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1661002

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date	15/09/2023
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	Swimming: Public Service Messages
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 mechanism her Department has for provision of public information on bathing water testing at locations across England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The results of water quality sampling by the Environment Agency at designated bathing waters in England are displayed on the Environment Agency’s Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>. Local authorities are required to provide information about each bathing water through signage in the vicinity of the site, including the site’s current bathing water quality classification and any advice against bathing which has been issued there. Signs often include a link to water sampling information on the Swimfo website.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:36:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661003

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Water: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body is responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is the public body responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results. The Environment Agency provides this information on the Swimfo website: <a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/09/2023 09:33:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661005

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Water: Standards
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 her Department holds data on the number of occasions when local authorities have not provided information on quality of bathing water at specific sites.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Bathing Water Regulations require local authorities to display information about the bathing water quality at designated sites, enabling people to make informed decisions before swimming. Compliance with bathing water signs is improving. Defra’s data for 2022 shows that 88% of all bathing waters in England had signage displaying the required information – this is compared with 59% in 2017. Defra continues to engage directly with local authorities that may not be displaying appropriate signage to ensure they understand their responsibilities under the regulations and to improve compliance.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/09/2023 11:02:28 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1661006

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Water: 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, for what length of time warnings are required to be displayed at bathing water sites where there has been an indication of high faecal organisms in the water.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>There is no statutory requirement for warnings to be displayed after samples confirm a high level of faecal indicator organisms in the water. However, at bathing waters where there are predictable factors that are shown to influence water quality, the Environment Agency warns bathers of any potential periods of short-term reduced water quality through its Pollution Risk Forecasting system.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/09/2023 11:06:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660776

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that it takes his Department to respond to Members’ correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office do not routinely report against average response times. Data regarding the volume of correspondence responded within the Cabinet Office set 20 day service level agreement, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q2-2023" target="_blank">Customer service operations data: Q2 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>In the last reporting period (April – June 2023) the Home Office responded to 98% of correspondence from Members within 20 days.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2023 11:57:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660777

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time is that it takes his Department to respond to Members’ correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to treat correspondence from parliamentarians as a priority and the Cabinet Office standard for responses is 20 working days. Volumes continue to be higher than they were pre-pandemic, and we are working though detailed recovery plans to improve our response rates.</p><p>With regards to the timeliness of responses to enquiries received by members, the Cabinet Office published data on this for 2022 for all Government Departments on GOV.UK in March 2023, and will be publishing data for Q1 and Q2 2023 shortly. The 2022 data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/09/2023 11:20:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660778

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that police forces investigate every reported crime.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>On 28 August, the Home Secretary announced that, following discussions with Ministers, police forces across England and Wales have committed to pursuing all leads where there is a reasonable chance it could result in catching a perpetrator and solving a crime.</p><p>This commitment applies to all crime types, with new guidance from the College of Policing providing clear direction on applying a consistent standard of service to have the greatest chance of securing a positive outcome for a victim.</p><p>It also builds on wider work the government has delivered with policing to cut crime and build stronger communities, including recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/09/2023 11:41:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660784

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Africa: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 from the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund his Department will spend on supporting stability in African countries (a) in conflict and (b) in which conflict is deemed likely in the next year.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>Allocations for the next financial year spend of the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF)/Integrated Security Fund (ISF) have not yet been undertaken, so it is not possible to say how much or where it will be spent. The CSSF for FY 23/24 has allocated approximately £109.4 million programme spend to the African continent from eight portfolios, two are geographic portfolios - Middle East and North Africa and Africa - and six are thematic portfolios that support stability. These are, Counter Terrorism; Cyber; Gender, Peace &amp; Security, Migration; Serious Organised Crime and State Threats. The largest recipients are Somalia £22.1 million and Nigeria £14 million. Peacekeeping funding from CSSF across Africa in FY23/24 is £276.72 million. The FCDO does not hold a definition of which countries are 'in conflict' or 'in which conflict is deemed likely in the next year' in a format which is publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/09/2023 14:11:27 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660786

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	South Africa: Just Energy Transition Partnerships
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 recent progress he has made on helping to deliver the Just Energy Transition Partnership for South Africa.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>We are delighted to be partnering closely with South Africa on the Just Energy Transition, as the lead of the International Partners Group (IPG), to support South Africa's accelerated and inclusive transition towards a net zero and climate resilient economy.</p><p>The UK and the IPG has frequent engagement with South African counterparts at the working and Ministerial level. Considerable finance has already been deployed in the form of grants and loans and the IPG continues to work closely with South African counterparts to ensure timely deployment of the remaining $8.5 billion offer. I discussed this matter on my recent visit to South Africa with Pravin Gordhan, Minister for Public Enterprise. This week, Minister Coffey will be meeting with the South African Minister for Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister Creecey, at the UN General Assembly, and separately the British High Commissioner will be meeting with the South African Minister for Electricity, Minister Ramokgopa, to discuss how we can quicken the pace of implementation and address capacity challenges in the South African system ahead of COP28.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/09/2023 14:16:27 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1660787

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Climate Change: Finance
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 recent progress he has made on helping to establish the funding arrangements for responding to climate-induced loss and damage agreed at COP27.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>At COP27, the UK and other parties agreed to establish a Transitional Committee (TC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to develop a loss and damage fund and funding arrangements by COP28. The UK is a full member of the TC and has engaged very actively to support progress through the three Committee meetings held to date. The UK is working with the TC, the UNFCCC and Parties, and with civil society, to ensure funding arrangements and the L&amp;D fund deliver effectively for countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, with strong recommendations taken from the final TC in October to COP28.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/09/2023 14:24:43 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord