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1679774

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date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Wetlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will support wetlands-focused research on barriers relating to (a) private finance for, (b) land use change affecting and (c) long-term management of wetland sites.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Government has a goal of stimulating at least £500m per year of private investment into nature recovery in England by 2027, rising to at least £1bn per year by 2030. Defra is putting in place interventions to set the conditions for this to happen, including publishing a nature markets framework, partnering with the British Standards Institute on nature investment standards, stimulating a pipeline of investable nature projects (including multiple projects in wetland areas), and enabling public funding for nature to crowd-in private investment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting eight blue finance projects with around £750,000 of grants through the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund. This funding is being used to develop a pipeline of projects that can demonstrate viable private-sector investment models, ultimately working to restore important coastal and marine habitats such as saltmarsh. Four of the five Protected Site Strategy Research and Development Pilots involve pressures affecting wetlands, including long-term management and financing, while Natural England is additionally progressing two projects on peatland National Nature Reserves on selling carbon using the Peatland Code.</p><p> </p><p>Defra already supports a range of research projects relating to wetlands, including a recent collaboration with the British Trust for Ornithology modelling the impacts of different land use change scenarios on a range of wetland species. We also fund the Wetlands Bird Survey through grant in aid via JNCC. Through the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership, UK Administrations are working with DESNZ and Defra to address key research questions relating to blue carbon habitats.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, we provide regular financial and in-kind support to the Ramsar Wetlands Convention to promote the protection and wise use of wetlands.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/01/2024 12:38:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1465281

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Central Bank Digital Currencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a central bank digital currency for British (a) investors, (b) companies and (c) individuals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>The government and the Bank of England have not yet made a decision on the issuance of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government is progressing work to explore a UK CBDC with pace and purpose through the HM Treasury and Bank of England CBDC Taskforce. As part of the process of research and exploration, HM Treasury and the Bank of England will publish a consultation in 2022 setting out their assessment of the case for a UK CBDC, including the merits of further work to develop an operational and technology model for a UK CBDC.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively engaging on CBDC internationally including through the G7 Digital Payments Experts Group (DPEG) and under the UK’s Presidency of the G7, the UK and G7 members agreed to a set of Public Policy Principles that finance ministries and central banks will have to consider prior to the issuance of any CBDC.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8237 8238 8240 8241 8242 question first answered 31/05/2022 09:34:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1173537

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lebanon: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to enable the provision of humanitarian aid in Lebanon.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>In Lebanon, DFID is providing regular targeted cash transfers to help over 10,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugee families to meet their most basic survival needs. The UK also funds legal assistance, support and advice (e.g. birth/marriage registration, civil documentation) to 55,000 individuals to uphold rights, facilitate access to basic services and to better prepare refugees for their eventual return to Syria. DFID is also supporting provision of non-formal education for up 114,500 vulnerable children and providing child protection and gender-based violence services to 295,930 girls, boys and caregivers.</p><p>The UK strongly advocates for the rights and protection of refugees and is working with aid agencies to further reform the aid system to deliver more effective, smarter aid to the most vulnerable. The UK continues to play a leading role in mobilising the international community. On 12 – 14 March 2019, the UK attended the third Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”, driving forward the legacy of our own London Conference held in 2016. The money pledged will save lives and enable the provision of life-saving supplies and resources to build the livelihoods of millions of internally displaced persons and refugees, and their host communities.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/01/2020 17:09:56 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1167691

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in (a) early years settings, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) further education rated (i) inadequate, (ii) requires improvement, (iii) good and (iv) outstanding by Ofsted in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The information detailed below on early years settings, primary and secondary schools, and further education is available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Ofsted data for early years settings cover the period from 2011-2014 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2019</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/official-statistics-early-years-and-childcare-registered-providers-inspections-and-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/official-statistics-early-years-and-childcare-registered-providers-inspections-and-outcomes</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education only collects data on the number of children benefiting from free funded early education and holds no data on all children in early years settings.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Ofsted data on Primary and Secondary school inspection data (which covers the period from 2010-2019) can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-official-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-official-statistics</a>.</p><p>Ofsted changed their methodology in 2018 and the latest statistics are based on the new methodology. Information on the changes made can be found here :</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/changes-to-ofsteds-statistical-reporting-of-inspection-outcomes-for-state-funded-schools-an-analysis-of-the-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/changes-to-ofsteds-statistical-reporting-of-inspection-outcomes-for-state-funded-schools-an-analysis-of-the-changes</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Ofsted data on the further education inspection ratings (covering the period from 2013 to 2019) can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-inspection-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-inspection-outcomes</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Due to differences between the data sets of each area, and the time scales covered, data since 1997 for each area requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2019 16:55:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

756557

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of new arms-length bodies her Department plans to establish once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As we leave the EU, we will consider appropriate mechanisms for delivering our priorities. My Department has no current plans to establish new arms-length bodies as a result of leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2017 17:00:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

391739

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British arms (a) the Government and (b) British companies have sold to Iraqi military forces to combat ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to assisting the Government of Iraq (GoI) in alleviating the suffering of those Iraqis targeted by Daesh, the so-called &quot;Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant&quot; (ISIL) group and to restore stability and security across the country.</p><p>Details of military goods sold by the UK Government to Iraqi military forces are published in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report at the following link:<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategicexportcontrolsannualreport" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategicexportcontrolsannualreport</a>.</p><p>The most recent report, which covers 2014, was published in July 2015. Together with the previous report, it indicates that there were no Government-to-Government sales of military goods to Iraqi military forces in 2013 or 2014. In addition, there is no record of any sales of military goods from the UK Government to Iraqi military forces in the period from January to the end of June 2015. This period will be covered in the next Annual Report published in 2016.</p><p>With regard to military goods exported by UK companies to Iraq, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, is the appropriate UK licensing authority. The Government holds information on export licensing decisions for military goods from the UK to Iraq but it does not hold data on actual sales of defence exports and has no information on whether any such exports to Iraq have been used specifically to combat ISIL or for other defence or security purposes.</p><p>I can inform you that 30 Individual Export Licences have been issued for military goods from the UK to Iraq for the period from January 2014 to the end of March 2015. Data on these 30 export licences is publicly available via the Government's Strategic Export Controls: Reports and Statistics website https:// www. exportcontroldb.bis.gov. uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME. Data covering the period 1 April to 30 June 2015 is due to be published in October 2015, while data on the export of military goods from the UK to Iraq prior to January 2014 is also available on the same website.</p><p>In addition the UK Government is providing extensive support to the GOI in the continuing fight against ISIL, with the gifting of equipment forming a significant part of this. Previously, Her Majesty's Government has gifted 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns and nearly half a million rounds of ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga. The latest equipment to be gifted to the Peshmerga consists of additional medical supplies. The supplies consist of items such as tourniquets, bandage kits and dressings for wounds and fill a significant gap in their resources, leading to the preservation of life and proper treatment of injuries sustained in combat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/09/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq