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1506060

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on reducing the headline rate of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	49266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The most recent review of business rates concluded at Autumn Budget 2021. The review reaffirmed the importance of business rates for raising revenue for essential local services and announced a £7 billion package of measures to support business over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a freeze to the business rates multiplier in 2022-23, which will support all ratepayers, large and small, meaning bills are 3 per cent lower than without the freeze. The Government has also introduced a new temporary relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure in 2022-23, worth almost £1.7 billion to the sector. These measures will support the businesses that make our high streets and town centres successful.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, HM Treasury keeps business rates under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 49262 49263 question first answered 14/09/2022 09:53:54 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1505280

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the apprenticeships levy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	48349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy is paid by large employers with an annual pay bill of over £3 million.</p><p> </p><p>As apprenticeship and skills policy is devolved, Apprenticeship Levy funds remain available for employers to spend on apprenticeship training and assessment in England for 24 months before beginning to expire. Unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds are used to fund apprenticeships for non-Levy paying employers, who are often SMEs. As a result, the government pays for 95% of the apprentice training costs for non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>There is no formal review of the Apprenticeship Levy or system at this time.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2022 15:57:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505392

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons university students were excluded from cost of living support packages.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	48211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 September, government announced that the energy price cap will be superseded with a new Energy Price Guarantee, which means that a typical UK household will pay no more than £2500 a year on their energy bill over the next 2 years from 1 October.</p><p> </p><p>This announcement comes in addition to the £37bn of support previously announced, which will see eight million of the most vulnerable households receive £1200 support, with additional support for pensioners and those claiming disability benefits.</p><p>However, the Government recognises that students have also been impacted by the cost of living pressures that have arisen this year, and we have confirmed in our guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) on funding for the 2022-23 financial year that universities will continue to be able to support students in hardship through their own hardship funds and the student premium, for which up to £261 million is available for academic year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also worked closely with the OfS to clarify that English providers can draw upon this funding now, to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by cost-of-living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Later this month, the Chancellor will set out a package of measures to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut taxes and boost growth, laying the groundwork for the change we need in the long term to make our economy stronger.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 48212 question first answered 21/09/2022 07:14:27 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1505417

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce cost of living support for university students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	48212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 September, government announced that the energy price cap will be superseded with a new Energy Price Guarantee, which means that a typical UK household will pay no more than £2500 a year on their energy bill over the next 2 years from 1 October.</p><p> </p><p>This announcement comes in addition to the £37bn of support previously announced, which will see eight million of the most vulnerable households receive £1200 support, with additional support for pensioners and those claiming disability benefits.</p><p>However, the Government recognises that students have also been impacted by the cost of living pressures that have arisen this year, and we have confirmed in our guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) on funding for the 2022-23 financial year that universities will continue to be able to support students in hardship through their own hardship funds and the student premium, for which up to £261 million is available for academic year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also worked closely with the OfS to clarify that English providers can draw upon this funding now, to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by cost-of-living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Later this month, the Chancellor will set out a package of measures to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut taxes and boost growth, laying the groundwork for the change we need in the long term to make our economy stronger.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 48211 question first answered 21/09/2022 07:14:27 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1505475

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats have absconded once they landed on British shores since the start of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	48223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to provide the information that you have requested because the data is not available in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/09/2022 08:57:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1505577

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	TikTok: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) safety and (b) security of Tik Tok’s ability to track typed text inputs, clicked links, keystrokes, and screen taps.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	48331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has strong safeguards and enforcement regimes to ensure that data is collected and handled responsibly and securely. Companies registered in the UK are subject to our legal framework and regulatory jurisdiction.</p><p>Wherever they are in the world, organisations that process the personal data of individuals in the UK for the purposes of providing goods and services or monitoring behaviour must comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18). Organisations which fail to comply may be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office and where appropriate subject to enforcement action, including fines.</p><p>The Government is improving the privacy and security of all apps, including through an upcoming Code of Practice which sets baseline security and privacy requirements for app developers and app store operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins question first answered 21/09/2022 08:23:42 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1504792

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to allow historical sexual abuse victims to have a character witness during trial.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	47553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not currently have any plans to allow historical sexual abuse victims to have a character witness during trial. In criminal trials, including those involving accusations of historical sexual abuse, rules of evidence do not permit the admission of evidence of the good character of a prosecution witness in order to bolster their credibility, even when they are the complainant.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/09/2022 15:45:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1504883

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Low Pay: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Low Pay Commission on the impact of inflation on those on low pay; and if he will support an increase in the National Living Wage in the context of recent trends in inflation and rising energy costs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission are an independent and expert body. They draw on extensive economic and labour market analysis, including the current state of the economy, to inform their recommendations for the National Living Wage. The Government engage with the Low Pay Commission on these recommendations frequently. The Government has set a target for the National Living Wage to reach equal two-thirds of median earnings by 2024, taking economic conditions into account.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/09/2022 11:12:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1504894

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of removing eligibility for the warm home discount scheme from people who receive Personal Independence Payments on their ability to meet the costs of heating their homes.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	47540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Around 62% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients also receive one of the qualifying means-tested benefits and so would be considered low-income under the Core Group 2 criteria. Those with high energy costs would therefore be eligible for a rebate. The Government’s analysis shows that 160,000 more households, where there is a person with a disability or long-term illness, will receive a rebate each winter compared to the previous scheme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 13:16:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1504951

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Article 11 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, what steps he is taking to help protect the single energy market on the island of Ireland from rising costs.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	47703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is acting to protect UK households from the spiralling costs of energy. The Energy Price Guarantee will apply in England, Wales and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Energy is a devolved matter, so in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive to deliver a comparable scheme, the UK Government will need to take action tailored to the particular circumstances prevailing in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continues to work with the Irish Government on a host of issues, including the Single Electricity Market. Our priority is to work at pace to ensure Northern Ireland benefits from the same level of support as the rest of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 21/09/2022 11:12:16 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna