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1563486

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impacts of skills shortages on businesses.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	114677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Employer Skills Survey (ESS) has run biennially since 2011, providing a vital source of intelligence on the skills issues that employers face. The survey captures the density and incidence of skills shortages, as well as the impact of these on businesses.</p><p>The last ESS ran in 2019. Fieldwork is currently underway for the 2022 ESS, and will continue until the end of March 2023. Full findings can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employer-skills-survey-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employer-skills-survey-2019</a>.</p><p>The survey captures the number of vacancies and the proportion of these that were proving hard to fill because applicants don’t have the relevant skills, experience or qualifications (skill-shortage vacancies). In 2019, 24% of all vacancies in England, Northern Ireland and Wales were skill-shortage vacancies, an increase from 22% in 2017. This measure is known as the skill-shortage density measure.</p><p>Of those employers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales that reported skill-shortage vacancies, 94% reported that it had an impact on business performance.</p><p>The most common impacts reported included:</p><ul><li>An increased workload for staff (84%)</li><li>Difficulties meeting customer services objectives (49%)</li><li>Increased operating costs (45%)</li><li>Loss of business or orders to competitors (40%)</li><li>Delays developing new products or services (39%)</li></ul><p>The Skills for Jobs White Paper published in January 2021 set out the government’s blueprint for reshaping the technical skills system, to better meet the needs of employers and the wider economy. As part of this new approach, the department introduced employer-led Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) which will set out a clear articulation of employers’ skills needs, and the priority changes required in a local area to help ensure post-16 technical education and training provision is more responsive and flexible in meeting local labour market skills needs. The department has now designated employer representative bodies to lead on the development of LSIPs in all 38 areas of England, and expect local areas to have their plans ready for approval in May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 24/01/2023 12:16:57 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1564731

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Local Government Finance
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 discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the sustainability of local government finances.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	902996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with local government, as we always do, meeting regularly with sector representative bodies and councils to monitor budgets and service delivery.</p><p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to an additional £5 billion to councils, an increase of 9% in cash terms on 2022/23. We are consulting on these proposals until 16 January.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/01/2023 17:17:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1564732

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Regional Planning and Development: Finance
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 steps he is taking to ensure that funds are delivered promptly to successful Levelling Up bids.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	902997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We will announce the outcome of the second round of the Levelling Up Fund by the end of January 2023, which will see much needed investment awarded to help level up communities across the UK.</p><p>We will follow up with successful applicants promptly once the announcement is made to ensure that spend and delivery can get underway as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 09/01/2023 16:53:45 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1564733

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Sleeping Rough
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 steps he is taking to address the potential increase in the level of rough sleeping this winter.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	902998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>People at risk of sleeping rough this winter are being supported by the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which is providing up to £500 million across 2022-25. This supports 303 local authorities across England and funds around 14,000 beds and 3,000 support staff this year.</p><p>Our Night Shelter Transformation Fund 22-25 is also providing faith and community groups with up to £10 million funding to provide self-contained emergency accommodation.</p><p>These initiatives are part of the £2 billion of funding to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/01/2023 17:02:46 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1564734

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 estimate he has made of the number of refugees admitted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme who are homeless.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	903001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>As of 18 November, local authorities in England accepted homelessness duties to 2,985 Ukrainian households across all visa schemes; 915 were single households and 2,070 family households.</p><p>1,720 homelessness duties were owed to households who arrived under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.</p><p>Figures show only a very small fraction of Ukrainian arrivals have had a homelessness duty accepted and councils have a duty to ensure families are not left without a roof over their head.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/01/2023 17:02:04 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1563804

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
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	Afghanistan: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that women in Afghanistan will no longer be allowed to continue their university education.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government condemns the Taliban's decision to ban women from university. This is a further violation of the rights of Afghan women and will have damaging consequences, including for the Afghan economy. On 21 December, the Foreign Secretary co-signed a statement by foreign ministers and, on 22 December, I [Lord Ahmad] issued a statement saying we will not support any restoration of waivers to UN travel bans for sanctioned Taliban until women and girls are allowed to attend secondary school and university. With the international community, we will consider further action to persuade the Taliban to abandon their regressive measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/01/2023 15:10:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1563805

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
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	Iran: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment of the situation in Iran; how this is affected by the reports that Russia has been sending advanced military equipment to Iran in exchange for drones; and what steps they are taking, including with international partners, to assess the risk of further serious human rights violations in Iran.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>Iran's support for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine is deplorable and the supply of drones is in violation of UN Security Council resolution 2231. Russia is offering Iran an unprecedented level of military support, transforming their defence relationship and strengthening Iranian capability, further threatening regional and international security.  Recent executions of young people detained in connection to protests shows the Iranian authorities' callous disregard for their citizens' lives. At a Special Session of the Human Rights Council on 24 November, the UK and our partners established an investigative mechanism into the regime's human rights violations in response to protests. We continue to urge Iran to improve its human rights record at all opportunities, including working with international partners to ensure accountability.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/01/2023 14:39:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1563806

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
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	Iran: BBC Persian Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the BBC concerning Persian Radio transmissions to Iran; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO strongly values the BBC World Service's role in bringing high quality and impartial broadcasting to audiences around the globe, particularly where free speech is limited.</p><p>Under BBC proposals announced on 29 September, while radio broadcasts for BBC Persian will cease, TV broadcasting will continue and investment in digital services will increase, reflecting audience viewing trends. In Iran, only 1% of the BBC's total weekly audience of 13.8 million access BBC news solely via radio. The BBC has provided assurance that it will continue to serve audiences in need, ensuring continued access to vital news services.</p><p>We regularly raise the issue of the Iranian peoples' right to access independent media, including BBC Persian, with the Iranian government and in multilateral fora.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/01/2023 15:09:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1563807

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
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	Jimmy Lai
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the refusal of the authorities in Hong Kong to allow imprisoned British citizen Jimmy Lai to meet with his legal representative Timothy Owen KC.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>We remain concerned about the targeting of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong and are following these cases carefully. For data protection reasons I cannot share information about an individual without their permission.</p><p>Accredited diplomats at our Consulate-General in Hong Kong will continue to attend Mr Lai's court proceedings.</p><p>We are analysing the recent interpretation of the Hong Kong National Security Law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. As we have said, the National Security Law is being used to curtail freedoms, punish dissent and shrink the space for opposition, and we consider it to represent a clear and serious breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/01/2023 13:02:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1563808

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
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	Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis published by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 20 December suggesting that, despite the peace deal in Ethiopia, civilians are still at heightened risk of atrocities; and what steps they are taking to address these risks, including in accordance with their Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>During his visit to Ethiopia on 8 December, the Foreign Secretary welcomed the peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front and told Prime Minister Abiy that Ethiopia could rely on the UK's full support on its path to recovery and reconciliation. As the US Holocaust Memorial Museum blog points out the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray and the increasing violence in Oromia is likely to lead to more atrocities against civilians. We urge the Eritrean Government to withdraw its troops in support of this peace agreement. We support the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and urge all parties to work with the Commission to allow it to fulfil its mandate to support the process of accountability for those responsible, and welcome the commitment in the peace agreement to create a comprehensive national transitional justice policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 10/01/2023 17:14:47 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool