 200,000 laptops and tablets and allocated devices to local authorities and academy trusts based on its estimates of the number of eligible children that do not have access to a device. Local authorities and academy trusts are best place to identify and prioritise children and young people who need devices. The Department is working to provide these devices in the shortest possible timeframe; deliveries to schools and local authorities began in May and have continued throughout June. As of 14 June, we have shipped over 100,000 laptops and 20,000 4G routers, including 481 to Warrington for children with a social worker and care leavers and 45 for disadvantaged year 10 pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published information about how many laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers we have delivered or dispatched to local authorities and academy trusts as of 14 June, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laptops-tablets-and-4g-wireless-routers-progress-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laptops-tablets-and-4g-wireless-routers-progress-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/06/2020 13:09:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1171231

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Arts: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to support further growth of the creative industries in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	900216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>Government and industry launched a Sector Deal for the Creative Industries in 2018, with more than £150m of funding. This aims to unlock growth for creative businesses across the country, and the North West benefits from a number of programmes within the Sector Deal.</p><p>These include a Creative Scale Up programme to help small creative businesses access the finance they need to grow and is launching today in the Manchester region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:31:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1148138

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	294237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1147445

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Food: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) bring forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to provide food waste bins and (b) allocate funding to local authorities to provide those waste bins.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	292993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its commitment to working towards zero food waste to landfill by 2030 in the Resources and Waste Strategy which we published in 2018.</p><p>Our recent ‘consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections in England’ sought views on the collection of food waste from households. The majority of respondents were in favour of this measure. Government has therefore said that it will bring in legislation so that all English local authorities have a duty to collect food waste separately from other waste every week so that this food waste can be recycled or composted.</p><p>The Government has committed to funding any new additional burdens arising from this new statutory duty to local authorities including provision of equipment such as food waste bins.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 13:33:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1145516

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will guarantee continued market access to the UK on current terms for exports from (a) Ghana, (b) Cameroon, (c) Côte d’Ivoire, (d) Kenya and (e) South Africa in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	290447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is seeking continuity in our trading arrangements on leaving the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently, on 10 September 2019, the UK initialled an Economic Partnership Agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique (including South Africa). We will work at pace with our Southern African partners to sign the agreement and subsequently bring it into effect as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to work with other partner countries, including Ghana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya, to maintain their market access and replicate the effects of EU arrangements for when we need them, whether that is in the event of a no deal, or after an implementation period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 02/10/2019 09:43:19 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1145517

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade: Ethics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to develop fair and ethical trade.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	290448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the White Paper, <em>Preparing for our future UK trade policy</em>, the Government is committed to a fair and rules-based approach to international trade. The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and this will continue as we leave the European Union.</p><p>The Department for International Trade and the Department for International Development are working together to ensure development and global prosperity are at the heart of UK trade and investment policy. We do this in several ways, including:</p><ul><li><p>enhancing market access for poor countries through our trading arrangements;</p></li><li><p>ensuring that they can take advantage of this access through trade-related assistance (Aid for Trade); and</p></li><li><p>using our voice in organisations like the World Trade Organisation to argue for better and fairer trading rules for developing countries.</p></li></ul><p>The Government will pursue economic prosperity for the UK and lead by example through our pursuit of free and fair trade.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 01/10/2019 14:22:48 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1145518

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to programmes supporting the payment of living wages in global value chains; and whether that funding is supporting workers in the cocoa sector.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	290449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID is investing more than £1.2 billion in bilateral agriculture programmes, many of which support smallholders in global value chains, including cocoa. DFID does not categorise its programme spend according to the nature of different value chains given the significant additional burden this would place on projects if the data was to be robust.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is a founding member of the Living Income Community of Practice and is partnering with the UN Foundation, CARE, and the Fourth Sector Group, to explore how we can encourage the growth of more “for benefit” businesses in the cocoa supply chain. It also supports the Ethical Trade Initiative to improve worker’s rights in global supply chains. This includes working with companies to improve the application of human rights and providing direct remediation of labour rights violations for vulnerable workers.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/10/2019 15:49:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1145519

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his Department's Economic Development Strategy, what steps he is taking to track progress towards the achievement of living incomes in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	290450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID tracks progress on living incomes for the poor through global progress against the targets under Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) – to deliver sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. DFID measures the contribution its projects make by reporting on the “Number of people supported to have raised incomes and better jobs or livelihoods”. This includes beneficiaries who we have supported to raise their income, which alone amounted to 2.2 million people between 2015/16 and 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/10/2019 15:50:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1145139

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on exporters to the UK based in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	287657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Our first priority is to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements with developing countries on leaving the EU to minimise trade disruption.</p><p>The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. This will provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme by granting duty-free, quota-free access to around 48 Least Developed Countries and tariff reductions to other developing countries.</p><p>It remains our priority to replicate the effects of seven EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The UK has signed EPAs with Eastern and Southern Africa states, Pacific states and CARIFORUM states. This will provide continuity for businesses, exporters and consumers as the UK prepares to leave the EU. We are continuing to work with other partner countries to have agreements in place ready for when we need them, whether that is in the event of no deal, or after an implementation period.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 09/09/2019 14:30:09 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid