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1702135

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to email correspondence of (a) 11 January, (b) 8 February, (c) 1 March and (d) 15 March 2024 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East with references (i) MC2024/00868 and (ii) DL17224.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	22630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>A response to the hon. Member was sent out on 30 April 2024. I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 07/05/2024 09:44:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546801

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government took to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a government priority. VAWG is unacceptable and preventable.</p><p>To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Home Secretary visited Refuge – a charity providing specialist services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse. The Home Secretary saw, first-hand, the National Domestic Violence Helpline the Home Office funds, which offers support and advice to victims and survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>I visited Project Foundation at the Hampshire Fire and Police Headquarters to learn more about the methods they are using to disrupt and address abusive behaviour, whilst also protecting victims and survivors from further harm.</p><p>In the week leading up to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we launched the VAWG Support and Specialist Services competition for ‘by and for’ services to ensure support is in place for victims and survivors which best serves their needs. This will award up to £8.4 million over two years.</p><p>The ‘Enough’ campaign is our national communications campaign to challenge the harmful behaviours that exist within wider society, educate young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensure victims can recognise abuse and receive support. To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, it collaborated with influencers and commercial partners to share pledges in support of the day via social media and public relations activity.</p><p>In relation to tackling violence against women and girls internationally, the Foreign Secretary hosted a conference on ‘sexual violence in conflict’. Over 1,000 delegates from over 57 countries came together to reaffirm their commitment to preventing sexual violence in conflict. At the conference, the UK launched a new three-year Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Strategy, announcing further funding of up to £12.5 million to deliver its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 07/12/2022 12:01:44 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546802

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of violence against women and girls in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Violence Against Women and Girls crimes are often hidden and can go unreported to the police.</p><p>This means that police recorded crime data do not provide a reliable measure of trends in levels of Violence Against Women and Girls. Recently, levels of reporting have gone up. This may in part be due to improvements in police recording practices, but also simply because more victims and survivors are coming forward. We want to see these increase so that more victims and survivors can be supported, and so more perpetrators are brought to justice.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales provides a more reliable measure of prevalence and covers crimes that may not have been reported to the police. In the year to March 2022,</p><ul><li>5.7% of adults aged 16 to 59 experienced domestic abuse in the year ending March 2022.</li><li>2.7% of adults aged 16 to 59 were victims of sexual assault</li><li>0.4% of adults aged 16 to 59 had experienced rape, including attempts.</li><li>4.7% of adults aged 16 to 59 had experienced stalking,</li></ul><p>There were no significant change compared with the year ending March 2020, the last period for which data were published.</p><p>For domestic abuse, rape and stalking, longer-term trends have also remained relatively stable. Whereas, sexual offences have seen fluctuations with no clear trends.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/12/2022 12:52:23 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546803

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Gender Based Violence: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the proportion of the foreign aid budget allocated to programmes which prevent violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has frequent discussions with the Minister for Development on the allocation of the foreign aid budget. The UK will focus spend according to the priorities set out in the International Development Strategy, which includes women and girls, while maximising the best value for money and our flexibility to respond to new or emerging priority issues. Last month, the UK hosted an international conference to drive urgent action to prevent sexual violence in conflict and announced £12.5 million new funding for this. We will be launching a new International Women and Girls Strategy in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 13/12/2022 17:20:45 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546804

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy published in March 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the recommendations of that report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is part of the cross-government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and is working with the Home Office and Department for Education to deliver the ambitions of the recommendations from our Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2022 16:24:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1546814

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce mandatory consultation by local authorities on transport projects with women and girls from various cultures, backgrounds and ages following the publication of recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	99960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the ambition of the recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls. In line with their recommendation on national transport planning guidance, the Department for Transport is updating guidance on consultation for local transport schemes as part of its forthcoming Local Transport Plan guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of their Public Sector Equality Duty, when designing transport projects local authorities must consider the needs of people in relation to characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010, including sex, age and race.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2022 16:40:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1538664

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	77557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021 the former Chancellor set out the fiscal circumstances under which the UK will make the return to spending 0.7% of its GNI on ODA. This is set out in detail in a written ministerial statement, here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-12/hcws172" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-12/hcws172</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Each year, the Government will continue to monitor future forecasts closely and will review and confirm, in accordance with the Act, whether a return to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA is possible against the latest fiscal forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/11/2022 14:37:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1488248

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Whisky: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising energy costs on the Scotch Whisky industry.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	35037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Whilst no specific assessment has been made on the impact of rising energy costs on the Scotch Whisky industry, the UK Government is in regular dialogue with the industry, and aims to provide the framework for a forwarding-thinking, competitive alcoholic drinks sector which can grow, export and innovate in line with Government ambitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/07/2022 13:23:51 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1465304

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 March 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL8349.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	8113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>MPAM reference: MPAM/0288738/22 – The Home Office will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 15:21:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1436913

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason documentation produced by her Department informs claimants of personal independence payments not to send in a supporting letter from their GP.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	132343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>When individuals make a claim to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) they are encouraged to provide relevant evidence which they already have. This can include information from a GP. We do not advise claimants to request additional documents as this may slow down their claim, or incur a cost. GPs can charge their patients for producing additional supporting evidence and they may not always be best placed to provide evidence of a claimant’s functional capabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Part 1 of the PIP Assessment Guide (PIPAG) - Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) - for Health Professionals who carry out PIP assessments, includes guidance at section 1.4 requiring them to review each claim to determine whether further evidence is needed. It also advises on the most appropriate source of further evidence considering a range of professionals who may be involved in supporting the claimant.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/03/2022 14:39:31 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden