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1361712

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date	20/10/2021
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: Insurance
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 advice he can give to leaseholders in buildings below 18 metres in height, where mortgage lenders are refusing to give mortgages without an EWS1 form, despite the Government's clarification that EWS1 forms are not needed in buildings of that size.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	59830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>An independent expert statement in July this year was clear that there is no systemic risk of fire in residential buildings under 18 metres and that EWS1 forms should not be required by lenders on buildings under 18 metres. The Government strongly supports this position and made this clear in its written statement of 21 July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 28/10/2021 16:37:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1361726

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Driving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the recruitment and retention of adequate numbers of bus drivers nationally.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	59742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>My Department is working closely with industry to continuously monitor the driver shortage situation in order to better understand the extent of the problem and the challenges causing this issue. The Government is committed to encouraging new entrants to the bus driving profession and reducing barriers to entry. There is regular engagement within my Department, across Government and with industry, to proactively take measures to alleviate the situation, including ways to boost recruitment within the sector.</p><p>There are no delays for bus and HGV provisional driving licence applications, which are currently being issued in around five days – these applications are being prioritised and further work is being done to speed up processes even further.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/10/2021 11:13:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1361735

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for (a) Family Hubs and (b) and other such partner organisations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The government is investing over £34 million to champion family hubs as a way of improving access to services. This investment includes a £10 million transformation fund to open family hubs in at least 10 new areas in England; a new national centre for family hubs to provide expert advice, guidance and advocacy; data and digital products that will support the practical implementation of family hubs; and an evaluation innovation fund to build the evidence base.</p><p>The department will be publishing further detail on our approach to family hubs shortly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 59844 59845 59846 59847 59848 question first answered 26/10/2021 16:32:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361736

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans for Sure Start Children Centres to become Family Hubs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The government is investing over £34 million to champion family hubs as a way of improving access to services. This investment includes a £10 million transformation fund to open family hubs in at least 10 new areas in England; a new national centre for family hubs to provide expert advice, guidance and advocacy; data and digital products that will support the practical implementation of family hubs; and an evaluation innovation fund to build the evidence base.</p><p>The department will be publishing further detail on our approach to family hubs shortly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 59843 59845 59846 59847 59848 question first answered 26/10/2021 16:32:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361739

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of (a) staffing and (b) capacity challenges experienced by Family Hubs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The government is investing over £34 million to champion family hubs as a way of improving access to services. This investment includes a £10 million transformation fund to open family hubs in at least 10 new areas in England; a new national centre for family hubs to provide expert advice, guidance and advocacy; data and digital products that will support the practical implementation of family hubs; and an evaluation innovation fund to build the evidence base.</p><p>The department will be publishing further detail on our approach to family hubs shortly.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 59843 59844 59845 59846 59848 question first answered 26/10/2021 16:32:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361742

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on ensuring that new homes are built to the passive housing standard or to be Net Zero.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are in regular contact with their counterparts at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to ensure the smooth delivery of the Future Homes Standard (FHS).</p><p> </p><p>When it is implemented in 2025, the FHS will ensure that new homes produce at least 75% lower CO2 emissions compared to those built to current standards, and require no further retrofit to become fully zero-carbon as the electricity grid continues to decarbonise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/10/2021 14:30:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361746

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	City of York Council: Finance
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 assessment has he made of the financial position of City of York Council; and what steps he plans to take to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient funding to meet local needs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>This year, we have made available an increase in councils' Core Spending Power of up to 4.6% in cash terms, from £49.0 billion in 2020-21 to up to £51.3 billion in 2021-22. This in real terms builds on the largest year on year increase in spending power in a decade last year and recognises the resources councils need to meet their pressures and maintain critical services. On top of this, the Government provided councils in England with over £12 billion to tackle the impacts of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/10/2021 16:52:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361747

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Voluntary Organisations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that voluntary sector organisations have sufficient resilience after a period of income loss.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	59855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The government has worked with the charity sector throughout the pandemic to support organisations to respond to the challenges they have faced. Charities have benefited from a multi billion pound package of support, including cross economy measures and targeted funding to help charities maintain essential services. This support has helped to put the sector in a strong position to continue its vital work after an extraordinarily challenging period.</p><p>My department continues to work closely with the sector as we shape policies that will enable charities to thrive in the future and work with the government to respond to shared priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/10/2021 10:01:15 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361753

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	General Practitioners: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that GP pension rules are not a barrier to GPs working additional hours to provide out of hours care and help the NHS recover from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	59994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>NHS Pension Scheme members who reach the £1.073 million lifetime allowance for tax-free saving will have accrued an annual pension of around £46,000 per year and tax-free lump sum of around £139,000. The Government addressed the annual allowance taper issue in March 2020 by increasing thresholds by £90,000, removing all staff with earnings below £200,000 from its scope. This removes the disincentive of taking on additional work, with an estimated 96% of general practitioners now out of scope of the taper based on their National Health Service earnings. Pension tax should not impact on take home pay.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 11:03:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1361754

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Sudan: Development Aid
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 she is taking to help support the Sudanese people in response to the attempted coup in that country in September 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
uin	59779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We strongly condemn the actions of the Sudanese military on 25 October to detain Prime Minister Hamdok and members of the civilian government, declare a state of emergency and unilaterally dissolve the transitional government. Over the past two years, the UK has taken a leading role to support Sudan on their delicate path from oppressive autocratic rule to freedom and democracy. The actions of the military represents a betrayal of the Sudanese people and their journey to democracy.</p><p>Prior to these recent events I spoke to Hamdok on 22 September to assure him of UK support to the civilian-led transition following the attempted coup of 21 September. I then had the opportunity to meet with Hamdok, General Burhan and other senior members of the government during my visit to Khartoum on 19/20 October. I urged all sides to work together and implement the Constitutional Declaration and Juba Peace Agreement in full; a message that still stands. We urge Sudan's military leadership to reverse their course, to release detained politicians, and to ensure Sudanese people can protest without fear of violence. The United Kingdom has, and will continue to be, a consistent and firm advocate for Sudan's transition to democracy.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/10/2021 16:12:57 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin