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1566062

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Medical Treatments Abroad: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS482, made on 9 January, what criteria the Government will use to remove countries from the list of approved overseas countries and territories provided for under Section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government concluded a review of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) following a consultation in 2018. It remains the Government’s view that the balance struck in the legislation is correct in that there are proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex.</p><p>The policy of the UK Government since the passage of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004 has been to enable people with legal gender recognition from overseas countries whose systems are considered to be at least as rigorous to benefit from the simpler track for a UK Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The list was last updated in 2011 and a commitment was made to keeping it under review. There are now a number of countries and territories on the list who have made changes to their processes and would not now be considered to have at least as rigorous systems. An update is therefore required. Since the announcement in 2020, the Government prioritised making changes to the GRC process to make it modern and affordable. Applicants for a GRC are now only required to pay £5, making the process more affordable, and the newly developed digital application process for GRCs launched on 29 June last year.</p><p>It should not be possible for a person who would not satisfy the criteria to obtain UK legal gender recognition to use the overseas recognition route to obtain a UK Gender Recognition Certificate. This would damage the integrity and credibility of the process of the GRA. The Government is committed to ensuring that this outcome of the GRA consultation is followed through and upheld, and the overseas list will be updated via Statutory Instrument more regularly in future.</p><p>We are undertaking a thorough investigation to verify our understanding of each overseas system in question, and comparing overseas systems with the UK’s requirements. We are finalising details of overseas countries and territories to be removed from the list via an affirmative Statutory Instrument. This follows similar processes to the 2011 update.</p><p>People who have received UK GRCs already on the basis of legal gender recognition from a country on the list will not be affected - the change will not have retrospective effect. More widely, anyone can apply for a UK GRC through the UK standard route, irrespective of whether they already have legal gender recognition from overseas.</p><p>As is standard practice, we are conducting an equality impact assessment alongside the development of the Statutory Instrument to inform decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 121132 121133 121155 question first answered 18/01/2023 09:59:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1566063

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Medical Treatments Abroad: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS482, made on 9 January, whether the criteria the Government will use to remove countries from the list of approved overseas countries and territories provided for under Section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will mirror those used in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government concluded a review of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) following a consultation in 2018. It remains the Government’s view that the balance struck in the legislation is correct in that there are proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex.</p><p>The policy of the UK Government since the passage of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004 has been to enable people with legal gender recognition from overseas countries whose systems are considered to be at least as rigorous to benefit from the simpler track for a UK Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The list was last updated in 2011 and a commitment was made to keeping it under review. There are now a number of countries and territories on the list who have made changes to their processes and would not now be considered to have at least as rigorous systems. An update is therefore required. Since the announcement in 2020, the Government prioritised making changes to the GRC process to make it modern and affordable. Applicants for a GRC are now only required to pay £5, making the process more affordable, and the newly developed digital application process for GRCs launched on 29 June last year.</p><p>It should not be possible for a person who would not satisfy the criteria to obtain UK legal gender recognition to use the overseas recognition route to obtain a UK Gender Recognition Certificate. This would damage the integrity and credibility of the process of the GRA. The Government is committed to ensuring that this outcome of the GRA consultation is followed through and upheld, and the overseas list will be updated via Statutory Instrument more regularly in future.</p><p>We are undertaking a thorough investigation to verify our understanding of each overseas system in question, and comparing overseas systems with the UK’s requirements. We are finalising details of overseas countries and territories to be removed from the list via an affirmative Statutory Instrument. This follows similar processes to the 2011 update.</p><p>People who have received UK GRCs already on the basis of legal gender recognition from a country on the list will not be affected - the change will not have retrospective effect. More widely, anyone can apply for a UK GRC through the UK standard route, irrespective of whether they already have legal gender recognition from overseas.</p><p>As is standard practice, we are conducting an equality impact assessment alongside the development of the Statutory Instrument to inform decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 121131 121133 121155 question first answered 18/01/2023 09:59:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1566064

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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 Recognition: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS482, made on 9 January, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing countries from the approved overseas countries and territories provided for under Section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on transgender people living in the UK with Gender Recognition Certificates from countries and territories where de-medicalised processes of gender recognition exist.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government concluded a review of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) following a consultation in 2018. It remains the Government’s view that the balance struck in the legislation is correct in that there are proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex.</p><p>The policy of the UK Government since the passage of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004 has been to enable people with legal gender recognition from overseas countries whose systems are considered to be at least as rigorous to benefit from the simpler track for a UK Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The list was last updated in 2011 and a commitment was made to keeping it under review. There are now a number of countries and territories on the list who have made changes to their processes and would not now be considered to have at least as rigorous systems. An update is therefore required. Since the announcement in 2020, the Government prioritised making changes to the GRC process to make it modern and affordable. Applicants for a GRC are now only required to pay £5, making the process more affordable, and the newly developed digital application process for GRCs launched on 29 June last year.</p><p>It should not be possible for a person who would not satisfy the criteria to obtain UK legal gender recognition to use the overseas recognition route to obtain a UK Gender Recognition Certificate. This would damage the integrity and credibility of the process of the GRA. The Government is committed to ensuring that this outcome of the GRA consultation is followed through and upheld, and the overseas list will be updated via Statutory Instrument more regularly in future.</p><p>We are undertaking a thorough investigation to verify our understanding of each overseas system in question, and comparing overseas systems with the UK’s requirements. We are finalising details of overseas countries and territories to be removed from the list via an affirmative Statutory Instrument. This follows similar processes to the 2011 update.</p><p>People who have received UK GRCs already on the basis of legal gender recognition from a country on the list will not be affected - the change will not have retrospective effect. More widely, anyone can apply for a UK GRC through the UK standard route, irrespective of whether they already have legal gender recognition from overseas.</p><p>As is standard practice, we are conducting an equality impact assessment alongside the development of the Statutory Instrument to inform decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 121131 121132 121155 question first answered 18/01/2023 09:59:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1566122

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Medical Treatments Abroad: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the reasons are for the time taken to update the approved overseas countries and territories listed under Section 1(1)b of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government concluded a review of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) following a consultation in 2018. It remains the Government’s view that the balance struck in the legislation is correct in that there are proper checks and balances in the system and also support for people who want to change their legal sex.</p><p>The policy of the UK Government since the passage of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004 has been to enable people with legal gender recognition from overseas countries whose systems are considered to be at least as rigorous to benefit from the simpler track for a UK Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). The list was last updated in 2011 and a commitment was made to keeping it under review. There are now a number of countries and territories on the list who have made changes to their processes and would not now be considered to have at least as rigorous systems. An update is therefore required. Since the announcement in 2020, the Government prioritised making changes to the GRC process to make it modern and affordable. Applicants for a GRC are now only required to pay £5, making the process more affordable, and the newly developed digital application process for GRCs launched on 29 June last year.</p><p>It should not be possible for a person who would not satisfy the criteria to obtain UK legal gender recognition to use the overseas recognition route to obtain a UK Gender Recognition Certificate. This would damage the integrity and credibility of the process of the GRA. The Government is committed to ensuring that this outcome of the GRA consultation is followed through and upheld, and the overseas list will be updated via Statutory Instrument more regularly in future.</p><p>We are undertaking a thorough investigation to verify our understanding of each overseas system in question, and comparing overseas systems with the UK’s requirements. We are finalising details of overseas countries and territories to be removed from the list via an affirmative Statutory Instrument. This follows similar processes to the 2011 update.</p><p>People who have received UK GRCs already on the basis of legal gender recognition from a country on the list will not be affected - the change will not have retrospective effect. More widely, anyone can apply for a UK GRC through the UK standard route, irrespective of whether they already have legal gender recognition from overseas.</p><p>As is standard practice, we are conducting an equality impact assessment alongside the development of the Statutory Instrument to inform decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 121131 121132 121133 question first answered 18/01/2023 09:59:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1565504

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
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	Football: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans that the report of the in-depth review into the future of domestic women’s football will be delivered..
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	120141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Review of Women’s Football will support the continued growth and development in women’s and girl’s football, to ensure the women’s game has a strong and sustainable future.</p><p>The independent review’s report is expected in 2023, and the government will respond afterwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/01/2023 16:48:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1551626

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Cost of Living: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing additional protections for survivors of domestic abuse during the cost-of-living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is providing £26bn in cost-of-living support for 2023/24. This includes Cost of Living Payments for the most vulnerable. In addition, the Home office Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan invests over £230 million, including over £140 million to support victims.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require extra support, the Government is providing an additional £1 billion of funding, including Barnett impact, to enable the extension of the Household Support Fund in England in the next financial year. This is on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing total funding to £2.5 billion. In England this will be delivered through an extension to the Household Support Fund backed by £842 million, running from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, which local authorities use to help households with the cost of essentials. It will be for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their additional Barnett funding.</p><p> </p><p>DWP recognises the pressures and challenges that this group face, which is why we have made Discretionary Housing Payments available to allow LAs to provide financial help with rental costs. These are aimed at a number of groups likely to be affected by welfare reforms, including individuals or families fleeing domestic violence and abuse. Discretionary Housing Payments may also be given to victims that have remained in their home, which has been adapted under a sanctuary scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentres remain a safe place to share concerns and obtain advice and support for those impacted by domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>- <strong>Shared Accommodation Rate</strong></p><p>From 1 October 2022, up to 11,000 victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit will be able to claim extra help towards their rental costs, as they will no longer be expected to share accommodation. These groups will be able to claim the higher one-bedroom rate of Local Housing Allowance. This is worth approximately £140 on average per month but the amount will vary depending on the area in which they live.</p><p> </p><p>- <strong>Benefit cap levels increase</strong></p><p>In April 2023, the government will also increase the benefit cap levels in line with inflation by 10.1%. The benefit cap levels will rise from £23,000 to £25,323 for families in Greater London and from £20,000 to £22,020 for families nationally. The levels for single households without children will rise from £15,410 to £16,967 in Greater London and from £13,400 to £14,753 nationally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/12/2022 14:52:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1551627

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting people impacted by domestic abuse from (a) the benefit cap and (b) repaying benefit advances.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>There are no current plans to introduce new exemptions into the benefit cap policy.</p><p> </p><p>Households receiving disability benefits and/or entitled to carer benefits are exempt together with households that earn at least £658 a month. Households may also be exempt for a period of nine months where the claimant, their partner or ex-partner has a sustained work history.</p><p> </p><p>DWP recognises the pressures and challenges that this group face, which is why we have made Discretionary Housing Payments available to allow LAs to provide financial help with rental costs. In order to facilitate that, DWP has made it clear to LAs that we consider this group to be among those for whom DHPs should be a priority.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit advances are a claimant’s entitlement paid early, repaid through future payments being automatically reduced. Making Universal Credit advances non-repayable for victims of domestic abuse would mean this cohort of claimants receiving greater entitlement than others, raising equality concerns from other groups of claimants. The Government has taken steps to support all new Universal Credit claimants receiving a new claim advance. In April 2021, the repayment period for new claim advances was doubled to give more flexibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/12/2022 15:10:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1551628

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an emergency fund for those impacted by domestic abuse to provide them with the resources required to flee the perpetrators of that abuse in the context of the increases in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. A key part of this is making sure victims and survivors get the support they need.</p><p>The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, which we published in March, invests over £230 million, including over £140 million specifically for supporting victims and survivors. The commitments in the Plan include doubling funding for the National Domestic Abuse Helpline.</p><p>The Plan also committed to establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’, which charities could use to provide extra money to victims and survivors in light of the increased cost of living.</p><p>More widely, the Government is providing direct Cost of Living Payments to more than 8 million UK households on means tested benefits. These payments will be tax-free, will not count towards the benefit cap, and will not have any impact on existing benefit awards. The Government also is protecting the most vulnerable in society, many of whom face the biggest challenge making their incomes stretch, by increasing benefits in line with inflation. This means that they will rise by September Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation – 10.1%.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 21/12/2022 17:19:26 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1551659

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Academic Technology Approval Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 62964 on Academic Technology Approval Scheme: Oxford East, by when his Department plans to help tackle the delay in processing applications to the Academic Technology Approval Scheme within published timescales.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK takes seriously its responsibility towards countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional military technology. The Academic Technology Approval Scheme is a thorough, necessary and proportionate tool to protect UK research from misappropriation and divergence to military programmes of concern. The majority of applications are processed within published timescales. A small percentage of complex cases remain outside target processing times and our teams are working to clear them as soon as possible. The ATAS IT system is being updated before the summer surge next year, which will improve processing rates.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/12/2022 15:52:11 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1551194

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to monitor the national availability of HRT.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	109778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products available in the United Kingdom and while most remain in good supply, factors including an increase in demand has led to supply issues with a limited number of products. We regularly engage with suppliers, the National Health Service and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to maintain overall supply, including expediting resupply dates of disrupted HRT products.</p><p>We have issued Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) on HRT products to ensure an even distribution and allow alternative products to be dispensed as necessary. Since April 2022, 17 SSPs for HRT products have been issued and seven remain in place as the supply of several products affected by short term supply issues has been resolved. We regularly communicate with the NHS on shortages and discontinuations, including HRT products currently affected by supply issues and via the Specialist Pharmacy Service Medicine Supply tool.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2022 17:06:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds