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1419028

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
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 support people who are having difficulty in paying back overpayments of working tax credits in the context of rising living costs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	116955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Support is available for tax credits claimants who are experiencing difficulty with their repayments. HMRC can reduce the rate of repayment on a case-by-case basis where claimants are in financial hardship. HMRC also work to identify vulnerable customers and refer them to the Extra Support Team for assistance, with more information available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/get-help-from-hmrc-s-extra-support-team" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants with overpayments have migrated to Universal Credit, they can similarly contact DWP to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment and may benefit from the cap on debt deductions which the government reduced to 25 per cent of the standard allowance in April 2021. Work coaches can also signpost other financial support.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government is providing significant financial support – up to £350 – to the majority of households which will cover more than half of the forecast £700 rise in energy bills for the average household. This support – worth £9.1bn in 2022-23 – is on top of the existing £12 billion support the government is providing for the cost of living this financial year and next. This includes reducing the Universal Credit taper rate, raising the National Living Wage, freezing alcohol and fuel duties and providing targeted help with energy bills.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/02/2022 10:30:41 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1419033

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken steps to review the corpus of retained EU law, other UK regulations and potential new financial services regulations, for the purposes of improving UK competitiveness; and what steps he is taking to ensure that any such new regulations and legislative changes are introduced in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	116913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>In his Mansion House statement last July, the Chancellor set out the Government’s vision for an open, competitive, green, and technologically advanced financial services sector. A sweeping set of reforms to sharpen the UK’s competitive advantage in financial services is already underway.</p><p> </p><p>In November, the Government published the second consultation in its Future Regulatory Framework (FRF) Review. This provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure that, having left the EU, the UK establishes a coherent, agile, and internationally respected approach to financial services regulation that is right for the UK. This includes proposals to repeal a significant volume of retained EU law relating to financial services, so that the financial services regulators can take responsibility for making the appropriate rules in these areas.</p><p>As set out in the recent publication, <em>The Benefits of Brexit: How the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU, </em>the Government is actively seeking out opportunities to tailor the regulation of our financial services sector, within the new framework the FRF Review will deliver, through measures including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A ground-breaking Mutual Recognition Agreement with Switzerland.</li><li>Reforming our capital markets through the Wholesale Markets Review and Prospectus Regime Review.</li><li>Establishing a new Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology.</li><li>Becoming the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre.</li></ul> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/02/2022 08:54:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1419037

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Law
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 his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals with the aim of ensuring that it is easier to amend or remove retained EU law.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	117018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Queen’s speech will set out in further detail the Government’s legislative programme in the normal way.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This legislation on retained EU law will be informed by the Cabinet Office's ongoing reviews into the substance and status of retained EU law. Legislation will be accompanied by the normal documents that will explain the benefits of making it easier to amend or remove retained EU Law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 117020 question first answered 07/02/2022 15:10:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1419054

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Incontinence: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policy framework is guiding NHS (a) performance and (b) quality improvement for continence services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	116843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Bladder and Bowel Project is developing evidence-based pathways to support a consistent approach to continence services and will provide a framework for services. NHS England’s ‘Excellence in Continence Care’ provides guidance to enables commissioners, including local authorities, to collaborate with providers and others to improve the care and experience of patients with continence issues.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 14:44:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 50192 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1419057

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Wildlife: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recommendations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report entitled Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit Report: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, what steps he plans to take to ensure that there are sufficient resources for statutory agencies to improve their ability to investigate and prosecute offences related to wildlife crime.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	117028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>We welcome this report and the fact that it recognises the UK’s global leadership in fighting wildlife and forestry crime. We invited the UN to undertake this analysis and we are proud to be the first G7 country to request this assessment.</p><p> </p><p>There is always more we can do to tackle wildlife crime and we will carefully consider all of the UN’s recommendations – including those relating to the resourcing of statutory agencies – to help us build on the positive progress we have already made. While many of the resourcing recommendations fall outside of Defra’s remit, progress has already been made in response to this report, for example with Border Force increasing numbers in their team specialising in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016 Defra and the Home Office have jointly contributed approximately £300,000 annually to the National Wildlife Crime Unit, which monitors and gathers intelligence on wildlife crime and aids police forces in their investigations when required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 07/02/2022 16:15:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1419065

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's press release entitled Government unveils levelling up plan that will transform UK, whether the ambition to have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband and 4G coverage with 5G coverage for the majority of the population by 2030 replaces the Government's previous commitments that the majority of the country would have 5G coverage by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	116941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Our ambition remains for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027. Through the government’s work to develop the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, we will set out a long term vision for the development, deployment and adoption of 5G and future networks. We also remain committed to bringing gigabit-capable broadband to at least 85 per cent of the UK by 2025 and 99% by 2030, alongside extending 4G mobile coverage to 95 per cent of the UK landmass through the Shared Rural Network programme, by 2025.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper outlines our mission for 2030.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/02/2022 10:42:20 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1419079

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to tackle the unconsented sharing of intimate and sexual images.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	117092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>There are a range of criminal offences with robust sanctions which can be used to deal with the non-consensual creation and sharing of intimate photography (so called ‘revenge porn’). In 2015 we made it an offence to share private sexual photographs and films without the consent of the individual appearing in the photograph or film and with intent to cause them distress. There have been over 900 convictions for this offence since its commencement in April 2015. And, through our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021, we criminalised making threats to share private sexual images with intent to cause distress or anxiety.</p><p>In addition, our Online Safety Bill will give companies clear legal responsibilities to understand the risk of harm to users and to put in place systems and processes to improve safety of users. For illegal content like criminal revenge porn, companies will have to take action to prevent its proliferation online.</p><p>The Law Commission is considering the existing offences in this are to identify whether there are any gaps in the scope of protection already offered to victims.. We expect the Commission to publish its recommendations this Spring, and the Government will consider these carefully.</p><p>We are also committed to ensuring that victims and survivors get the support they deserve. That is why the Home Office provided an initial £120k to the ‘Revenge Porn’ Helpline to support victims of non-consensual intimate image sharing, and, as part of our Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, we have increased funding by a further £40K for the ‘Revenge Porn’ Helpline in recognition of the significant increase in demand to the service. In addition, we are providing nearly £200k to the National Sexual Violence Support Fund to support victims and survivors of rape and sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/02/2022 13:17:25 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1419084

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	UN Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date the Government last submitted a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic State Report on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (ICERD) was submitted in 2016. The Government's interim response to recommendations was submitted in 2017.</p><p>The UK’s combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will be submitted shortly. The ICERD State Report is an invaluable opportunity for us to assess our work to combat racial disparities and discrimination since our last report in 2016</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 07/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419090

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	UK Relations with EU: Certification Quality Marks
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 we will negotiate a supplementary agreement with the EU on conformity assessment and the markings of industrial, electrical and electronic goods.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	117023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout negotiations, it was a UK priority to agree a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) across as many sectors as possible with the EU. We were not able to reach an agreement on this proposal.</p><p> </p><p>MRAs remain a useful tool, and we will continue to seek them in negotiations with partners where this would be beneficial. Nevertheless, the priority and key focus for the UK now is implementing our deal with the EU and supporting industry to adjust to the changes and opportunities ahead.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 16:27:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1419091

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Export Health Certificates
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of a veterinary or SPS agreement with the EU in order to (a) reduce the complexity of or (b) eliminate the need for Export Health Certificates on agri-food imports and exports.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	117024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton on 28 January 2022, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-25/111667" target="_blank">111667</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/02/2022 17:48:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney