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1639959

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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	Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
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 assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of processes for alerting the Recovery Strategy Unit of cases where firms are repeatedly refusing to carry out remediation works to buildings and (b) the potential merits of enabling (i) leaseholders and (ii) tenants to contact the Recovery Strategy Unit [directly?] in order to receive its support in those cases.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities and fire and rescue services to ensure that building owners are complying with their legal obligations to keep their buildings safe, and from April 2024 the Building Safety Regulator will enforce fire safety in buildings above 18 metres or seven storeys. Where building owners are stalling remediation progress, the Government expects regulators to take appropriate action. The Building Safety Act 2022 grants regulators additional enforcement powers in the form of remediation orders and remediation contribution orders, which allow them to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order requiring a building owner to fix, and pay to fix, their unsafe building.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/06/2023 09:27:09 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639960

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential merits of reintroducing the concession allowing people aged 60 and over to travel during peak hours.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Mayor of London has decided to remove the concession allowing people aged 60+ to travel for free before 9am on weekdays on TfL’s services, and before 9:30am on National Rail services operating in London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 05/06/2023 14:11:59 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1639994

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	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
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 waiving the Immigration Skills Charge for employers sponsoring people working in the early years sector.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) is levied on employers looking to bring in workers from overseas to the UK under the Points-Based System. The revenue raised from the ISC plays an important role in supporting the development of skills in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/06/2023 10:15:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

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

1639999

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the rationale for changes made to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State’s Directions for Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace between January 2022 and March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Since January 2022, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State’s Directions for Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace have been updated to reflect changes associated with the roll-out of a new recruitment process for magistrates, launched in January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2022, they were also updated to reflect the increase to 75 of the statutory retirement age for judicial office holders, including magistrates. Other minor updates to the Directions have been made to ensure the eligibility criteria for the magistracy are clear.</p><p> </p><p>As of May 2023, the Directions at <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/advisory-committees-justices-peace/" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/advisory-committees-justices-peace/</a> are up to date with all changes.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 05/06/2023 13:16:30 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1640000

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, for how many (a) visa and (b) other immigration applications have processing times been affected by (i) information technology and (ii) other technical faults in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	186729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 16:54:52 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