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1696761

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date	18/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in his Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	19020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 17709 and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, Cols. 1901-1904</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/03/2024 13:58:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1470822

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reconsider the Government's proposal to relocate approximately 500 single male asylum seekers to Beaconside in Stafford.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Theo Clarke
uin	19020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Due to the unprecedented demand to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, we have had to use temporary accommodation such as hotels and other large-scale sites to manage demands on the asylum estate. We are committed to working with local authorities to move to a fairer distribution of asylum seekers and bring an end to the use of hotels as contingency accommodation.</p><p>The Home Office has therefore announced all local authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales will be expected to participate in a new system of full dispersal to allow us to move away from hotels to less expensive and more suitable accommodation. We have also announced funding of approximately £3,500 per bedspace procured in this financial year to recognise the pressures of accommodating asylum seekers on Local Authority areas.</p><p>The Beaconside has been identified as a potential new site for Initial Accommodation as the current site in the West Midlands is due to close shortly. Our accommodation provider, Serco, are proceeding with the consultation on planning and once this is concluded we will convene a Multi-Agency Forum to discuss operations on site. The Multi-Agency forum will be made up of Home Office officials, along with the accommodation provider and representatives from Stafford County Council, the police service, NHS, and Public Health along with others from the voluntary sector. These meetings are an opportunity for all members to discuss any ongoing issues and to share best practice.</p><p>Ministers have also met with the Hon Member for Stafford who has expressed her concerns about and opposition to the proposal.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/06/2022 11:36:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 8231 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4819 label Biography information for Theo Clarke

1179439

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled The UK's points-based immigration system: policy statement, published on 19 February 2020, what the requirements will be for employers to become approved sponsors.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	19020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Requirements for employers to become approved sponsors can be found in the ‘Tiers 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors’ at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsor-a-tier-2-or-5-worker-guidance-for-employers" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sponsor-a-tier-2-or-5-worker-guidance-for-employers</a>.</p><p>We keep this guidance under review and will make changes in due course to reflect the introduction of the new points-based immigration system, from January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:54:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

435844

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 2.31 of her Department's policy conclusions: Early Learning Project and Small-scale Behaviour Trials, relating to the Smart Metering Implementation Programme, published in March 2015, what wider evidence was used to reach the conclusion that durable energy savings of three per cent could realistically be expected; and what assessment she has made of whether the programme remains on course to achieve such savings.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	19020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The wider evidence used to reach the conclusions relating to energy savings is set out under ‘Research and theory on energy saving linked to smart metering’ in chapter 6 of the Smart Metering Early Learning Project: Synthesis report:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407568/8_Synthesis_FINAL_25feb15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407568/8_Synthesis_FINAL_25feb15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>Our assessment remains that it is realistic to expect durable energy savings of 3 per cent provided engagement is effective, and that larger savings are feasible in the future. The Department is continuing to work with energy suppliers, Smart Energy GB and others to ensure that the energy savings and wider benefits to consumers are maximised.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2015 15:02:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie