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1661134

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date	18/09/2023
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	Human Rights: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Ministers did not attend the UN review of the Government's treatment of disabled people due to take place in Geneva on 28 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	200009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The hearing was arranged in relation to the Committee’s review of the UK Government’s follow-up reports to the 2016 inquiry under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A state party dialogue with Ministers is not a procedural requirement of this review.</p><p> </p><p>We have followed all of the Committee’s necessary rules and procedures and, as agreed with the Committee entirely properly, representatives of the UK Government will present the UK’s progress at the Committee’s session in March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/10/2023 11:59:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1661137

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drug Seizures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of illegal drugs found in prisons between (a) 2013 and 2017 and (b) 2018 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The number of incidents where drugs are found in prisons in England and Wales is published in the HMPPS Annual Digest through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1174265/8.__Finds_incidents_data_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">incidents data tool</a>.</p><p>a) Between 2013 and 2017, there were 41,354 drug find incidents in prisons in England and Wales.</p><p>b) Between 2018 and 2022. There were 92,130 drug find incidents in prisons in England and Wales.</p><p>It is important to consider with incidents of drug finds in prisons, that an increase in numbers may be as a result of more items being found, rather than more items being present in prisons.</p><p>Delivery of the £100m Security Investment Programme was completed in March 2022 and included measures to prevent the smuggling of illicit items such as drugs into prisons. The Investment included deployment of Enhanced Gate Security at 42 high-risk sites and 75 additional X-ray body scanners, giving full coverage across the closed adult male prison estate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2023 08:12:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661139

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities timescales are for publishing its response to the consultation entitled Youth vaping.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the youth vaping call for evidence in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 16/10/2023 09:52:38 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661140

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the implementation of the forthcoming updated Clean Maritime Plan.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Yes. As with all government strategies, we will be reviewing and monitoring progress made as a result of the refreshed Clean Maritime Plan, and the impact of its implementation. We will also publish future refreshes of the Clean Maritime Plan at a suitable time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/10/2023 12:39:52 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661143

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has (a) identified and (b) taken action in cases of freeholders preventing cladding remediation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	199854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Building owners have a legal responsibility to make sure their buildings are safe. While many freeholders are acting responsibly, a minority are failing to progress remediation.</p><p>The department is aware of freeholders who are stalling on remediation work through intelligence gathered from engagement with regulatory bodies, and updates from our delivery partners who monitor buildings' progress through the government's remediation funds (e.g., building safety fund and cladding safety scheme). This intelligence is also used by the department to identify, monitor and contact owners of high-rise buildings that have not registered for remediation schemes but may have unsafe cladding systems. Where Freeholders fail to engage, the department works with local regulators to compel them to take action.</p><p>Regulators (local authorities and fire and rescue services) have statutory duties and a range of powers to compel responsible entities to enter the funds and undertake the necessary remediation works. These powers range from soft levers to enforcement powers under the Housing Act 2004 and Fire Safety Order 2005. The department also holds account management meetings reviewing the largest and/or most problematic freeholders to track progress and resolve blockers.</p><p>In addition to the above Local Regulator powers, the Building Safety Act 2022 introduced new enforcement powers, remediation orders (ROs) and remediation contribution orders (RCOs), that allow regulators, the Secretary of State and leaseholders to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order requiring a building owner to fix, and pay to fix, their unsafe building within a specified time.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 16/10/2023 16:15:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1661171

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional Probation Service staff he expects to recruit by 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Between 19 September 2023 and 31 December 2023 and based on latest monthly returns from the business, the Probation Service is anticipating recruiting a gross figure of 843 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) staff.</p><p> </p><p>These additional staff include permanent joiners and fixed-term appointments. However, this figure is likely to change in future months as updated information on recruitment progress is made. No trainee Probation Officer recruitment is included as intakes generally start in early March and September each year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2023 14:52:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661180

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
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	Green Without Borders: Sanctions
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the United States imposing sanctions on the Lebanese organisation Green Without Borders.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	199909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK has long condemned the destabilising activities of Hizballah and its affiliates, including Green Without Borders, in the region. Hizballah's activities, particularly along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon, pose a grave threat to civilians living in the vicinity, as well as UN peacekeepers in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). At this time of heightened tension in the region, there is an urgent need for calm along the Blue Line. We do not speculate about future UK sanctions designations.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/10/2023 11:23:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1661181

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Welsh language translation on (a) question five and (b) part four of the cremation form one used by funeral directors; and whether he has plans to alter the translations.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	199913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is aware of an error in the translation of question 5 which sits under part 4 of the Welsh form Cremation 1. We are in the process of correcting this error, and we expect the revised form to be available shortly.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/10/2023 14:09:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1661184

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Transformation to children's social care to put families first, published 26 July 2023, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of piloting the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	199855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Stable Homes, Built on Love Strategy for Children’s Social Care, which was the Government’s response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, announced an additional £200 million for system transformation until 2024/25.</p><p>The initial £200 million investment supported the urgent first phase of reform, testing and learning which interventions work, and this included a number of pathfinders covering the Families First for Children pathfinder, fostering and regional care co-operatives.</p><p>Longer term funding decisions to scale up these reforms will be made in subsequent Spending Review periods.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 16/10/2023 15:23:15 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1661185

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to expedite an application for leave to remain if an applicant is in receipt of local authority support; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	199856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>There is no general policy to expedite an application for leave to remain if an applicant is in receipt of local authority support. Decisions on expediting cases ahead of the published service standard are made on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2023 16:11:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms