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1503300

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 129064 on Equal Pay, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting employers from requesting salary history from new employees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>There is growing evidence to show that, when pay is negotiable, asking applicants to disclose previous earnings and not including salary information in the advert increases the risk that historic disparities will be replicated. Research from the Fawcett Society suggests that questions about salary history particularly disadvantage women's confidence in pay negotiations.</p><p>On International Women’s Day this year, we called on all employers to provide salary information in all of their job adverts, and to stop asking about previous salary during recruitment.</p><p>We recognise that some employers may find it challenging to take these steps, due to historic pay decisions and lack of clarity in pay processes. That is why we also announced that we will work with employers to develop and pilot a methodology to support them to adopt these measures. The first meeting of the methodology working group took place at the start of this month.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/09/2022 16:07:25 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503320

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date	02/09/2022
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	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, whether her Department is taking steps to reinstate the overseas aid budget to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income; and with reference to her Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, HC 493, published on 19 July 2022, for what reason the budget set out in that report is based on 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income for the next three years, in the context of alternative projections (a) in the report entitled Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, published on 27 October 2021, and (b) by the Office for Budget Responsibility for meeting the fiscal tests in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government committed to Parliament to return to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Developmental Assistance (ODA) when on a sustainable basis the government is not borrowing for day-to-day spending and underlying debt is falling.</p><p>At the 2021 Spending Review, the Government set ODA budgets accordingly, and reiterated its commitment to review and confirm each year, in accordance with the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015, whether a return to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA is possible against the latest fiscal forecast. In line with this approach, and noting the current macroeconomic and fiscal uncertainty, the Government will determine whether the ODA fiscal tests will be met for 2023-24 at Budget 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:48:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503326

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, which states that the temporary increase in Resource DEL in 2022-23 is to enable the Government to meet the UK’s G7 Carbis Bay health commitments, including the pledge to donate surplus vaccine doses to countries in need, what the (a) amount and (b) cost is of the doses her Department plans to donate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>In June 2021, at the G7 Summit, the UK committed to donate a total of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to countries in need by June 2022. The UK has made available 100 million doses, and 85 million doses have been donated to over 42 countries to date. The vast majority have been donated through COVAX.</p><p>Vaccine supply now far outstrips demand so our focus has switched to helping low income countries reach their national vaccination targets through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership.</p><p>The estimated cost of vaccine donations in 2021 has been published in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office's 2021-22 Annual Report and Accounts. We are awaiting guidance from the OECD-DAC on treatment of vaccine donations in 2022. All donations will be funded within a total Official Development Assistance expenditure of 0.5% of Gross National Income.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:52:29 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503328

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	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, whether all international climate finance commitments made by her Department in the 2021 spending review period, save the funding made by British International Investment, will be countable as Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to doubling our International Climate Finance (ICF) to £11.6 billion between financial years 2021/22 and 2025/26. All UK ICF is countable as Official Development Assistance.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/09/2022 16:21:29 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503329

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Bilateral 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, with reference to her Department's 2021 spending review commitments, how much and what proportion of overseas aid spending her Department plans to allocate to bilateral programmes in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25; and if she will provide a breakdown of that allocated spending by programme area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to transparency and will provide updates to Parliament on spending plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:50:32 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503965

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Council Tax: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of council tax challenges submitted to the Valuation Office Agency have been (a) checked and (b) reviewed within the service level agreement in each of the past 12 months for which there is data.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	45650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has an internal target to clear 98 per cent of Council Tax proposals and informal Council Tax band reviews within two months. The statutory deadline to clear proposals is four months, and currently 98 per cent of cases are cleared within this deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Following the former Chancellor’s announcement around the Council Tax rebate in February, the volume of Council Tax work has substantially increased. In particular, the VOA has seen an increase in demand for band reviews of over 75 per cent compared to the same period in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA is working hard to reduce volumes as quickly as possible and has assigned additional staff resource to this activity. The VOA is prioritising reducing the number of outstanding older cases first. The impact of this is that, on average, it is currently taking the VOA around two and a half months to clear proposals, and just under three months to clear band reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number and percentage of proposals and band reviews resolved within two months of receipt, and proposals resolved within the statutory deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Council Tax Proposals</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Received</p></td><td><p>Total resolved</p></td><td><p>Resolved within 2 months of receipt</p></td><td><p>% within 2 months (98% internal target)</p></td><td><p>% within 4 months (Statutory Deadline)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Cumulative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>2,750</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>1,790</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>3,410</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>2,630</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Informal Council Tax Band Reviews</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Received</p></td><td><p>Total resolved</p></td><td><p>Resolved within 2 months of receipt</p></td><td><p>% within 2 months (98% internal target)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td><p>Cumulative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>4,870</p></td><td><p>2,170</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 16/09/2022 11:11:32 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill