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1148962

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	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 guaranteed replacement funding for organisations currently receiving support through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>All projects under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of their projects, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 343 344 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:31:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1148967

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of not replacing funds currently provided to UK organisations through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund on (a) UK organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and (b) refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>All projects under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of their projects, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 340 344 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:31:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1149349

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Greece
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK plans to undertake medical evacuations of critically ill children in Greece whose access to adequate and timely healthcare services in that country is obstructed by their migrant status.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:07:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1151300

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to (a) record and (b) publish data on asylum claims based on (i) gender identity and expression and (ii) sex characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does We do not record data on asylum claims based on either gender identity and expression issues or on variations of sex characteristics on the Home Office case-working information database. The option to record and publish this data remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:07:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1151324

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Nitrogen: Solent
	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 estimate she has made of nitrogen levels in the Solent; and what assessment she has made of the effect of nitrogen in the Solent on the growth of green algae in that area.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Both Natural England (NE) and the Environment Agency (EA) have a role in assessing water quality and its impacts on designated sites.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has used its monitoring and evidence to undertake modelling of nitrogen sources in the Solent area. This shows that, on average, about 50% of nitrogen sources impacting coastal and estuarine waters in the Solent come from agriculture and about 10% from sewage treatment works.</p><p> </p><p>NE’s site condition assessments consider a range of different environmental features and are therefore undertaken as an ongoing process, rather than a one-off undertaking. Through their site condition assessment work, NE has concluded that the Solent is in unfavourable condition because of the high levels of nutrients, which are causing excessive growth of algae, particularly green species of macroalgae.</p><p> </p><p>Proliferation of these green macroalgal mats can be detrimental to ecology, including birds. Several of the Solent’s estuaries are affected in this way and work has been ongoing for many years to reduce inputs of nitrogen and hence reduce macroalgal mats. This has primarily been through tackling diffuse agricultural sources and improvements to sewage treatment works on both the coast and within the river catchments which feed into the Solent.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 3783 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:30:48 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1151325

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Eutrophication: Solent
	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 effect of eutrophication in the Solent area on protected habitats and bird species in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Both Natural England (NE) and the Environment Agency (EA) have a role in assessing water quality and its impacts on designated sites.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has used its monitoring and evidence to undertake modelling of nitrogen sources in the Solent area. This shows that, on average, about 50% of nitrogen sources impacting coastal and estuarine waters in the Solent come from agriculture and about 10% from sewage treatment works.</p><p> </p><p>NE’s site condition assessments consider a range of different environmental features and are therefore undertaken as an ongoing process, rather than a one-off undertaking. Through their site condition assessment work, NE has concluded that the Solent is in unfavourable condition because of the high levels of nutrients, which are causing excessive growth of algae, particularly green species of macroalgae.</p><p> </p><p>Proliferation of these green macroalgal mats can be detrimental to ecology, including birds. Several of the Solent’s estuaries are affected in this way and work has been ongoing for many years to reduce inputs of nitrogen and hence reduce macroalgal mats. This has primarily been through tackling diffuse agricultural sources and improvements to sewage treatment works on both the coast and within the river catchments which feed into the Solent.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 3782 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:30:48 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1151530

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens that have renewed their passport are able to provide evidence of their new passport number to the EU Settlement Scheme by (a) submitting their new passport via recorded delivery and (b) scanning their new passport using the mobile app.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>EU citizens can access their status online by entering the document number from the identity document they used in their application (even if this document has expired), plus their date of birth.</p><p>Identity document updates currently require applicants to post their new identity documents to the Home Office as supporting evidence and to protect against identity fraud, however we are continuing to deliver improvements to make these processes as user friendly as possible by making them entirely online.</p><p>In the short term, if applicants wish to add new identity documents to their status profile they can do so using the existing Update My Details process in their online profile. This currently requires them to post their new identity documents to the Home Office for manual verification.</p><p>The requirement to post identity documents in for a straightforward new document update (where no identity details have changes) is a temporary one, and applicants could choose to wait until the service is available online to update these details.</p><p>We are currently working on delivering a fast, secure and user friendly process for applicants to add new identity documents to their status profile through an entirely online process and expect this service to be available in the coming months. The mobile app will be available to applicants as an option when a document check is required as part of the update, meaning applicants will no longer need to post their document to the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:24:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1151887

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to complete applications to the EU Settlement Scheme in each month since its inception.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It usually takes around 5 working days for completed applications to be processed, but it can take up to a month if the Home Office needs to request more information, for example: if the applicant is applying as a minor and or the application is not linked to an adult; if the applicant has submitted a paper application; if the applicant has a relevant criminal record; if the applicant is a non-EEA or non-Swiss citizen and are applying based on a relationship not relied on in a previous application to the Home Office</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the total number of applications that have been concluded, as of 30 September 2019, was more than 1.5 million (1,524,500). Of these, 61% were granted settled status, 38% were granted pre-settled status.</p><p>The following link lists the expected processing times for EU Settlement Scheme applications based on current performance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times/eu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times/eu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:21:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1151992

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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	Detergents: Labelling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what requirements are placed on producers of domestic cleaning products to list their ingredients on product packaging.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Producers of domestic cleaning products are required to make consumers aware of the ingredients of their products through the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008). Under this Regulation, suppliers of products containing hazardous chemical substances and mixtures are required to provide information on the label to identify any hazardous chemicals, explain what the hazards are and how to avoid them.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, under the EU Detergents Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 648/2004), producers of detergents and cleaning products sold to the general public must also list the product ingredients on labels on product packaging and in ingredient data sheets. Enzymes, disinfectants, optical brighteners, perfumes and preservation agents must be listed on the label irrespective of their concentration. This information must appear in legible, visible and indelible characters on the packaging of detergents and cleaning products which are intended for the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>Producers must also prepare a full ingredient data sheet to be made available to medical personnel on request. A less detailed version of the ingredient data sheet must also be placed in the public domain via a website address on the product packaging.</p><p> </p><p>This information on ingredients enables consumers to make better informed choices about products.</p><p> </p><p>The levels of protection for people and the environment, including labelling requirements for ingredients and ingredient data sheets, will remain at least as high as at present when the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/11/2019 17:19:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1152014

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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	Darwin Initiative
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much, if any, of the funding announced by the Prime Minister for the Darwin Initiative on 23 September will replace EU funding for wildlife in the Falkland Islands and other Overseas Territories.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hooper
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The funding announced by the Prime Minister on 23 September was for the Darwin Initiative, which supports biodiversity projects in developing countries around the world. The Government provides environmental and biodiversity funding to the British Overseas Territories (OTs) through the separate Darwin Plus (DP) fund.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 May 2019, we launched a Call for Evidence on safeguarding the environment in the British OTs. This invited ideas on how the Government can safeguard the OTs’ biodiversity and aims to support the UK’s continued partnership with the OTs in meeting future environmental commitments.</p><p> </p><p>We have received a number of in-depth responses to this Call for Evidence, many of which mention both EU funding and DP. These responses will help inform decisions on future funding for environmental and biodiversity protection in the OTs to be made ahead of the next full Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/11/2019 17:25:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2005 label Biography information for Baroness Hooper