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1563359

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date	20/12/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has sought legal advice on whether (a) public bodies and (b) decision makers fail in their equality duty if they are unable to establish the number of people who they employ or to whom they provide a service that have a Sikh ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	114758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The specific duties of the public sector equality duty apply to most public bodies in England, such as local authorities and schools; most public authorities operating across Great Britain, such as Government departments (except on devolved functions); and a small number of public bodies operating across one of the borders inside Great Britain. These duties also apply to decision-makers who are not public authorities but exercise public functions. Public bodies subject to the specific duties must publish information to show their compliance with the public sector equality duty. The information must include:</p><ul><li>information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies and practices, such as service users, and who share protected characteristics;</li><li>and for public bodies with 150 or more employees, information relating to those of the public body’s employees who share protected characteristics.</li></ul><p>The specific duties are intended to enable better performance of the public sector equality duty, but there is no requirement to hold or publish information to any particular level of detail. Similarly, there is no prescribed format. It is up to each public body to decide for itself what information it publishes. This will vary greatly depending on the size of the body, the range of functions it performs, and the extent to which those functions could affect equality.</p><p>However, public bodies and decision-makers who think that their decisions may affect discrimination, harassment, or victimisation of Sikhs, affect equality of opportunity between Sikhs and people of different ethnicity, or affect Sikhs’ relations with people of different ethnicity, should ensure that their compliance with the duty includes considerations of Sikh ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 17:48:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563360

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's website entitled Ethnicity Facts and Figures, how many and what proportion of the datasets which appear on that site contain data which can be disaggregated in such a way as to provide specific information on the number of Sikhs in each category, in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	114759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics’ latest Equalities Data Audit (Nov 2022), 22 of the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures collect religion data as well as ethnicity. This is 29% of all the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures. There are 73 datasets (pages) in Ethnicity facts and figures that use data from these sources; this is 39% of all datasets. Sample sizes for each source vary so it may not always be possible to provide reliable estimates when disaggregating data by both ethnic group and religion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2023 17:03:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563434

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Energy Bills Support 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, how many and what proportion of people using heat network schemes received a payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme as of 20 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	114776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have this information. Heat network consumers who have a domestic electricity meter are receiving £400 off their energy bills through the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). The EBSS Alternative Funding will provide a £400 payment to eligible households who do not have a domestic electricity meter, including heat network consumers on a private wire.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/01/2023 13:18:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563030

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	East Africa: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) humanitarian funding and (b) development funding the Government has provided to (i) Somalia, (ii) South Sudan, (iii) Ethiopia, and (iv) Kenya in (A) financial year 2022-23 and (B) 1 January 2022 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government will meet its £156 million humanitarian commitment in East Africa in FY22/23. We will publish details of the overall development funding to each of these countries for FY22/23 in due course. In the period January 1 to March 31, 2022, the FCDO spent the following in Official Development Assistance: £6 million in Somalia, £14.8 million in South Sudan, £11.7 million in Ethiopia, and £0.4 million in Kenya.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/01/2023 16:35:38 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563042

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	National Guardian's Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual budget was of the National Guardian's Office in each year since 2015; and how many full time equivalent staff were employed by that office in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The first year of operation for the National Guardian’s Office (NGO) was 2016. The following table shows the annual budgets and staff numbers for the NGO from 2016/17 to 2020/21, the most recent data available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Annual budget</p></td><td><p>Staff numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£993,044</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£992,409</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,670,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£1,666,657</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£1,666,666</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:09:35 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563085

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is providing support to local authorities to help them install electric vehicle charging points in council-owned garages.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Public sector organisations, as well as social housing providers and private landlords, can apply for the EV chargepoint grant. Grants of up to £350 are available for landlords towards the cost of purchasing and installing a chargepoint, with up to 200 grants a year available per applicant. Additional support is available to help install multiple chargepoints, for example in residential car parks, with grants of up to £30,000 available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2023 11:14:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1548797

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the (a) £1 billion in 2022-23 and (b) £1.5 billion in 2023-24 allocated from Treasury reserves to fund asylum processing and refugee hosting costs will be reported as Official Development Assistance as a (i) gross figure, (ii) proportion of the £2.5 billion allocation and (c) proportion of eligible Official Development Assistance costs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	104342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Over the past 12 months the government has acted decisively and compassionately to support the people of Ukraine and Afghanistan to escape oppression and conflict and find refuge in the UK. The government is providing additional resources of £1 billion in 2022-24 and £1.5 billion in 2023-24 to help meet the significant and unanticipated costs which have been incurred. These additional resources are all Official Development Assistance (ODA).</p><p> </p><p>Funding will be provided through the Reserve and has not yet been allocated to departments; final allocations will be made through the Estimates process.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s ODA spending will be reported in the annual Statistics on International Development publication.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/12/2022 10:58:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1548798

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department is spending on accommodation for asylum applicants (a) awaiting an initial decision, (b) awaiting a final decision and (c) who have been refused asylum but are receiving support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	104343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific types of accommodation, the duration of their receipt of support or the number at specific stages of the asylum process. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/12/2022 16:08:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1545459

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
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 the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the cost of asylum processing backlogs to the official development assistance budget; and what recent estimate he has made of the level of other Departmental expenditure allocated to the official development assistance budget in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	95903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The government is delivering the most comprehensive reform in decades to improve the asylum system, through the New Plan for Immigration. These reforms aim to make the system fair but firm, enabling us to offer support to those most in need while returning those without a genuine right to remain in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out its ODA allocations by department at the 2021 spending review.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s ODA spending is reported in the annual Statistics on International Development publication. The final publication for 2021 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-aid-spend-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-aid-spend-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/11/2022 10:22:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1545465

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his written ministerial statement entitled FCDO Update, published on 22 November 2022, HCWS379, how much and what proportion of the additional resources will be allocated to help clear the asylum processing backlog; and how many and what proportion of the asylum applicants that have been waiting for between one and three years will be supported by this funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	95904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Over the past 12 months the government has acted decisively and compassionately to support the people of Ukraine and Afghanistan to escape oppression and conflict and find refuge in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn Statement, the government committed to providing additional resources of £1 billion in 2022-23 and £1.5 billion in 2023-24 to help meet the significant and unanticipated costs which have been incurred.</p><p> </p><p>Funding will be provided through the Reserve and has not yet been allocated to departments; final allocations will be made through the Estimates process.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s ODA spending will be reported in the annual Statistics on International Development publication.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 95905 question first answered 30/11/2022 08:18:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill