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1420805

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Landlords: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she is having with the police on (a) investigating and (b) prosecuting landlords that attempt to offer housing in exchange for sexual relations.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	120649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p /><p>The Government is clear that exploitation through ‘sex for rent’ has no place in our society. However, there are two existing offences in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which can, and have, been used to successfully prosecute this practice. The existing offences of causing or inciting prostitution for gain (section 52 of the 2003 Act) and controlling prostitution for gain (section 53 of the 2003 Act). These offences may capture instances of sex for rent, depending on the circumstances of the case.</p><p>We recognise the need to stamp out this abhorrent practice and support those at risk of exploitation. We have already taken action around this:</p><ul><li>to ensure prosecutors are clear on the law, the CPS amended their guidance on ‘Prostitution and Exploitation of Prostitution’ to include specific reference to the potential availability of charges for offences under sections 52 and 53 for ‘sex for rent’ arrangements;</li><li>to better protect tenants from rogue landlords who have been convicted of certain criminal offences, the Government introduced banning orders through the Housing and Planning Act 2016. A banning order prohibits named individuals from engaging in letting and property management work, and we have been clear that both housing associations and local authorities should use these orders if needed; and</li><li>we recognise the importance of ensuring we have the right legislation in place to tackle those seeking to exploit others through this practice, that is why in the VAWG Strategy we committed to working across Government and with partners to better understand the effectiveness of existing offences in tackling this issue and consider whether further reform is needed.</li></ul><p>The Online Safety Bill will include relevant offences relating to the incitement and control of prostitution for gain in the list of ‘priority offences’ which internet companies will need to take proactive steps to tackle. The Bill will capture user-to-user sites, where the majority of ‘sex for rent’ advertising takes place. Furthermore, the Bill places a duty on certain companies to take action in respect to ‘content that is harmful to adults’.</p><p>In parallel, officials are working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing, for example, to ensure there is appropriate guidance for policing on the issue of sex-for-rent.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/02/2022 12:58:53 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1307820

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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: West Yorkshire
	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 support his Department is providing to organisations that aim to tackle food (a) waste and (b) poverty in West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	178814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>(a) Waste</p><p>Since 2018, over £11 million of grants have been awarded to the surplus food redistribution sector to make sure more surplus food goes to those who have a need in the months and the years to come. In Yorkshire alone, sixteen projects worth over £2.3 million were funded. Hundreds of the grants that make up the £11 million are providing the infrastructure such as vehicles, freezers and fridges to redistributors both large and small across the country.</p><p><br> Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) we continue to work closely with the redistribution sector and the across the food chain to tackle any barriers to increasing redistribution including through the provision of tools and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Poverty in West Yorkshire</p><p>The Government has built on the significant support given to the most vulnerable during the initial months of the pandemic, by delivering a winter support package to help the economically vulnerable. This package included increasing the value of Healthy Start Vouchers, the national rollout of the Holiday Activities and Food programme, and a £170 million Covid Winter Support Grant to local authorities which started in December to support households with food and other essential costs.</p><p> </p><p>The winter package also included £16 million of funding for Defra to support food charities with the purchasing and distribution of food to the vulnerable over a 16-week period starting from the beginning of December. This funding stream was managed by the food redistributor FareShare and helped to support a number of areas across England, including West Yorkshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2021 12:59:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1331961

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of his Department’s budget has been spent on providing post-16 skills training in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	13857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>14% of the department’s total resource budget has been spent on post-16 education and skills training in each of the financial years 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19. This includes spending on core 16-19 funding, the Adult Education Budget, apprenticeships and other measures to support post-16 education and skills. It excludes spending on higher education and funding for post-16 pupils in schools.</p><p>In relation to capital funding, the department is increasing its investment in post-16 education and skills over the next few years. In 2020-21, the department provided £200 million to all further education (FE) colleges to allow them to tackle their remedial condition improvement projects. The FE Capital Transformation Programme will follow up this initial investment over the coming 5 years, investing an additional £1.3 billion in upgrading the FE college estate.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/06/2021 16:14:52 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1217050

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to combat phishing scams in relation to gov.uk services; and what discussions he has had with search engine providers on screening those scams out of search results.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	63230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> is the government's website and online brand. We take steps to ensure this is protected so that people can rely on it as a trusted source for information and do not fall victim to phishing scams.</p><p>We ensure that government information and services are correctly listed and rank highly in search engine results so that they are easy for people to find and identify as government information and services. When we identify misleading or scam websites, we immediately report them to the search provider as part of our established process on misleading and scam websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/07/2020 12:29:48 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1416422

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	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	Multinational Companies: Sustainable Development
	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 steps she is taking with her international partners to encourage major multinational companies to become more sustainable.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	111494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government works closely with international partners and major multinationals to encourage them to become more sustainable.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As an example in December 2021 under UK's Presidency of the G7, Ministers met with CEOs and seniors from 19 major food and agriculture companies to launch the G7 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSI). This is a new commitment of 22 leading food and agriculture companies headquartered in G7 countries to take action to improve the environmental and social impact of their supply chains and business operations. Ahead of COP26, we set up a business advisory council of global leaders from the private sector, encouraging members to work with their peers and supply chains to drive action. This group includes Ikea, Unilever and is co-chaired by Legal and General Investment Management's CEO. Further, we have encouraged companies to sign up to Race to Zero, requiring businesses to set net zero targets by 2050 and have credible action plans to get there. By Jan 2022, over 5000 companies had joined. (SDG13: Climate Action)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We work closely with international partners and major multinationals to encourage them to become more sustainable. The UK government is a signatory to the 1976 OECD Declaration on International Investment and MNEs which adopted the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and has consistently supported the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We support codes of conduct, certificates and standards organisations which encourage businesses to be socially responsible, environmentally sound and help defeat modern slavery across their value chains.</ins></p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 02/02/2022 10:24:09 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2022 09:58:03 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling previous answer version 48145 answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1171384

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Rented Housing: Carbon Monoxide
	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 require carbon monoxide alarms in both private- and social-rented homes with a carbon fuel-burning appliance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	4300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p><em>The Government takes the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning seriously and is taking steps to raise awareness of and tackle these risks. A summary of Government activities can be seen at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hse.gov.uk%2Fgas%2Fdomestic%2Fcross-government-group.htm&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C08e50c1b523340546a0d08d7a0dd5e8c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637154744935146996&amp;sdata=GZODCGCUQwn5DIfbbstqAcdasPE1hHEevvhRpJwiPM0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/cross-government-group.htm.</a></em></p><p><em>We are also considering the findings of the Government review of carbon monoxide alarm requirements which looked at whether these requirements should be extended to all carbon fuel-burning appliances in private and social rented homes. We will set out the next steps in due course.</em></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/01/2020 14:59:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1196532

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on (a) ensuring the sustainability of and (b) minimising the disruption to transport networks caused by the Restoration and Renewal project on the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	48276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers at the Department for Transport have not had any recent conversations with colleagues on the impacts of the Restoration and Renewal project of the Palace of Westminster in regard to transport networks. We would expect the delivery authority appointed to take forward the project to engage with relevant transport authorities and providers on an ongoing basis as plans develop.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 48278 question first answered 27/05/2020 13:15:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1196534

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential level of disruption to road traffic in central London from construction work carried out on the Restoration and Renewal project of the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	48278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministers at the Department for Transport have not had any recent conversations with colleagues on the impacts of the Restoration and Renewal project of the Palace of Westminster in regard to transport networks. We would expect the delivery authority appointed to take forward the project to engage with relevant transport authorities and providers on an ongoing basis as plans develop.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 48276 question first answered 27/05/2020 13:15:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1362566

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require the highest levels of consumer data protection in his forthcoming Great British Railways Retailing Phase tender document, to ensure future GBR customers are not subject to their data being collected by any bidding company.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	61110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department will seek to ensure that any successful bidder for a future procurement is not able to exploit customer data to suit its own commercial ends. We expect our delivery partners, including in the future Great British Railways, to demonstrate how they would comply with the relevant data collection requirements, including the 2018 Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation and the Information Commissioner’s Office regulations. The Department does not, however, recognise the document referred to in this question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:47:14 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1402351

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to help mitigate potential delays in processing driving licence applications and renewals, specifically those involving medical checks.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	102549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The quickest and easiest way to apply for a driving licence is by using the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their licence within a few days.</p><p> </p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, including where a medical condition must be investigated, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham.</p><p> </p><p>The large majority of applicants renewing an existing licence will be able to continue driving while their application is being processed, providing the driver can meet specific criteria. More information can be found online <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inf1886-can-i-drive-while-my-application-is-with-dvla" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA recognises the impact on drivers who have to renew their licence more regularly and is working hard to improve the process. Drivers with diabetes, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, a visual impairment, a sleep condition or a heart condition can now renew their licence online.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has also recently introduced a simplified licence renewal process for drivers with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis and is piloting this for some mental health conditions. This new renewal process has significantly reduced the need for the DVLA to seek further information from medical professionals and enabled more licensing decisions to be made based on the information provided by the driver. The DVLA is looking at adding more medical conditions to this new process.</p><p> </p><p>Employers wishing to check an employee or potential employee’s driving licence status can do so using the DVLA’s online enquiry services. These services allow third parties to obtain relevant information relating to an individual’s driver record, with the consent of the driving licence holder.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 102550 102551 102552 question first answered 19/01/2022 14:24:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman