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1582264

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure and Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 132433 on Leisure and Swimming Pools, what steps the Government is taking as a result of the roundtable discussion on Tuesday 24 January to discuss the issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	136644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>Last month I chaired a roundtable discussion with representatives from the public and private leisure sector including organisations such as Ukactive, Sport England, Swim England and the Local Government Association (LGA).</p><p>During this session, we discussed the current challenges facing the sector and how we could work together and across government in order to resolve them. Officials remain in contact with representatives from across the sector and are working collaboratively on potential avenues for further support.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/02/2023 16:59:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1581762

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Pre-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussion he has had with the NHS Business Services Authority on prescription prepayment certificate's being cancelled without notification.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	135379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>In response to recent correspondence on this issue, the NHS Business Services Authority have confirmed that they do not cancel prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) without notification. There are some circumstances where an auto-renewal of the annual PPC does not take place, however the PPC holder is notified in advance at the address or email provided.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/02/2023 14:35:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1582066

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on the risk of child refugees (a) disappearing and (b) being kidnapped from hotels run by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	135490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The wellbeing, welfare and security of children and minors in our care is an absolute priority. Robust safeguarding procedures are in place to ensure all children and minors are safe and supported as we seek urgent placements with local authorities.</p><p>Officials hold regular meetings with local authorities to arrange the placement of young people via the National Transfer Scheme, to consider strategic improvements to the processes and procedures and in response to the concern around young people going missing from hotels.</p><p>We continue to consult multi-agency partners and subject matter experts to ensure our processes and procedures are robust and evolve as new trends or risks emerge. Local police forces are engaged in ongoing activity where a child fails to return to a hotel and this data is shared across the police national computer as it would be in any case where a child goes missing</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/02/2023 14:27:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1581338

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129915 on Government Departments: Languages, when the cross-Government skills platform will be established.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	133760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Subject to Cabinet Office and HM Treasury approvals, the new online skills platform will be rolled out in three phases from February 2024. The first phase to be rolled out will include the front-end of the online platform and launch the skills collection tool.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 31/01/2023 17:06:37 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1581339

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: China
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 25 January 2023 to Question 117752 on Asia-Pacific Region: Foreign Relations, how many staff in his Department are assigned to the China Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	133761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The publication of the Integrated Review in March 2021 affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific tilt is a whole of UK Government effort with staff focused on delivering UK objectives across the region, including to strengthen defence, security and trade partnerships, and to uphold and promote the international rules based system.</p><p>A significant and increasing number of FCDO roles in the UK and across the global network involve an element of China policy. This shift in focus and resource has been underway for a number of years. The FCDO dedicated an additional £3 million in 2020/21 and a further £3 million in 2022/23 to increase our capability on China, including a significantly expanded China Department and new China-related roles in the overseas network.</p><p>The UK also opened the UK Mission to ASEAN in 2019 to strengthen UK-ASEAN engagement. Since achieving ASEAN Dialogue Partner Status, the UK Mission to ASEAN has expanded with further roles planned by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 133762 question first answered 01/02/2023 17:33:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1581340

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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 25 January 2023 to Question 117752 on Asia-Pacific Region: Foreign Relations, how many staff in his Department are assigned to the UK Mission to ASEAN.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	133762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The publication of the Integrated Review in March 2021 affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific tilt is a whole of UK Government effort with staff focused on delivering UK objectives across the region, including to strengthen defence, security and trade partnerships, and to uphold and promote the international rules based system.</p><p>A significant and increasing number of FCDO roles in the UK and across the global network involve an element of China policy. This shift in focus and resource has been underway for a number of years. The FCDO dedicated an additional £3 million in 2020/21 and a further £3 million in 2022/23 to increase our capability on China, including a significantly expanded China Department and new China-related roles in the overseas network.</p><p>The UK also opened the UK Mission to ASEAN in 2019 to strengthen UK-ASEAN engagement. Since achieving ASEAN Dialogue Partner Status, the UK Mission to ASEAN has expanded with further roles planned by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 133761 question first answered 01/02/2023 17:33:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580632

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Myanmar: Arms Trade
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 many companies from (a) Russia, (b) India and (c) China that supply arms and equipment to the Myanmar military have been sanctioned by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Is committed to targeting sanctions against individual and entities responsible for financing, arming and equipping the military. The UK sanctioned three Russian companies, under The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021, in May 2022. Ural Avia LLC, SINS AVIA Trading House LLC and JSC Gorizont are all subject to an asset freeze for supplying parts for aircrafts used by the Myanmar Armed Forces. We have also sanctioned eight Myanmar companies responsible for procuring arms and spare parts from a range of countries; Htoo Group of Companies, Miya Win International Co Ltd, Sky Aviator Co Ltd, Dynasty International Co Ltd, Star Sapphire Group of Companies, Myanmar Chemical and Machinery Co Ltd, Myanmar New Era Trading Co Ltd and Synpex Shwe Co Ltd. We have sanctioned the Directorate for Defence Procurement which purchase arms for the military from both Russia and China. We are considering a range of further targets.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/02/2023 16:37:47 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580643

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) public and (b) private leisure centre and swimming pool operators on the support required by that sector.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132433 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580649

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the membership of her Department's working group for key partners in the leisure centre and swimming pools industry.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>I hosted a roundtable on Tuesday 24 January to hear directly from leisure and swimming pool operators in the public and private sector on how the challenges they face. This was attended by a range of organisations, National Governing Bodies and local authority representations. I have regularly met with the National Sector Partner Group, and their membership organisations, to discuss issues affecting the leisure and physical activity sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 132429 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:30:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580656

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of not including (a) swimming pools and (b) other leisure services in the list of sectors eligible for support with energy bills under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme on the financial viability of (i) charitable trust not-for-profit leisure and (ii) swimming pool providers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>During the review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, analysis of many contributions from the private sector, trade associations, the voluntary sector and other types of organisations were assessed. These included leisure centres and swimming pools.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a consistent approach to identifying the most energy and trade intensive sectors, with all sectors that meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity eligible for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries support. These thresholds have been set at sectors falling above the 80th percentile for energy intensity, and 60th percentile for trade intensity, plus any sectors eligible for the existing energy compensation and exemption schemes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 10:57:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West