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1247951

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason she did not extend the £20 uplift in universal credit to legacy benefits; and whether she plans to extend that uplift to those legacy benefits.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	110064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced measures earlier this year that could be quickly and effectively put in place to benefit those facing the most financial disruption during the pandemic, including the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year. There are no plans to extend this to legacy benefits.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/11/2020 14:25:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1247082

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) large companies, (b) SMEs and (c) micro businesses in recruiting customs brokers ahead of the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	109184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Most companies will not need to employ customs brokers directly. The Government expects that all but the largest of businesses will use the services of an intermediary to support them in completing customs declarations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting the intermediary sector to expand to meet predicted demand at the end of the transition period making available over £80 million of support for IT, training and recruitment through the Customs Grant Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is supporting the sector through measures including changing liability rules, allowing parcel operators to bulk consignments, and the staging-in of import declarations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor progress carefully, keeping all support mechanisms under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2020 16:19:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1247083

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs intermediaries are employed in the UK as of November 2020; how many customs intermediaries he estimates will be employed by January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	109185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>HMRC do not employ customs agents/customs intermediaries directly.</p><p>The sector is varied and made up of a number of different business models including specific customs brokers, freight forwarders and fast parcel operators; all of which will require varied numbers of staff. Many in the sector have innovated and brought in significant IT solutions which have reduced the numbers of staff they require.</p><p>The Government has made available over £80 million to increase the capacity of the sector. The grants are flexible in order to reflect the diversity of the sector and cover IT, training and recruitment to support businesses to innovate and work within their own business model.</p><p>The Government continues to monitor progress carefully and keeps all support mechanisms under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2020 16:21:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1245521

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Job Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) changing the requirements of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Job Support Scheme to allow for eligibility to be considered on an individual basis and (b) those schemes using national insurance numbers to allow support to be transferable between successive employers.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	106905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The requirements of the Job Support Scheme (JSS) have been carefully considered to ensure that the scheme is effective at supporting jobs, is accessible to those who need it and minimises the risks of fraud.</p><p>Further details are set out in the JSS Policy Paper, which was published on 22 October 2020 and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-job-support-scheme/the-job-support-scheme</p><p>Full guidance will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/11/2020 16:41:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1242538

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Welsh Government has received in Barnett consequentials as a result of the £1.6 billion allocated to cladding remediation in England.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	101980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2020, £1 billion of additional funding was allocated to cladding remediation in England through the creation of the Building Safety Fund. This generated a Barnett consequential of around £59 million for the Welsh Government. The remaining £600m was funded through existing MHCLG budgets as set at the 2015 Spending Review. The Welsh Government has therefore already received the Barnett consequentials associated with this funding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of changes in the devolved administrations’ block grants, including all Barnett consequentials, since the 2015 Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>This is available on the gov.uk website here:</p><p> </p><p><em>www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-july-2020</em></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 15/10/2020 10:38:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1241743

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Union Connectivity Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timescale is for the completion of the Union Connectivity Review; whether that review will make an assessment of the potential merits of air connectivity between (a)(i) Ynys Mon and (ii) Gwynedd and London and (b)(i) Ynys Mon and (ii) Gwynedd and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	100898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Union Connectivity Review interim report will be published in January 2021, with final recommendations in Summer 2021. The Review will cover transport connectivity between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland via road, rail and air and across the Irish Sea. This will be an independent review chaired by Sir Peter Hendy who will determine which air corridors should be assessed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/10/2020 16:35:15 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1241744

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Jet Skis: Accidents
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 September 2020 to Question 82606, what progress he has made on those enforcement measures; when he plans to publish those measures; whether he plans to ensure that those measures cover England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	100899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to develop draft legislation which will provide powers for enforcement authorities to ensure that anyone who wilfully or neglectfully causes an accident when using a personal water craft can be prosecuted. A consultation on the draft legislation, which would be applicable to the whole of the United Kingdom, will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Local and harbour authorities already have significant powers to introduce measures deal with any issues in the waters they manage through byelaws and harbour directions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 13/10/2020 16:10:36 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1237548

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Goods Vehicle Movement Service: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tests he has carried out on the application of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service for goods moving through Welsh ports; and what the outcome of those tests was.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	95014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC will work with carriers and operators to develop delivery plans, provide technical support and guidance on their key milestones of development, IT build and test, and will monitor progress against their plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Goods Vehicle Movement Service technical specifications have been available since mid-July and provide carriers and operators with the specifications and understanding of the technical requirement.</p><p> </p><p>A new Virtualised Test Service has been available since 3 August 2020 which allows carriers and operators to test their software against the HMRC specification to ensure alignment and compliance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/09/2020 11:46:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1237551

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Holyhead Port: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 23 September 2020, Official Report, column 969, how much funding the Government has allocated to that facility near Holyhead; and what his timetable is for the implementation of those plans.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	95015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to the comments of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September 2020, the 'Check an HGV is ready to cross the border' service is being developed in accordance with the rigorous standards applied to the development of any digital Government service. This includes consultation and engagement with users as well as internal testing. The service has passed successfully into the “beta” phase and is now being subjected to operational testing with users, including businesses. It is on schedule to be ready for December 2020.</p><p>On 12 July, the Government announced a funding package in 20/21 for border infrastructure, staffing and IT to ensure GB border systems are fully operational when the UK takes back control of its border after the end of the transition period.</p><p>A breakdown will be provided, port by port and region by region, in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 92705 92706 92707 92708 question first answered 02/10/2020 13:31:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1236199

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has contingency plans to minimise disruption at UK borders in the event that the Smart Freight system fails to work effectively.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	92705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to the comments of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September 2020, the 'Check an HGV is ready to cross the border' service is being developed in accordance with the rigorous standards applied to the development of any digital Government service. This includes consultation and engagement with users as well as internal testing. The service has passed successfully into the “beta” phase and is now being subjected to operational testing with users, including businesses. It is on schedule to be ready for December 2020.</p><p>On 12 July, the Government announced a funding package in 20/21 for border infrastructure, staffing and IT to ensure GB border systems are fully operational when the UK takes back control of its border after the end of the transition period.</p><p>A breakdown will be provided, port by port and region by region, in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 92706 92707 92708 95015 question first answered 02/10/2020 13:31:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams