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1536183

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Cost of Living: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the cost of living crisis on survivors of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	901849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government and ensuring all victims and survivors of this heinous crime get the support they need.</p><p>It’s concerning increases in the cost of living may exacerbate risk factors which Women’s Aid have highlighted, and the Home Office is looking to act on.</p><p>The Government’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan commits £230m to <ins class="ministerial">tackling domestic abuse</ins> <del class="ministerial">this issue</del>, including a focus of over £140m to work to <ins class="ministerial">support victims, and will establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’, which charities could use to provide extra money to victims and survivors.</ins> <del class="ministerial">establish a ‘flexible fund’ which can be directed to helping those most in need</del>.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 26/10/2022 16:30:59 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2022 11:08:22 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines previous answer version 27885 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1525013

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	Midwives: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the (a) retention rate of midwives and (b) the number of vacancies for midwives at Barts Health NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	68508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.</p><p>In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in <ins class="ministerial">West Ham</ins><del class="ministerial">York Central</del>. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 28474 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 29289 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 11:32:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2022 16:28:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1525060

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries of Healthy Start paper vouchers have not yet re-enrolled via the new online registration system.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	68541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority estimate that as of 18 October 2022, there were <ins class="ministerial">42,954</ins><del class="ministerial">2,954</del> households previously were in receipt of paper vouchers which have not successfully applied to the NHS Healthy Start prepaid card scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien previous answer version 27992 answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson answering member 4592 30821 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 16:04:17 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2022 20:45:58 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1524794

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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	Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether clause 1 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will apply to the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	67897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) Order 2006 (as amended) S.I. 2702/2006 <del class="ministerial">was not made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and therefore it does not fall</del> <ins class="ministerial">falls</ins> within the scope of Clause 1 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 31/10/2022 15:09:12 question first ministerially corrected 07/11/2022 17:20:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer previous answer version 28936 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1524046

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) sought and (b) received advice from immunologists on the effectiveness of Evusheld.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	67224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s decision not to procure Evusheld at this time was based on independent clinical advice by the multi-agency RAPID C-19 <del class="ministerial">and a United Kingdom national expert policy working group. RAPID C-19</del> <ins class="ministerial">. </ins><ins class="ministerial">DHSC also </ins>sought advice from <del class="ministerial">the</del> <ins class="ministerial">a United Kingdom national </ins>expert <ins class="ministerial">policy </ins>working group, which includes a range of expertise including immunology, virology and relevant specialisms such as oncology. The membership of these groups also included experts in interpreting and analysing complex data, including clinicians and pharmacists, evidence assessors, and researchers.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 26776 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick 29371 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 12:26:19 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2023 14:40:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1524076

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign nationals removed from the UK under zero notice removal procedures were still waiting for a decision on an outstanding asylum claim at the time of their removal, in each month since January 2022; and how many and what proportion of those foreign nationals did not have access to legal advice at the time of their removal.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	67045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Thank you for your question. We are currently working to provide a comprehensive response and I will provide an answer as soon as it is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No migrants have been removed from the UK directly from the facility at Manston without the required notification period as set out in published guidance, and no one has been removed whilst they had a pending asylum claim.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 16:54:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2022 10:46:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 26761 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524077

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy to provide legal advice to people who arrive in the UK in small boats and are transferred to the former Ministry of Defence site in Manston, Kent for initial processing in their own language.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	67046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Thank you for your question. We are currently working to provide a comprehensive response and I will provide an answer as soon as it is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No migrants have been removed from the UK directly from the facility at Manston without the required notification period as set out in published guidance, and no one has been removed whilst they had a pending asylum claim.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 16:53:11 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2022 10:47:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 26750 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524380

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61147, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of Personal Protective Equipment specific to the threat of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	67272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>All Ministry of Defence (MOD) PPE, for whatever purpose, is stored and managed by the MOD’s delivery partner Team Leidos. It is considered a commodity with a shelf-life and as such is managed and maintained within the Logistic Commodities and <ins class="ministerial">Services Transformation (LCST)</ins><del class="ministerial">Logistics (Transformation)</del> programme, as such there are no civil servants directly responsible for its receipt, storage and issue. There are however civil servants working in the Commissioning and Managing Organisation (CMO) within the DE&amp;S that oversee the entirety of the contractual Key Performance Indicators for LCST.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 24/10/2022 16:38:19 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:09:59 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton previous answer version 26662 answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1523393

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were convicted for not paying their TV license under the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 since 1992.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	65608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>Parliament approved the BBC assuming the role of the TV Licensing Authority in 1991, and under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is authorised to collect and enforce the Licence Fee by law on the government's behalf.</p><p>The TV licence fee was administered under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 until the passage of the 2003 Act.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2021 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following tables:</p><p>2017-2021: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx<br /></a>2016: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063880/outcomes-by-offence-2020-revised.xlsx<br /></a>2005-2015: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524326/cjs-outcomes-by-offence.xlsx</a></p><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter.</p><p>The number of people convicted for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 and 2004 can be found in the attached tables. Table 1 sets out the number of convictions for television licence evasion in this period under the Communications Act 2003. Table 2 sets out convictions for offences against the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, 1949 to 1967 in the same period. While television licence evasion was an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the figures in Table 2 may include other offences under the specified Acts.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/10/2022 16:37:09 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:09:44 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez attachment 1 file name PQ 65608 table final.pdf title Table outlining information sources previous answer version 26685 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1523565

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Housing: Sales
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 residential property sales were registered at HM Land Registry across (a) all properties and (b) new-build properties in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were to (i) UK companies, (ii) overseas companies, (iii) UK-based individuals and (iv) individuals based overseas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	65632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads</a> contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Residential</p></td><td><p>Residential classified as new build</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>337,540</p></td><td><p>3,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>964,359</p></td><td><p>54,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>729,743</p></td><td><p>85,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>839,999</p></td><td><p>112,303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:22:53 question first ministerially corrected 27/10/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell attachment 1 file name Question 65632 - HMLR statistics - residential and new build residential 2019 - 2022 .xlsx title HMLR stats - res/new build res 2019-22 previous answer version 27864 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne