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1506705

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Department is responsible for the proposed Brexit Freedoms Bill, and what plans he has to introduce the Bill to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22 September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Machinery of Government changes are a matter for my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 51511 question first answered 04/10/2022 13:06:49 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506706

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Department is responsible for overseeing the review of those items of retained EU law listed in the REUL interactive dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22 September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Machinery of Government changes are a matter for my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 51510 question first answered 04/10/2022 13:06:49 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506730

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Development Aid: Climate Change
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 activities and programmes were funded through the International Climate Finance scheme in the 2022-23 financial year; what the titles of these activities and programmes were; and in which countries these were undertaken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	51913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Details of all Official Development Assistance programmes are published on the UK's Development Tracker website at https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/ including key activities, finances and geographical focus. Programmes on the development tracker website can be filtered in order to only show those which are funded through the International Climate Finance scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 06/10/2022 09:19:17 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1506739

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in her Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those young people were (a) girls and (b) boys from state schools.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	51680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/10/2022 14:42:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1506740

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of social housing to meet need (a) nationally and (b) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>The government has given local councils freedom to manage their own waiting lists, so they can decide who should qualify for social housing in their area and develop solutions that make best use of the social housing stock.</p><p>Since 2010, more than 574,000 affordable homes have been delivered, including 154,600 for social rent. A further £11.5 billion of taxpayer subsidy is being made available to build affordable homes over 5 years with £8.6 billion of that already allocated. Between 2010 and 2021 there were over 1,400 affordable homes delivered in York. Over 900 of these were for affordable and social rent.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/10/2022 08:19:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506762

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Extended Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to provide more extra-curricular services and activities before and after the school day.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring young people have access to high-quality extra-curricular opportunities during the school day as well as before and after.</p><p>The Department has introduced a minimum expectation on the length of the school week of 32.5 hours (the current average) for all state-funded, mainstream schools. The Department expects all state-funded mainstream schools to work towards meeting this expectation by September 2023 at the latest. The Department wants to bring all schools in line with the current average as a minimum.</p><p>In addition, before and after school activities can provide wraparound childcare, which is important for removing barriers for and supporting parents to work. The Department strongly encourages all schools to offer before and after school provision for their pupils. Schools should not refuse a request from parents to provide wraparound childcare without a reasonable justification, such as lack of demand.</p><p>The Department supports a range of initiatives to expand access to high-quality extra-curricular activities through schools, such as:</p><ul><li>working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to offer the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to all state secondary schools in England</li><li>working in partnership with the Ministry of Defence to help achieve the Government ambition of having 60,000 cadets in school cadet units by 2024</li><li>investing in phase 3 of the Opening School Facilities programme which will see a national provider support schools to open their facilities in the evening’s, weekend’s and during the holidays to increase opportunities for young people to get active outside of the school day</li><li>investing over £200 million a year in our Holiday Activities and Food programme providing free holiday club places to children on benefits-related free school meals, as well as other vulnerable children, giving them a chance to enjoy extra-curricular activities and healthy meals during the longer school holidays</li><li>investing up to £24 million to continue our national schools breakfast programme until July 2023</li><li>funding music, arts and heritage, which supports teaching within the curriculum and co and extra-curricular activities. The Department has invested over £714 million between 2016 and 2022 on a diverse range of music and arts programmes, over and above core school budgets, helping to ensure pupils of all backgrounds can benefit from them</li><li>investing around £115 million per annum in cultural education over three years to 2025, through our music, arts and heritage programmes. In June, the Department also announced an additional £25 million capital funding for musical instruments.</li></ul><p>The Department is also working with DCMS to help schools ensure their pupils are getting the most out of the National Youth Guarantee, which expands access to youth provision and was announced as part of the Youth Review.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 17/10/2022 16:25:03 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506782

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement will receive the independent review report from the North East of England Commissioning Support Unit on British Sign Language Interpreting Services within Hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	51727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>In November 2020, NHS England commissioned the North of England Commissioning Support Unit to undertake a rapid review of British Sign Language (BSL) service provision in the National Health Service in England. The review was completed in May 2021 and contained 17 recommendations to address the identified health inequalities experienced by BSL users. The report and its recommendations were accepted by NHS England’s National Incident and Response Board on 16 June 2021. NHS England is continuing to work with integrated care systems to implement the recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 06/10/2022 13:37:44 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1506803

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a system to ensure that funeral services take place for veterans who pass without (a) next of kin and (b) funds to pay for that service.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	51916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Currently we have no plans to set up a specific system for Veterans. For the general population, including veterans, Public Health Funerals in England and Wales are provided by local authorities for people who have passed away and have no next of kin, or whose next of kin, relatives or friends are unable or unwilling to make the necessary arrangements for a funeral. They are designed to protect public health and are important in ensuring that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-funerals-good-practice-guidance/public-health-funerals-good-practice-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-funerals-good-practice-guidance/public-health-funerals-good-practice-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Generally, Veterans' funeral arrangements are not a Ministry of Defence (MOD) matter. However, the MOD does provide funeral expenses to help pay for the funeral of a War Pensioner or veteran whose death was due to service before 6 April 2005, War Pensions Constant Attendance Allowance was being paid or would have been paid had the War Pensioner not been in hospital when they died, or their Unemployability Supplement was in payment at the time of death and the War Pension was being paid at 80% or higher;</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funeral-expenses-for-war-pensioners-and-veterans#eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funeral-expenses-for-war-pensioners-and-veterans#eligibility</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Service Personnel the MOD offers to fund funerals and mark the graves of those who have died in paid military service.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 18/10/2022 12:54:30 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1506814

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Business: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the statement by the Prime Minister of 8 September 2022 on UK Energy Costs, Official Report, column 398, when he plans to provide further details on the financial support for energy bills which will be made available to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	51694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme for non-domestic customers was announced on 21 September and details can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fenergy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C7fbe41122bd04f7e33ce08daaa9bd590%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638009883526296193%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fR6gnGP3HhH3MpqJjkUxgnIKZB7C2cIhvfxrCPT26Hk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will provide a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic customers (including all UK businesses, those in the voluntary sector like charities, and public sector organisations such as schools and hospitals) whose current gas and electricity prices have been significantly inflated in light of global energy prices. This support will be equivalent to the Energy Price Guarantee put in place for households.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/10/2022 08:57:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1506856

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Fuel Oil: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department held discussions with representatives of the heating oil sector in Northern Ireland when devising energy bills schemes to help tackle the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	52070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has engaged extensively with energy organisations and suppliers in the development of the energy bill support schemes for families and businesses. This has included engaging with representatives of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation and the Consumer Council.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/10/2022 08:58:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood