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1328051

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date	26/05/2021
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	Females: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	900689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Our Start Up Loans Company has a great track record, supporting female entrepreneurs with over 33,000 loans worth over £270.5 million since the scheme launched in 2012, to the end of April 2021. This represents 40% of the total amount lent. Over £4.5 million of these loans have been made since the start of April 2021. The scheme provides intensive support to new entrepreneurs, including low-cost government-backed loans and free mentoring.</p><p>In March, we announced an award of £50,000 each to the UK's top female innovators, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their innovations, and to help the UK recover from COVID-19 and tackle global challenges.</p><p>The Government has taken active measures, publishing the Investing in Women Code and working with industry through the actions agreed by the Rose Review. In response to the Rose Review recommendations, we set an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The government-backed British Business Bank is part of HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which asks financial services firms to commit to industry actions to prepare their female talent for leadership positions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 900681 question first answered 26/05/2021 16:03:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1328052

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to tackle geographic inequality of opportunity.
tabling member constituency	Hastings and Rye
tabling member printed	Sally-Ann Hart
uin	900683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Tackling geographic inequality and Levelling Up across the whole country is a key ambition of this government.</p><p>To support this, in December the Minister for Women and Equalities announced the Equality Data Programme, to ensure that geographic and socio-economic inequality is taken into account, alongside other factors, when identifying barriers to opportunity.</p><p>Sponsorship of the Social Mobility Commission has now moved across to the Equality Hub and will play a crucial role in tackling regional inequalities.</p><p>Additionally, as part of our commitment to spreading opportunity the Cabinet Office will relocate to Glasgow and York as part of the Places for Growth programme.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/05/2021 15:59:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4842 label Biography information for Sally-Ann Hart

1328053

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Females: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Theo Clarke
uin	900681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Our Start Up Loans Company has a great track record, supporting female entrepreneurs with over 33,000 loans worth over £270.5 million since the scheme launched in 2012, to the end of April 2021. This represents 40% of the total amount lent. Over £4.5 million of these loans have been made since the start of April 2021. The scheme provides intensive support to new entrepreneurs, including low-cost government-backed loans and free mentoring.</p><p>In March, we announced an award of £50,000 each to the UK's top female innovators, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their innovations, and to help the UK recover from COVID-19 and tackle global challenges.</p><p>The Government has taken active measures, publishing the Investing in Women Code and working with industry through the actions agreed by the Rose Review. In response to the Rose Review recommendations, we set an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The government-backed British Business Bank is part of HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which asks financial services firms to commit to industry actions to prepare their female talent for leadership positions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 900689 question first answered 26/05/2021 16:03:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4819 label Biography information for Theo Clarke

1328054

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the timeframe for publication of the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy 2021 to 2024.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	900680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We will publish the new cross-government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy this year. We are currently analysing over 180,000 responses to the first-ever Violence Against Women and Girls Call for Evidence we ran, which will help inform the Strategy.</p><p>This was a significant response and we are working closely with all government departments to ensure the development of the Strategy takes into account those views.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/05/2021 16:10:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1327451

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring Network Rail to install safety tactile edging at all railway station platforms by 2026.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	6489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>I have asked Network Rail to develop a programme to aim to install platform edge tactile strips on every platform in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>I will make a further announcement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/05/2021 16:32:40 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1327539

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Carers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides people who have become carers during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	6471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department has provided significant additional support for carers during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The role that unpaid carers play has perhaps been more important than ever over the last year or so. That is why we have focussed on ensuring carers do not inadvertently stop receiving Carer’s Allowance because of changes to patterns of care. This includes allowing emotional support to count towards the 35 hours of care being provided by the carer as well as relaxing the rules around breaks in care. These changes aim to support carers whose role, in many cases, became harder due to the need to self-isolate or shield the person they care for. These provisions will be in place until the end of August 2021 providing unpaid carers receiving Carer’s Allowance with some extra flexibility in the way they provide care.</p><p> </p><p>As well as Carer’s Allowance, carers have access to the full range of social security benefits. For example, carers on Universal Credit can receive around an additional £1,950 a year through the Carer Element. And due to the temporary Covid-19 uplift, around 300,000 carer households receiving Universal Credit benefitted from an additional £1,040 during the 20/21 financial year. So this Government has chosen to focus extra support on those carers who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>And very importantly the Department worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to help identify unpaid carers who were eligible for a Covid vaccine as part of Priority Group 6. As a result, more than half a million carers receiving benefit received a letter inviting them to book an appointment for a vaccine.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2021 15:19:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1327575

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 12 November 2020 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL14870.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	6518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), MP Account Management Team responded on 25 May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/05/2021 12:26:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1327581

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 15 February 2021, referenced RL18647.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	6522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 25 May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/05/2021 16:24:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1327582

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 29 March 2021, referenced RL19346.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	6523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 25 May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/05/2021 16:22:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1316981

registered interest
date	21/05/2021
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	Music: Streaming
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 representations he has received on changing the law to ensure greater earnings for artists and composers when recorded music is streamed online.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	5160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that it is important that artists are fairly remunerated for their work. We welcome the DCMS Select Committee inquiry looking at the economics of music streaming. This is an important debate for the music sector. Once the Select Committee publishes its recommendations from the inquiry, the Government will review and respond in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have received a number of representations relating to the issue of artist remuneration in music streaming, including an open letter from artists and composers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/05/2021 09:42:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan