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1583311

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date	03/02/2023
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, if she will make it her policy to grant UK entry clearance to people who have passed initial security and identity checks as part of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme pathway 3 and to allow them to complete biometrics from within the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	138299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to allow those referred under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) to submit biometrics in the UK after they have cleared their initial security checks.</p><p>The government has put in place a robust process, including security checks and capturing of biometrics, to ensure the safe relocation of Afghans to the UK while maintaining an effective border.</p><p>We are pleased that, for many, initial security checks have now been completed, which allows us to notify them of the outcome and provide advice on next steps, including on travel to a Visa Application Centre (VAC).</p><p>The first of those eligible have now arrived in third countries, where they are offered accommodation and support – paid for by the UK Government through our development budget – whilst they continue to be processed for resettlement and undergo biometric visa checks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/02/2023 15:55:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1583532

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of increasing the level of the fine for not having a valid rail ticket from £20 to £100 on public revenues from those fines.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Fare evasion is estimated by the Rail Delivery Group to costs the railway industry £240 million per year. The increase in the penalty fare is designed to act as a better deterrent against fare evasion and reduce this revenue loss.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 08/02/2023 09:50:19 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583533

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	Social Rented Housing: Mould
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to help local authorities ensure social housing residents do have to live with mould.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has announced there is to be a review of damp and mould guidance with consolidated guidance for all of housing to follow. In addition, the Secretary of State wrote to all <strong> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1118876%2FSoS_letter_to_all_providers_of_social_housing.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C61d5116be93e4192353008db0daa6e6b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118797868316767%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1jC8JqMo93sryQvEoV2%2F8P6B%2BqiXakytKJKxp03GbWs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">social housing providers</a></strong> making it clear all homes must meet the Decent Homes Standard (DHS), and with regard to damp and mould, landlords should go further than the letter of the DHS. The Regulator of Social Housing <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fregulator-of-social-housing-writes-to-social-housing-landlords-on-the-issue-of-damp-and-mould&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C61d5116be93e4192353008db0daa6e6b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118797868316767%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4Kb%2BGXqUhu9NLV1o%2BwZ0krnrR0W5HI1UbFyCHC1iIf4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">wrote</a> to landlords to seek information on their approach to damp and mould and recently published their <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fregulator-of-social-housing-publishes-initial-findings-on-damp-and-mould-in-social-housing&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C61d5116be93e4192353008db0daa6e6b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118797868316767%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aUaBejP06p%2FUd9fIM063oLByKI4Hm4iFo9agX2wEWIU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">initial findings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 14/02/2023 12:43:57 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583534

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23rd September 2022 to Question 49780, on Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries, when he last met with counterparts in EU countries to discuss the recognition of the UK Blue Badge scheme.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Informal discussions continue with a number of countries. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on discussions while they are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 09/02/2023 10:11:55 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583535

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data published by the Office for National Statistics, entitled Excess deaths in England and Wales: March 2020 to December 2021, published 22 March 2022, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that data.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Excess deaths in England and Wales: March 2020 to December 2021 report is produced to the high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. ONS are a trusted supplier of Official Statistics and the content of this analysis can be regarded as adequate.</p><p>There are a range of organisations producing different estimates of excess deaths based on different methodologies. Other sources include the ONS ‘Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional’ report, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest</a></p><p>The ONS ‘Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales’ is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales</a></p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ‘Excess mortality in England and English regions’ reports are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/excess-mortality-in-england-and-english-regions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/excess-mortality-in-england-and-english-regions</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 16/02/2023 12:11:23 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583536

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with chief police officers on lawful business monitoring within police forces to help improve the internal operating culture of those forces.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	139156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has been clear that standards and culture in policing must improve. In the wake of the horrific murder of Sarah Everard, the Home Secretary commissioned His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to inspect forces’ vetting and counter-corruption arrangements. Their report on vetting, misconduct and misogyny was published in November last year and found that, whilst most forces have the capability to use IT monitoring to gather corruption intelligence, there was little evidence of it being used to proactively identify corruption-related intelligence</p><p><br> HMICFRS issued a recommendation that, by 31 March 2023, all Chief Constables should ensure that their forces are able to monitor all use of its IT systems and that forces use this to enhance investigative and proactive intelligence gathering capabilities. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has committed to implementing all of the inspectorate’s recommendations. The Home Secretary has recently asked the inspectorate to conduct a rapid review of forces’ responses to recommendations from that report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/02/2023 11:08:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1583537

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of schools requiring teachers who are unwell on days of industrial to seek a doctors note on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	139188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Sickness arrangements for teachers in England are covered by the Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales (known as the Burgundy Book) and fall to individual employers to implement. For schools this is normally the Local Authority or Academy Trust.</p><p>The Burgundy Book is a national agreement on conditions of service between unions and Local Authorities, facilitated by Local Government Association, which the Department has no jurisdiction or input into.</p><p>Most Local Authorities follow the terms of the Burgundy Book scheme, which is incorporated into their teachers’ contracts of employment. In some Local Authorities, local agreements improve upon the Burgundy Book scheme. Teachers who work in academies or free schools may also be covered by different arrangements, particularly if they joined the academy or free school after it changed status.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/02/2023 15:37:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1583538

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	NHS: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the trends in the vacancy rate in the NHS in the period between June 2021 and June 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	139189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2023 answer text <p>The vacancy rate for all staff in National Health Service provider trusts had increased from 7.6% in June 2021 to 9.7% in June 2022. The number of vacancies is the difference between the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent or fixed-term staff in post and planned workforce levels. Whilst in the period June 2021 to June 2022 the number of FTE staff working in NHS provider trusts had increased by 27,991, 2.4%, trust planned workforce levels had increased more quickly.</p><p>Every April NHS providers reassess their staffing requirements, often leading to increases in planned workforce levels in response to anticipated activity, such as increased elective activity, or to make additional provisions to deal with ad-hoc capacity peaks. For many trusts, this process was disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, increases in vacancy rates between June 2021 and June 2022, will have been more significant, in part, due the removal of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and as such it is more appropriate to compare current levels to the pre-pandemic level of vacancies, which in June 2019 was 9.2%.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/02/2023 15:56:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1583539

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the nature of the IT issue reported in 2023 which led to delays to Biometric Residence Permit applications.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	139256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The error was linked to the repeated capture of biometric information earlier in the process, but corrective action has now been taken.</p><p>As part of transforming the asylum system, we are focused on streamlining, simplifying and digitalising processes to ensure system issues do not occur in the future.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/02/2023 13:55:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583540

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of Syrian refugees who have yet to return to Syria.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	139257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, provides authoritative assessments on displacement. It estimates there are over 6.6 million Syrian refugees worldwide, of which 5.5 million are hosted in countries near Syria, notably Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>The UK is grateful for the role refugee-hosting countries play. We will continue to provide support to displaced population, including in response to the 6 February earthquake, which has affected Syrians in both Turkey and Syria itself. We urge the Asad regime to engage meaningfully with the UN-facilitated political process in order to achieve conditions suitable for safe refugee returns.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/02/2023 16:54:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford