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1731578

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date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Internet: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what further steps he plans to take to help ensure the safety of children on (a) social media apps and (b) other online platforms, in the context of the use of virtual private networks by criminals to target vulnerable young people.
tabling member constituency	Henley and Thame
tabling member printed	Freddie van Mierlo
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Online Safety Act makes search and user-to-user services, including social media services, responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms. The Act contains strong protections for children, safeguarding them from harmful and illegal activities online, even when these are proliferated by users using virtual private networks.</p><p> </p><p>The regulatory regime is designed to be tech-neutral, allowing Ofcom to revise its codes and guidance as new risks emerge.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 14/10/2024 15:14:24 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	5296

1678555

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Rent a Room Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median rental income of landlords using the rent a room relief scheme was in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>Rent a room relief provides an effective incentive for people to make spare rooms available for rent. It aligns with the Government’s objectives of supporting living standards, increasing the availability of low-cost housing, giving more choice to tenants, and making it easier for people to move around the country for work.</p><p> </p><p>The relief also reduces and simplifies the tax and administration burden for those affected and has taken some taxpayers out of self-assessment entirely.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords with income up to the threshold of £7,500 from renting rooms in their own homes (or £3,750 if let jointly) and who have no other property rental income are exempt from Income Tax on this income and do not need to declare it to HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords with rent a room income above the threshold will declare the amount of income and pay tax on any income above the threshold. In these cases, rent a room income is amalgamated on the tax return with other property rental income in a landlord’s self-assessment return.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords with rent a room income below the threshold who also have other property income to declare do not have to declare how much rental income they have that falls under the scheme. Instead, they simply tick a box to indicate that they are using the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the relief as part of its non-structural tax reliefs statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>).</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 7239 7240 question first answered 09/01/2024 09:44:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1327698

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Hitachi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age is of Hitachi’s Intercity Class 800 series fleet (a) that operate on the UK rail network and (b) that are affected by cracking.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The average age of the Class 800 fleet is 2.5 years. Engineers are undertaking detailed root cause analysis of the fleet to determine if the cracks are linked to the age of the fleet, and mileage operated</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/05/2021 16:36:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1172925

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date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Bosworth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in their (a) assessment and (b) future prevention of flooding issues in Bosworth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is investing £2.6 billion to better protect the country from flooding between 2015 and 2021. This will deliver over 1,000 flood defence schemes, which will better protect 300,000 homes by 2021.</p><p>Of the £2.6 billion Defra funding, approximately £650 million will be allocated to local authorities for their defence improvement projects.</p><p>Local authorities have access to a range of information provided by the Environment Agency on flood risk from all sources. The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government provides funding to local government to carry out functions including managing flood risk and coastal erosion, through the local government finance settlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/01/2020 11:20:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

755688

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD St Athan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2017 to Question 275, on RAF St Athan, when he plans to publish the impact assessment of (a) 614 RAF Auxiliary Squadron, (b) University of Wales Air Squadron, (c) 2300 Air Cadets Squadron, (d) Regional Rehabilitation Unit for Wales and the Midlands and (e) the Band of the Prince of Wales; and if he will place a copy of that impact assessment in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>As part of ongoing assessment work, the impact of the potential move of 4 School of Technical Training on other units is being assessed. However, this assessment work forms part of the wider considerations around the move. At this stage it is too early to say when it will be completed or whether elements of the information contained in these considerations may preclude them being published.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/09/2017 13:48:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

390405

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff in catering outlets on the Parliamentary Estate are employed on zero-hour contracts.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	7241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The House of Commons does not offer new members of staff zero-hours contracts, and guarantees work for all its employees. There are two members of staff currently working under casual contracts in Catering Services, whose appointments pre-date this policy. They have been offered, but have declined, guaranteed hours employment contracts.</p><p>The arrangements in the House of Lords are a matter for the Administration of that House.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/07/2015 15:45:57 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham