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1695223

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	China: India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the relationship between India and China.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has an independent relationship with both India and China. Relations between these two countries are a matter for their governments to progress and manage through peaceful means. The UK has no direct role.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/03/2024 17:50:56 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695224

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Jimmy Lai
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Jimmy Lai receives regular consular access.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials continue to raise Mr Jimmy Lai's case at the highest levels with the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities and have consistently requested consular access which has been denied by the Hong Kong prison authorities. The Foreign Secretary reiterated his call for Mr Lai's release during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference on the 16 February.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/03/2024 16:48:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695225

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Planning Permission: Standards
	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 with local authorities to improve the time taken to process planning applications.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>We are taking action to speed up determinations for planning applications in a number of ways. Reforms in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act seek to streamline the development management process and support decisions which are timely, transparent, and of high quality.</p><p>The Government has also recently increased planning fees and provided a range of new funding streams through the Government’s capacity and capability programme, including the £29 million Planning Skills Delivery Fund to provide local planning authorities with additional resources needed to deliver a high quality and timely planning service.</p><p>In addition to this, on 6 March the Government launched an Accelerated Planning Service consultation. This sets out measures to offer a new application route with accelerated decision dates for major commercial applications and fee refunds wherever these are not met. It also includes measures to more closely monitor the performance of local planning authorities in making decisions within statutory periods rather than using extension of time agreements.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 18/03/2024 13:28:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695226

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector workers in Northern Ireland are able to receive a pay award that is equal to levels in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing the Northern Ireland Executive with a comprehensive £3.3 billion spending settlement to stabilise public services, better manage public finances and pave the way for transformation of public services.</p><p>Within this package, the UK Government provided £846 million to support the Northern Ireland Executive’s budget pressures in 2023-24, including public sector pay pressures</p><p><br>It is the Executive’s responsibility to decide on the level of public sector pay awards for devolved areas in Northern Ireland and to balance these costs against other priorities.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 19/03/2024 12:13:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695227

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Boots: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with Boots on the potential impact of its planned store closures.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>I recognise the retail sector is going through a difficult transition as it responds to market pressures from a range of factors including changing consumer expectations and behaviour towards online shopping. The Department has regular, ongoing discussions with Boots and a number of retail businesses on a range of subjects.</p><p>As you will be aware, the Government has no role in the strategic direction or management of private businesses.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/03/2024 15:36:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695228

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Conditions of Employment: Freedom of Speech
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the (a) employment rights and (b) freedom of speech of people of faith are protected (i) in the workplace and (ii) during the recruitment process.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>People of faith are protected by the existing legal framework. They have the same employment rights and protections as anyone else, including during the recruitment process. Where they feel those rights have not been respected, they can contact Acas or EASS (Equality Advisory and Support Service) for advice, and ultimately, seek redress through an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, the Equality Act 2010 provides protection from religious discrimination to anyone with a religious belief as well as to those who lack a religion or belief. The definition of a religion or belief in these provisions is deliberately broad and includes those religions widely recognised in the UK, as well as denominations or sects within a religion such as Catholics or Protestants within Christianity.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/03/2024 14:19:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695229

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Partnerships: Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during the Twelfth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on Tuesday 15 November 2022, Official Report, column 397, whether she has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of limited partnerships (LP) owning assets in the context of reports of LPs owning oil tankers and other vessels.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>My Department and Companies House closely monitor reports of potential misuse of corporate structures registered in the UK.</p><p>The Government is well aware of the risks around misuse of limited partnerships, which is why we acted through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 to introduce the biggest changes to limited partnership law since 1907. The reforms will crack down on the abuse of all UK limited partnerships, including requiring much more information on the partners and greater controls over their formation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/03/2024 10:18:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1695230

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Partnerships: Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy during the Twelfth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on Tuesday 15 November 2022, Official Report, column 397, whether she has made an assessment of the prevalence of nominee partners being used to hide the person with significant influence or control over limited partnerships in the context of recent reports on that subject.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware that limited partnerships are being misused by rogue actors. This is why we legislated for reform of the law governing limited partnerships via the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.</p><p>Under these reforms, much more information will be required on the partners of all limited partnerships, leading to greater transparency. Companies House will also have greater powers to challenge, reject, share and remove suspicious information relating to limited partnerships.</p><p>In addition, the new Companies House intelligence hub will use data science to identify patterns and crack down on those trying to dodge the new requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/03/2024 10:17:21 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1695231

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	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	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by each (i) unit and (ii) project funded by his Department's UK Action Against Corruption programme in each financial year from 7 December 2009 to 31 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer to Question 12219 given on 8 February 2024.</p><p>The budget and spend on the UK Action to Support Developing Countries Fighting Corruption Programme are provided in the below table. This includes budget and spend in previous iterations of the Programme.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>Crown Prosecution Agency</p></td><td><p>City of London Police*</p></td><td><p>Metropolitan Police Service*</p></td><td><p>UK Central Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 Spend</p></td><td><p>£128,933.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£316,271.68</p></td><td><p>£243,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 Spend</p></td><td><p>£28,059.00</p></td><td><p>£4,855.00</p></td><td><p>£889,816.90</p></td><td><p>£701,969.30</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Spend</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£132,713.70</p></td><td><p>£900,205.38</p></td><td><p>£759,999.83</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Spend</p></td><td><p>£211,500.00</p></td><td><p>£140,784.47</p></td><td><p>£1,122,820.87</p></td><td><p>£938,476.84</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Spend</p></td><td><p>£201,984.25</p></td><td><p>£169,834.41</p></td><td><p>£1,318,601.56</p></td><td><p>£1,168,001.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Budget</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Spend</p></td><td><p>£419,512.99</p></td><td><p>£183,043.61</p></td><td><p>£1,314,870.58</p></td><td><p>£1,352,288.50</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 Budget</p></td><td><p>£2,824,469.00</p></td><td><p>£194,887.00</p></td><td><p>£655,218.00</p></td><td><p>£219,462.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 Spend</p></td><td><p>£1,928,332.37</p></td><td><p>£215,639.41</p></td><td><p>£612,753.00</p></td><td><p>£108,953.74</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 Budget</p></td><td><p>£3,912,796.00</p></td><td><p>£231,748.00</p></td><td><p>£404,426.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 Spend</p></td><td><p>£2,748,325.44</p></td><td><p>£216,546.87</p></td><td><p>£455,877.74</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 Budget</p></td><td><p>£4,361,241.00</p></td><td><p>£244,761.00</p></td><td><p>£240,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 Spend</p></td><td><p>£3,875,640.69</p></td><td><p>£261,205.19</p></td><td><p>£191,936.82</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 Budget</p></td><td><p>£4,443,003.00</p></td><td><p>£272,931.00</p></td><td><p>£180,700.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 Spend</p></td><td><p>£4,869,794.62</p></td><td><p>£252,941.12</p></td><td><p>£180,471.24</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20 Budget</p></td><td><p>£4,610,853.00</p></td><td><p>£272,931.00</p></td><td><p>£170,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20 Spend</p></td><td><p>£4,230,454.11</p></td><td><p>£300,146.87</p></td><td><p>£233,218.28</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21 Budget</p></td><td><p>£5,656,027.00</p></td><td><p>£317,000.00</p></td><td><p>£117,943.00 (Budget for FY 2020/21 and 2021/22)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£254,788.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21 Spend</p></td><td><p>£5,538,861.87</p></td><td><p>£313,544.41</p></td><td><p>£36,444.55</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£180,032.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 Budget</p></td><td><p>£5,023,000.00</p></td><td><p>£213,000.00</p></td><td><p>£117,943.00 (Budget for FY 2020/21 and 2021/22)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£65,608.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 Spend</p></td><td><p>£4,699,253.60</p></td><td><p>£213,000.00</p></td><td><p>£18,643.20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£54,776.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23 Budget</p></td><td><p>£4,764,774.00</p></td><td><p>£213,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23 Spend</p></td><td><p>£5,006,953.80</p></td><td><p>£213,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*The Metropolitan Police Service Proceeds of Corruption Team (POCU) and the work of the City of London Police Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit (OACU) were merged with the National Crime Agency in 2015. OACU funding continued to complete legacy cases until 2021/22. The UK Central Authority funding began in 2020 but then was cut as a result of Covid budget priorities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 21/03/2024 11:02:29 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1695232

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	International Corruption Unit: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the number of full-time equivalent staff in the National Crime Agency International Corruption Unit (a) in total and (b) who were funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's UK Action Against Corruption programme between 7 December 2009 and 31 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The International Corruption Unit (ICU) was not formed until 2015, so we do not hold any information prior to this date.</p><p>We are unable to disclose the number of staff employed in the ICU as that information is operationally sensitive. However, as of March 2024 the percentage of staff in the ICU, funded by the FCDO UK Action Against Corruption Programme, is 76%.</p><p>This is broadly comparable over the programme’s funding period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/03/2024 16:40:09 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge