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1644583

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date	14/06/2023
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness and targeting of Cold Weather Payments.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Cold Weather Payments are targeted at those most vulnerable to the cold including, older people in receipt of Pension Credit, disabled adults and children, and families with children under five who receive an income-related benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Met Office review the Cold Weather Payment scheme each year to assess whether the linkages between postcode areas and weather stations remain the best available. The Department continues to monitor Cold Weather Payment policies and procedures to review the scheme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/06/2023 13:29:34 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644584

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Missing People Support Services Funding Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The charity, Missing People, plays a unique safeguarding role with respect to vulnerable missing children and adults, including support for, and promotion of, live police missing persons investigations. This represents a significant cost saving to police forces, enabling them to focus resources on their investigations.</p><p>In 2020-21, the charity received a Home Office grant of £122,898.00 for their Support Services. This grant was monitored via regular meetings between the charity and Home Office officials, and an end of year grant report. During the period of this grant, Missing People responded to almost 45,000 police referrals. Support offered included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>43,741 TextSafe messages sent to missing children and adult, signposting the charity’s support services</li><li>1,247 publicity appeals launched</li><li>2,393 families supported</li></ul> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 21/06/2023 08:50:32 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644585

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made on the effectiveness of the Football Supporters Association fans embassies Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>No grant was made in 2020/21 as no overseas England or Wales international matches were played with fans present due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>In 2021/22 the Home Office agreed a grant of £45,900 with the FSA to provide advice and support to reduce the risk of violence and disorder involving England and Wales fans overseas, encourage self-policing, and reduce the risk of fans being a victim of crime. The England and Wales national teams played fewer overseas international matches than usual, and those played prior to October 2021 were without travelling fans in attendance (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) so £17,378 of the agreed amount was claimed.</p><p>This grant awards support the Home Office priority to cut crime, protect vulnerable people and communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/06/2023 09:13:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644586

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Provision for the UK Disaster Victim Identification Capability Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>Disaster victim identification (DVI) is the internationally accepted term for the processes and procedures for recovering and identifying deceased people and human remains in multiple fatality incidents. DVI takes place concurrently with investigations into the cause of an incident and into any criminal culpability arising from it.</p><p>In the UK, this capability is delivered by the Metropolitan Police. The UK-DVI capability is funded by Home Office, with contributions towards costs from FCDO and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice. Home Office monitors the payment of the funding every year upon submission of the invoice. In 20-21 the funding was capped at £340,000.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/06/2023 09:35:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644587

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives support to Safer Streets Fund Delivery Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2020/21, the Home Office provided a grant of £145,080 to the Police Crime Prevention Initiative (PCPI) to provide support to the delivery of the first round of the Safer Streets Fund (SSF).</p><p>Funding supported the development of practical implementation guides that were shared with forces and Police and Crime Commissioners as well as peer review support to all SSF practitioners; Designing Out Crime Officer (DOCO) training; SSF workshops and tailored support to bid areas aimed at driving general upskilling across practitioners’ crime prevention initiatives.</p><p>The Home Office continues to work closely with the PCPI to ensure effective delivery of the Fund. This grant award supports the Home Office priority to cut crime, protect vulnerable people and communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/06/2023 09:20:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644588

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the EIF Trauma-Informed Training Research Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office commissioned research from the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) in October 2021 to better understand how Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) deliver TI (Trauma Informed) training, and specify the models used to support further rigorous evaluation. The EIF has since been re-named ‘Foundations’ following its merger with ‘What Works for Children’s Social Care’. The research is published on the EIF’s website.</p><p>The EIF research was effective and informed the design of the recent Youth Endowment Fund Trauma Informed Practice Grant Round (launched September 2022), which is co-funded by the Home Office. This grant round will evaluate what impact TI practice has on preventing children and young people’s involvement in violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/06/2023 09:26:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644589

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ACRO - Western Balkans SOC Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The ACRO Western Balkans SOC Project received grants from the Home Office for the financial years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.</p><p>This project, once complete, will allow for improved criminal records sharing arrangements and law enforcement cooperation between the UK and the Western Balkans countries. Conviction records are a key tool in tackling the threat posed by serious and organised crime.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 22/06/2023 14:21:23 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644590

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
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 Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Afghan Locally Engaged Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme 2021-22 Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>Through the Ex-Gratia Scheme we relocated c.1,400 people including Locally Engaged Staff and their immediate families to the UK.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), announced on 29 December 2020 and launched on 1 April 2021, was established to follow on from and replace the Ex-Gratia Scheme which ran until November 2022, at which point the ARAP became the single route for relocation.</p><p>The provision of integration support by local authorities to those relocated to the UK under ARAP accommodation by local authorities is detailed in funding instructions which can be found here. These funding instructions set out the conditions under which the funding is disbursed, the outcomes required and the processes to be followed to claim funds. They also provide more detailed definitions of eligibility.</p><p>These funding instructions also outline how the provision of support is to be evaluated and monitored. Both the 2022/23 and 2023/24 integration support funding instructions make clear that local authorities themselves should manage and administer the quality and level of delivery in relation to the support it provides to beneficiaries under the Afghan Schemes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/06/2023 09:12:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644591

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	Home Office: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>FCDO provided a range of grants for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2020-21 under a number of different programmes. FCDO programmes undergo a formal review of progress and effectiveness at regular intervals, and upon completion, using an agreed results framework, and are monitored and reviewed throughout their lifetime. Annual and Project Closure Reviews are published here: https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/.</p><p>FCDO engages systematically with multilateral partners, such as UNHCR, as members of their governing bodies, and through regular bilateral engagement. This provides us with the opportunity to monitor and scrutinise the organisation's strategic performance, and matters relating to effectiveness can be raised through these channels.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/06/2023 09:10:19 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1644592

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same level of funding to grassroots music venues that host contemporary music as provided for opera and classical music.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	189601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector, and are key to developing the future talent pipeline.</p><p>That is why we are supporting them to develop the next generation of British talent, by providing an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s successful Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund, as announced in the Creative Industries Sector Vision on 14 June. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams.</p><p>This is in addition to other government support provided to the live music sector, including over £3 million during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund, and through Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund since 2019.</p><p>Contemporary, operatic, and classical music subsectors receive funding through a wide variety of sources, including Arts Council England. Decisions made by the Arts Council about the allocation of funding are taken at arm's length from Government. Decisions are made in line with the Council’s ten-year strategy, which sets the direction for all of the artforms and sub-sectors it supports, including opera, contemporary, and classical music.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is in regular discussions with all parts of the music industry, including live venues of all sizes across the country. The Department works closely with interested parties and across Government to ensure the live music sector continues to thrive. Whilst industry-led discussions on the proposal of a ticket levy are ongoing, we have no plans to enforce large venues to impose a ticket levy.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 189602 question first answered 22/06/2023 14:23:12 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy