Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1686705

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disguised employment enforcement actions have been taken by HMRC against hairdressing salons in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not available as HMRC systems do not segment data in away that would allow the required analysis. As such this information would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In addition, HMRC does not disclose data that could prejudice the assessment or collection of tax.</p><p>More generally, HMRC does however publish some customer compliance related information as part of the annually published report and accounts, which also includes data around Compliance activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/02/2024 11:15:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1686707

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Personal Care Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) hairdressing and (b) barber salons there are.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>ONS data[1] shows that the number of business premises in the hairdressing and beauty sector totalled 50,485 in 2023. This is an increase of 1.8% compared with 2022 and 17.4% above 2017 levels.</p><p> </p><p>Additional data from the Local Data Company[2] shows that the number of hairdressers fell by 425 in September 2023 compared with a year earlier, while the number of barbers increased by 815.</p><p> </p><p>[1] ONS – UK business activity, size and location – 2023. Data relates to SIC 9602.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://britishbeautycouncil.com/british-beauty-council-ldc-new-report/" target="_blank">https://britishbeautycouncil.com/british-beauty-council-ldc-new-report/</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2024 13:55:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1686709

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help support small employers with increases in the national minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government will be undertaking an extensive communications campaign to ensure businesses are informed and ready for the April 2024 upratings.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has regular engagement with key stakeholders at ministerial and official level including with the Federation of Small Business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides extensive business support measures, with over 40 offers to help all types of businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a business rates package worth £4.3 billion, and a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme, to help businesses with their bills.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access support via the Business Support Helpline, Gov.uk, and through our network of local Growth Hubs across England.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2024 14:38:53 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1686710

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Organised Crime and Undocumented Migrants
	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 help tackle the use of barber shops as fronts for (a) organised crime and (b) illegal immigration.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the threat from Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) and immigration related criminality. It has recently published a new SOC strategy that commits to reducing SOC in the UK by disrupting and dismantling organised crime groups and networks operating in and against the UK.</p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA), Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) network, Border Force and law enforcement partners have specialised intelligence and investigative teams that are deployed across the full range of SOC threats, including illicit finance, fraud, money laundering, and immigration crime, to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>National, regional and local operational activity is always prioritised by law enforcement according to the threat, risk and harm posed.</p><p>This Government has increased NCA funding by more than 40% since 2019 to support the development of essential capabilities needed to tackle the full range of SOC threats.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/02/2024 15:37:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1685865

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing reduced fee tiers of visa payments for individuals with contributory ties with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce fee tiers. It is the Home Office’s policy that fees should generally be charged consistently across customer groups in order to support the overall funding of the migration and borders system.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 10:06:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1681770

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2024
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make unmarried long-term childless couples eligible for Bereavement Support Payment.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	9351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment is currently only available to those who are married, in a cohabiting relationship with dependent children, or in a civil partnership. We currently have no plans to change the eligibility criteria for Bereavement Support Payment.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 22/01/2024 15:45:17 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1679528

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of women on spousal visas that have been a victim of (a) domestic abuse and (b) modern slavery.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	8034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of women on spousal visas that have been a victim of domestic abuse and modern slavery does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p><br> The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 17:10:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1675916

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of arranged marriages in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	5595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made a recent assessment on the prevalence of arranged marriages in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In an arranged marriage the families take a leading role in choosing the marriage partner, but the marriage is entered into freely by both parties.</p><p> </p><p>This is in contrast to a forced marriage, where one or both people do not or cannot consent to the marriage and pressure or abuse is used to force them into the marriage.</p><p> </p><p>It is also a forced marriage when anything is done to make someone marry before they turn 18, even if there is no pressure or abuse.</p><p> </p><p>More information on forced marriage can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage</a></p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/12/2023 10:03:00 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1668506

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	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	Turkey: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 200957 on Turkey: British Nationals Abroad, what points HM Ambassador raised with the Turkish Health Minister; whether his Department plans to discuss with the Turkish authorities measures to tackle the issue of of medical tourism and the need for comprehensive advice for Britons seeking such treatment in Turkey; and what issues will be discussed during the visit by the delegation from the Department for Health and Social Care.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>On 4 October, HM Ambassador met with the Turkish Minister of Health and discussed the importance of mutual cooperation and clear advice to ensure the safety of increasing numbers of British Nationals seeking elective medical treatments in Turkey. HMA continues high level engagement with the Turkish Minister of Health and Minister of Culture and Tourism on the issue. On their visit, Department of Health and Social Care officials engaged with the Turkish Ministry of Health on patient safety measures for UK patients undertaking planned medical treatment in Turkey, as well as exploring the support to UK tourists to Turkey who may need emergency healthcare. Our Embassy in Ankara will continue to engage regularly with the Turkish authorities on these issues. We keep our central online guidance up to date, as well as the FCDO Travel Advice for Turkey.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/11/2023 15:54:54 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1667534

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Water Supply: Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has received recent representations on the disintegrating of plastic within internal baffles of household water tanks.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has not received recent representations on the disintegrating of plastic within internal baffles of household water tanks.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2023 15:09:26 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally