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date	06/01/2023
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 his Department is taking to help ensure that the implementation of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict strategy prioritises support and accountability for children who have experienced sexual violence in conflict.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	117910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Strategy prioritises strengthening justice and supporting survivors, including children, as two of four key objectives. At the PSVI Conference, held from 28-29 November 2022, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon announced up to £12.5million of new funding to support strategy implementation. This includes up to £8.6 million for the Accountability Commission and Taskforce (ACT) for Survivors, to support national authorities to investigate, prosecute and deliver justice for all survivors, including up to £5.15 million for the Global Survivors Fund. We will continue to work through the UN Security Council to address the impact of armed conflict on children.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 16/01/2023 16:50:31 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1419552

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date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries HMRC has made as part of its random enquiry programme to investigate fraud in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how much money has been through that programme.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	117910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>HMRC are taking action to tackle fraudulent behaviour. Anyone who keeps grant money despite knowing they were not entitled to it, faces having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has invested £100 million in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce up to 2022-23. They are expected to undertake 30,000 interventions and recover between £800 million and £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>All claims are risk assessed and considered for further one-to-one intervention where necessary. Along with gaining operational data from completed compliance interventions, HMRC are also conducting a random enquiry programme into Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims to test the error and fraud rate in the general population. Cases are selected at random and there may be no obvious risk present.</p><p> </p><p>Random enquiry programmes are a part of the methodology employed by HMRC to develop the estimates of error and fraud. Therefore, providing this data in isolation does not give an accurate representation of compliance efforts on the CJRS.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the random enquiry programme along with details of CJRS compliance interventions will enable HMRC to publish new and updated error and fraud estimates in their Annual Reports and Accounts and accompanying technical note, which is expected in July 2022.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2022 12:17:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

802223

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date	06/12/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will meet with the National Farmers Union Scotland to discuss a specific Agricultural Labour Scheme to meet labour shortages in the agricultural sector in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	117910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I have regular discussions with the National Farmers Union Scotland on a range of matters of importance to the agriculture sector in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The precise nature of the UK’s seasonal labour needs, and how they might best be met post-EU exit, have yet to be determined. The Home Secretary has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a detailed assessment of the impact of EU migration across all parts of the UK’s economy and society, and to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration ahead of our exit from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>I do, of course, recognise that it is crucial that we secure a strong agricultural workforce as we develop a new approach to farming outside the EU, and I will continue to work closely with our food and farming industry in Scotland to consider their specific needs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 12/12/2017 12:37:32 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen