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833972

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to review sexual harassment laws to ensure those laws are adequate in tackling unsafe work environments for women.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	125729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Legal protection from harassment in the workplace exists through the Equality Act 2010, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. We believe this legislation provides adequate protection for both men and women in the working environment; however, we will continue to keep the operation of the legislation under review, to ensure that it works as intended.</p><p>We recognise the risk that unscrupulous employers may try to intimidate vulnerable employees into signing away their legal rights in non-disclosure agreements. However, such agreements cannot be used to prevent an individual from asserting their statutory rights either under the employment Rights Act 1996 or the Equality Act 2010: to the extent that they are so used, they will be unenforceable.</p><p>The Government has nonetheless committed to look at the structures around non-disclosure agreements and the evidence that is coming forward about how they are being used.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2018 13:01:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

837741

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the President's Club charity dinner in January 2018, whether she plans to review the law on sexual harassment in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	126772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unwanted conduct in the workplace that violates a person’s dignity or creates a hostile or degrading atmosphere is unacceptable. Legal protection from such harassment in the workplace exists through the Equality Act 2010, with criminal offences in this area covered in the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. We believe this legislation provides adequate protection for both men and women in the working environment; however, we will continue to keep the operation of the legislation under review, to ensure that it works as intended.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise that unscrupulous employers may try to intimidate vulnerable employees into apparently signing away their rights in non-disclosure agreements. In fact the law already makes such agreements unenforceable. The Equality Act 2010 says that discriminatory contract terms, and terms that restrict a person’s rights not to be discriminated against, can’t be relied on by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/02/2018 13:59:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

834112

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Police: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent representations he has received from the Police and Crime Commissioners in Wales on the adequacy of (a) the number of police officers and (b) police funding in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	903572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Wales Office ministers meet regularly with representatives of the police in Wales to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently announced the proposed police funding settlement for 2018/19 which would see an additional £450m invested across England and Wales, including around £16m direct to Welsh PCCs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 903573 question first answered 31/01/2018 17:39:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1144760

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Homes England: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral statement of 4 September 2019 on Spending Round 2019, how much funding he plans to allocate to Homes England to deliver more homes where people need them; how many homes are planned to be built and what the location will be of those homes.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	286842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>In the latest spending round we have increased the resource funding available to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for 2020/21 by 2.7% to deliver their priorities, including delivering the homes this country needs in the right places. As part of this settlement, MHCLG’s admin budget will increase from £258m in 2019/20 to £341m in 2020/21, within which funding for Homes England will also increase. This will enable them to continue delivering significant investment in housing, with at least £44bn of financial support committed at the Autumn Budget 2017 over a five-year period, and to support the Government’s overall ambition of 300,000 additional homes on average by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:36:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1144763

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral statement of 4 September 2019 entitled, Spending Round 2019, to what programmes will the £24 million additional funding for the Building Safety Programme to support the new building safety regime be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	286843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Spending Round confirmed that the Government will provide £24m of additional funding for the Building Safety Programme in 2020/21 to help prevent a tragedy like Grenfell happening again. The Government has announced that £10m of this funding will be available to support the Protection Board who will provide expert, tailored building checks and inspections, if necessary, on all high-risk residential buildings in England by 2021. The remaining funding will be used to support the new building safety regime.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:39:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1144765

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral statement of 4 September 2019 entitled, Spending Round 2019, what proportion of the £24 million additional funding for the Building Safety Programme to support the new building safety regime will be provided to (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations to support the data collection exercise on external wall systems in high rise buildings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	286844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Spending Round confirmed that the Government will provide £24m of additional funding for the Building Safety Programme in 2020/21 to help prevent a tragedy like Grenfell happening again. Further to this, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed that an additional £4m of funding will be made available in 2019/20 to support LAs in the data collection exercise on external wall systems in high rise buildings.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:43:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1244849

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will include a review of the police allocation formula in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	106460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is alive to the concerns held by many in the policing sector over the police funding formula, and Home Office Ministers have agreed that the current arrangements are out of date. We are considering the police funding formula as part of our long-term vision for policing. Our priority for the Spending Review is continuing to support police forces with the required resources to tackle crime. At the 2019 Spending Review the Government agreed a total police funding settlement of up to £15.2 billion in 2020/21, which is an increase of up to £1.1 billion compared to 2019/20 and the biggest increase in funding for the policing system since 2010.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 23/10/2020 13:26:15 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1338669

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to businesses in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	901629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, support for businesses through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief.</p><p>At the Budget, the Chancellor extended this package of economic support to accommodate even the most cautious view about the time it might take to exit restrictions and to provide certainty and continuity to business. The Government continues to keep all impacts and policies under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 901628 901630 901640 question first answered 22/06/2021 13:25:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1355044

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the level of spending required in 2021-22 for the transition to achieve net zero.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	48334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2020 allocated funding for 2021/22, and the full settlement can be found: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents</a>. Spending Review 2021 is currently ongoing and is due to be published on the 27<sup>th</sup> October. This will include allocation of spending up to 2024/25.</p><p>At Spending Reviews, departments follow Green Book guidance to both understand the wider strategic context of their policies, including their contribution to Net Zero, and assess all costs and benefits of their bids, including climate and environmental impacts. At the Treasury we consider these impacts when we assess the value for money of different spending programmes and the benefits they would deliver.</p><p>At Spending Review 2020, we required departments to improve the information they provided about the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from their spending bids. We have written out to departments with our expectations to improve data collection on emissions for Spending Review 2021.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/09/2021 09:47:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1380887

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken on spending £9.2 billion on energy efficiency measures over the course of the 2019 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	79450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>We have so far invested over £2.5bn to support both low-income households and public sector organisations to install energy efficiency measures, while also expanding the Energy Company Obligation to £1bn per year. This is significantly above the £1.28bn originally included in the 2019 manifesto covering the first two years of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The recent spending review committed further funding to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. This included £950 million for the Home Upgrade Grant, £800 million for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund £1.4 billion to help decarbonise the public sector estate.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducting important non-spending policies to support the uptake of energy efficiency, as set out in the Heat and Building Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/11/2021 13:01:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones