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1364643

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the impact on credit scores (a) across different age groups, (b) in Feltham and Heston constituency and (c) England of the increase in debt from buy now, pay later products.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	66197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text HM Treasury does not hold information on the impact of Buy-Now Pay-Later product usage on credit scores.<p> </p><p>On 21 October, the Government published a consultation document outlining its proposed approach to the regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later products. The consultation document can be found at the following link, including details on how to respond: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/regulation-of-buy-now-pay-later-consultation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/regulation-of-buy-now-pay-later-consultation</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closes on 6 January. Once the consultation has concluded, the Government will review responses and consider next steps.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/11/2021 12:03:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1609849

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of invoices received by her Department were paid within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	179982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The table below shows the percentage of invoices received and paid within five days for (a) 2021-22 and (b) each of the last 12 months. <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>7.95%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>5.26%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>33.33%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>25.00%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>25.71%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>33.33%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>36.36%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>44.44%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>28.57%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>18.52%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 15:02:18 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1661247

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided through the Employer Support Fund to companies offering T-Level work placements in the period between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	199972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>​​The department launched the Employer Incentive Fund in May 2021, which ran until July 2022, as a short-term response to the impact COVID-19 had on businesses. Providers were allocated an amount of money based on their student enrolment figures to pay employers £1,000 for each industry placement student that they took on. In excess of 1,600 employers were supported to offer placements during the scheme. The new Employer Support Fund was launched in April 2023, for which we have made up to £12 million available to support legitimate costs employers may incur when offering placement opportunities. This support fund is only valid for placements which begin between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. ​</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 16/10/2023 11:43:39 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1600453

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	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	Department for Business and Trade: Information Commissioner's Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled BEIS: spending over £500, September 2022, for what purpose her Department spent £2,900 at the Information Commissioner's Office on 5 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	156168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>£2,900 was paid to the Information Commissioner’s Office to satisfy the department’s annual data protection fee as outlined in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The amount is set by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/03/2023 16:10:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1600812

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	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	Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled BEIS: spending over £500, September 2022, for what purpose her Department spent (a) £500 at the Information Commissioner's Office on 7 September 2022 and (b) £990 at Noble Macmillan on 12 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	156966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>a) The former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) did not spend £500 at the Information Commissioner’s Office in September 2022</p><p>b) £990 was spent at Noble Macmillan on the purchase of books of condolence for all former BEIS offices following the death of HM The Queen.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/03/2023 14:40:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1604961

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	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	Social Security Benefits: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce online application portals for (a) Work Capability Assessment, (b) Attendance Allowance and (c) Personal Independence Payment.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	167122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>a) The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) determines entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the additional health-related amount of Universal Credit (UC). Claimants are invited to participate in a WCA as part of a claim to ESA or a declaration of restricted ability to work in UC. Claimants can apply for New Style ESA/UC through existing New Style ESA and UC online application portals via gov.uk. Additionally, we are testing a digital Work Capability Questionnaire (UC50) in UC.</p><p>b) Online claims are currently being tested, with a very limited group of people, within Attendance Allowance with a view to this becoming more widely available in due course.</p><p>c) The Health Transformation Programme is transforming the entire PIP service, including introducing a digital PIP service with the option to apply online. We are currently operating a small-scale test of this new apply service, taking a small number of claims to begin with before we gradually and carefully increase the number of people who can use it. We have already introduced a digital version of the PIP2 health questionnaire, which is now offered to the majority of those making a claim.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/03/2023 10:03:33 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1603552

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2023 to Question 156972 on Refugees: Afghanistan, whether this information applies to pathway (a) one and (b) two.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	163820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes, I can confirm that it does.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 11:11:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1648301

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	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	Marine Animals: Nature Reserves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a series of marine national parks to improve marine biodiversity.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	191362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>While some countries designate marine parks, domestically, we have created a series of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect our marine biodiversity. This is an extensive network of 178 sites covering 40% of English waters. Our MPA network represents the range of species and habitats found in our seas.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support local initiatives such as the proposed Marine Park in waters around Plymouth, and will consider the contribution of such projects to our environmental goals such as 30by30.</p><p> </p><p>To complement the MPA network, the first three Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters were designated on 14 June 2023 and will come into force on 5 July 2023. HPMAs will provide the highest levels of protection in our seas, allowing nature to fully recover to a more natural state and helping the ecosystem to thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, we are also leading global efforts to protect the ocean. We welcome the agreement of the Convention on Biological Diversity <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbd.int%2Fdoc%2Fdecisions%2Fcop-15%2Fcop-15-dec-04-en.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C47fb64dba0984bd529e108db78a3cfee%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638236417198206115%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iCQNEiF9Ll4Mv8cEeskiiwff2VtprcscZVbQMxdFfdA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework</a> (GBF), which sets out a clear mission: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. As Ocean Co-Chair of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature &amp; People, and our leadership of the Global Ocean Alliance, we continue to champion the GBF Target 3 to effectively conserve and manage at least 30% of the land and 30% of the ocean globally by 2030 (30by30), including the move to support implementation through facilitating knowledge-sharing and match-making financial and technical assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The adoption of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement on 19 June will also lead to much greater protection for the two-thirds of the global ocean that lies beyond national jurisdiction, therefore playing a key role in achieving the 30by30 target the UK will work to ratify the Agreement as soon as practicable, whilst supporting others to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Blue Planet Fund, a £500 million programme, supports developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty, by tackling threats to ocean health such as illegal fishing, pollution and climate change; and at the UN Ocean conference in 2022, we committed up to £100 million of Blue Planet Funding to support the implementation, management and enforcement of Marine Protected Areas.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/07/2023 16:49:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1380143

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Clarks: Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the mediations between Clarks and its employees.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	78412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>When employment disputes arise, the Government wants to ensure that employers and employees can resolve these quickly and efficiently. It is always better to resolve disputes through dialogue wherever possible. Acas provides collective conciliation and mediation services. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not assessed the effectiveness of the mediations between Clarks and its employees, and the Government will not get involved whilst mediation talks are progressing with Acas.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/11/2021 15:54:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1600818

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129806 on Asylum: Children, whether she plans to launch an inquiry into missing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	156968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>When any young person goes missing the ‘missing persons protocol’ is followed and led by our directly engaged social workers. A multi-agency, missing persons protocol is mobilised involving the police and the local authority, who have a shared statutory responsibility to safeguard all children including missing migrant children in order to establish their whereabouts and to ensure that they are safe.</p><p>The MARS (Missing After Reasonable Steps) protocol is followed for any looked after child who goes missing from a care setting, including the unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) hotels.</p><p>The Home Office and Department for Education (DfE) have established a UASC taskforce which was convened in November 2022 which has been meeting regularly. This multiagency taskforce includes representatives for the Home Office, DfE, Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUCH), the Association of Directors if Children’s Services (ACDS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) to consider strategic and tactical solutions to the management of UASC. It is co-chaired by DfE Permanent Secretary, Susan Acland-Hood and Home Office Second Permanent Secretary, Patricia Hayes.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to address risks of young people going missing and work with partners to locate them if they do.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/03/2023 17:07:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra