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1606632

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date	23/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress her Department has made on negotiating a free trade agreement with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	904263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm that round 8 is currently underway in India.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, both nations have come to the table with the very highest of ambitions and a willingness to work together towards a mutually beneficial deal.</p><p> </p><p>We are now working through substantive issues like goods market access, services, and investment, and are starting to see a way forward that works for both sides.</p><p> </p><p>However, we will only sign when we have a deal that is fair, reciprocal, and ultimately in the best interests of the British people and the economy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/03/2023 17:57:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1605845

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of forensic scientific investigations (a) undertaken in-house by police forces and (b) outsourced to specialist laboratories in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the number of forensic scientific investigations and whether such investigations were undertaken in-house by police forces or outsourced to specialist laboratories.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2023 16:26:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605846

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish data on his Department's spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card solution for the months since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport aims to publish the transactional data over £500 with an electronic purchasing card solution for October and November 2022 imminently. The Department aims to publish the December 2022 and January 2023 data by the end of April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2023 09:00:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605847

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the data on his Department's spending over £25,000 in the months since June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport published the July and August 2022 transactional data over £25,000 on 23 February 2023 and the data from September to December 2022 will be published shortly. Data for the remainder months will be published in line with the Cabinet Office timetable.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2023 09:01:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605848

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mental Health Services and Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving communication between police forces and mental health teams on the detention of people with mental health illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary last met with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 22<sup>nd</sup> March 2023 where mental health and policing was discussed.</p><p>The Government is committed to working with policing and healthcare partners to drive forward improvements to mental health prevention, treatment and crisis response.</p><p> </p><p>There is ongoing partnership work between HMG, health and police partners to develop a National Partnership Agreement to ensure that people in crisis receive the right response from the right agency. This work also considers wider work streams to improve partnership working between health and police on mental health pathways.</p><p>The Home Secretary wrote to all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners on 23<sup>rd</sup> February to set out agreements made between the Home Office and Department for Health and Social Care on policing and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2023 16:29:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605849

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase funding to the Fire and Rescue Services in the context of recent rises in inflation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Overall, fire and rescue authorities will receive around £2.6 billion in 2023/24. Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work.</p><p>Standalone fire and rescue authorities will see an increase in core spending power of 8.1 per cent in cash terms compared to 2022/23.</p><p>DLUHC published the final Local Government Settlement on 6 February 2023 setting out the referendum principles for Local Authorities in 2023/24. All standalone FRAs will be able to increase their Band D council tax by £5. This will raise £67m if all standalone FRAs choose to make full use of the flexibility.</p><p>The final settlement also confirms that Revenue Support Grant and Baseline Funding Levels will increase in line with September CPI (10.1%). This represents a good deal for fire and rescue and will help to manage their inflationary pressures.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/03/2023 16:26:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605850

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	NHS: Mileage Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with HMRC on the adequacy of mileage rates for NHS workers, in the context of increases in the level of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	170694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>As is the practice of successive administrations, the details of internal meetings are not routinely disclosed.</p><p>On 1 January 2023, the mileage rate for staff who use their vehicles to make journeys in the performance of their duties increased from 56p to 59p per mile, above the HMRC-approved mileage rate of 45p per mile, to recognise the increased cost of motoring.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/03/2023 15:26:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1605860

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Canada: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Canadian (a) parliamentarians, (b) Ministers and (c) officials on UK pensioners living in Canada.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not had recent discussions with Canadian Ministers, parliamentarians or officials regarding UK pensioners living in Canada.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2023 11:38:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605861

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Canada: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Canadian Government’s 2020 and 2022 requests for a new reciprocal social security agreement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on this matter. There are two separate social security arrangements in place between the UK and Canada, made in 1995 and 1998. The UK Government has no plans to change the social security relationship with Canada.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2023 11:38:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605867

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Lancaster and Fleetwood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people receive Section 95 Asylum Support in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	170646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets opens in a new tab), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the next quarterly figures are due to be released in May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/03/2023 11:57:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith