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1655762

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date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help (a) repair and (b) reopen the Forum Leisure Centre swimming pool located within his Department's property in Quarry Hill, Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions are in the process of arranging a comprehensive scheme of repairs to the plant room servicing the Quarry House Leisure Centre Pool.</p><p> </p><p>A quote for the works has been received and validated. With lead time for materials &amp; subsequent programme of works, it is anticipated the pool will re-open in December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/09/2023 11:23:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655763

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on whether making a credit card application using someone else's details is a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Existing legislation can already be used to prosecute those committing fraud using a stolen identity.</p><p>The Fraud Act 2006 covers the selling and using of stolen personal information to commit fraud. The Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Identity Documents Act 2010 and the Data Protection Act 2018 cover the protection of personal data.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 06/09/2023 11:52:16 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655764

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security checks financial institutions are required to make for credit card applications in order to prevent identity fraud.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for regulating the consumer credit market. FCA rules dictate that firms (including those offering credit cards) must have adequate policies and procedures in place to counter the risk that they might be used in financial crime, such as identity fraud. Furthermore, firms must ensure that the systems and controls monitoring these are subject to regular assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Firms are also required by law to verify someone’s identity when they establish a business relationship with them. This includes when opening a credit account such as a credit card. Firms are required to take a proportionate approach commensurate with their assessment of the risk. Each firm will have their own policies on identification, customer due diligence and on the circumstances in which additional security checks should be undertaken. Firms are assisted in making such policies through industry produced guidance. The government has also published a Good Practice Guide for firms on how to prove and verify someone’s identity, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual/how-to-prove-and-verify-someones-identity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual/how-to-prove-and-verify-someones-identity</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 07/09/2023 12:51:42 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655768

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects UK Visas and Immigration to complete its reconsideration of the cases referred to by the Rt hon. Member for East Ham in the letter of 28 March, reference ST103787.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>An agreement to reconsider the application was provided by the Decision Making Centre (DMC) on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2023. The reconsideration of these applications took place on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2023. The applicants were contacted by the DMC on the 24<sup>th</sup> July 2023 about the resubmission of their passports to the Visa Application Centre and on 26<sup>th</sup> July 2023 the applicants submitted their passports for the completion of the visa process. The standard time scale for reconsiderations is three months and this reconsideration was completed within that three month timescale.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:42:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655770

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Almshouses: Planning
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 guidance his Department issues to local planning authorities on support for almshouses that are not Regulated Social Landlords under the terms of section 106 affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	195628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department does not issue guidance to local planning authorities specifically on this matter. It is up to local planning authorities to determine what contributions should be sought through Section 106 agreements, in line with statutory tests on their use set out in regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010. The department has published guidance on planning obligations to support local authorities with their use. <br> <br> As part of the National Planning Policy Framework consultation between 22 December 2022 and 2 March 2023, we sought views on how we can help bring forward more community-led housing, including almshouses. We expect to publish a response to the consultation this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/09/2023 14:49:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1655771

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Public Health: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting health impact assessments of the public health impacts of new free trade agreements; and if he will make an impact assessment of the potential impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on public health.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	195626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care does not carry out specific health impact assessments for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Section 42 of the Agriculture Act 2020 commits the Government to produce a report which examines new FTAs in the context of their impact on domestic statutory protections in the United Kingdom, including the impact on human health. This report must be laid in Parliament as part of the scrutiny process. This process will apply to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The “Section 42 report”, as it is known, is led by the Department for Business and Trade, and is drafted in consultation with other Government departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2023 13:43:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1655772

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Copyright: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that online platforms [operating in the UK] provide (a) cost- and (b) time-efficient takedown processes for [(a) designers and (b) other content creators] whose copyrighted (a) designs and (b) other products have been infringed on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	195627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK approaches the challenge of tackling online IP infringement in an integrated manner through enforcement and public education. There is in place a number of criminal, civil, administrative and voluntary initiatives which provide rights holders and law enforcement with a package of measures to use to tackle online infringement. These vary from relatively non-intrusive such as notice and takedown, to domain removal, website blocking via court orders, police intervention, and more intrusive initiatives such as notifications being sent to repeat infringers.</p><p> </p><p>The IPO <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protecting-intellectual-property-rights-on-e-commerce-stores" target="_blank">has published guidance</a> on how rights holders can protect their intellectual property on e-commerce stores, such as Amazon and eBay.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/09/2023 08:22:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	181 label Biography information for Lord Cryer

1655773

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of assets frozen under the Russia regime is since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	195619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Between February and October 2022, £18.39 billion in frozen funds were reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, in relation to the Russia sanctions regime. This figure is provided in aggregate so as not to disclose the value of any funds held by particular individuals. HM Treasury does not break down reported assets in the manner requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An updated value of frozen assets reported to OFSI will be published later this year, in OFSI’s 2022-2023 Annual Review, in Autumn 2023.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 195620 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:16:51 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

1655774

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of assets frozen under the Russia regime that were (a) Russian state assets held by sanctioned (i) Russian and (ii) commercial banks and (b) other state assets and foreign currency reserves held as, but not limited to, securities or deposits in Pound Sterling in the period since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	195620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Between February and October 2022, £18.39 billion in frozen funds were reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, in relation to the Russia sanctions regime. This figure is provided in aggregate so as not to disclose the value of any funds held by particular individuals. HM Treasury does not break down reported assets in the manner requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An updated value of frozen assets reported to OFSI will be published later this year, in OFSI’s 2022-2023 Annual Review, in Autumn 2023.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 195619 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:16:51 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

1655775

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Social Problems
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 his Department is taking to help Councils to tackle (a) aggressive begging and (b) anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	195634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In March 2023, we launched the Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action plan backed by £160 million of funding, to crack down on ASB, restoring people's confidence that these crimes will be quickly and visibly punished. The plan outlines Government's intention to ensure begging can be addressed where it is causing a nuisance. We continue to engage with stakeholders on the detail of the replacement proposals following our consultation last year before separate legislation is brought forward at the earliest parliamentary opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/09/2023 15:17:54 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar