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1701581

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grants for higher education students from the least advantaged backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	22095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government believes that income contingent student loans are a fair and sensible way of financing higher education (HE). It is only right that those who benefit from the system should make a fair contribution to its costs. The government have continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs for undergraduate and postgraduate students each year, with a 2.8% increase for the 2023/24 academic year and a further 2.5% increase announced for 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government have frozen maximum tuition fees for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. By 2024/25, maximum fees will have been frozen for seven successive years. The department believe that the current fee freeze achieves the best balance between ensuring that the system remains financially sustainable, offering good value for the taxpayer, and reducing debt levels for students in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people have been facing with the cost of living and has taken action to help. The government have already made £276 million of student premium and mental health funding available for the 2023/24 academic year to support successful outcomes for students including disadvantaged students.</p><p> </p><p>The government have also made a further £10 million of support available to help student mental health and hardship funding for the 2023/24 academic year. This funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship and hardship support schemes. For the 2024/25 financial year, the government have increased the Student Premium (full-time, part-time, and disabled premium) by £5 million to reflect high demand for hardship support. Further details of this allocation for the academic year 2024/25 will be announced by the Office for Students in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, support to households to help with the high cost of living is worth £108 billion over 2022/23 to 2024/25, which is an average of £3,800 per UK household. The government believes this will have eased the pressure on family budgets, which will in turn enable many families to provide additional support to their children in HE to help them meet increased living costs.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/04/2024 10:24:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1701511

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of car insurance premiums in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	22122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the rising cost of motor insurance premiums over the past year. However, officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance. I will also soon meet with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and industry, to discuss this matter further.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority rules. It is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and conditions of their policies, and the Government does not intervene in or seek to control the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 10:22:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1700604

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Gender Dysphoria: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure that online pharmacies that provide medicines to patients in the UK adhere to the NHS clinical guideline on puberty-suppressing hormones or the treatment of children and adolescents who have gender (a) incongruence and (b) dysphoria.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	21489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>All community pharmacists, whether working on a high street or online, have a duty of care to their patients. We would expect pharmacists to take reasonable steps to ensure that all the medicines they dispense are against legally valid prescriptions, and appropriate for the patient under the authority of the prescriber. This includes both National Health Service prescriptions and private prescriptions. Registered pharmacy professionals and premises are independently regulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and guidance has been issued for those providing services at a distance, including online pharmacies.</p><p>While pharmacists are responsible for a final clinical check, ultimately the responsibility for the product prescribed rests with the prescriber. We are looking closely at what can be done to address any loopholes in prescribing practices, including work with the GPhC to define the dispensing responsibilities of pharmacists providing private prescriptions, as recommended by the Cass Report.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/04/2024 09:49:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1699956

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Marine Management Organisation: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Marine Management Organisation has held a public inquiry to consider an application for a marine licence; and what the reason was in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	20953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Once, since the establishment of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. On 26 May 2011, the MMO called a public inquiry to be held for two marine licences related to the construction and dredging associated with a temporary jetty to support the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The inquiry focussed on several matters including procedural matters related to marine licences and development consent orders, removal of the jetty, and environmental matters.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/04/2024 09:48:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1700346

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of learners waiting for motorcycle practical tests (a) nationally and (b) in Hull West and Hessle constituency; and whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of steps taken to reduce the driving test backlog over the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	21233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 12 April 2024, the number of learners waiting for motorcycle practical tests (a) nationally was 25,637 and (b) in Hull West and Hessle it was 141.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s main priority is to reduce practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the number of available test slots, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2024 09:32:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1701492

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to bring waiting times for mental health patients in-line with waiting times for physical health patients.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	22119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>We remain committed to achieving parity between mental and physical health services, as outlined in the parity of esteem definition set out in a letter to the Public Accounts Committee in February 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Given funding is important for reaching parity of esteem, we are making good progress with investment in National Health Service mental health services. Between 2018/19 and 2023/24, NHS spending on mental health has increased by £4.7 billion in cash terms, as compared to the target of £3.4 billion in cash terms set out at the time of the Long-Term Plan. For 2024/25, mental health spend is forecast to continue to grow, and will make up 9.01% of all recurrent NHS spending.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England published the outcomes of its consultation on the potential to introduce five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services, as part of its clinically led review of NHS Access Standards. These are: for an urgent referral to a community based mental health crisis service, a patient should be seen within 24 hours of referral, across all ages; for a very urgent referral to a community based mental health crisis service, a patient should be seen within four hours of referral, for all age groups; patients referred from accident and emergency should be seen face to face within one hour by a mental health liaison or children and young people’s equivalent service; children, young people and their families and carers presenting to community-based mental health services, should start to receive care within four weeks of referral; and adults and older adults presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive help within four weeks of referral.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/04/2024 08:24:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1700302

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many requests for consular support were made to each British Embassy or Consulate in 2023; and how many of those were responded to by officials within a period of 24 hours.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our consular staff endeavour to give appropriate and tailored assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, to British nationals overseas and their families in the UK who need support. In 2023, in addition to long running cases, we provided support to around 22,000 British nationals, see breakdown by Post in the table below. The FCDO reports publicly on consular delivery through the FCDO Outcome Delivery Plan [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-commonwealth-development-office-outcome-delivery-plan]. Publishing our transparency data is currently on hold while we embed a new Case Management system.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>COUNTRY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo (Democratic Republic)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuba</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong SAR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ivory Coast</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jerusalem</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar (Burma)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>4143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>1383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Gambia</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad and Tobago</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>1649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>NB We do not publish data where figures are 5 or below to comply with GDPR</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/04/2024 08:17:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700910

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Housing: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) costs and (b) merits of requiring freeholders to allow the installation of electric vehicle charging points where requested by leaseholders.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	21621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government is continuing provide support to install chargepoints. This includes the Electric Vehicle Charge Point grant which provides people living in flats or rental accommodating up to £350 towards an EV chargepoint, and Infrastructure Grants which allow those who own apartment blocks to apply for funding for installation in car parks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also delivered world-leading legislation which came into force in June 2022, requiring new buildings with associated parking to have charging infrastructure installed. These measures are estimated to lead to the installation of up to 145,000 chargepoints across England every year, including for new apartments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne grouped question UIN 21620 question first answered 18/04/2024 16:06:40 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1700527

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19180 on Armed Forces: Housing, when the (a) Minister for the Armed Forces and (b) Minister for Defence People and Families last had discussions with representatives of (i) VIVO, (ii) Amey and (iii) Pinnacle on the maintenance of service accommodation properties.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no formal record of any meeting between the Minister for Armed Forces and representatives from VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle on the maintenance of Service accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>There is a formal record of an invitation for a meeting in January 2023 between the Minister for Defence People and Families and VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle on the maintenance of Service accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>I have engaged with VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle representatives in summer 2023 regarding overdue Landlord Gas Safety Inspections and Electrical Insulation Condition Reports.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, Defence Infrastructure Organisation officials are in daily contact with VIVO, Amey and Pinnacle regarding delivery and performance.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 18/04/2024 16:03:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1700027

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in his Department’s Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt unit in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	20844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Please see the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers for Counter Fraud Compliance &amp; Debt (CFCD) and its predecessor Counter Fraud &amp; Compliance (CFC). To ensure compliance with GDPR, seven years of data is the maximum that we hold.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Paid Staff at specified date, Full Time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CFC/CFCD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>5209.8</p></td><td><p>CFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>5488.3</p></td><td><p>CFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>7519.4</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>6941.6</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2022</strong></p></td><td><p>8289.7</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Mar 2023</strong></p></td><td><p>9080.2</p></td><td><p>CFCD</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/04/2024 15:48:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell