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1721464

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the Strategic Defence Review engages with each nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>Defence is central not only to the security of the UK, but also to our shared prosperity and economic growth. This Strategic Defenc Review is to be the UK’s review - not just the Government's. The reviewers will consult widely including serving military, veterans, elected representatives, the Defence community, academia and industry across the entirety of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 25/07/2024 14:37:32 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1668054

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Refugees: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help support local authorities to find accommodation for UK citizens who have fled Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>On 27 October the Government introduced emergency legislation to ensure British citizens and those eligible for support fleeing the violence in the Gaza Strip will be exempt from the Habitual Residence Test. This legislation will ensure those fleeing the conflict are eligible for benefits, social housing and homelessness assistance, where needed, without delay.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 13/11/2023 15:30:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1461269

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Insurance
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 ministerial colleagues regarding the future viability of P&O Ferries protection and indemnity policies.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport and Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security have had numerous discussions with colleagues across Government regarding the disgraceful actions that P&amp;O Ferries took when they made nearly 800 seafarers redundant. However, it is up to the insurers of P&amp;O Ferries to consider their protection and indemnity policies.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 18/05/2022 07:41:20 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1313250

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the recent decision of the United States Administration to support a temporary suspension of intellectual property rights for covid-19 vaccines; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave earlier today (UIN: 448).</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 17/05/2021 11:38:23 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1168380

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make an announcement on the Police Provisional Grant Settlement for 2020-21; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office will announce the police funding settlement early this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/01/2020 12:53:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1148827

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 recent discussions she has had with representatives from the UK automotive sector on the potential effect on car production levels of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with businesses across the country to help ensure they are prepared for the UK leaving the EU on the 31st October, whatever the circumstances. This includes regular engagement with the automotive industry by both BEIS ministers and officials to discuss plans for no-deal.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published in Quarterly Transparency returns published by relevant Departments.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/10/2019 14:39:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

731314

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the use of umbrella companies by employers and employment agencies.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) checks that employers and employees are tax compliant by undertaking targeted compliance activity. In the temporary labour market, it has challenged non-compliant businesses with the effect that those businesses have changed their business model. HMRC continues to challenge umbrella companies who do not comply with their obligations.</p><p>There has been no recent assessment made on the effect of the growth of umbrella companies on tax revenues. The government does not have a record of the number of people registered to work specifically through umbrella companies.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 188 58 question first answered 30/06/2017 10:54:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

347055

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on temporary staff in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>National Health Service spend on temporary staff for 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 as included within the Q4 data collection is shown below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15 Q4 data collection</p><p>Unaudited (£ billion)<sup> 1</sup></p></td><td><p>2013/14 Unaudited</p><p>(£ billion)<sup> 2</sup></p></td><td><p>2012/2013</p><p>(£ billion)<sup> 3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS Spend</p></td><td><p>3.34</p></td><td><p>2.61</p></td><td><p>2.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Francis<sup>4</sup> report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels. The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their contract and agency staffing spend (including use of locums) responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management and to minimise temporary staffing costs in future years.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that the current rate of spending is unsustainable. The Secretary of State has announced a comprehensive package of measures to address the problem including:</p><p> </p><p>- setting a maximum hourly rate for doctors and nurses;</p><p> </p><p>- banning the use of agencies that are not approved;</p><p> </p><p>- putting a cap on total agency staff spending for each NHS trust in financial difficulty; and</p><p> </p><p>- requiring specific approval for any expensive consultancy contracts over £50,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> The 2014/15 figures reflect data collected from NHS trusts and foundation trusts as part of the Q4 data collection which is unpublished and unaudited. Whilst this data would not ordinarily be provided as part of a Parliamentary Question contribution, it has been included within this response as both Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority have separately released data relating to temporary agency staff spend. It should be noted that their figures vary slightly from those included above. These figures may also be subject to revision as part of the 2014/15 final audited accounts production, and should therefore not be used once the final published Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> For the first time, the Department collected unaudited financial data from NHS trusts for 2013/14 on Contract and Agency staffing costs and income to give a net expenditure figure. The data was collected on the NHS Summarisation Schedules that form the basis of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>The 2012/13 figures included in the 2013/14 published accounts have been included in the same table; however they were compiled on a different basis to the 2013/14 figures. The figures published for 2012/13 for trusts are based on non-permanently employed staff which is defined as “others engaged on the objectives of the organisation and will include staff on inward secondment or loan from other organisations, bank/agency/temporary staff and contract staff.” This reconciles to the figures for those organisations in note 3 (Staff Costs 2012/13), whereas the 2013/14 figures were compiled for the first time under a stricter definition of contingent labour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup> http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 14:21:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh