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1243937

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	104165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>I have been working very closely across Government on my Department's contribution to the Integrated Review, including with the Prime Minister and my colleagues in the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/10/2020 12:55:39 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1336890

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment the Government has made of the potential benefits for frictionless trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK of a veterinary agreement between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	901171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK is working hard and in good faith to ensure the Protocol operates in a sustainable way that works for the people of Northern Ireland. We have proposed an ambitious veterinary agreement, based on our respective high standards, to reduce checks and controls. We need the EU to meaningfully engage with these proposals to ease burdens in Northern Ireland and provide a sustainable basis for the Protocol.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 901173 901195 question first answered 16/06/2021 13:24:33 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1387894

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the shortage of teachers in modern foreign languages on the availability of modern foreign languages at schools.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	93025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>The 2020/21 academic year saw an increase of more than 5,000 in the full-time equivalent of teachers in state-funded secondary schools in England. This equates to a 2.5% growth on the year before, the largest observed in the last 10 years, and has resulted in the largest qualified teacher workforce since the 2015/16 academic year.</p><p>Added to this, one of the department’s top priorities is to ensure that we continue to attract and retain high-quality teachers across all subjects. In October this year, our new digital service, Apply for teacher training, was rolled out. This is a key milestone in the delivery of a more streamlined, user-friendly application route for candidates across the country and the world.</p><p>In order to combat shortages in modern foreign languages teachers, the department has increased the languages bursary to £15,000 for the 2022/23 academic year to incentivise candidates to train in modern foreign languages. All modern foreign language trainee teachers on tuition fee-funded Initial Teacher Training routes are also able to apply for a tuition fee loan and maintenance loan to support their living costs. Additional student finance is also available depending on individual circumstances, such as the Childcare Grant.</p><p>The department has also now launched its early career framework reforms, as part of the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy. These reforms provide a funded entitlement for all early career teachers in England to access high quality professional development at the start of their career.</p><p>To support international recruitment across all subjects including modern foreign languages, the department is also piloting a new Support Overseas Teachers acclimatisation service in 2022. It is designed to provide newly recruited overseas trained teachers moving to England with pre-arrival training and support during the first term, to ensure they make a successful transition to teaching in England, with the intention of improving retention.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 93026 question first answered 17/12/2021 17:08:34 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1172699

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Iran: Nuclear Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 8 January 2020, Official Report, column 383, how many meetings he has held with his (a) French and (b) German counterparts on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in the latest period for which data is available; when those meetings took place; and what was discussed at each of those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	6782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Details of my meetings, discussions and statements on this matter are available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications?organisations%5B%5D=prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications?organisations%5B%5D=prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street</a></p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 27/01/2020 16:23:26 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1184692

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to remove immigration restrictions on non-resident health and care workers to fill NHS vacancies; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	28676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing a Health and Care visa which will provide eligible doctors, nurses and other allied health and social care professionals, and their families, with fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and dedicated resource.</p><p>In addition, as announced by the Prime Minister on 21 May, all NHS workers and wider health and social care workers, including those coming on the NHS Visa, will be exempted from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge.</p><p>Further details, including eligibility, will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2020 15:30:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1194268

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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, what plans she has to extend prospective marriage visas free of charge where weddings have been unable to take place as a result of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	45388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic including extending visas for those affected with temporary stay to 31 May. We continue to monitor the situation closely and take these exceptional circumstances into account.</p><p>These are unprecedented times and we may make further temporary adjustments to requirements where necessary and appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2020 13:56:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1169578

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish the findings of his Department's review of council tax collection methods.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	1438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working with local government and the debt advice sector to develop updated best practice guidance on the collection of council tax and will publish this guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:11 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1169579

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) total value of council tax arrears referred to bailiffs by local authorities and (b) value of arrears recovered by bailiffs in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	1439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on the value of council tax arrears referred to, or recovered by, bailiffs. Statistics on the total council tax, including arrears, collected by local authorities for the financial years from 2014-15 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:33:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1220374

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Freehold: Service Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed use estate access to equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of such service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	68411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager for the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges. We will bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/07/2020 12:02:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1243931

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Towns Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department used to select the places which receive funding from the Towns Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	104161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Ministers considered a range of factors and different methods of identifying and prioritising towns. The metrics selected and their weighting was decided based on an analysis of the policy problem and aims and was calibrated against local intelligence and feedback. Further detail can be found within the National Audit Office Review of the Town Deals selection process.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/10/2020 13:38:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western