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1538820

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date	02/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) take action on systemic risks to the UK (a) financial system and (b) wider economy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Treasury actively monitors the financial sector and any risks to the UK’s financial stability and the economy more widely. It works closely with the financial regulators, including the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, as well as relevant government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee is responsible for identifying, monitoring and taking action to remove or reduce systemic risks to the UK financial system. HM Treasury participates in FPC discussions through its non-voting membership of the Committee.</p><p> </p><p>An important feature of the UK regulatory system is that independent financial regulators are empowered to work to address risks and challenges to UK financial stability using their technical expertise. The Treasury’s role in relation to this is to set, maintain, and legislate for the overall regulatory architecture in a way that allows the regulators to consider and address systemic risks.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury, as the UK’s economics and finance ministry, has established processes to monitor risks to the wider economy. The Government stands ready to respond to emerging risks as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 09/11/2022 14:41:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538847

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have applied to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy since its launch.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>There have been 127,795 applications to the ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy) scheme since the scheme began on 1 April 2021. Of these, a significant portion are duplicates.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 11:49:44 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538851

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 3 November, over 11,600 eligible individuals (including their family members) have been successfully relocated to the UK under the ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy) scheme. This number includes 5,000 ARAP eligible individuals (including their family members) who were relocated during OP PITTING.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 11:50:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538855

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy are awaiting decision.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 3 November 2022 there are 72,269 applications awaiting a decision. We estimate the vast majority of these applicants to be ineligible.</p><p>HMG knows everyone who has worked with the British Armed Forces or partners, and MOD has access to this information. As such, we are prioritising finding those we know to be eligible and in need of our support.</p><p>We estimate there to be approximately 4,600 ARAP eligible Afghans (including dependants) to be relocated to the UK, of which around 1,620 have already received an offer letter. Of those who have been granted approximately 625 have already moved to safety in a third country. Not all those who are deemed eligible are expected to take up the offer of relocation having successfully settled elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/11/2022 13:47:32 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538877

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are responsible for the processing of applications to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 1 November, there are 108 members of staff assigned to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy team. This includes both civilian and military staff in the UK and overseas as well as a small number of contractors providing specialist services e.g. interpreters and cultural advisors.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/11/2022 11:50:24 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538887

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 October 2022 in response to the Right hon Member for Aldridge-Brownhills, Official Report, column 297, what the factual basis is for his statement that a record number of new homes were built in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>I am very proud of this government’s record on housebuilding, with over 2 million additional homes delivered since 2010. I am happy to clarify that it was this Conservative Government which oversaw the highest level of new homes delivered in over 30 years before the disruption of the pandemic, with 242,000 homes (a net increase in housing supply) delivered between April 2019 and March 2020. Furthermore, under this Government the number of new homes started in England is at a near 15-year high, and has risen by 10% above pre-pandemic levels.</p><p>This Government knows that people are happier, more secure and more rooted in their communities when they own their own homes. That is why we are continuing to build on our record of delivering new homes, with housebuilding starts increasing by 140% between 2009 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/11/2022 12:43:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538888

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Energy: Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has conducted an investigation into how The Guardian newspaper obtained documents classified as Official-Sensitive relating to emergency plans to cope with energy blackouts.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on leak investigations.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 08/11/2022 15:26:34 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538893

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the security of the UK's under sea network of pipes and cables from hostile actors.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Detailing security assessments of undersea pipes and cables would be likely to prejudice the purpose of safeguarding their security, and with it national security. Subsea internet cables are specifically considered in the National Risk Assessment which is kept under review.</p><p>The most likely cause of damage to subsea cables is by fishing, particularly trawling and other seabed-disturbing activities. The recent incident in the Shetlands has shown that accidental breakage of communications cables is not unknown and mechanisms to repair them are well tested.</p><p>Overall governmental responsibility for subsea power and telecommunications cables lies with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/11/2022 13:33:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538896

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Microprocessors
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 her Department has a microchip strategy for the UK in order to (a) increase the resilience of the supply chain for microchips into the UK and (b) boost the UK semiconductor industry.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	77555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK and global economy is dependent on a resilient supply of semiconductors across a wide range of applications. The global supply chain for these semiconductor chips is complex and globalised, with long lead-times on new manufacturing capabilities making it difficult to quickly respond to exogenous supply chain shocks.</p><p>On behalf of the government, DCMS has been reviewing its approach to the UK’s global semiconductor sector and intends to set out its support for the sector in the forthcoming UK Semiconductor Strategy. This has been developed by engaging with industry experts, representative bodies and the wider global community. We recognise that the issues facing the semiconductor sector cannot be solved by the UK alone, and are considering how best to ensure that the UK is resilient to disruptions to semiconductor supply chains. This will include considering how to strengthen the UK's own semiconductor sector and work with international partners to improve long term resilience within the global semiconductor ecosystem.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/11/2022 17:46:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1538316

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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 Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate has she made of the number of households who have yet to claim their Energy Bill Support Scheme payment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	76088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) is delivering a £400 non-repayable government discount in instalments over six months from October to March to help 29 million households with energy bills over the winter. The first payment reached consumers in October. There is no need to apply for the discount under the Energy Support Scheme for Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/11/2022 07:12:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi