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1538531

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give leaseholders the right to manage their properties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	77460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Many leaseholders already have a statutory right to take over management of their properties, under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. Earlier this year we consulted on proposals that would give leaseholders living in buildings with up to 50% non-residential floorspace new rights to manage their property, and we will respond in due course. Legislation will be announced in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/11/2022 17:52:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1537981

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Tourism Recovery Plan, published on 11 June 2021, what progress her Department has made on recovering annual domestic overnight (a) trip volume and (b) spend by the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	75990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the recovery of the tourism industry in the UK and has been working towards the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan.</p><p>The Government will provide the DCMS Select Committee with an annual update on the progress of the Tourism Recovery Plan and the tourism industry more generally as it recovers.</p><p>The first annual report is forthcoming and we will update on all of the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 75991 question first answered 07/11/2022 14:39:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1537982

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Tourism Recovery Plan, published in June 2021, what progress the UK has made in returning inbound visitor volume to 41 million and spend to return to £28 billion by the end of 2023.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	75991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the recovery of the tourism industry in the UK and has been working towards the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan.</p><p>The Government will provide the DCMS Select Committee with an annual update on the progress of the Tourism Recovery Plan and the tourism industry more generally as it recovers.</p><p>The first annual report is forthcoming and we will update on all of the objectives set out in the Tourism Recovery Plan in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 75990 question first answered 07/11/2022 14:39:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1537984

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Pigs: Animal Welfare
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 assessment she has made of the welfare implications of high concentration carbon dioxide stunning in the slaughter of pigs.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	75860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the long-standing animal welfare concerns with high concentration carbon dioxide stunning of pigs. HM Government has supported research into use of alternatives, including inert gas mixtures, and while these do reduce the welfare impacts, there are practical constraints to their use which have so far restricted commercial uptake.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government has also part-funded research into Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning (LAPS) as a possible alternative stunning method for pigs. However, the results demonstrated that LAPS is associated with poor welfare in pigs and does not present a humane alternative to high concentration carbon dioxide stunning.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 75861 75862 question first answered 11/11/2022 10:57:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1537985

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds data on the number of households in England that have received the Council Tax rebate.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	75971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Monitoring data for the delivery of the council tax rebate up to the end of September 2022 is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcouncil-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C3997658d2f68494f83dd08dac1b3beab%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638035274977615825%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PsnLMosdUsw%2FwxCzK%2FZ38yeUmv5kJXVzNNQ5rB6FbVw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. An update will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/11/2022 16:32:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1537986

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Pigs: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of substituting the use of carbon dioxide in the stunning of pigs with alternatives such as argon, nitrogen or nitrous oxide.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	75861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the long-standing animal welfare concerns with high concentration carbon dioxide stunning of pigs. HM Government has supported research into use of alternatives, including inert gas mixtures, and while these do reduce the welfare impacts, there are practical constraints to their use which have so far restricted commercial uptake.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government has also part-funded research into Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning (LAPS) as a possible alternative stunning method for pigs. However, the results demonstrated that LAPS is associated with poor welfare in pigs and does not present a humane alternative to high concentration carbon dioxide stunning.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 75860 75862 question first answered 11/11/2022 10:57:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1537987

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Pigs: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using low atmospheric pressure stunning as an alternative to carbon dioxide in the slaughter of pigs.
tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
tabling member printed	George Eustice
uin	75862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the long-standing animal welfare concerns with high concentration carbon dioxide stunning of pigs. HM Government has supported research into use of alternatives, including inert gas mixtures, and while these do reduce the welfare impacts, there are practical constraints to their use which have so far restricted commercial uptake.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government has also part-funded research into Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning (LAPS) as a possible alternative stunning method for pigs. However, the results demonstrated that LAPS is associated with poor welfare in pigs and does not present a humane alternative to high concentration carbon dioxide stunning.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 75860 75861 question first answered 11/11/2022 10:57:34 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1537988

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Housing First: West Midlands
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 assessment he has made of the performance of the Housing First pilot in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	75972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>We commissioned a consortium, led by ICF, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the three sub-regional Housing First pilots. The final report is due at the end of 2023.</p><p>The evaluation programme includes a process evaluation, quantitative assessment of client outcomes, a cost-benefit analysis, and a programme of assessments, undertaken by Homeless Link, to review each pilot's fidelity with the seven Housing First principles developed by Housing First England for the England context.</p><p>Four reports have been published to date, all of which reflect on the progress made in the West Midlands. These can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhousing-first-pilot-national-evaluation-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5a9025f4df034420e5f108dac183f4b5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638035069730562303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EaOFmb46LwULtQmBAFHnuQjsCpAkyRCXxhfIaa0g8cQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/11/2022 17:46:16 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1537989

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Waste: Crime
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 recent discussions she has had with the National Crime Agency on tackling waste crime.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	76119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) is a full member of the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) which was launched in January 2020 as a multi-agency taskforce to share intelligence and operational capability and capacity to tackle serious and organised criminality in the waste sector. The NCA is a member of the Joint Unit’s Oversight Board, as well as being fully involved operationally. The Oversight Board also includes Defra officials. Officials from the Environment Agency and NCA are in very regular contact through the work of the JUWC.</p><p> </p><p>The JUWC has shown the value of joint working when tackling the poly-criminality of organised crime groups. In the two years since the Joint Unit for Waste Crime launched it has worked with over 50 partner organisations and engaged in 74 multi-agency days of action, which have resulted in 52 associated arrests by other agencies.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/11/2022 14:33:30 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1537990

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	British National (Overseas): West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds data on the financial allocations awarded to organisations in the West Midlands as part of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	75973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>In April 2021 the department launched a new UK-wide Welcome Programme to support BN(O) status holders. Through the Programme's voluntary, community, and social enterprise grant scheme we have awarded funding to four organisations in the West Midlands totalling £252,802. This covers two financial years of support, with current contracts due to end in March 2023. The full list of funded organisations and their project summaries can be found on GOV.UK <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhong-kong-bno-welcome-programme-vcse-grant-recipients-year-2-20222023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1f10355b54ae45ef153408dac279f430%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638036126277793321%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=o80eOUfOMNlV7QBvCrNf%2Bhue%2FzAfDxz4QqVxybMRQHM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/11/2022 17:47:14 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight