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1648631

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of linking the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism to the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The government has recently consulted on potential future measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks, including the potential for a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The consultation closed on 22 June 2023, and the government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In May 2023, the EU formally adopted their EU CBAM Regulation, which will start with a transitional (reporting) phase from 1 October 2023. The EU CBAM charge will not come in until 1 January 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the EU CBAM will be known when the EU adopt the required implementing and delegated acts. UK officials are continuing to closely monitor this process and are waiting to see these before building a full understanding of potential impacts on UK businesses and any interactions with domestic policy</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/07/2023 15:40:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1645967

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) HIV/AIDS and (b) sexually transmitted diseases' control under the OECD’s DAC code 13040 (i) bilaterally and (ii) multilaterally in each of the last three calendar years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	190331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Under the OECD's DAC code 13040 the UK spent:</p><p>In 2018</p><p>i) £11.1 million of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA), including £10.1 million from FCDO.</p><p>ii) £137.8 million of imputed UK share of core multilateral ODA.</p><p>In 2019</p><p>i) £8.6 million of bilateral ODA, including £8.3 million from FCDO.</p><p>ii) £119.5 million of imputed UK share of core multilateral ODA.</p><p>In 2020</p><p>i) £9.5 million of bilateral ODA, including £8.4 million from FCDO.</p><p>ii) £249.9 million of imputed UK share of core multilateral ODA.</p><p>In 2021</p><p>i) £5.8 million of bilateral ODA, including £4.5 million from FCDO.</p><p>ii) Imputed UK share of core multilateral ODA is not yet available for this year.</p><p>UK ODA is published in line with the OECD DAC purpose code standards, 13040 is defined as &quot;STD control including HIV/AIDS&quot; and no further spend disaggregation is available. Please note, total UK core contributions spent in each sector are estimated based on the breakdown of ODA reported by each multilateral organisation.</p><p>For further sector spend information, refer to the latest &quot;Statistics on International Development: final UK aid&quot; publication.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/06/2023 15:20:20 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1645969

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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	Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the transitional justice process implemented in Ethiopia following the Pretoria peace agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	190332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary welcomed the November 2022 peace agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, when he visited Ethiopia in December. We further welcomed the commitment in the peace agreement to create a comprehensive national transitional justice policy which we hope will be shared with the international community later this year. In parallel, we are providing £4.5 million to help build the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission through the UK's Human Rights and Peacebuilding programme, including to enhance its investigative capacity and improve the availability and accessibility of services for survivors of gender-based violence.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 28/06/2023 09:54:59 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1643038

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
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	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance has been disbursed under the Rapid Response Facility in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	188556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO's Rapid Response Facility has activated once in the last five years. This provided £18 million of Official Development Assistance for humanitarian responses to COVID-19 between May 2020 to January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 14/06/2023 08:57:26 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1639967

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to collect data on the number of parents who have had children removed from their care on multiple occasions.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	186640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities provide information on looked after children through the SSDA903 annual return, but this does not include information on the family circumstances of looked after children.</p><p>The department recognises the need to collect the right data about children’s social care services to help achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children and young people. That is why in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, the department committed to developing a children’s social care dashboard to support the new National Framework and a data strategy for children’s social care. Through these initiatives, the department will look at how data gaps could be addressed.</p><p>The consultation on the children’s social care dashboard concluded on 11 May 2023 and the department is currently analysing the results. The department will set out the consultation findings and more information about the children’s social care data strategy later in the year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 07/06/2023 12:00:53 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1640107

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Chapter 1, paragraph 4 of the UK Government’s Strategy for International Development, published in May 2022, what steps his Department plans to take to mobilise up to £8 billion of UK-backed financing a year by 2025; and how much of that £8 billion the his Department plans to mobilise from the private sector for each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	186671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>A range of HMG instruments contribute towards plans to mobilise up to £8 billion of UK backed financing a year by 2025 - including our development finance instruments and centres of expertise. We have not set specific private sector mobilisation targets to remain flexible and tailor our offer to the investment needs of our partner countries.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 05/06/2023 11:09:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1639769

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030, published on 8 March 2023, what steps his Department is taking with (a) girls and (b) boys across the world to (i) prevent and (ii) tackle gender-based violence.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	186377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Ending gender-based violence (GBV) is a priority for the UK and is a core pillar of the FCDO's International Women and Girls Strategy. We are investing up to £67.5 million in the <em>What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale </em>programme, the first global programme scaling up proven approaches to prevent GBV. Through the programme we will work with girls and boys, for example in schools, to shift attitudes and behaviours and promote healthy relationships. We are also working with girls and boys through the <em>UN Global Programme to End Child Marriage</em>, which engages adolescents across 12 countries in meaningful community dialogues on gender equality and the rights of adolescent girls.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 01/06/2023 15:52:44 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1639771

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Education: Teenage Pregnancy
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 his Department is taking to embed support and advocacy for pregnant girls and teenage mothers into the UK’s global education priorities.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	186378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO is committed to addressing barriers to education. Through the UK-led Girls' Education Challenge (GEC), over 64,000 girls excluded from school due to becoming mothers are now in education. In 2022, the GEC conducted research with pregnant girls and adolescent mothers and then published the findings, setting out how to support them to thrive in school. This includes listening to the girls, reducing financial barriers to education, strengthening systems to support these girls to complete their education and ensuring policies actively encourage their participation. In this way we can ensure these girls can continue to receive a quality education.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 01/06/2023 15:50:18 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1625921

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
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	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential preference erosion impact of accession to CPTPP; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	183896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>As part of the UK’s negotiations to accede to CPTPP the Government carefully considered the impact on developing countries, seeking to achieve a careful balance between supporting developing country economies and reducing poverty through trade, while protecting the interests of UK businesses and consumers.</p><p>Alongside our FTA negotiations, the Government is continuing to use our independent trade policy to introduce the Developing Trading Scheme – one of the most generous trading preference schemes in the world aimed at helping countries develop through trade.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/05/2023 10:57:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1624307

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending visit visas for Sudanese nationals who are in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	183067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Those wishing to come to the UK for a short time to stay with family can apply for a visit visa which allows them to stay in the UK for up to six months. Further details about visiting the UK are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fstandard-visitor&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMurshed.Choudhury%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ced39404b57eb4d2908f508db4d4639bb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638188736681448305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iCGZ3t2T7dFlBOnbRU8y0PTqeZVMuDVQh8N3QsFnwcg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor</a></p><p> </p><p>Immediate family members of British citizens, and those settled in the UK, who wish to come and live in the UK can apply under one of the existing family visa routes. Further details are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fuk-family-visa&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMurshed.Choudhury%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ced39404b57eb4d2908f508db4d4639bb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638188736681448305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kO3GJJ2cGf5LhYaBg1EIol8MIetOW2aZ3E9kBZMtXMQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa</a></p><p> </p><p>Applications can be made at any Visa Application Centre (VAC) and we will accept applications which would normally have to be made in the country where the person is living at any VAC from someone who has been evacuated, or self-evacuated, from Sudan. Each case is treated fairly and judged on merit, taking into account the individual circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 16:56:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion