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1259260

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date	08/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional smart motorway emergency refuges have (a) been constructed and (b) have entered the design phase since the publication of his Department's report entitled Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan, published on 12 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	126885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Since 12 March 2020, 10 additional emergency areas have been installed on the M25, in line with Action 5 of the <em>Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em>. A further 27 emergency areas have been built as part of new upgrades currently in construction and which come into use as those projects open to traffic.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, there were 23.86 miles of smart motorway covered by stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology. At the end of December 2020, there will be 36.78 miles. This is in line with Highways England’s programme to install SVD on all existing all lane running (ALR) sections of the motorway network, by March 2023, which it is on course to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 126886 question first answered 14/12/2020 16:58:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1259261

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of smart motorway were covered by stopped vehicle detection technology in (a) March and (b) December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	126886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Since 12 March 2020, 10 additional emergency areas have been installed on the M25, in line with Action 5 of the <em>Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em>. A further 27 emergency areas have been built as part of new upgrades currently in construction and which come into use as those projects open to traffic.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2020, there were 23.86 miles of smart motorway covered by stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology. At the end of December 2020, there will be 36.78 miles. This is in line with Highways England’s programme to install SVD on all existing all lane running (ALR) sections of the motorway network, by March 2023, which it is on course to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 126885 question first answered 14/12/2020 16:58:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1259392

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Foreign Nationals
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 any financial assistance will be available to staff from the Department for International Development who are non-UK nationals who wish to become UK citizens or apply for new jobs in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	126887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Civil Service policy is that departments do not fund naturalisation application costs. Non-UK national staff are still able to work in the FCDO and to apply for new roles without applying for naturalization.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/12/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1258433

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 118531, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor the Exchequer and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that adequate funding is in place for the services providing support to women leaving prison.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	125242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has regular discussions with the Chancellor and other Cabinet colleagues, including during the recent Spending Review, to ensure that adequate funding is available to deliver departmental priorities. These priorities include working with our partners across government to address the causes of reoffending whilst offenders are in custody and in the community.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the support they need to turn their backs on crime. Prisons and probation must provide the opportunity together with appropriate support for prisoners to rehabilitate, which will ultimately reduce reoffending and protect the public.</p><p>Reducing reoffending is a complex issue and needs to be a combined effort across government and local partners in order to help ex-offenders secure employment, find a home, get treatment for a drug addiction and support for mental health issues.</p><p>And we remain committed to delivering the Female Offender Strategy’s objectives of fewer women coming into the criminal justice system and reoffending, fewer women in custody (especially on short-term sentences) and a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully, and better conditions for those in custody.</p><p>The Government recognises the important role played by women’s community services in supporting women leaving prison. Following the publication of the Female Offender Strategy, the Government invested £5.1 million over two years in women’s community sector organisations, including women’s centres. Thirty different organisations across England and Wales received funding, which included the creation of six new women’s centres. On 5 May, the Government announced further funding of £2.5 million for the sector.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/12/2020 15:39:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1258434

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 118531 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of dependent children have entered prison since the end of March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	125243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Pregnancy data is collected locally by individual prisons, to ensure the appropriate support can be provided to women in our care. I can confirm that an ad hoc data collection exercise was undertaken last year, which found that at 15:00hrs on 28 October 2019, 47 women in prison self-declared as pregnant, including those on remand and who had been sentenced.</p><p>On 31 July we published a summary report of our review of operational policy on pregnancy and women separated from children under 2. This includes an undertaking to extend the range of data we publish in relation to pregnant women in prison, and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/905559/summary-report-of-review-of-policy-on-mbu.pdf</a>.</p><p>We have already taken steps to increase our internal national data collection processes to support the policy review, and to enable us to plan for future publication.</p><p>At the moment, information on a prisoner’s caring responsibilities and children living in the community is monitored locally by prison Governors/Directors to ensure the appropriate support can be provided to women and their families.</p><p>On reception into custody, all prisoners are asked if they have any children living at home and what their ages are. Currently, this information is not captured in a way that can be centrally monitored, and we know that there are challenges around parents being reluctant to disclose this information due to fear of involvement from social services. However, we are considering how to monitor and publish this information.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/12/2020 15:45:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1258506

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many countries have (a) had, or (b) are expected to have, debt payments to the UK Government suspended under the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021; and how much debt has been suspended for each country.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	125244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of leading the international response in assisting developing countries to deal with debt challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the G20 and Paris Club, the UK has supported a new Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) which has agreed to defer the debt service repayments of low-income countries until at least June 2021, ensuring they can focus their resources on the health and economic response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>As of 13 November 2020, 46 countries have requested to benefit from the DSSI, amounting to an estimated USD 5.7bn of 2020 debt service deferral. In relation to the UK, 10 countries have requested to benefit from the DSSI in 2020. The following table shows the amounts that the government has agreed to defer for 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Estimated deferred amount (USD million<sup>1</sup>)</p></td><td><p>Additional remarks<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>0.57</p></td><td><p>1 contract in US (0.1m USD); 1 contract in EUR (0.43m EUR)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>0.89</p></td><td><p>1 contract in USD (0.89m USD)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>1 contract in GBP (0.24m GBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>0.006</p></td><td><p>EU IDA credits, contract in GBP (4,935 GBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>2.35</p></td><td><p>1 contract in GBP (1.72m GBP); 1 contract in USD (0.2m USD)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>0.51</p></td><td><p>EU IDA credits, contract in GBP (405,864 GBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>0.66</p></td><td><p>1 contract in GBP (0.53mGBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samoa</p></td><td><p>0.0008</p></td><td><p>EU IDA credits, recently identified by WBG, contract in GBP (663 GBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen, Republic of</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>EU IDA credits, contract in GBP (23,325 GBP)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>0.90</p></td><td><p>1 contract in USD (0.9mUSD)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> If the original currency of the agreement/country is not in USD, please convert in USD by using the exchange rates as of 30 April 2020 provided by the IMF</p><p><sup>2</sup> EU IDA credits are the UK’s share of EU credits delivered by the World Bank’s International Development Association</p><p> </p><p>We cannot at this stage set out the information requested for 2021 as it remains for individual countries to approach the Paris Club and G20 to request to continue or newly take advantage of the DSSI extension.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/12/2020 13:34:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion