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1729305

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Pensioners: Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for the number of pensioners with an annual income of between £15,000 and £20,000.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>We estimate that the number of pensioner units with an annual income of between £15,000 and £20,000 is approximately 1.5 million. This number has been rounded to the nearest 100,000.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is based on Pensioners’ Incomes data derived from the Family Resources Survey and covers private households in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>A pensioner unit can be a single pensioner over State Pension age, a pensioner couple where one member is over State Pension age, or a pensioner couple where both members are over State Pension age.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 11/10/2024 15:29:25 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	5359

1732126

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Personal Independence Payment assessment process for people with recognised long-term mental health conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
	tabling member printed	Jessica Toale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>Research is in progress seeking to understand more about the experience of claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for those with a mental health condition or neurodiversity.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) depends on the effects that severe disability has on an individual with a long-term health condition or disability and not on a particular disability or diagnosis. The needs arising from mental health conditions are assessed in the same way as for all other health conditions or disabilities.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 11/10/2024 15:28:17 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5202

1730569

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Debts Written Off
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require private lenders to agree debt cancellation for lower income countries.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling unsustainable debt. Private lenders have an important part to play and alongside our partners in the G20 and Paris Club, we expect private creditors to participate in debt restructurings on comparable terms. This is a fundamental principle of the G20 Common Framework and we welcome recent agreements reached by bondholders of Zambia and Ghana.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage, the Government is not pursuing a legislative approach that would force private or other lenders to participate in debt restructurings. The Government is focused on delivering a market-based (contractual) approach to private sector participation, to promote more efficient restructurings, reduce the ability for creditors to hold out, and increase transparency.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 11/10/2024 14:56:35 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1729500

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024, to Question 2625, on Prime Minister: Public Expenditure, what the monetary value is of the 2% administrative savings that each individual government department and public body will be expected to make; and in which financial years those savings will fall.
	tabling member constituency	Bridlington and The Wolds
	tabling member printed	Charlie Dewhirst
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of the tough measures the Chancellor is taking to address the £22bn inheritance, departments were asked to reduce their admin budgets by 2%, saving £225 million across departments. 2024-25 administration budgets are set out in 2024 Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA).</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 11/10/2024 14:10:41 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	5169

1729429

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	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	Job Creation: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support job creation schemes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in our manifesto, we are committed to transforming our employment support system, to delivering the Youth Guarantee and to working with local areas to tackle inactivity.</p><p> </p><p>The Jobcentre Plus Lincolnshire Partnership Team works closely with Southeast Lincolnshire Councils Partnership team on the commissioning of specific upskilling and into work programmes using Shared Prosperity Funding. These schemes all have expected outcomes and measures of progression into and towards the Labour Market with the employment teams of the commissioned partners connecting local employers to the programmes.</p><p> </p><p>An example of this is the Connect to Grow Programme delivered by local area provider, Steadfast Training in the Spalding and South Holland area. The specific aim of this 13-week course is to secure employment, increase working hours (via a subsequent job) or enter self-employment. Presently there has been 135 starts, 102 completions and 40 successful outcomes with employers including Morrisons, Prezzo and Smart Cabs.</p><p> </p><p>On a national level Strategic Relationship Team plays a key role in supporting local communities. Recruitment Managers across the county are working with local partners to make a difference to their communities through various activity. For example, B&amp;M recently opened a local store in Lincoln with the support of the Strategic Relationship Team.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 11/10/2024 14:05:37 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1731719

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	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	Ukraine: Electricity Generation
	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 UK's ability to supply electricity generators to the Ukraine before the winter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>Since the full-scale invasion in 2022, the UK has committed almost £370 million in grant, in-kind support and loan guarantees to help Ukraine respond to and recover from Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. This includes £20 million for emergency energy needs, announced by the Foreign Secretary during his visit to Ukraine in September.</p><p>The UK has donated £64 million to the Energy Community Secretariat's Ukraine Energy Support Fund, which coordinates donations of energy equipment, including electricity generators, in response to Government of Ukraine requests. All donations reflect verified, prioritised needs reported by the Government of Ukraine and draw on international supply chains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chapman of Darlington question first answered 11/10/2024 13:59:35 answering member 3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1728943

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	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	Mushrooms: Northern Ireland
	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 he will (a) hold discussions with the (Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential impact of levels of (i) investment by the Irish Government and (ii) access to labour (A) from the EU and (B) through a bespoke visa on the mushroom sector in Northern Ireland and (b) make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs of the potential merits of introducing a bespoke visa to encourage more agricultural workers into Northern Ireland's mushroom sector.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South and Mid Down
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government is serious about revitalising the relationship between UK and Devolved Governments and partnering to deliver economic growth and stability.</p><p> </p><p>The Seasonal Workers visa route is a bespoke visa currently available for workers outside of the UK to come and work for up to six months in the horticulture sector, and in the run up to Christmas for the poultry sector. The horticulture sector includes both edible and ornamental horticulture, which covers the mushroom sector in Northern Ireland. The number of seasonal worker visas available for horticulture in 2024 is 45,000, with an additional 2,000 for the poultry sector. The same allocation was available in 2023 and comfortably met the sector’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) review of the Seasonal Worker visa was published in July. It recommended the continuation of the visa route because of the sector’s unique, highly seasonal and short-term labour requirements and important role in ensuring our food security. The Government will be responding to the MAC this autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside migrant workers arriving through the Seasonal Worker visa route, food and farming businesses can also draw on EU nationals living in the UK with settled or pre-settled status to meet their seasonal worker needs.</p><p> </p><p>I speak regularly to my counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on shared priorities.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 11/10/2024 13:59:19 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1731762

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	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	Nagorno Karabakh: Refugees
	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 recommendations on page 20 of the report 'Disability Equality in Armenia', published by the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust in April, and in particular, the recommendation for the UK to provide further assistance to refugees from Nagorno–Karabakh in Armenia, including bespoke assistance for refugees with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK remains in close contact with the Armenian Government and our international partners to assess humanitarian needs in the region, including for those who have entered Armenia as a result of conflict. We are ready to consider any further requests for assistance where needs are identified by the Armenian authorities and international humanitarian relief organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chapman of Darlington question first answered 11/10/2024 13:59:00 answering member 3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1731720

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	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	Ukraine: Energy
	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 needs of the energy sector in Ukraine as a result of damage to energy infrastructure by conflict.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>Since March 2024 alone, Ukraine has lost over 50 percent of its power generation due to a string of Russian attacks on energy generation facilities. Over the upcoming heating season, Russian attacks and low temperatures risk making access to power, water and heating intermittent, aggravating the humanitarian situation on the ground.</p><p>The UK has been working closely with Ukrainian officials and international donors to fund repairs and provide back-up power generation during the colder months, while also supporting humanitarian efforts to ensure that civilians have access to warming points and collective centres are equipped with generators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chapman of Darlington question first answered 11/10/2024 13:58:26 answering member 3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1729375

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Refineries: Grangemouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many times he has met the workforce at Grangemouth oil refinery since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	5650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>It was deeply disappointing that Petroineos confirmed its previous decision to close the oil refining operation at Grangemouth.</p><p> </p><p>Since taking office, the Secretary of State and I have taken joint action with the Scottish Government to urgently engage with the company and its shareholders, and to engage with unions to discuss the needs of the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the company’s decision, the UK and Scottish Governments announced a joint £100 million investment package for Falkirk and Grangemouth; immediate career support to help the workforce; and a joint-funded £1.5 million project to find viable long-term options for the site, with potential for future support from the National Wealth Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 11/10/2024 13:57:45 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn