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1507827

registered interest
date	23/09/2022
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	Women and Equalities: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the change in ministerial title from Minister for Women and Equalities to Minister for Equalities on (a) the scope of his ministerial brief, (b) his ministerial objectives and (c) future Government policy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	55113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Equalities’ role represents all aspects of the women and equalities portfolio in Cabinet. This portfolio has not changed. The Cabinet role will be supported by the Minister for Women and the equalities Lords Minister.</p><p>The regular Women and Equalities Questions session in the Commons also retains that name, to reflect its scope including women’s issues. Details of Ministerial priorities will be shared in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/10/2022 09:32:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1507698

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on opening the third referral pathway in the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	54551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The third referral Pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was opened on 20 June 2022, when eligible at-risk Chevening alumni and British Council and Gardaworld contractors were invited to submit Expressions of Interest (EOIs). The FCDO received over 11,400 EOIs and are reviewing them to assess if the eligibility criteria have been met. We have started notifying individuals of the outcome.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 11/10/2022 13:37:35 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1507775

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Queen's Award for Voluntary Service: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list the organisations that have received the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in the boroughs of (a) Fylde, (b) Blackpool and (c) Wyre in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	54499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>Three volunteer groups based in Fylde, Blackpool or Wyre have received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service over the last five years. These are:</p><p>2020 Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours (Blackpool)</p><p>2022 Friends of Stanley Park and Salisbury Woodland (Blackpool)</p><p>2022 Healthier Fleetwood (Wyre)</p><p>The award is made annually to outstanding local volunteer-led groups across the whole UK. Lancashire has been well represented over this period, with a total of 34 awards over the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/10/2022 14:20:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1507448

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armenia: Azerbaijan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the dates of his meetings with his Turkish counterpart on tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	53275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>I meet regularly with my Turkish counterpart Minister Akar. Our last face to face meeting was in Ankara on 23 June 2022. I regularly discuss a range of topics with my counterpart.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/10/2022 13:35:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1507449

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armenia: Azerbaijan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the dates of his meetings with his Azerbaijani counterpart on tensions between that country and Armenia since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	53276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>I have not met with my Azerbaijani counterpart in 2022. The Armed Forces Minister (James Heappey) met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Defence Minister Hasanov during a visit to Baku on 30 March 2022. During those engagements the UK maintained its support for the territorial integrity and independence of Azerbaijan whilst underlining the importance of UN and OSCE principles governing relations between member states. Minister Heappey subsequently met with the Azerbaijani Ambassador on 14 June.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/10/2022 13:36:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1507466

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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	Welfare State: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the devolution of welfare powers to Wales to permit the Welsh Government to provide additional support for households amid the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	53462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Wales Act 2017 sets a reserved powers model, making clear that social security, pensions and child maintenance remain reserved to UK Parliament. This position is unchanged since devolution began. The UK Government does not intend to devolve reserved social security powers to the Welsh Government. It has, however, used them to make provision for the £650 Cost of Living Payment (paid in 2 lump sums of £326 and £324) for around 8 million low-income households on means-tested benefits; the one-off disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 currently being paid to 6 million eligible people; and the extra one-off £300 Winter Fuel Payment this year to be paid to over 8 million pensioner households across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has taken further decisive action to support people with their energy bills through the new “Energy Price Guarantee”, which will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years from 1 October. This will save the average household in Great Britain at least £1,000 a year based on current energy prices from October. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost of living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the cost of living payments. It also includes an additional £500 million from October to help households across the UK with the cost of essentials. In England, £421 million is being provided to extend the Household Support Fund, a discretionary scheme run by Upper Tier Local Authorities, from October 2022 – March 2023. The Welsh Government has been allocated its share of this funding through the Barnett Formula.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/09/2022 15:11:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1506564

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	District Heating: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether heat network consumers not able to access the existing Default Tariff Price Cap will have access to the discretionary fund to be established to provide financial support for those not eligible for the Energy Bill Support Scheme or the new Energy Price Guarantee announced on 8 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	51882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those on heat networks – and so outside of the support schemes – will receive support equivalent to both the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government is working at speed to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 14:34:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1506645

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Alcoholic Drinks: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to help tackle alcohol harm in LGBTQ+ communities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Through the Government’s 10-year drug strategy ‘From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives’, we are investing £532 million over three years to support local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England. The strategy also committed to developing a national drug and alcohol commissioning quality standard, which was published in August. This standard will require authorities to commission services to meet the diverse needs of local populations, including for those with protected characteristics.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for allocating the investment in drug and alcohol services and do so based upon an assessment of the local population’s health needs. Local authorities must also do so according to the new commissioning quality standard. Local authorities will also receive increased support for workforce development to ensure greater staffing capacity and competence to provide these services.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/09/2022 10:33:39 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506697

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners affected by the Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation exercise had their pensions (a) reduced and (b) increased; and what was the (a) highest loss, (b) lowest loss and (c) average loss of pension for those pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	51969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text This question is being answered assuming the Hon. Member for Angus is referring to the Scheme Reconciliation Service that ended in 2021 and that the pension information requested relates to occupational pensions. HMRC are unable to provide the data requested. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 16:01:25 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1506746

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether (a) food packaging producers, (b) food manufacturers and (c) food and drink retailers have passed on the costs of the plastic packaging tax to consumers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	51593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced on 1 April 2022 to tackle the pressing global issue of plastic waste. The tax applies to importers and manufacturers of plastic packaging and provides an economic incentive to use more recycled plastic in packaging.</p><p> </p><p>If businesses that are liable for the tax choose to pass the cost down to consumers, the Government expects the impact of the tax on consumer prices to be small as plastic packaging typically makes up a very small amount of the total cost of goods.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the impact of the tax have been published in a Tax Information and Impact Note: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fintroduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-from-april-2022%2Fintroduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlice.Buchanan%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C577e51baee314804666c08da9bedc54c%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637993742754827022%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=T1axEuZLXIgoKgvvRKG8P1avbdm9wXFzDhwPWhMh%2FI0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-from-april-2022/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax-2021(opens in a new tab)</a></p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 28/09/2022 15:20:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas