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1542288

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date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate has he made of the number of rental repossessions in Birmingham since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	87936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>HMCTS publishes statistics on volumes of mortgage and landlord possession here - Mortgage and landlord possession statistics - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). The latest published statistics goes up to September 2022.</p><p>This data can be filtered by Court, Region, Local Authority using the Data Visualisation Tool - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2020/data-visualisation-tool" target="_blank">Data visualisation tool - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 87935 question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1542769

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77341, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser's appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies question first answered 21/11/2022 10:37:56 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542770

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77348, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after their appointing Minister ceased to hold office between 29 June and 9 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	88845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 and the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a Special Adviser’s appointment automatically terminates following a change of Administration; when their appointing Minister leaves office; or in the event of a General Election. Under these circumstances, Special Advisers are contractually entitled to a severance payment.</p><p> </p><p>The contract sets out that Special Advisers who are later re-appointed to Government must repay their severance pay, less the amount of salary that they would have been paid had they been employed during the period between their termination and their re-appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts of all Special Advisers in the Northern Ireland Office were automatically terminated on the change of Administration.</p><p> </p><p>The contract also sets out that Special Advisers are entitled to receive three months’ pay if termination occurs at any time during the first year of service, with an additional month’s pay for each completed year of service after the first year, subject to an overall maximum of six months’ pay. Where individuals were immediately re-appointed, severance was not payable.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Special Adviser numbers and costs, including pay bands, is published annually in the Annual Report on Special Advisers as per the requirements of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 21/11/2022 10:05:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1542773

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pre-planned service cancellations have been applied by each rail operator for services in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the requested data on pre-planned cancellations by the train operating companies.</p><p>Rail operators are responsible for mitigating the effects of disruptive events, and for ensuring they are able to provide services within existing operational constraints. In some cases, operators may cancel services, or implement temporarily revised train timetables, to provide passengers with certainty so they can plan their journeys confidently.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:44:13 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1542774

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Disability and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of what the £1.3 billion funding over three years in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions will be spent on.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	88879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping disabled people and people with health conditions start, stay, and succeed in work, by providing support to meet each individual’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately one third of the £1.3bn billion investment over three years is budgeted for Access to Work. A quarter of the funds go to support within Jobcentre Plus, including specialist Disability Employment Enabling Roles and increasing Work Coach support across England, Scotland and Wales for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance. A further quarter funds contracted and grant-funded employment support programmes. Approximately 15% funds the DWP contribution to joint work in partnership with the health system, including expanding employment support within NHS IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapy) services to the whole of England over this spending review period.</p><p>The figure of £1.3 billion investment over three years is calculated from DWP budgets following the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 88880 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:49:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1542775

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Disability and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the £1.3 billion funding over three years in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions will come entirely from his Department's budget.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	88880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping disabled people and people with health conditions start, stay, and succeed in work, by providing support to meet each individual’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately one third of the £1.3bn billion investment over three years is budgeted for Access to Work. A quarter of the funds go to support within Jobcentre Plus, including specialist Disability Employment Enabling Roles and increasing Work Coach support across England, Scotland and Wales for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance. A further quarter funds contracted and grant-funded employment support programmes. Approximately 15% funds the DWP contribution to joint work in partnership with the health system, including expanding employment support within NHS IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapy) services to the whole of England over this spending review period.</p><p>The figure of £1.3 billion investment over three years is calculated from DWP budgets following the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 88879 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:49:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1542790

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractual obligations hotels providing contingency accommodation for asylum seekers are under; and whether these obligations ensure unaccompanied asylum-seeking children do not go missing.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	88894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers in our care is of paramount importance to the Home Office. We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fnew-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJordan.Kelly27%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C935dbaf5b55f41dceb5608da22bd67c4%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637860494119143762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WluEj72k%2F6SzJiik%2BuvC3nZT6amXX7KspxfefWLcJpk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p>We have safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels are as safe and supported as possible whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority.  Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.  Staff, including contractors, receive a number of briefings and guidance on how to safeguard children.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/11/2022 16:59:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1542791

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 7th November 2022 of Question 80960 on Southeastern Railway, for what reasons his Department agreed to grant Southeastern Railway a derogation from the requirement to consult on their December 2022 train timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	89070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Rail operators, including Southeastern, have been working at pace to respond to changing passenger travel patterns since the pandemic, as it is crucial that industry stays alert to fluctuations in demand whilst delivering good value for the taxpayer and responds accordingly. Therefore, the Department agreed to consider requests from operators for derogations against the requirement to formally consult on timetable changes throughout 2022. Subsequently, on 5 August 2022 the Department issued Southeastern with a formal derogation against the requirement to undertake a consultation exercise in respect of its December 2022 timetable changes.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1542796

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether anyone employed by his Department was involved in Operation Pelican.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	89031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/11/2022 15:31:40 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1542797

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Julian Assange
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 (a) he or (b) officials in his Department have met with US officials to discuss Julian Assange.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	89032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has discussed aspects of this matter as part of our routine diplomatic engagement with a number of countries, including the US.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/11/2022 17:11:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill