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1719813

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date	21/05/2024
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	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how much aid he has given to organisations providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	27495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>We committed over £100 million in 2023-24. This funding was mainly allocated and delivered through partners; for example: £8.25 million to the World Food Programme, £13.75 million to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Pooled Fund, £7.75 million to the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, £12.22 million to UNICEF, £2.75 million to Emergency Health Response, £1.35 million to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, £1.5 million to WHO.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/05/2024 10:37:17 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1719430

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 13050 on Railways: Access, what recent progress his Department has made on assessing applications for Access for All funding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	27168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of our recent Network North announcement, the Government confirmed £350m will be made available to improve the accessibility of our train stations. We are assessing over 300 nominations for Access for All funding. At stations awarded funding this will create an obstacle free, accessible route from the station entrance to platforms. Successful nominations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/05/2024 14:41:05 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1717712

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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	Extra Costs Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 72 of the National Disability Strategy, published in July 2021, what progress his Department has made on establishing the Extra Costs Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	25952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>We are pleased that we can restart the work around the Extra Costs Taskforce. The Taskforce will be focused on bringing together disabled people, regulators and businesses, to better understand the extra costs faced by disabled people, including how this breaks down for different impairments.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Unit is currently working up a project plan and engaging with other government departments to take this commitment forward. The Disability Unit has begun to engage with interested stakeholders, including the Disability Charities Consortium, to develop an understanding around the definition of extra costs and what the terms of reference and focus areas of the Taskforce could be.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Unit will also be using insight from the Disability Action Plan consultation findings regarding the impact of the cost of living on disabled people when taking forward work on the Extra Costs Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/05/2024 16:55:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1714681

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Remembrance Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who was appointed to represent the Muslim community at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	24109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the representative of the Muslim community who attended National Services of Remembrance each year for the last ten years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Name</p></td><td><p>Position</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Imam Monawar Hussain</p></td><td><p>Muslim Chaplain to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Imam Qari Asim</p></td><td><p>Senior Imam, Leeds Makkah Masjid &amp; Chair, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Imam Qari Asim</p></td><td><p>Senior Imam, Leeds Makkah Masjid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Imam Asim Hafiz</p></td><td><p>Islamic Religious Advisor to the Armed Forces</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Dr Shuja Shafi</p></td><td><p>Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Great Britain</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/05/2024 13:07:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1712798

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with refence to the oral answer of 4 March 2024 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness to the hon. Member for Blaydon, Official Report, column 627, what his planned timetable is for appointing an independent adviser on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	23027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the oral answer given by my Hon Friend, the Member for Kensington on 4 March 2024 (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-03-04/debates/25338D67-1AE6-4DDA-99CE-1D08B53EF20D/Islamophobia#contribution-9417679F-9ED8-4A8C-A3A9-C1FC34E65F4F" target="_blank">Official Report, HC Volume 746, Column 627</a>).</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/04/2024 16:17:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1702202

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding is available to local authorities for clean air programmes.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	22635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>We have allocated over £883 million to help local authorities develop and implement local NO2 reduction plans and to support those impacted by these plans. In addition, the Local Air Quality Grant scheme has supported over 500 projects with a total of over £53 million since 2010. We are currently considering whether the Local Air Quality Grant scheme might be redesigned to better deliver positive outcomes for local air quality.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 25/04/2024 09:47:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1702213

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Quality Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department made an impact assessment before ending the Air Quality Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	22638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I had concerns that the Local Air Quality Scheme would not deliver the most positive outcomes for local air quality at this particular time and so I have asked Defra officials to consider redesigning the Scheme in the future, to be able to better deliver those positive outcomes and therefore enhanced value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/05/2024 16:13:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan