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931861

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of his visit to Afghanistan of 25 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	158293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>​The cost of the Foreign Secretary's travel will be disclosed in the usual way and published as part of transparency data in accordance with Cabinet Office requirements. The Foreign Secretary was accompanied by members of his private office.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/07/2018 17:06:21 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 67030 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

931864

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many public officials other than those who travelled with him for security purposes accompanied him on his visit to Afghanistan on 25 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	158294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>​The cost of the Foreign Secretary's travel will be disclosed in the usual way and published as part of transparency data in accordance with Cabinet Office requirements. The Foreign Secretary was accompanied by members of his private office.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/07/2018 17:13:11 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 67031 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

931865

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people other than those travelling with him for security purposes accompanied him at public cost on his visit to Afghanistan on 25 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	158295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>​The cost of the Foreign Secretary's travel will be disclosed in the usual way and published as part of transparency data in accordance with Cabinet Office requirements. The Foreign Secretary was accompanied by members of his private office.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/07/2018 17:14:39 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1461562

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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 assessment she has made of the average time taken for a standard spouse visa to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>the Home Office would only be able to get the data via a manual trawl which would be at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2022 13:08:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1549924

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the (a) Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation programme and (b) PACE pilot in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	106469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>a - Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation programme – The Home Office are looking to implement delivery plans in conjunction with our providers and Local Authorities to further support full dispersal.</p><p>b - PACE pilot in Scotland – As part of the Home Office Asylum Transformation programme, we are taking immediate action to bring the asylum backlog down with the nationwide rollout of a successful casework Pilot from Leeds. The aim of this is to improve asylum initial decision-making productivity, focussing on streamlining the decision-making process and reducing the time it takes to interview, consider and serve an asylum decision through a number of process improvements. The rollout of the PACE pilot to all Home Office sites is due to be complete by May 2023 and we will roll out the approach to our operational sites over the coming months.</p><p>To further accelerate decision making we will further drive productivity improvements by simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like shortening interviews, removing unnecessary interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible, dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded and recruiting extra decision makers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/12/2022 17:39:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

820693

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the number of hours a claimant in the all work related requirements group must seek on the number of claimants facing sanctions as a result of not being able to search for work of 35 hours per week.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	122111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Work search expectations, including the number of hours a claimant is expected to be available for work, are tailored to the individual and their circumstances and agreed with the claimant before any potential sanction for non-compliance would result.</p><p> </p><p>The number of hours expected will be reduced where, any health or caring responsibilities mean it would be unreasonable for the claimant to complete these. For example, a claimant who is the carer for a child aged 3 or 4 would not be expected to do more than 16 hours of work related activity a week.</p><p> </p><p>It is only where the claimant has no limitations on their availability or capability that the maximum of 35 hours a week would be expected.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1289048

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	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	Child Support Agency: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to resolve as soon as possible the problems with the computer system which writes off CSA debt.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	157212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Whilst some Child Support Agency (CSA) debt was automatically written-off in the main, once representation has taken place, where write off is appropriate, this is a manual process.</p><p /><p>The majority of the CSA debt write off has been completed and CSA systems (CSCS and CS2) have now been decommissioned.</p><p> </p><p>The write off process for CSA debt held on Child Maintenance System is ongoing and we are not aware of any issues with this process.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2021 13:51:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1238362

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Government's passport renewal website to make applicants aware that they can enter a family or friend's email address if they do not have an email address themselves.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	96102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>While people can provide the email address of a third party as part of their online passport application, for security purposes Her Majesty’s Passport Office strongly recommends the use of a personal email address. As such, there are no plans to change the guidance relating to this.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/10/2020 13:12:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1383532

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 57139, on Post Offices, how many of the applications received after the Post Office's Historical Shortfall Scheme closed on 27 November 2020 have had an award made from that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	84395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>While Post Office Limited is publicly owned, it operates as an independent business. Decisions on making awards under the Historical Shortfall Scheme are for the Post Office to make.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 84396 question first answered 03/12/2021 14:53:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1383533

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 57139, on Post Offices, how many of the applications received after the Post Office's Historical Shortfall Scheme closed on 27 November 2020 have been refused payment from that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	84396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>While Post Office Limited is publicly owned, it operates as an independent business. Decisions on making awards under the Historical Shortfall Scheme are for the Post Office to make.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 84395 question first answered 03/12/2021 14:53:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant