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1539963

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date	07/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Assembly: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the election to the Northern Ireland Assembly will be held.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	80971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Following the expiry of the period for the formation of an Executive, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland came under a duty to call an election in the twelve weeks from 28 October. The Secretary of State <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-09/debates/34B1DD39-AA71-450A-B56B-14CD9DB1EF89/NorthernIrelandElections" target="_blank">announced</a> in Parliament on 9 November that he will introduce legislation to provide a short, straightforward extension to the period for Executive formation - extending the current period by 6 weeks to 8 December, with the potential of a further six-week extension to 19 January if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>I urge the Parties to use the time available to come together and restore government, in the interests of all people in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/11/2022 11:08:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539968

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Official Visits: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what protocols there are for the prior notification of visits to Northern Ireland by Ministers serving in the (a) UK and (b) Republic of Ireland Government.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	80976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers are encouraged to notify the Northern Ireland Office in advance of their visits to receive advice on logistics and substance of their visit programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is, by convention, informed in advance of visits to Northern Ireland by members of the Irish Government, as a matter of courtesy. As expressed in our answer of 7 November (UIN 74995), records are not kept of these notifications.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 15/11/2022 16:55:57 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539969

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will increase existing awards of Levelling Up Funding, in the context of rising inflation.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	80977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The department is monitoring the impact of inflation closely through formal reporting mechanisms and regular discussions with local government counterparts and stakeholders.</p><p>The Levelling Up Fund has put in place a proportionate project adjustment process. Further discussions are underway about what other support can be offered to mitigate inflationary pressures.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 15/11/2022 14:51:53 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1539973

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that future impact assessments considering the impact on net zero targets of Government policies are as (a) transparent, (b) accurate and (c) reliable as possible.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	80919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Impact Assessments use a sound evidence base and are assessed for their quality by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee. Impact assessments are subsequently published online for transparency. HM Treasury publishes the Green Book guidance on how to appraise the impacts of government policy. As part of this, BEIS publishes supplementary guidance to the Green Book, on how to estimate the impacts on energy and greenhouse gas emissions based on the latest science and in line with internationally recognised standards: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvaluation-of-energy-use-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-for-appraisal&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C2fc847654346418d493a08dac6f3d4d3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638041047784780135%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tVgDw2oesD%2F0Rtne7l6y5j%2Ff8GttJB7FrxqbHhX53iQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/valuation-of-energy-use-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-for-appraisal</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1539987

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to update the International Student Strategy 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	80833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>In February 2021 and in May 2022, the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade jointly published updates to the International Education Strategy. These re-committed to the ambitions to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, and to continue to host at least 600,000 international students in the UK per year, both by 2030.</p><p>The target to attract 600,000 international students per year to study here has already been reached, and we are now focusing on bringing in £35 billion from our education exports by 2030.</p><p>The February 2021 update also confirmed Europe as an important regional market for Sir Steve Smith, the International Education Champion, who was appointed to develop strong international relationships in new and established markets.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 80834 question first answered 15/11/2022 12:07:44 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1539988

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to designate Europe as a priority market in any upcoming adjustments to the International Student Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	80834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>In February 2021 and in May 2022, the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade jointly published updates to the International Education Strategy. These re-committed to the ambitions to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, and to continue to host at least 600,000 international students in the UK per year, both by 2030.</p><p>The target to attract 600,000 international students per year to study here has already been reached, and we are now focusing on bringing in £35 billion from our education exports by 2030.</p><p>The February 2021 update also confirmed Europe as an important regional market for Sir Steve Smith, the International Education Champion, who was appointed to develop strong international relationships in new and established markets.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 80833 question first answered 15/11/2022 12:07:44 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1539991

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 69580 on Gaza: Israel, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on holding an independent investigation into the airstrike on a three-storey residential building in Gaza on 6 August 2022, and the subsequent (a) deaths of seven people including 13-year-old Mohammad Iyad Hassouna and (b) injury of 35 people including 18 children.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given on 1 November 2022 to Question 69580, the answer can be found on the Q&amp;A web pages on https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-24/69580</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2022 16:33:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1539992

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 69582 on Gaza: Israel, what response the British Embassy in Tel Aviv has received to its representations to the Israeli authorities on the importance of regularised access to healthcare for people in Gaza; and what progress has been made following those representations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given on 1 November 2022 to Question 69582, the answer can be found on the Q&amp;A web pages on https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-24/69582</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/11/2022 16:35:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1539993

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department took steps to help tackle overcrowding at Manston short term holding facility in the six months before 1 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	80938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Before the high number of arrivals from August 2022 onwards, Manston had proven to be a streamlined and efficient asylum processing centre, where biographic and biometric details were taken and assessed against Home Office databases, asylum claims registered and the vulnerable assessed. Since then, the department has taken every step possible to ensure that any period of detention is as brief as possible, arrivals are processed quickly and, where appropriate, given initial asylum accommodation. We have been sourcing more bed spaces with local authorities and in contingency accommodation such as hotels, and we have erected additional marquees at Manston to increase the space available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2022 14:42:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1539994

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Supermarkets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the challenges faced by suppliers to UK groceries retailers in the current climate of rising input costs, in light of reports of increased retailer non-compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has noted that the results of the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s (GCA) 2022 Groceries Sector Survey suggest an increase in Groceries Code non-compliance and we encourage suppliers to raise concerns, in confidence, with the Adjudicator.</p><p>The Government welcomes the seven golden rules that the GCA has published to help retailers consider cost price increase requests from suppliers efficiently and fairly.</p><p>The third statutory review of the GCA’s effectiveness in enforcing the Code is currently underway and the Secretary of State’s report on the review will be published and laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 80679 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:12 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas