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1309563

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	LGBT Advisory Panel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will provide details on the plans and date for the establishment of a replacement Government LGBT advisory panel.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	181362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The LGBT Advisory Panel was created under the previous administration and the term of all panel members ended on 31 March. The Minister for Women &amp; Equalities has written to panel members to thank them for their contributions. I will shortly set out further details on our plans for the International LGBT Conference and banning conversion therapy, including how we will engage those with relevant expertise.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 180999 question first answered 20/04/2021 16:33:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306496

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of granting asylum seekers who are victims of modern slavery a minimum of one year of leave to remain in the UK to support their long term recovery.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	175960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s policy for confirmed victims of modern slavery is to consider granting discretionary leave to remain on a case-by-case basis, based on the individual’s circumstances. The published policy can be found on gov.uk <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/941844/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v4.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">Discretionary leave for victims of modern slavery casework guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> and gives a number of examples in which a grant of discretionary leave is appropriate.</p><p>Confirmed victims of modern slavery who are also asylum seekers are eligible for a grant of leave under the same policy, but this usually only needs to be considered if the asylum claim is refused.</p><p>As part of the New Plan for Immigration announced on 24 March 2021, we are consulting on a proposal that confirmed victims with long-term recovery needs linked to their modern slavery exploitation can be considered for a grant of temporary leave to remain to assist their recovery. This builds on our end-to-end needs-based approach to supporting victims. We also make clear that temporary leave to remain may be available to victims who are helping the police with prosecutions and bringing their exploiters to justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/04/2021 15:45:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306506

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Project Gigabit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the continuation of the top-up to the gigabit broadband voucher scheme in Wales for 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	175961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Building Digital UK has regular discussions with all Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme Top-Up partners, including the Welsh Government, and during the development of the UK Gigabit Voucher these discussions have included options for topping up the new voucher.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 13/04/2021 13:52:51 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306520

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by the Government on digital advertising to promote its work in Wales in each month between March 2020 and March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	175962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government Communication Service is a cross-government function with teams embedded in departments. Departments are responsible for their own advertising spend across all communication channels.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office publishes expenditure on government communication spend, including our national campaigns, on a rolling monthly basis on gov.uk as part of routine government transparency arrangements at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-spend-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely across the United Kingdom to ensure that government communication activity reaches the intended audiences effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 13/04/2021 14:22:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306551

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Broadband: Dwyfor Meirionnydd
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department made of the affordability of quoted excess costs for consumers who have requested a universal service connection in Dwyfor Merionnydd since January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	175963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department is aware that some BT quotations for connection under the Universal Service Obligation (USO) are significantly above the Reasonable Cost Threshold of £3,400 per premise. In September 2020, I wrote to Ofcom’s Chief Executive, Dame Melanie Dawes to outline my concerns with some of the quotes and how BT was aggregating demand from USO eligible premises.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In October 2020, Ofcom opened an investigation into BT’s compliance with its obligations as a Universal Service Provider. In January 2021, Ofcom issued a statement, stating that they had completed their initial information gathering, would be gathering additional evidence and expected to provide an update by the end of March.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Alongside the USO, the government is investing £5 billion to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to the hardest to reach 20% of premises in the UK. The government recognises that the UK has some very remote places - around 0.3% of the country or less than 100,000 premises - that may be too expensive to build a gigabit-capable broadband network to, even with substantial public subsidy. These premises are also likely to be significantly above the USO’s Reasonable Cost Threshold. On 19 March, the government launched a call for evidence to explore the barriers to improving the broadband of these premises and how innovative new technologies could help.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 13/04/2021 09:43:59 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306618

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on advertising in each month since January 2020; which campaigns were funded by that expenditure; and which media (a) outlets and (b) platforms were used for those campaigns.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	175964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Departmental advertising spend since January 2020 is shown below:</p><ul><li><strong>Date:</strong> November 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> EU Transition, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Business News Wales print publication, <strong>Cost:</strong> £6,000;</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> November 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> EU Transition, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Reach PLC x 3, <strong>Cost:</strong> £73,840.33 (£30,000 + £30,000 + £13,840.33);</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> December 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> EU Transition, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Twitter, <strong>Cost:</strong> £241.94;</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> December 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> Covid-19 Business Support, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Twitter, <strong>Cost:</strong> £201.26;</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> December 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> EU Transition, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Reach PLC, <strong>Cost:</strong> £5,937.25;</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> December 2020, <strong>Campaign:</strong> Covid-19 business support, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Facebook, <strong>Cost:</strong> £500;</li><li><strong>Date:</strong> January 2021, <strong>Campaign:</strong> EU Transition, <strong>Platform/Outlet:</strong> Reach PLC, <strong>Cost:</strong> £9,602.70.</li></ul><p>The above figures relate to direct Wales Office spend only and do not include spending in Wales on advertising by other UK Government departments.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 13/04/2021 16:10:30 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1306650

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of (a) jobs and (b) apprenticeships supported by High Speed Two are located in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	176139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2021 answer text <p>Whilst HS2 presents a significant opportunity for businesses of all sizes across the UK, HS2 Ltd does not track the proportion of HS2 jobs and apprenticeships that are located in Wales. As HS2 Ltd’s supply chain will consist of up to 400,000 contract opportunities, a smaller number of critical contracts are monitored and so far, there are 27 suppliers based in Wales delivering work on critical contracts. It is likely there will be many more jobs and apprenticeships created in factories and businesses in Wales from the HS2 project within the supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/04/2021 08:03:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1304124

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eligible (a) adults, (b) children in Wales have applied unsuccessfully for UK citizenship as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of the citizenship fee since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	171678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on citizenship applications and grants at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2020#citizenship" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2020#citizenship</a></p><p>An incomplete payment is just one of a number of reasons which could lead to an application being rejected and included under the ‘<em>rejected applications’</em> heading in Table 4.</p><p>The Home Office does not have accessible management information on applications rejected in Wales specifically, as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of citizenship fees. Fees are set according to section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014 and are set within parameters agreed by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2021 17:14:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1304138

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of effect of the removal of all non-administrative costs from the child citizenship fee on her ability to discharge her duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	171679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all fees under review.</p><p>The Home Office has acknowledged the judgment given in the recent court case on child registration fees, where the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision the Home Office had not demonstrated compliance with its duties under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 in setting the child registration fee</p><p>A Section 55 assessment of the child registration fee is currently being carried out.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2021 17:21:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1302475

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 the timeframe is for the UK to begin receiving the 50 million doses of variant vaccines secured as part of the partnership with CureVac.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	168991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>We expect deliveries of the vaccines from CureVac later this year, if required. This will be subject to successful clinical trials and regulatory approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/03/2021 17:38:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts