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1506564

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	District Heating: Finance
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 heat network consumers not able to access the existing Default Tariff Price Cap will have access to the discretionary fund to be established to provide financial support for those not eligible for the Energy Bill Support Scheme or the new Energy Price Guarantee announced on 8 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	51882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those on heat networks – and so outside of the support schemes – will receive support equivalent to both the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government is working at speed to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 14:34:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1506809

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Department of Justice Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47553 on Sexual Offences: Trials, and with reference to The Secretary of State Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for South Shields at Justice Questions on 24 May 2022, Official Report, column 154, how Operation Soteria will help ensure that the focus of investigation is on the accused rather than the victim.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	51704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is providing £6.65m to support the Operation Soteria programme, which is developing a new national operating model for the investigation and prosecution of rape. The new model will be made available to all police forces in England and Wales from June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation of rape must be no different to any other crime, with a focus on the suspect rather than the victim. The new model will support officers to better understand the patterns in behaviour that lead to sexual offending and use this knowledge to guide rape investigations and disrupt offenders.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the programme has worked with the College of Policing to develop, design and pilot a new learning programme for police officers which will strengthen investigative skills and enhance and embed specialist knowledge about sexual offending and victim engagement.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/09/2022 08:23:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1507003

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Import Controls: Expenditure
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 the cost to the public purse was of the construction of border control points in the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	51709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>£200 million has been spent by HM Government as Port Infrastructure Fund. While much of this went towards the creation of Border Control Posts (BCPs), other facilities were also built (e.g. Border Force, site infrastructure enhancements).</p><p>£13.02 million has been spent by Defra on the Sevington BCP, including costs for construction and fixture &amp; fittings, in financial year (FY) 2021/22 &amp; FY 2022/23 to August.</p><p>£22.09 million has been spent by Defra on the Dover sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) BCP which covers FY 2021/22 &amp; FY 2022/23 construction to the end of August.</p><p>No construction work has yet begun on BCPs in Wales. The Welsh Government is awaiting finalisation of the Target Operating Model before committing to construction contracts.</p><p>A total of £15.3 million capital, £16.4 million resource and £1.7 million depreciation has been expended to the end of August 2022 on the provision of the infrastructure, IT systems and personnel for the work necessary to carry out the required SPS checks at Northern Ireland's Points of Entry as a result of the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 30/09/2022 13:56:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1507160

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	County Courts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations in the Sixth Report of the Justice Select Committee, Session 2021–22, Court capacity, published on 27 April 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the recommendations on (a) the transparency of timeliness and (b) providing resources to increase the (i) judicial, (ii) physical, (iii) digital and (iv) staffing capacity of the County Court.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	51900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government responded to the Justice Select Committee’s report on Court Capacity in July 2022. As set out in the response, the civil courts play a crucial role in ensuring citizens have access to justice and in supporting the economy. We took swift action in response to the pandemic, including introducing Covid-secure courtrooms and remote hearings, and despite the impact of the pandemic our timeliness figures in civil courts remained stable over 2021. However, we are working to improve timeliness, across all tracks for those claims that progress to a hearing.</p><p>HMCTS’ data strategy, published in December 2021, sets out HMCTS’ strategy to gather, hold, curate, and protect the data we need and to open and share data safely to support transparency.</p><p>The Government has invested £1.3bn to transform the justice system, introducing 21st Century technology and online services to increase access to justice, improve efficiency and modernise the courts. The digital reforms and simplified services are removing simple cases from court, cutting down unnecessary paperwork and helping some of the most vulnerable people facing difficult situations get justice as quickly as possible. The Government has also legislated to improve the effective running of the civil courts, most recently including the provision of a new Online Procedure Rule Committee in the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 and launching a consultation on proposals to increase the use of mediation.</p><p>To further support the judicial, physical, digital and staffing resource in the County Court, we will maximise the number of sitting days utilised across the jurisdiction, ensuring the administrative and staffing support required for those sitting days is in place, and will continue to deliver efficiencies through our Reform programme. The Spending Review settlement includes a further £324 million over the next three years to improve timeliness in civil and family courts and tribunals. This funding is being used to meet various costs (including judicial, staffing and legal aid) of providing additional sitting days in these jurisdictions to help recover performance and tackle backlogs following the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>The three courts in the South West London cluster are Wandsworth County Court, Kingston County and West London Family Court. These courts will benefit from the measures described above, as will other county courts across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 51901 question first answered 23/09/2022 11:24:25 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1506652

registered interest
date	12/09/2022
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	General Practitioners: 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, if he will make it his policy to cap the price of energy for GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	51650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 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%7C35de873e2ab74e0d8aa208da9d625ba7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637995343002692976%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=npp6lRcMxoUPPE9xpt7LC%2BxR6EjsHhdxNbMZz7kTNTI%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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/09/2022 12:56:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1506174

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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: York
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 findings of a recent study conducted by York High Street Forum Research on an anticipated reduction of footfall on high streets in York, if he will provide financial support in the way of (a) grants or loans and (b) an extension of the payback of covid-19 loans to high street businesses.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	49709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>We will continue to support high street businesses as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><ul><li>Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses can benefit from 50% businesses rates relief worth almost £1.7 billion in 2022-23.</li><li>“Pay as You Grow” options allow Bounce Back Loan borrowers to tailor their repayments to individual circumstances. Businesses have the option to repay their loan over a period of up to ten years, as well as the option to move temporarily to interest-only payments for periods of up to six months or pause their repayments entirely for up to six months.</li><li>Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme lenders can extend the repayment period for CBILS facilities where this is needed, to a maximum of 10 years.</li></ul><p>Last week the Government announced a new six-month scheme – the Energy Price Guarantee for Businesses – to protect all businesses and other non-domestic energy users from soaring energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/09/2022 08:43:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506186

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of women who have been stalked in (a) York and (b) England in each the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	49712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 8 September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2022 13:16:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_49712.pdf title UKSA response to 49712
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506212

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Mental Illness: Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential feasibility of providing assistance dogs to people with a mental health diagnosis of (a) depression and (b) anxiety.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 23/09/2022 08:20:05 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1506215

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Office for Veterans' Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Office for Veterans Affairs on Ben Parkinson's case in the context of the Sunday Times investigation published on 4 September; and what his planned timetable is for reviewing the circumstances of Ben Parkinson's case.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	49670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>As my answer contains personal information, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 12/10/2022 06:54:59 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1506333

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Afghan citizens who relocated to the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme are in bridging accommodation as of 8 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	49561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Through Operation Warm Welcome, Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation alongside the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into our society.</p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 August 2022, the UK:</p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021.</li><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications.</p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/09/2022 08:42:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey