Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1661059

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Universal Credit: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit for meeting average (a) food and (b) fuel costs.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	199752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>In April 2023, State pensions and benefits were up rated by 10.1%, in line with the increase in the Consumer Prices Index in the year to September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the adequacy of Universal Credit, the current rates of income-related benefits such as Universal Credit do not represent a minimum requirement, and are not described as such in legislation or Government literature. The Government specifies the rates which are applicable to different benefits, and these may vary according to claimants' circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has announced support to households to help with higher bills worth £94 billion across 2022-23 and 2023-24, one of the largest household support packages in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/09/2023 10:14:18 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1661060

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to proscribe the (a) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and (b) al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	199710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under careful review, we do not routinely comment on intelligence and security matters, including whether or not an organisation is under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/10/2023 16:56:20 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1661061

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list split by gender of the number and proportion of biometric data exemptions that have been issued to Afghan asylum seekers since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>No exemptions exist to asylum seekers with regards to the registration of biometrics.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2023 13:53:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1661062

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	Integrated Care Systems: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total level of debt amongst all NHS integrated care systems in England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	199785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2022-23 Year end</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Aggregate Deficit (£m):</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICS*</p></td><td><p>633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts)</p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of organisations in deficit:</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICS*</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts)</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: NHS England </em></p><p><em>Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers </em></p><p> </p><p>The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 199777 199778 199779 199780 199781 199782 199783 199784 199786 question first answered 19/10/2023 15:58:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1661063

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 11 September to Question 196079 on Railway Stations: Tickets, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding for Modernising Retail between his Department and the Rail Delivery Group dated 29 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	199714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish any such correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/09/2023 09:38:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1661064

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
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	NHS Trusts: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total level of debt across all NHS trusts in England as of September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	199786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2022-23 Year end</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Aggregate Deficit (£m):</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICS*</p></td><td><p>633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts)</p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of organisations in deficit:</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICS*</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts)</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: NHS England </em></p><p><em>Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers </em></p><p> </p><p>The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 199777 199778 199779 199780 199781 199782 199783 199784 199785 question first answered 19/10/2023 15:58:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1661065

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use biometric data collection when processing asylum applications from Afghan nationals.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>We use biometrics to fix and confirm the identities of foreign nationals who apply to come or extend their stay in the UK.</p><p>We check them against security and criminality databases which are available to the UK, to ensure multiple applications are not made using multiple identities, and to identify those who pose a threat to public safety, our national security, or are likely to breach our laws.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2023 13:57:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1661066

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost of obtaining a transcript of (a) court and (b) tribunal proceedings in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	199795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>HMCTS does not retain data on the number of applications made to either the Court or Tribunal to obtain a transcript. HMCTS contracts with suppliers to provide transcripts and they hold data on orders that they receive. The following number of orders were received by suppliers in the 12 month period Sept 2022 to Aug 2023:</p><p>a) Court – 42,099</p><p>b) Tribunal - 278</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of obtaining a transcript in each of the last three years is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Family</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Tribunal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2020- Aug 2021</p></td><td><p>£220.85</p></td><td><p>£100.56</p></td><td><p>£240.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2021- Aug 2022</p></td><td><p>£225.06</p></td><td><p>£105.17</p></td><td><p>£204.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2022- Aug 2023</p></td><td><p>£205.33</p></td><td><p>£96.11</p></td><td><p>£212.45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 199796 question first answered 16/10/2023 14:07:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1661067

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many orders to obtain a transcript of (a) court and (b) tribunal proceedings were made to HM Courts and Tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	199796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>HMCTS does not retain data on the number of applications made to either the Court or Tribunal to obtain a transcript. HMCTS contracts with suppliers to provide transcripts and they hold data on orders that they receive. The following number of orders were received by suppliers in the 12 month period Sept 2022 to Aug 2023:</p><p>a) Court – 42,099</p><p>b) Tribunal - 278</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of obtaining a transcript in each of the last three years is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Family</p></td><td><p>Crown</p></td><td><p>Tribunal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2020- Aug 2021</p></td><td><p>£220.85</p></td><td><p>£100.56</p></td><td><p>£240.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2021- Aug 2022</p></td><td><p>£225.06</p></td><td><p>£105.17</p></td><td><p>£204.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept 2022- Aug 2023</p></td><td><p>£205.33</p></td><td><p>£96.11</p></td><td><p>£212.45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 199795 question first answered 16/10/2023 14:07:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1661068

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will set out the timeline for the security precautions put in place for schools in Leeds on 14 September 2023; what learnings her Department identified from that situation; and whether her Department will share those learnings with all schools.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	199732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>On 14 September, the immediate response and security precautions in Leeds were led by Leeds City Council. The Local Authority worked with schools and the police on the response, provided updates, and reiterated robust safeguarding and safety procedures throughout the day.</p><p>The Department already publishes guidance to support schools in responding to such incidents. The school and college security guidance and the emergency planning and response for education, childcare, and children’s social care settings guidance set out what schools and colleges should do when faced with security related incidents, agency responsibilities, and the robust plans and measures they should have in place to protect students and staff. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-security/school-and-college-security" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-security/school-and-college-security</a>, and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/emergency-planning-and-response-for-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care-settings/emergency-planning-and-response-for-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/emergency-planning-and-response-for-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care-settings/emergency-planning-and-response-for-education-childcare-and-childrens-social-care-settings</a>.</p><p>The Department is also developing guidance for the sector in England to improve protective security and organisational preparedness, which aims to implement consistent good practice and effective response plans.</p><p>Given the increasing number of malicious email threats, officials are developing proactive messaging to the sector to highlight existing advice and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2023 10:58:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson