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1346599

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to identify potential sources of finance to tackle climate-related loss and damage ahead of COP26.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	902702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>I am taking a pragmatic approach to ensure that we increase overall finance moving to climate action, from both the public and private sector. Obviously, the 100 billion dollars a year promised by developed countries to support developing nations must be delivered and we also need to scale up finance for adaptation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2021 14:44:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1313007

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Population: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the population of London since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	38
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 17/05/2021 15:41:06 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez attachment 1 file name UKSA's final response to PQ38.pdf title UKSAs response to PQ38
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1168940

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	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	Living Wage: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when she plans to reduce the age of entitlement to the National Living Wage to 21; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced that in April 2020 the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2 per cent to £8.72 for those aged 25 and over. The Government has also announced inflation-beating increases in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for younger workers and apprentices of between 4.6 per cent and 6.5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has pledged that the National Living Wage will increase further, reaching two-thirds of median earnings by 2024, providing economic conditions allow. The Government also plans to expand the reach of the National Living Wage, bringing down the eligibility threshold first to age 23 in 2021 and then to 21 by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/01/2020 16:43:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1188462

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people started receiving (a) statutory paternity pay and (b) shared parental pay in each quarter since April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	37390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working parents. In 2015, we introduced Shared Parental Leave and Pay which gives eligible parents much more flexibility and choice in how they share care for their new child between them in the first year. The scheme is in addition to the Government’s 2-week Paternity Leave and Pay policy and gives fathers and partners access to up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay.</p><p> </p><p>Take-up of Shared Parental Leave and Pay has been broadly in line with our initial estimates, which anticipated that a cultural change like this would take time to bed-in.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay based on the month that the claim was first made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay based on the month that the claim was first made by quarter, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Statutory Paternity Pay (month first claimed)</p></td><td><p>Statutory Shared Parental Pay (month first claimed)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 15/16</p></td><td><p>51,900</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 15/16</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 15/16</p></td><td><p>52,200</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 15/16</p></td><td><p>54,200</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 16/17</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 16/17</p></td><td><p>56,200</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 16/17</p></td><td><p>52,900</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 16/17</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 17/18</p></td><td><p>51,400</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 17/18</p></td><td><p>55,500</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 17/18</p></td><td><p>52,600</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 17/18</p></td><td><p>51,200</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 18/19</p></td><td><p>48,300</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 18/19</p></td><td><p>50,300</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 18/19</p></td><td><p>47,600</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 18/19</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 19/20</p></td><td><p>50,800</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 19/20</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 19/20</p></td><td><p>50,400</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Data collected uses HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and was extracted in March 2020. RTI is subject to revision or updates.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</li><li>For the 2015-16 tax year, those receiving Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) for children born before 6 April 2015 cannot be distinguished from those claiming ShPP within RTI data.</li></ol><p>Data based on the month first claimed means that an individual who first claims statutory payment in a given month (i.e. had not claimed it in the previous month) and continues receiving statutory pay for multiple months would only be counted in the first month.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2020 09:19:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 17057 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1352421

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a long-term target for floating wind platforms in securing economic benefits and UK supply chain growth.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	41616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government set an ambitious target of 1GW of floating offshore wind by 2030 last year as part of the wider 40GW by 2030 offshore wind target, and is committed to ensuring the UK captures the economic benefits of deploying such technology.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to developing a strong supply chain for floating offshore wind in parallel with growing deployment and are working with industry and other stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>Floating offshore wind projects will be eligible to bid in the next Contract for Difference (CfD) allocation round, which will open in December 2021. Our approach to the next CfD allocation round will provide the foundation for investment in a sustainable, competitive UK based supply chain from which we will learn to help plan our future approach and the feasible scale of ramp up of deployment, building on the success of fixed bottom wind, which has this year delivered supply chain investments in blades, monopiles and transition pieces, creating and safeguarding over 1,800 direct jobs by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/09/2021 16:15:21 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1352423

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the potential benefits of the supply chain position of the UK’s lead in floating wind technology.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	41617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government set an ambitious target of 1GW of floating offshore wind by 2030, last year as part of the wider 40GW by 2030 offshore wind target. This will stimulate development in projects and investment in the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio fund, announced in my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan, we are supporting innovation through the Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme. This aims to support development and demonstration of state of the art technologies and products in the future offshore wind industry.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/09/2021 16:13:06 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1418348

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Business: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Scope 3 emissions reporting mandatory, rather than voluntary, in the TCFD regulation for UK businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	114616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>In January 2022, the Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 were made in Parliament. These Regulations require climate-related financial disclosures from certain UK-registered companies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 17:16:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1170395

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Orchestras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support orchestras in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	2412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>In the past five years, Arts Council England (ACE) has invested over £107 million in orchestras and related classical music organisations in its National Portfolio. This figure does not include ACE investment in Opera companies, each of whom also support their own orchestra. As culture is a devolved matter, this figure excludes funding decisions taken by the devolved administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p>Orchestras have also benefited from the Government’s introduction of the Orchestras Tax Relief (OTR), which is helping to support the increase of productions, especially via touring. Since the introduction of the OTR in 2016, £23 million has been paid out relating to 170 claims and 770 productions.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 14:52:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1170396

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Orchestras: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support UK orchestras to tour throughout the world.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	2413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>Our British orchestras are renowned across the globe for their world-leading performances; collectively touring to an average of 35 countries per year. <br>We understand the importance of being able to tour, and recognise that it depends on performers and crew being able to move quickly and easily between countries, taking necessary equipment with them.</p><p>As we increase and develop our links with countries across the globe, we will continue our close dialogue with the sector, maintaining our deep understanding of sectoral need and ambition. We will ensure that the interests of our great cultural institutions are considered at every opportunity, including during the development of future trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 14:50:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179151

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Safeguarding and Vulnerability to the Offensive Weapons Bill Committee on 11 September 2018, Column 280, what policy proposals he is discussing with the Home Secretary on preventing the sale of illegal knives on online platforms.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	18449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering on the people’s priorities by tackling violent crime, including through the Offensive Weapons Act which received Royal Assent on 16 May 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the Government published the initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation on 12 February 2020. This is a joint Home Office and DCMS publication that summarises themes from the 2019 consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The interim response confirmed that the Government is developing legislation on online harms to establish a new duty of care on online companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. This will ensure companies take action to address harmful behaviour online, including the sale of weapons and other illegal goods and services. The regulator will issue codes of practice on what companies need to do to fulfil their duty of care. The regulator will work with law enforcement regarding expectations relating to illegal content and behaviour to ensure they adequately keep pace with the threat.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will set out our final policy position on this issue in a full Government response later this year, before moving to legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/02/2020 16:47:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms