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1348389

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	Universal Credit: Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 15239, whether her Department is on schedule to automate the process of proactively correcting universal credit payments at risk of being reduced when coinciding with the claimant receiving multiple wages during one assessment period by mid-summer 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	35698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We are currently on schedule to deliver the automation which will allow us to identify and take action when claimants are impacted by two earnings in the one assessment period by Summer 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2021 14:21:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1218285

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2020
	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	Universal Credit: Dunfermline and West Fife
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advanced universal credit payments have been issued in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency since 1 March 2020; and what the cost was of those payments to the nearest thousand pounds.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	65137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Between 1 March 2020 and 16 June 2020 inclusive, 2,310 Universal Credit advance payments were issued to the Dunfermline and West Fife parliamentary constituency totalling a value of £1,013,000.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and values to the nearest £1000.</p><p>2. Figures include all types of advances, including advances paid after the first assessment period.</p><p>3. Figures provided to 16 June 2020 in line with published management information relating to Universal Credit advances.</p><p>4. If a claimant has applied for more than one advance, each one is counted separately in these figures.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/07/2020 17:14:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 33977 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144811

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of data via the Data Hub since the introduction of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	286784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Data Hub is a secure mechanism for sharing data with local authorities not only for Universal Credit purposes, but for wider data share requirements across central and local Government and has been effective in doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has plans to iterate and enhance the current data shared in the future and are working with local authority colleagues to support this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/09/2019 10:54:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1505117

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	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	Cost of Living Payments: Dunfermline and West Fife
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Dunfermline and West Fife did not receive the first cost-of-living benefit instalment due to them receiving a nil award during the relevant universal credit assessment period.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	47570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Between the 14 and 20 July, the department processed over 7.2m cost of living payments worth around £2.4 billion. In total, over eight million families will be eligible for this payment, with around one million eligible because they receive tax credits and no other eligible benefits. These families will receive their first instalment from HMRC in the autumn, and the second instalment in the winter. Further information is available at: 7.2 million Cost of Living payments made to low-income families - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) and at: Cost of Living Payment - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit households can receive a nil award for various reasons. The majority of nil awards are due to household earnings. Other reasons that can cause or contribute to a nil award include; capital, other income, other benefits, sanctions and fraud penalties.</p><p> </p><p>There were 800 households containing 1,000 claimants in Dunfermline and West Fife who have not received the first Cost of Living Payment due to a nil award.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</p><p>2. Great Britain level figures have been provided.</p><p>3. Nil awards have been defined as households that received a £0 Universal Credit payment and had no deductions for advance repayments, third party debts or government debts and had no money paid directly to their landlord by Universal Credit.</p><p>4. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.</p><p>5. The methodology used is different to those used to derive the Official Statistics Household series and therefore, figures may not be comparable.</p><p>6. The methodology and data source may be slightly different to those used to derive entitlement to the Cost-of-Living Payment.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/09/2022 15:49:14 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1441469

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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	Food Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set a revised date for the publication of the National Food Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	140479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The forthcoming Food Strategy White Paper is a once in a generation opportunity to create a food system that feeds our nation today and protects it for tomorrow.</p><p>It will build on existing work across Government and identify new opportunities to make the food system healthier, more sustainable, more resilient, and more accessible for those across the UK. Given ongoing wider circumstances, we expect to publish the food strategy after the pre-election period for the local elections.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2022 12:57:33 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1197984

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	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	Zoos Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43677, what the total amount of funding available through the Zoo Support Fund is for England; and whether this fund qualifies for Barnett consequentials.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	52084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Zoos Support Fund (ZSF) is £14 million in total for England. The ZSF qualifies for Barnett consequentials. As a result of this package, the Devolved Administrations will receive £2.1 million in additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/06/2020 13:55:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1542907

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	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	Environment Protection
	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 steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5 celsius, (b) address biodiversity decline by 2030, (c) protect nature and (d) decarbonise.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	88910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, 197 Parties agreed to the Glasgow Climate Pact to urgently keep 1.5°C alive. We brought nature to the heart of the climate COP for the very first time, with more than 140 world leaders, representing 91 per cent of the world's forests, committing to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. At COP27, the UK Government continued to demonstrate leadership on nature and climate through new investments: the Secretary of State committed to £30 million of seed finance into the Big Nature Impact Fund, a new public-private fund for nature in the UK which will unlock significant private investment into nature projects. She (not he) also announced an additional £12 million investment in the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance to make marine biodiversity and vulnerable coastal communities more resilient, and a further £6 million in the UN’s Climate Promise programme to help developing countries achieve their climate commitments.</p><p>These steps build on a strong foundation of action and leadership by the UK, reducing our emissions by over 40% since 1990 while growing the economy by three quarters. Defra has a vital role to play in delivering the Government's Net Zero Strategy and ensuring nature-based solutions are a vital part of the climate agenda.</p><p>The UK will continue to lead globally on the road to the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15.2, hosted in Montreal, where we must secure agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss globally by 2030.The UK is committed to securing an ambitious outcome. We will continue to champion the protection of at least 30% of land and ocean globally, as the chair of the Global Ocean Alliance.</p><p>Responsibility for the domestic environment is devolved. However, in England, we are taking unprecedented steps to address biodiversity decline and protect nature, not least through our world leading Environment Act, which requires a new, legally binding target to be set in England to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030, and introduces Biodiversity Net Gain, Local Nature Recovery Strategies and a strengthened biodiversity duty on public authorities to work together to protect our native species.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/11/2022 15:22:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1124687

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety-related incidents that have occurred during the transportation of nuclear weapons have resulted in the convoy transporting those weapons temporarily halting; and what assessment she has made of the potential environmental effect of those incidents.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	250767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The transportation of Defence Nuclear Material, which includes nuclear weapons, is carried out to the highest standard in accordance with stringent safety regulations. Any potential issue with a convoy vehicle, no matter how minor, is treated seriously and may result in a short unscheduled stop to carry out vehicle checks to ensure that safety is maintained.</p><p>Since 2000 there have been 57 unscheduled stops of this nature. None posed any risk to the public, environment, or to any material being transported.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 14:57:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1124543

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator: Accountability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of transparency in the regulation of nuclear safety.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	250492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We have taken the step to not publish the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's Annual Assurance Reports as it has been assessed to do so would impact national security. This step has not prevented the effective management and independent assessment of the Defence Nuclear Programme being reported to Ministers, nor has it prevented its duty holders being held to account, but we cannot accept any compromise of our capabilities in the current security climate.</p><p>The Government recognises that there is legitimate interest in nuclear safety, but we would not publish information that could be exploited by potential adversaries, compromising our national security. Overall, the Defence Nuclear Programme achieves the required standards of nuclear and radiological safety. The safety of the public, our submarine crews, the defence workforce and the protection of the environment remain the Department's priority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250491 250493 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:56:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1124544

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator: Accountability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking to increase the transparency of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	250493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We have taken the step to not publish the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's Annual Assurance Reports as it has been assessed to do so would impact national security. This step has not prevented the effective management and independent assessment of the Defence Nuclear Programme being reported to Ministers, nor has it prevented its duty holders being held to account, but we cannot accept any compromise of our capabilities in the current security climate.</p><p>The Government recognises that there is legitimate interest in nuclear safety, but we would not publish information that could be exploited by potential adversaries, compromising our national security. Overall, the Defence Nuclear Programme achieves the required standards of nuclear and radiological safety. The safety of the public, our submarine crews, the defence workforce and the protection of the environment remain the Department's priority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250491 250492 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:56:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman