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1362526

registered interest
date	28/10/2021
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	Councillors: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure elected officials in local government can safely carry out their duties.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	61209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Violence and intimidation will not be tolerated and have no place in public life. Government is firmly committed to the safety and security of all of those in public life.</p><p>The Government updated the House on action being taken to tackle intimidation in public life in a recent <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-03-09/hcws833" target="_blank">WMS (UIN HCWS833)</a>. This includes introducing a new electoral sanction of intimidation against those who participate in elections. The Local Government Association also provides comprehensive guidance and advice for councillors on personal safety.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 01/11/2021 16:08:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1363347

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she plans to announce her strategy for the Nutrition for Growth Summit taking place in Tokyo in December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	903846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The prevention and treatment of malnutrition remains important for the UK as part of our work on global health, humanitarian response and in support of our goals on girls’ education.</p><p>The Government is actively considering its approach to the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit, including any new nutrition commitment, and will update the house following the conclusion of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 26/10/2021 16:05:08 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell

1363348

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Developing Countries: Marine Environment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support she is providing to marine habitat restoration projects in the developing world.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Chris Grayling
uin	903847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>This Government is substantially increasing investment in protecting the ocean. Our Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme assists developing Caribbean and Pacific island nations to safeguard their marine habitats, which are essential for sustaining coastal economies. The new £500 million Blue Planet Fund was launched by the Prime Minister in June. It will support, for example, protecting coral reefs and mangroves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/10/2021 16:13:43 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling

1363349

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department has taken to safely reopen international travel to facilitate trade and tourism.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Sara Britcliffe
uin	903848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports the safe reopening of international travel. Only seven countries now remain on the red list and this is reviewed regularly. We now accept vaccination certificates from over 90 countries and territories and we are working to expand that list. These changes make travel abroad easier - boosting trade, tourism and reuniting friends and families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/10/2021 15:27:49 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4838 label Biography information for Sara Britcliffe

1363350

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help promote international co-operation on tackling climate change.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	903849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As the PM has said, Climate is the top priority for the UK. I am looking forward to COP next week which will be the key moment to promote international cooperation on tackling climate change.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary has reinforced that all countries must raise ambition during her engagements since her appointment. This includes speaking to over 40 of her counterparts, attending the UK General Assembly, and visiting the US, Mexico, India, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. I have also raised with my counterparts in Africa.</p><p>Climate change is an issue for everyone. Tackling it needs everyone to work together.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/10/2021 15:45:58 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1363351

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Education: Girls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that girls throughout the world receive a high-quality education.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	903851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>2021 is a year of UK leadership. With the G7, we agreed new targets to get 40 million more girls in school and 20 million more girls reading by 2026.</p><p> </p><p>We raised $4 billion [£2.9 billion] for the Global Partnership for Education, boosting the world’s poorest countries’ COVID recovery. At COP26, we will show girls’ education is essential for responding to the climate crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 26/10/2021 14:26:16 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1363352

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
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	Kashmir: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the human rights situation in Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	903852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>We recognise there are human rights concerns in both India-administered-Kashmir and Pakistan-administered-Kashmir and have raised these concerns with both governments. The continued use of some temporary restrictions is worrying: we are clear on the importance of rights being respected. The UK welcomes reports that some detainees have been released and calls for all remaining political detainees to be released. The UK condemns recent killings of civilians in Kashmir.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/10/2021 15:30:57 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1362308

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department excludes contribution-based employment and support allowance as a qualifying benefit for the Warm Home Discount.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	60354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each participating energy supplier to administer their Warm Home Discount Broader Group rebates and pay the rebates to their eligible customers. Whilst there are minimum standard criteria set out in the Regulations that energy suppliers must include, suppliers can set their own criteria for Broader Group rebates. Each energy supplier’s additional Broader Group criteria must be targeted towards consumers in fuel poverty or at risk of fuel poverty and must be approved by Ofgem each scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, the Broader Group eligibility criteria focus on receipt of means-tested benefits alongside indicators of vulnerability, such as a disability premium or parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5. Some energy suppliers do consider contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance as part of their eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 17:03:35 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1362489

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women are (a) imprisoned and (b) held on remand across the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The death of ‘Baby A’ was a tragedy and we have taken a range of actions to prevent this from happening again in partnership with Health.</p><p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women, including reforms that address the learning from Baby A.</p><p>As part of our reforms, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication on 29 July, which covers the period July 2020 - April 2021, showed that on average there were 26 women in prison self-declared as pregnant each week. At present, there is no central collection that breaks this data down into those sentenced and those held on remand, however this is collected locally by individual prisons to ensure care is appropriate.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services compared to that which they would find in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. For information on the commissioning of clinical services for pregnant women in prison please refer to NHS England and NHS Improvement, the responsible authority.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 61069 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362490

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison: Perinatal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman entitled Investigation into baby death at HMP Bronzefield HMP identifies key failings, published on 22 September 2021, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the finding that every pregnancy in prison is high risk.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The death of ‘Baby A’ was a tragedy and we have taken a range of actions to prevent this from happening again in partnership with Health.</p><p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women, including reforms that address the learning from Baby A.</p><p>As part of our reforms, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication on 29 July, which covers the period July 2020 - April 2021, showed that on average there were 26 women in prison self-declared as pregnant each week. At present, there is no central collection that breaks this data down into those sentenced and those held on remand, however this is collected locally by individual prisons to ensure care is appropriate.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services compared to that which they would find in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. For information on the commissioning of clinical services for pregnant women in prison please refer to NHS England and NHS Improvement, the responsible authority.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 61068 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy