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1795351

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date	22/04/2025
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	Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Hongkongers who (a) arrived in the UK on British National (Overseas) visas and (b) have subsequently become UK citizens receive consular protection in (i) Hong Kong and (ii) mainland China.
tabling member constituency	Farnham and Bordon
tabling member printed	Gregory Stafford
uin	46683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides consular assistance to British nationals abroad. This includes BN(O)s who, under the Memoranda to the Joint Declaration, are eligible for consular assistance in third countries, but not in Hong Kong, Macao or mainland China. If individuals have formally renounced Chinese citizenship, it's advised that they carry clear evidence they have done so. We advise seeking legal advice where appropriate for individual cases. Individuals should also familiarise themselves with the FCDO's Travel Advice.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 25/04/2025 09:15:02 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
tabling member	5351

1795455

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has provided guidance to Personal Independence Payment assessors on the impact of surgical mesh on women's ability to work.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Gateshead South
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	46692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people with a long-term health condition or impairment, whether physical, sensory, mental, cognitive, intellectual, or any combination of these. It is paid to contribute to the extra costs that disabled people may face, to help them lead full, active and independent lives. PIP can be paid to those who are in full or part-time work as well as those out of work.</p><p> </p><p>From 09 September 2024 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) took ownership of the core training and guidance material (CTGM) for the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS); this is provided by DWP to the HAAS assessment suppliers (AS). AS must use the material to inform the development of their final training product(s) and use all content from CTGM that relates to specific condition(s) and assessment policy.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has provided AS with CTGM on mesh injury/implants. This contains clinical and functional information relevant to the condition and is quality assured to ensure its accuracy from both a clinical and policy perspective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 25/04/2025 11:42:56 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1795473

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pensions: Widowed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on police (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) surviving partners losing deceased spouse pensions if they (i) remarry and (ii) cohabit.
tabling member constituency	Walsall and Bloxwich
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	46708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The introduction of the 2006 police pension scheme meant that all eligible police officers were able to join a pension scheme with such survivor benefits.</p><p>Prior to 2006, the 1987 police pension scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or civil partner remarries or cohabits with another partner. From 1 April 2015, the 1987 Police Pension Scheme was amended to allow widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers who have died as a result of an injury on duty to receive their survivor benefits for life regardless of remarriage, civil partnership or cohabitation.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 25/04/2025 12:37:02 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1795477

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Import Duties: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to introduce an energy rebate for companies impacted by the imposition of tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Walsall and Bloxwich
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	46711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently.</p><p> </p><p>The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy with less reliance on volatile international energy markets and help in our commitment to make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that the UK’s industrial electricity costs are currently higher than those of our competitors, which partly reflects how the costs of the electricity system are distributed across households and industrial customers.</p><p> </p><p>There is support in place through the British Industry Supercharger to reduce the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on industrial electricity prices for eligible energy intensive industries (EIIs), including compensation for indirect emission costs of the UK ETS and Carbon Price Support and reductions in the indirect cost due to the Contracts for Difference, Renewables Obligation and small-scale feed-in-tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 25/04/2025 12:47:43 answering member 5099
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1795480

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Funds past their maturity date have not been claimed.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	46688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text Information on Child Trust Funds is available in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics.<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2024</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 25/04/2025 08:04:47 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1795625

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Boeing E-7: Radar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to replace the Multi-role Electronically Scanned-Array radar on the E-7A Wedgetail fleet with a US-developed replacement.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	46689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>There are no plans to replace the existing Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array radar currently fitted on the UK E-7 Wedgetail Fleet.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 25/04/2025 06:49:41 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1795627

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 41390 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty tabled by the hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford on 26 March 2025.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	46690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>I responded to the right hon. Member on 23 April 2025.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 25/04/2025 06:49:58 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1795634

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Technology
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 7 April 2025 to Question 42281 on Defence Equipment: Technology, what percentage of his Department's equipment procurement budget was spent on novel technology (a) as of 22 April 2025 and (b) in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	46789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to invest significant funding into novel technologies such as various uncrewed systems and our cutting edge Directed Energy Weapons. Further detail on the novel technologies ringfence will be finalised through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 25/04/2025 06:50:22 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1795643

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Chagossian diaspora in (a) the Seychelles, (b) Mauritius and (c) other areas are actively (i) consulted and (ii) included in decisions regarding the potential resettlement programme on the Chagos Archipelago.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	46691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The negotiations were between the UK and Mauritius with our priority being to secure the continued security of and full operation of the base on Diego Garcia. However, we have worked hard to ensure this agreement reflects the importance of the islands to Chagossians. The UK will finance a new trust fund for Mauritius to use in support of the Chagossian community and Mauritius will be able to develop a programme of resettlement on the islands other than Diego Garcia. We will continue to engage Chagossians in the UK and around the world on the implementation of the agreement at both an official and Ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 25/04/2025 11:46:27 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1795648

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Disease Control: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle (a) tuberculosis and (b) other illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Sojan Joseph
uin	47065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The UK has played a significant role with international counterparts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in recent decades.</p><p>Since 2002, TB deaths have been reduced by 36 per cent in countries where the Global Fund invests. The UK is a leading donor to the Global Fund and will this year co-host the 8<em>th</em> replenishment of the Global Fund together with South Africa.</p><p>We have also worked through our support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The UK is an important investor in product development partnerships such as the TB Alliance, contributing to the development of the new BPaLM/BPAL regimen for multi-drug resistant TB.</p><p>The UK also works with international counterparts to tackle a wide range of illnesses, including TB, through our support to the World Health Organisation, Unitaid, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and other multilateral and bilateral health programming.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 25/04/2025 08:39:58 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
tabling member	5247