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1187019

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Protective Clothing and Ventilators: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on UK participation in the EU scheme for joint procurement of ventilators and protective equipment for medical staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	33588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working with industry, the National Health Service, social care providers and the army to ensure the supply of key medical equipment for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. Royal Mail and Amazon have also pledged to support with logistics. In addition, ministers and the Chief Medical Officer are working closely with counterparts in the devolved administrations to ensure an approach that works for the whole of the UK. We are in active discussions with the European Commission on future shared procurement opportunities and we will decide whether to participate in each on the basis of public health requirements at the time. We are exploring all procurement options for medical equipment and will give the NHS and the social care sector everything they need to tackle this outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/05/2020 16:42:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 16449 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1187057

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will suspend the tax credit income disregard for reductions in earnings for the financial year 2020-21 to ensure that where earnings fall households' tax credit entitlement takes full account of that loss.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	33615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>This Government is doing whatever it can to ensure that individuals, families and businesses are supported during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that Tax Credits were introduced in the early 2000s and no longer fully reflect the world of work for many people. That is one of the reasons why we are introducing Universal Credit. Universal Credit replaces Tax Credits and several other legacy benefits, to provide a single system of means-tested support for working age people. Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly and is based on claimants’ actual earnings in the month, rather than their annual income. As HMRC and DWP are experiencing significant increased demand, the Government has chosen to prioritise the safety and stability of the benefits system overall. That is why we have introduced measures that can be operationalised as quickly and safely as possible in order to provide support to those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Suspending the income disregard in Working Tax Credit (WTC) would not benefit claimants on the lowest incomes who are already in receipt of the maximum support available through WTC.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has taken additional steps to support those affected by Covid-19 and has announced a wide-ranging package of measures to support individuals, families and businesses affected by Covid-19. These measures include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Making Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) available for individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 or those unable to work because they are self-isolating in line with Government guidance. This is in addition to the change announced by the Prime Minister that SSP will be payable from day 1 instead of day 4 for affected individuals.</li><li>Increasing the standard allowance in Universal Credit and the basic element of Working Tax Credit by up to £20 per week</li><li>A further temporary relaxation of earnings rules for self-employed Universal Credit claimants</li><li>Increasing the Local Housing Allowance for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of market rents.</li><li>Introducing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. Businesses can put workers on temporary leave and the Government will pay them cash grants to cover 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, providing they keep the worker employed.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 21/04/2020 06:54:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1187393

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cleaning Services: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of classifying cleaning staff as key workers.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	33763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Our message to the British public is clear: stay at home, in order to protect the NHS and save lives. The position remains, as outlined on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>, that everyone who can work from home should do so.</p><p>Where that is not possible, people should go into work where it is safe and they are not symptomatic, isolating or shielding. Relevant guidance including from Public Health England should be followed.</p><p>In terms of the provision of education for certain workers, it is already the case that cleaners working in, for example, hospitals and social care could be eligible as long as &quot;their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service&quot;. This is set out here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision</a>.</p><p>The Government has placed restrictions on the operations of certain businesses as part of the strategy to ensure people stay at home and away from others. Separate guidance has been published on this and is also available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. Scientific evidence supporting the government’s response is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 34926 question first answered 21/04/2020 08:30:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1186804

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department plans to provide for small charities and social enterprises during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	32729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Last week, the Chancellor announced £330 billion of guarantees for the economy, and charities and social enterprises are an important part of the system. Many charities and social enterprises will be eligible for the new Business Interruption Loan Scheme for loans of up to £5m, with no interest due for the first twelve months. Further, many charities are already eligible for 80% charitable rate relief, they will benefit from the new enhanced retail rate relief at 100%. Charities will also benefit from the new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Further detail of government support is available at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 25/03/2020 15:04:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184909

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to continue to allocate funding to organisations that support vulnerable EU nationals to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme from the end of March 2020 until that scheme closes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>On 6 March 2020, the Home Office announced a further £8 million of funding to help vulnerable EU citizens apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. There have already been more than 3.2 million applications to the EU Settle-ment Scheme and nearly 2.9 million granted status, with over a year left to go.</p><p>Last year, the Home Office awarded £9 million funding to 57 charities across the UK who have helped hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people already. The further £8 million of funding for the 2020-2021 financial year will ensure important information continues to get through to those hardest to reach.</p><p>The 57 charities currently funded by the Home Office will have their funding extended until the end of June 2020, to allow their work to continue during the bidding process for new funding.Successful organisations will be fully supported by the Home Office and will be able to speak to caseworkers directly to discuss individual cases.</p><p>As with all government funding, there will be a competitive bidding process to ensure the right support is provided to all parts of the UK and makes best use of public money.</p><p>The bid process will begin shortly and more details will be announced in due course.The EU Settlement Scheme was launched in March 2019 and gives EU citizens and their family members the status they need to live and work in the UK after 30 June 2021.</p><p>There is a wide range of support available online, over the phone and in person to help them apply.This includes a helpline open 7 days a week where 250 staff based in Liver-pool answer questions and help people apply. There are 1,500 Home Office staff working on the scheme in total.</p><p>Home visits and telephone support are available from a tutor for those lacking in digital skills or without internet access.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/03/2020 16:15:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184910

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to publish data on numbers of people that convert from pre-settled status to settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The latest published figures show that the total number of applications received up to 31 January 2020 was more than 3.1 million, with over 2.7 million granted status (58% granted settled status and 41% granted pre-settled status). <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-january-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics-january-2020</a></p><p>Figures reported in the statistical publications account for applications to the system, including individuals making applications on more than one occasion. For example, an individual who has been granted pre-settled status can make a new application at a later stage to apply for settled status. As these are separate applications with separate outcomes, they are counted as separate applications and outcomes in the statistics.</p><p>This is consistent with how applications are reported across wider Home Office statistics.</p><p>Our initial analysis of applications suggest that repeat applications currently represent less than two per cent of all applications. This is a small percentage of the over 3 million applications we have received. To continue to meet user needs, the Home Office is exploring options for identifying and reporting follow-on applications (i.e. those moving from pre-settled to settled status) as part of our regular statistical publications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/03/2020 16:16:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184911

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into deprivation of citizenship are currently being undertaken by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>We do not comment on referrals or ongoing investigations but do publish information in respect of cases where a deprivation order has been served.</p><p>Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the transparency report on disruptive and investigatory powers. Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since February 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 29278 29279 question first answered 19/03/2020 16:01:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184912

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals her Department’s team investigating deprivation of citizenship received in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>We do not comment on referrals or ongoing investigations but do publish information in respect of cases where a deprivation order has been served.</p><p>Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the transparency report on disruptive and investigatory powers. Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since February 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 29277 29279 question first answered 19/03/2020 16:01:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184913

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for an investigation into the deprivation of citizenship in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>We do not comment on referrals or ongoing investigations but do publish information in respect of cases where a deprivation order has been served.</p><p>Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the transparency report on disruptive and investigatory powers. Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since February 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 29277 29278 question first answered 19/03/2020 16:01:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1184914

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue accrued to the public purse from visit visa applications which went on to be refused, in each of the last four quarters; and how much of that revenue was profit.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	29280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested. Visa income is not differentiated between the various categories in which they are received and so our financial systems will not allow us to provide this level of detail.</p><p>Visa and immigration income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See page 137 of the Home Office 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of visa and immigration income.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2020 16:21:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds