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1648631

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of linking the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism to the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The government has recently consulted on potential future measures to mitigate carbon leakage risks, including the potential for a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The consultation closed on 22 June 2023, and the government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In May 2023, the EU formally adopted their EU CBAM Regulation, which will start with a transitional (reporting) phase from 1 October 2023. The EU CBAM charge will not come in until 1 January 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the EU CBAM will be known when the EU adopt the required implementing and delegated acts. UK officials are continuing to closely monitor this process and are waiting to see these before building a full understanding of potential impacts on UK businesses and any interactions with domestic policy</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/07/2023 15:40:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1551315

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 5 on page 2 of the Government’s response of to the First Special Report of Session 2022–23 of the International Development Committee entitled Afghanistan: UK support for aid workers and the Afghan people: Government response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021–22, published on 18 May 2022, in which the Government stated that it would work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk to the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme third pathway in future years, what work she has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake with (i) international partners and (ii) NGOs to offer resettlement in the UK to Afghan aid workers at risk of Taliban reprisals in Afghanistan; what timescale the Government has for completing any such resettlements of Afghan aid workers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	109584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Beyond the first year of Pathway 3, we will work with our international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk.</p><p>Further information on future years will be made available in due course, however we are currently unable to provide a definitive timescale or specify the cohort eligible under this pathway.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 16:37:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1505872

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Development Aid: Asian Development Bank
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 performance targets his Department places on its spending through the Asian Development Bank.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	49159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2022 answer text <p>As part of the process of agreeing the Asian Development Bank's 12th Replenishment of the Asia Development Fund (ADF13), the Bank agreed a number of policy commitments and results targets with the UK and other shareholders. We monitor progress on delivering these commitments closely through the Board of Directors and meetings of ADF donors. For example, between 2019 and 2021, the Bank has supported with the Bank has supported with concessional finance, 4.7 million people to benefit from improved health services, created 70,000 skilled jobs for women, supported 165,00 women and girls to completing secondary or tertiary education or other training, and reduced CO2 emissions by 127,000 tonnes annually. We are also closely tracking the Bank's commitment to use at least 35% of ADF13 resources to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/10/2022 09:00:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1505993

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the radiotherapy capacity required to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	49163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2022, 92.3% of cancer patients <ins class="ministerial">requiring</ins><del class="ministerial">received</del> radiotherapy <ins class="ministerial">received it within 31 days of a decision to treat</ins><del class="ministerial">treatment</del>. In 2022/23, NHS England will provide additional support to local systems to plan service provision, which will take into account the impact of fewer fraction treatment protocols and investment in newer, faster treatment machines.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/09/2022 13:52:43 question first ministerially corrected 06/12/2022 17:18:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 20746 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1473070

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
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	Renewables Obligation: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement in the Energy Security Strategy in April 2022 to consider increasing the reduction in the indirect cost due to the Renewables Obligation for energy intensive industries, when he plans to publish the consultation on the future of schemes to exempt these industries from the indirect costs of renewable policies in industrial electricity prices.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	24599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Newport East on 29<sup>th</sup> June 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-24/24565" target="_blank">24565</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/07/2022 07:51:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1417271

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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, how much has been spent on projects via the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund for projects in (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Belarus, (c) Ukraine and (d) Bosnia and Herzegovina in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	113121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) spend in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan and Ukraine over the last five years is provided in the table below. These figures include discretionary Official Development Assistance and non-Official Development Assessments spend in these countries through the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the Good Governance Fund portfolios. These totals do not include some cross regional and thematic spend which cannot be disaggregated by country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£67,755</p></td><td><p>£320,000</p></td><td><p>£367,592</p></td><td><p>£2,727,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>£8,542,836</p></td><td><p>£4,304,129</p></td><td><p>£10,101,622</p></td><td><p>£10,709,074</p></td><td><p>£6,239,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>£219,150</p></td><td><p>£362,739</p></td><td><p>£463,952</p></td><td><p>£541,038</p></td><td><p>£411,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>£22,879,996</p></td><td><p>£25,473,635</p></td><td><p>£22,168,488</p></td><td><p>£30,236,049</p></td><td><p>£33,386,420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Projects have included, election observation, domestic violence response and provision of medical supplies during COVID-19 in Belarus, improving the ability of law enforcement agencies and seeking care, support and justice for survivors of conflict related sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and election monitoring in Kazakhstan. CSSF Ukraine is a key component of the UK’s commitment to Ukraine's security, encompassing security and defence training, support against disinformation efforts, and to civil society.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/02/2022 14:56:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1403978

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Hate Crime
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2021, HCWS487 on Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Allocations 2021-22, which of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's programmes for the financial year 2021-22 will encompass projects to tackle hate speech; and what the regional locations are of those projects.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	106710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The CSSF is a unique, cross-government fund that tackles conflict, stability and overseas security challenges. The fund supports programmes to tackle the root causes and drivers of conflict and instability, to improve social cohesion, to prevent harm to minority groups and to enable their inclusion in society. This can include - but is not limited to - activities that aim to tackle hate speech. In the financial year 2021/22, this includes a multi-country ‘Gender, Peace and Security’ programme in India, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico and South Africa that aims to create an early warning system that will flag online violence targeted at women journalists.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The fund also supports the ‘Caught in the Web’ project in Sri Lanka which tackles online gender-based hate targeting women in public life. The fund is also piloting new projects jointly with local law enforcement to enhance and prevent hate speech activity in Poland, France and Spain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/01/2022 17:14:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1288888

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personal Names
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that people who are required by law to notify local authorities or police of a change of name make that notification.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	157135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Tough checks and a range of legislative measures are available to the police to manage and monitor known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p>Under existing legislation (part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) registered sex offenders are required to inform their offender manager of any change in circumstances, including a change of name. They must do this annually or whenever their details change. A failure to notify the police of a change of name can lead to the offender receiving a further conviction and a prison sentence of up to five years.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to work with the police, the courts and the Disclosure and Barring Service to ensure these mechanisms are robust and we will take all necessary steps to make sure the public is kept safe.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/03/2021 13:22:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1287100

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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, what steps he is taking to resolve delays to UK exports in reaching their final destination in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	155049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been supporting businesses to follow the new rules and processes which apply now that the UK has left the EU customs union and Single Market. The support available includes helplines, regular webinars with policy experts, and the Brexit Checker Tool on GOV.UK which gives businesses a personalised list of actions that they need to take.</p><p>Officials have regular operational contact to identify and resolve technical border issues with Dutch, French, Irish and Spanish counterparts. We also co-operate with Member State officials on events to provide technical awareness and guidance of procedures and systems on key routes for EU and UK audiences.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/03/2021 19:04:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1272058

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Education: Girls
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 steps his Department is taking to tackle the barriers girls face in accessing education throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	131284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO plays a leading role in championing every girl's right to 12 years of quality education. Through the UK's hosting of the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment summit and our G7 Presidency, for example, we will put girls' education front and centre of the global agenda in 2021.</p><p>We understand girls face a wide range of barriers to accessing education and learning from low quality and gender-insensitive teaching practices to gender-based violence and child marriage. The FCDO is working to remove barriers to girls' education and improve their learning outcomes through a wide range of programmes and policies in the education sector and beyond. We will continue to be a progressive force for women and girls, including for their sexual and reproductive health and rights and right to education, as we help lead the global response to coronavirus. We are challenging attempts to roll back rights globally, and we are present and influential in important forums such as the UN Commission on the Status of Women.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/01/2021 12:58:43 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion