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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

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

1348063

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill (HL)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 7 July 2021, Q79, that one of the key objectives of the Online Safety Bill is to tackle online fraud, if he will list the key objectives of the Online Safety Bill.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	35477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will deliver the government’s manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending freedom of expression. The Bill’s key objectives are to protect users online and uphold users’ rights online.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>With regard to protecting users, the Bill will focus on:</p><ul><li><p>tackling criminal content online, including fraud where this is facilitated through user-generated content;</p></li><li><p>protecting children from harmful and inappropriate content; and</p></li><li><p>building trust between users and their online platforms.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To uphold users’ rights online, the legislation will defend freedom of expression and the invaluable role of a free press.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2021 10:44:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1348064

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill (HL)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the statement of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 7 July 2021, Q79, that one of the key objectives of the Online Safety Bill is to tackle online fraud, what plans he has for the Bill to tackle online fraud other than user-generated content.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	35478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>Online fraud is in scope of the Online Safety Bill. This means that companies in scope of regulation will need to take action to tackle fraud, where it is facilitated through user-generated content or via search results.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government is currently working with industry to remove the vulnerabilities that fraudsters exploit, with intelligence agencies to shut down known fraudulent infrastructure, and with law enforcement to identify and bring the most harmful offenders to justice. We are also working to ensure that the public have the advice and support they need.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are continuing to explore additional legislative and non-legislative solutions to tackle fraud in the round. The Home Office is developing an ambitious Fraud Action Plan, which will be published after the 2021 Spending Review. The Online Advertising Programme, led by DCMS, will also consider further regulation of online advertising to reduce online fraud and we will be consulting on it later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2021 10:45:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1422748

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Gambling: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which companies have been served by the Gambling Commission with fines in excess of £100,000 since April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	124952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission can fine a gambling operator if a licence condition has been breached. In some circumstances, the Commission may decide to agree a regulatory settlement instead of issuing a fine. While fines are paid to the exchequer, regulatory settlements are divested by the company to third parties.</p><p>Since April 2018, the Gambling Commission has imposed financial penalties in excess of £100,000 on 46 operators. These include both fines and regulatory settlements where an operator has admitted fault and made a payment in lieu of a fine, at a level agreed with the Commission. Regulatory action is published on the Commission’s website <a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-register/regulatory-actions" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Fines</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Name</p></td><td><p>Fine (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/12/2021</p></td><td><p>Genesis Global Limited</p></td><td><p>£3,769,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/11/2021</p></td><td><p>Buzz Group Limited</p></td><td><p>£780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/09/21</p></td><td><p>EU Lotto Limited</p></td><td><p>£760,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/07/21</p></td><td><p>Daub Alderney Limited</p></td><td><p>£5,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/03/21</p></td><td><p>In Touch Games Limited</p></td><td><p>£3,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/03/21</p></td><td><p>Casumo Services Limited</p></td><td><p>£6,005,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/02/21</p></td><td><p>A &amp; S Leisure Group Limited</p></td><td><p>£377,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/10/20</p></td><td><p>Aspers (Stratford City) Limited</p></td><td><p>£652,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26/10/20</p></td><td><p>BoyleSports</p></td><td><p>£2,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/02/20</p></td><td><p>Triplebet Limited</p></td><td><p>£739,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/04/19</p></td><td><p>Bestbet Limited</p></td><td><p>£230,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/01/19</p></td><td><p>Silverbond Enterprises Limited</p></td><td><p>£1,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/11/18</p></td><td><p>Casumo Services Limited</p></td><td><p>£5,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/11/18</p></td><td><p>Daub Alderney Limited</p></td><td><p>£7,100,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Regulatory settlements</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Name</p></td><td><p>Payment in lieu (£)</p></td><td><p>Divestment (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/01/2022</p></td><td><p>Annexio (Jersey) Limited</p></td><td><p>£612,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/01/2022</p></td><td><p>Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited</p></td><td><p>£700,557</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2/12/2021</p></td><td><p>Greentube Alderney Limited</p></td><td><p>£685,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/10/21</p></td><td><p>VGC Leeds Limited</p></td><td><p>£209,000</p></td><td><p>£241,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/03/21</p></td><td><p>Double Diamond Gaming Limited</p></td><td><p>£247,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/03/21</p></td><td><p>Les Croupiers Casino Limited</p></td><td><p>£202,500</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/03/21</p></td><td><p>Shaftesbury Casino Limited</p></td><td><p>£260,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/03/21</p></td><td><p>Clockfair Limited</p></td><td><p>£260,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/01/21</p></td><td><p>White Hat Gaming Limited</p></td><td><p>£1,344,053.18</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/10/20</p></td><td><p>Netbet Enterprises Limited</p></td><td><p>£748,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/10/20</p></td><td><p>GAN (UK) Limited</p></td><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>£46,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/10/20</p></td><td><p>BGO Entertainment Limited</p></td><td><p>£2,000,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/05/20</p></td><td><p>FSB Technology (UK) Limited</p></td><td><p>£600,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/04/20</p></td><td><p>Caesars Entertainment Limited Group</p></td><td><p>£13,000,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/03/20</p></td><td><p>Betway Limited</p></td><td><p>£5,800,000</p></td><td><p>£5,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/02/20</p></td><td><p>Mr Green Limited</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/10/19</p></td><td><p>Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited</p></td><td><p>£182,000</p></td><td><p>£140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/07/19</p></td><td><p>Ladbrokes Betting &amp; Gaming Limited</p></td><td><p>£4,800,000</p></td><td><p>£1,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/07/19</p></td><td><p>Casino 36 Limited</p></td><td><p>£152,259</p></td><td><p>£147,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/06/19</p></td><td><p>Platinum Gaming Limited</p></td><td><p>£990,200</p></td><td><p>£629,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/06/19</p></td><td><p>Gamesys Operations Limited</p></td><td><p>£690,000</p></td><td><p>£460,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/05/19</p></td><td><p>In Touch Games Limited</p></td><td><p>£2,200,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/05/19</p></td><td><p>Betit Operations Limited</p></td><td><p>£1,400,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/05/19</p></td><td><p>MT SecureTrade Limited</p></td><td><p>£592,333</p></td><td><p>£107,667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29/11/18</p></td><td><p>Videoslots Limited</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/18</p></td><td><p>TSE Malta LP</p></td><td><p>£910,993</p></td><td><p>£95,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/18</p></td><td><p>Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited</p></td><td><p>£190,760</p></td><td><p>£95,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/18</p></td><td><p>PPB Entertainment Limited</p></td><td><p>£349,762</p></td><td><p>£174,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/18</p></td><td><p>Paddy Power Holdings Limited</p></td><td><p>£265,606</p></td><td><p>£132,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/10/18</p></td><td><p>Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/10/18</p></td><td><p>Grosvenor Casinos (GC) Limited</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/02/2022 10:00:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1436557

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2022
	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	Gambling: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124952 on Gambling: Fines, in which of the 46 cases was the level of the financial penalty reduced following representations and evidence received from the company concerned.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Commission’s <a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/policy/statement-of-principles-for-determining-financial-penalties" target="_blank">statement of principles for determining financial penalties</a> and indicative sanctions guidance sets out the process governing imposition of a penalty, including the circumstances in which the Commission may consider it appropriate to reduce the size of a financial penalty. This can be for various reasons, including mitigating factors and affordability concerns.</p><p>Except in exceptional circumstances, the Commission publishes the outcome of its considerations and not the prior steps, which could involve release of commercially sensitive information and/ or provide a formula for pricing in non-compliance. It is not therefore appropriate to share further detail on specific cases by name. However, since April 2018, the Gambling Commission has identified five financial penalties which were reduced as a result of representations made to the Commission prior to the point of issue.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/03/2022 14:29:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1454039

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	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	Internet: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the fraudulent advertising duty imposed on search engine firms in the Online Safety Bill is less stringent than that imposed on Category 1 firms; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	146537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March.</p><p>The duties on search engines reflect that they facilitate harm in a different way to user to user services. The duties on search engines are therefore designed to be proportionate and risk-based.</p><p>We have also launched a consultation on proposals for wider reform of online advertising regulations, including in relation to fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/03/2022 10:07:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms