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1639962

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date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Housing: Heat Pumps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of retrofitting heat pumps into existing gas piping in domestic properties.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	186616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by Government suggests it is technically feasible to install a heat pump in around 90% of British homes currently on the gas grid, based on analysis of homes’ current energy efficiency and internal electrical limit. Practical considerations, like space availability or compliance with planning regulations, may limit where heat pumps can be installed, but the Government supports innovation to develop solutions to these challenges.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/06/2023 10:58:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1639982

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for her Department's statement in the Equality Impact Assessment for the Illegal Migration Bill, published on 26 April 2023, that the Bill should have a deterrent effect which can result in fewer unaccompanied children arriving in the UK by dangerous and unlawful means.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	186619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill is to prevent and deter all unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes. Those who arrive illegally will be liable to detention and will be swiftly removed to their home country or to a safe third country. The duty to make arrangements for removal will apply to unaccompanied children once they turn 18 and there is a power to remove them in limited circumstances prior to them reaching adulthood. The organised people smuggling criminal gangs can be expected to exploit any exceptions or loopholes in the scheme provided for in the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 13:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1639995

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a scheme to enable family members of Sudanese nationals who reside in the UK to come to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>Over 2,000 people have been evacuated to safety in the longest and largest airlift of any western nation during the crisis in Sudan. As well as British nationals, the UK has also evacuated Sudanese clinicians who work in the NHS.</p><p>The UK Government is monitoring the situation in Sudan closely to ensure that it is able to respond appropriately. We recognise that some people displaced by the fighting may wish to join family in the UK, and where those family members do not have a current UK visa, they can apply for one via one of our standard visa routes, which remain available, and applications can be submitted at the nearest Visa Application Centre (VAC).</p><p>The UK continues to welcome refugees through our existing resettlement schemes which include the global UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettlement Scheme. While our safe and legal routes are some of the most generous anywhere, we cannot accommodate everyone who wants to come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 13:54:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639996

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process naturalisation applications for which service standard processing times have been exceeded.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The most recent Migration Transparency data published in May 2023 shows that 98.4% of straightforward applications were decided within six months.</p><p>It is not always possible to conclude non-straightforward applications for citizenship within the published service standards. The Home Office actively monitors and reviews such cases on a regular basis, to ensure they can be progressed as soon as possible. Where a case is not straightforward, customers are contacted to explain that their application cannot be decided within the six months service standard.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2023</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 11:27:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639997

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process applications for leave to remain for which service standard processing times have been exceeded.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration are currently operating within their global customer service standards across all of the main legal migration routes for customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas.</p><p>Details of current performance against these customer service standards are updated regularly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk%23join-family-in-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAngela.Duncan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C023a91884cd24c564e9508db2539702a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638144701725336444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xJi0LxthmkqlEmacb5pNWiakHJfl19Vds0bMO6q9wsI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 11:55:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1640002

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether forthcoming guidance for schools on supporting trans pupils will include guidance on protecting pupils from transphobic bullying.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is clear that bullying should never be tolerated, and the Department is committed to supporting schools to tackle it. The Department provides advice for schools outlining schools’ responsibilities. The ‘Preventing bullying’ guidance makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional, and mental health needs. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p>The Department knows that gender is a complex and sensitive issue. The Department is working with my right hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, to develop guidance to support schools in relation to gender questioning pupils. A draft for consultation will be published later in the summer term.</p><p>The Department is providing over £2 million of funding between 10 August 2021 and 31 March 2023 to five anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those who are victims of hate related bullying and homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic bullying.</p><p>The Department is also ensuring that all pupils in England are taught content on respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of new mandatory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). These subjects are designed to give pupils the knowledge they need to lead happy, safe, and healthy lives and to foster respect for other people and difference.</p><p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy that outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils. The policy should set out the behaviour expected of pupils, the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. This should be communicated to all pupils, school staff, and parents. This is supported by ‘Respectful School Communities’, a self review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole school approach which promotes respect and discipline. This tool can combat bullying, harassment, and prejudice of any kind, including hate based bullying, and is available at: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/06/2023 13:18:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1640007

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 his Department is taking steps to engage with moderate Palestinian actors who renounce violence and will take part in a peace process with Israel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	186736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>We urge the Israeli and Palestinian leadership to engage in meaningful dialogue to further the cause of peace at every opportunity. We continue to monitor the ongoing humanitarian situation in Gaza and welcome the recent ceasefire brokered by Egypt. When the Minister for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon met with Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki on 5 May, he reaffirmed the UK's commitment to the Middle East peace process. The UK also continues to engage at the highest levels within the Palestinian Authority (PA) through the British Consulate General Jerusalem.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2023 11:58:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1640008

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 his Department is taking steps to help (a) reduce tensions between Israel and the (i) Gaza Strip and (ii) West Bank and (b) facilitate peace efforts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	186737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government supports all efforts to promote dialogue and create a pathway towards sustainable peace. As the Foreign Secretary said in his 14 May statement, we welcome the current Egyptian-brokered ceasefire and urge all sides to de-escalate tensions. The ceasefire must now be honoured to prevent the loss of further civilian life. The Foreign Secretary also wrote to his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen on May 10 to affirm the UK's support for Israel's right to self-defence, but also to note UK concern at reports of civilian fatalities in Gaza, and to emphasise that all actions taken must be proportionate, calibrated to avoid civilian casualties, and in line with international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 09/06/2023 11:57:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1640012

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 he has made of the adequacy of the level of financial support for Homes for Ukraine hosts in the context of recent rises in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	186741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>In recognition of their ongoing support amidst the rising cost-of-living pressures, all sponsors will receive an increased 'thank you' payment of £500 a month for guests who have been in the country for over a year. 'Thank you' payments will also be extended from 12 months to two years, so that guests who may not yet be ready to move into independent accommodation can stay in sponsorship for longer where sponsors are willing to extend arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/06/2023 13:58:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1640036

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing international students from immigration statistics.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	186648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24th May is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 09/06/2023 13:52:15 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ186648 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss