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1505566

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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 Promotion: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on funding British businesses to attend trade shows in India (a) in 2021 (b) to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>All of the tradeshows in India that the Department for International Trade (DIT) had planned to support at the start of 2021 (January – March) via the old <strong>Tradeshow Access Programme</strong> were cancelled due to Covid. Tradeshows in India for the remainder of 2021 were also cancelled.</p><p> </p><p>We are however making support available to UK businesses for them to attend and exhibit at a number of events in India for the remainder of 2022/23, via the new <strong>UK Tradeshow Programme</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>DIT actively supports businesses in a variety of ways to seek export opportunities in India.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh grouped question UIN 49053 question first answered 03/10/2022 13:41:01 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1505994

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	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 Promotion: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department (a) spent on and (b) plans to spend on funding British businesses to attend trade shows in India in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	49053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2022 answer text <p>All of the tradeshows in India that the Department for International Trade (DIT) had planned to support at the start of 2021 (January – March) via the old <strong>Tradeshow Access Programme</strong> were cancelled due to Covid. Tradeshows in India for the remainder of 2021 were also cancelled.</p><p> </p><p>We are however making support available to UK businesses for them to attend and exhibit at a number of events in India for the remainder of 2022/23, via the new <strong>UK Tradeshow Programme</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>DIT actively supports businesses in a variety of ways to seek export opportunities in India.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh grouped question UIN 48209 question first answered 03/10/2022 13:41:01 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1522506

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether officials from her Department have had discussions with representatives of companies that have stopped trading with the European Union since the end of the Brexit transition period on the reasons behind those business decisions; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	63101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade remains committed to listening to a wide range of voices to ensure our trade policy delivers for the whole of the UK, including businesses. We have established an extensive stakeholder engagement framework allowing business and stakeholders the opportunity to feed into our trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Export Support Service (ESS), has helped over 11,500 UK businesses trade with Europe. ESS has also contacted businesses that have stopped trading with the EU to make them aware of support available.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 24/10/2022 15:50:27 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1549998

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	106309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Matters related to international trade policy and Free Trade Agreements are dealt with within the Protocol and Free Trade Agreement team in my Department, which currently numbers 5 posts. Others within the department also provide support on Northern Ireland trade-related matters. The resource dedicated to this activity is expected to continue at current levels for the next financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/12/2022 10:16:41 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1583525

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	903465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Bristol East (UIN 903467).</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 08/02/2023 14:59:22 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1505558

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department were based permanently in (a) Gujarat, (b) Delhi and (c) other states in India in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The table below details the Military and Civilian staff working in India for the last five years. All MOD Civilian staff working in India are based in New Delhi. The exact geographical location of Military officials working in India is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fiscal year</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian FTE total</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military FTE total</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>- Figures reported in fiscal year 01 April to 31 March.</p><p>- Rounded figures are to the nearest five, with numbers below five replaced by the tilde symbol (‘~’) and zeros replaced by full stops (‘.’). All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 27/09/2022 12:29:43 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1256001

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to require his Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	121137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office’s HR services, including payroll, are provided by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). MOJ does not currently offer the facility to allow staff to join a Credit Union through payroll deductions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/12/2020 13:23:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1359514

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to ensure that schools and other relevant agencies are working with all children and young people to ensure that (a) misogyny and sexism are challenged and (b) such attitudes, actions and behaviours are not normalised or trivialised within schools; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that progress in both those areas is monitored; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	56513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The new statutory guidance for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE), which came into force in September 2020, emphasises that schools should be alive to issues such as everyday sexism, misogyny, homophobia and gender stereotypes, and take positive action to build a culture where these are not tolerated, and any occurrences are identified and tackled. The guidance states that schools should make clear that sexual violence and sexual harassment are not acceptable, will never be tolerated and are not an inevitable part of growing up.</p><p>Following Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, the department has committed to developing additional support to help teachers deliver statutory RSHE effectively and confidently. The government’s October 2021 ‘Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy’ emphasises the importance of educational interventions to change harmful attitudes. To ensure consistency of approach, the department will develop non-statutory guidance, monitor and evaluate teacher confidence to deliver these difficult topics, and continue to build a programme of support that meets teachers’ needs.</p><p>The department has also recently published revised statutory guidance, ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, which has been strengthened to better support schools and colleges to prevent abuse, identify abuse, and respond appropriately where abuse is reported. The department will be launching a consultation later this year on the non-statutory behaviour and discipline guidance which will provide more practical advice to schools about how to encourage good behaviour and respond effectively to incidents of poor behaviour, including advice on how to create a safe and respectful school culture in which sexual harassment and violence are not tolerated.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/10/2021 11:50:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401811

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken to deliver face masks to secondary schools in (a) Harrow West constituency and (b) England; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that deliveries are made in time to meet demand; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>To support the temporary measures recently introduced, the department has worked with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to deliver a contingency supply of face coverings to education providers. These face coverings have been provided by DHSC at no cost to education providers.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect most staff, pupils and students already have access to face coverings. However, we recognise that some individuals may not have access or might forget their face covering. We hope that this extra supply will mean all students, pupils and staff are able to access a face covering when needed.</p><p> </p><p>We delivered the majority of face coverings to secondary schools before the Christmas break, with the remaining deliveries completed in early January, including to those schools in Harrow West.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/01/2022 18:20:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1313270

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to airports and airlines on ensuring that social distancing measures are implemented while passengers (a) enter and exit aircraft and (b) wait in airport waiting rooms and lounges; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	42
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The government has introduced a range of measures such as social distancing and the wearing of face coverings to help reduce the risk of transmission on aircraft and at airports, as well as issuing clear guidance for both passengers and operators. Where social distancing is not possible, airlines are advised to carry out a risk assessment and implement appropriate risk controls. For example, wearing a face covering can play a role in helping us to protect other passengers, which is why it is mandatory to wear one on board aircraft.</p><p>Additionally, operators are encouraged to introduce clear signage and one-way passenger flows where appropriate. Arrangements may vary depending on the port or airport and the guidance is available to support port operators. The government continue to engage with the aviation sector to ensure they are supported in implementing best practices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/05/2021 11:03:07 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas