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1716466
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-05-08more like thismore than 2024-05-08
answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept id 211 more like this
answering dept short name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept sort name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
hansard heading UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) local authorities in Wales on the operation of the Shared Prosperity Fund after March 2025. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 25315 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-13more like thismore than 2024-05-13
answer text <p>Decisions regarding funding beyond March 2025 are ultimately a matter for the next Spending Review. We nevertheless appreciate the case for certainty and are committed to setting out further detail at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>Officials are in regular communication with all local authorities in Wales on this issue, as well as with the Welsh Local Government Association. We will work closely with the Welsh Government on the future of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Redcar more like this
answering member printed Jacob Young more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-13T13:25:37.49Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-13T13:25:37.49Z
answering member
4825
label Biography information for Jacob Young more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1716292
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
answering body
Wales Office more like this
answering dept id 28 more like this
answering dept short name Wales more like this
answering dept sort name Wales more like this
hansard heading Rural Areas: Economic Situation more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for the rural economy in Wales. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 902660 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-08more like thismore than 2024-05-08
answer text <p>I regularly have conversations with Ministerial colleagues on support for the rural economy in Wales. I am delighted the Chancellor announced £5m at Budget for an Agri-food launchpad in North and Mid Wales which will deliver jobs, growth, and boost productivity for our rural communities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Brecon and Radnorshire more like this
answering member printed Fay Jones more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-08T13:07:10.127Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-08T13:07:10.127Z
answering member
4763
label Biography information for Fay Jones more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1713875
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-25more like thismore than 2024-04-25
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading British Nationality: Equality more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2024 to Question 16407 on British Nationality, whether his Department has made an assessment of the compatibility of the policy on British citizenship from birth for a person born between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006 with obligations under the Equality Act 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 23781 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 sets out how a person, born in the UK, may be a British citizen at birth, requiring that at least one parent is either settled here or British themselves. We are content that the determination of citizenship for children born to EEA nationals during the period cited is in keeping with that statute and does not breach any equalities obligations.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Corby more like this
answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-30T13:28:49.567Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-30T13:28:49.567Z
answering member
4369
label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1713879
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-25more like thismore than 2024-04-25
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading CJD: Diagnosis more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of diagnostic testing of blood samples for vCJD. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 23782 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-02more like thismore than 2024-05-02
answer text <p>Clinical diagnostic testing for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is provided by the National Health Service, but there is currently no licensed blood screening test for vCJD, although there is ongoing research in this field. The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit is involved in developing specialist investigations for vCJD, in collaboration with colleagues in Europe and internationally, with further information available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Lewes more like this
answering member printed Maria Caulfield more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-02T14:30:18.25Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-02T14:30:18.25Z
answering member
4492
label Biography information for Maria Caulfield more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1713471
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Telephone Services: Fraud more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of scam telephone calls using number spoofing were reported in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 23542 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-02more like thismore than 2024-05-02
answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of scam telephone calls using number spoofing.</p><p>Ofcom recently published their experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages survey, conducted on 31<sup>st</sup> January and 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 (2,202 UK adult respondents). Mobile and landline users were asked if they had ever received a call that looked like it was from a genuine source but then became suspicious that it was not genuine. 35% reported having received a call on their landline and 50% reported having received a call on their mobile of this nature.</p><p><a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx</a></p><p>NB: These figures cannot be combined as some users may have received both suspicious call on their mobile and landline and do not provide answers on the number of spoofing calls in the last five years.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-02T15:47:32.94Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-02T15:47:32.94Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1713472
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Telephone Services: Fraud more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to support (a) businesses and (b) other organisations whose numbers are used by (i) nuisance callers and (ii) criminals in number spoofing scams. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 23543 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-30more like thismore than 2024-04-30
answer text <p>A central pillar of the Government’s Fraud Strategy is blocking individuals and groups from attempting to impersonate other organisations and institutional bodies. As part of this work, the Government has introduced a new measure to the Criminal Justice Bill to strengthen law enforcement capabilities to tackle scam text messages. The Bill will create a new offence for supplying or possessing “SIM farm” devices (which allow criminals to send scam texts to thousands of individuals and businesses at the same time), without good reason or undertaking adequate due diligence.</p><p>In addition, the Government and Industry have signed the Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter, a voluntary agreement to improve counter-fraud efforts. As a result of the Charter, the sector has introduced firewalls that detect and stop scam texts from reaching customers. Since January 2022, the firewalls have stopped 960 million scam text messages.</p><p>Law enforcement are also working tirelessly to tackle criminal number spoofing operations at source. Last year, Operation Elaborate led by the Metropolitan police took down iSpoof, a website that was used to make 10 million spoof calls impersonating individuals and businesses. The international joint action led to 142 arrests and the main administrator of the website was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of imprisonment.</p><p>In April this year, in another successful joint operation codenamed Stargrew, the Met took down LabHost; a major criminal website, which fraudsters used to create over 40,000 fake phishing websites impersonating businesses. So far the operation has led to 37 arrests, and over 25,000 victims in the UK have been contacted.</p>
answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling more like this
answering member printed Tom Tugendhat more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-30T13:59:44.357Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-30T13:59:44.357Z
answering member
4462
label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1713495
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Furs: Sales more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the responses to his Department's call for evidence on the fur trade. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 23544 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-05-02more like thismore than 2024-05-02
answer text <p>A summary of replies received to the Call for Evidence on the Fur Market in Great Britain should be published in due course. At this stage we do not have a confirmed date for publication.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sherwood more like this
answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-05-02T11:49:43.46Zmore like thismore than 2024-05-02T11:49:43.46Z
answering member
4055
label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1702544
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-19more like thismore than 2024-04-19
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Public Expenditure: Wales more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding the Welsh Government received based on updated calculations to the Barnett Formula at the end of the 2023-24 financial year. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 22782 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-24more like thismore than 2024-04-24
answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review set the largest annual block grant for the Welsh Government, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution Acts. On top of this the Welsh Government received over £1 billion through the Barnett formula in 2023-24, including £200 million at Supplementary Estimates 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government is well-funded to deliver all its devolved responsibilities, receiving around 20% more per person compared to equivalent funding in England. This is around £1 billion more each year than the Holtham Commission indicated – and the Welsh Government agreed - was fair for Wales relative to England.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sevenoaks more like this
answering member printed Laura Trott more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-24T15:18:04.083Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-24T15:18:04.083Z
answering member
4780
label Biography information for Laura Trott more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1700475
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-04-12more like thismore than 2024-04-12
answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 217 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading BBC: Finance more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to have discussions with the Welsh Government on the BBC Funding Model Review. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 21362 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-19more like thismore than 2024-04-19
answer text <p>The Terms of Reference for the BBC Funding Model Review set out that the review would undertake close engagement with the devolved administrations, including the Welsh Government, as appropriate. As part of the review’s evidence gathering exercise, evidence requests have already been sent to the Welsh Government, alongside the other Devolved Administrations. The Government intends to continue engaging the Welsh Government, and relevant broadcasting stakeholders in Wales, as the review progresses.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster more like this
answering member printed Julia Lopez more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-19T11:54:07.827Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-19T11:54:07.827Z
answering member
4647
label Biography information for Julia Lopez more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this
1698543
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-25more like thismore than 2024-03-25
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Water Abstraction: Licensing more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to reform the abstraction licensing regime in England. more like this
tabling member constituency Ceredigion remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Lake more like this
uin 20368 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answer text <p>As set out in the Plan for Water, Defra and the Environment Agency are undertaking a programme of changes to modernise abstraction licensing in England. We are working to move the water abstraction licensing system into the Environmental Permitting Regime. This will provide a modern, consistent and flexible legal framework upon which the management of abstraction can be developed to meet the needs of today and the future.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the legislative changes, the Environment Agency is modernising its digital systems to maximise the opportunities the new legislation provides. This will bring new functionality to improve the way abstraction is managed, including a water abstraction eAlerts system which provides notifications directly to farmers. As the environment and our climate changes, the Environment Agency is adapting its policies in response. The Environment Agency has recently produced a regulatory position statement setting out how flood water can be abstracted for the benefit of abstractors but ensuring that the environment is protected.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is also undertaking a refresh of the National Framework for water resources, which looks at how best to manage water resources across England. Through this, abstractors from all sectors will come together to identify water needs and the best way of meeting them.</p>
answering member constituency Keighley more like this
answering member printed Robbie Moore more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-15T13:46:37.743Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-15T13:46:37.743Z
answering member
4861
label Biography information for Robbie Moore more like this
tabling member
4630
label Biography information for Ben Lake more like this