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1315562

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date	18/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the joint briefing from Shelter and Women's Aid entitled The Benefit Cap and Domestic Abuse, published May 2021, whether she has made an assessment of the reasons why (a) Black and minoritised women, (b) women with no recourse to public funds, (c) deaf and disabled women, (d) women with mental health and substance use needs are the most likely to be turned away from a refuge space; and what steps the Government is taking to support women in those groups.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	3111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that victims of domestic abuse with additional and / or multiple complex support needs can face challenges in accessing safe accommodation, including refuge.</p><p>We have extensively engaged with the sector on these issues and that is why under a new duty in the Domestic Abuse Act, local authorities will be required to assess the need for and provide appropriate support for all victims within safe accommodation.</p><p>The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdomestic-abuse-bill-2020-overarching-documents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C395a534b523a48de8b7008d91f7c3ae5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637575440684391275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7Hxj6k8pRleP9MK8fAW%2FJq7jgNOdIZ8RtWCO7qvrGhg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">draft Statutory Guidance</a> underpinning the duty makes clear that local authorities must consider the specific needs of victims with additional or multiple complex needs - such as those from Black and minoritised communities, disabled victims or victims with mental health and substance misuse needs - when conducting their needs assessments and strategies. It also makes clear the importance of specialist services that provide vital, tailored support to victims with specific needs.</p><p>The Government has also provided £1.5 million for a new Support for Migrant Victims Scheme which will provide vital support and accommodation to migrant victims and their children and, help the Government to gain an accurate picture of support needed to shape future programmes across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 25/05/2021 14:49:32 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1315568

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to encourage the full-time return to work for staff of her Department as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department has successfully enabled the majority of colleagues to work from home over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>As Covid restrictions began to be lifted in April, many of the Work Coaches in Jobcentres have returned to the office so that they can continue to support jobseekers, including offering face-to-face appointments, all in accordance with government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is developing plans for more colleagues to return to offices, and move to the next stage of easing of restrictions, currently planned for 21 June in England. This will be managed in a planned and phased way in line with government guidance. As part of this the Department will also work towards adopting further flexibilities, aligned to smarter working, which includes more opportunities to work in a hybrid way.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/05/2021 15:09:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1315571

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect consumers that purchase pre-paid funeral plans.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	2961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer that I gave on 20 May to the Hon Member for South Holland and The Deepings to PQs UIN: 2183, 2184 and 2185.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/05/2021 13:25:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1315650

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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 Business Interruption Loan Scheme
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of scrutiny of the recovery practices of coronavirus business loan lenders.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	3013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Covid-19 loan scheme lenders are expected to pursue appropriate recovery processes in line with existing industry standards. Lenders undergo periodic audits to check that scheme eligibility rules and processes are being followed.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), lenders, the British Business Bank and Government have agreed a set of principles relating to collections and recoveries, in order to facilitate fair and consistent treatment of BBLS borrowers.</p><p> </p><p>For the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS), lenders retain some of the risk and so are expected to utilise their usual industry practices.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/05/2021 13:53:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1315651

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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 Business Interruption Loan Scheme
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 arrangements are in place in the event that a claim is made against a Government guarantee for a coronavirus business loan that has been used to repay existing loans.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	3014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The arrangements in place for a claim made against a Government Guarantee for a Coronavirus Business Loan are the same whatever the purpose of the loan.</p><p> </p><p>Borrowers remain liable for the outstanding debt. Lenders are required to pursue borrowers for repayment of all outstanding debt, in accordance with their normal processes for the recovery of a loan. Provided the facility was eligible when it was offered, claims on the guarantee can be made within a reasonable time period following the lender making a Formal Demand to the borrower.</p><p> </p><p>Once a claim has been made, the lender is still obliged to seek further potential recoveries if the process has not been completed. Lenders should apply their normal commercial judgement to decide when it is appropriate to cease recovery activity. If a recovery is made after the settlement of the Guarantee Claim, lenders should refund the British Business Bank in respect of the Guarantee Claim they received.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/05/2021 13:50:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1315662

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Broadband: Southport
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 steps his Department is taking to increase broadband speeds in Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	3136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is working with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/telecoms-diversification-taskforce-findings-and-report/telecoms-diversification-taskforce-findings-and-report" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach delivering the Diversification strategy, including its central pillar of attracting new suppliers. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Suppliers are themselves taking positive steps to support this agenda and a number of smaller suppliers have already announced new research facilities in the UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government is committed to delivering lightning-fast, reliable broadband to everyone in the UK. ‘Project Gigabit’ is ambitious, challenging and central to how we build back better. Our plan - to stimulate investment, bust barriers and drive competition - is working. We are on track for one of the fastest rollouts in Europe and for 60% of all households to have access to gigabit speeds by the end of the year. It is a huge leap forward from 2019, when it was 9%.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are backing Project Gigabit with £5 billion so hard to reach communities are not left out - starting to level up now, not waiting for the end of the commercial rollout, and building on the half a million rural homes and businesses already given coverage through our support.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of Project Gigabit we are funding up to £210 million worth of vouchers over the next three years to help with the costs of installing gigabit to people’s doorsteps and up to £110 million to connect up to 7,000 rural public buildings such as GP surgeries, libraries and schools. All premises not covered through these measures or through commercial coverage will be in scope for new Project Gigabit contracts.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to Thinkbroadband (<a href="http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000958" target="_blank">http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/E14000958</a>) 99.61% of premises in Southport currently has access to superfast broadband - up from 23% in 2011. On top of this, 19% also have access to Gigabit speeds. So far, 9 gigabit connection vouchers have been issued in the Southport area with a value of £19,600. Eligibility of other premises for vouchers can be checked at <a href="https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/ </a></ins></p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 26/05/2021 10:02:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/05/2021 14:48:37 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman previous answer version 2742 answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315663

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Restart Grant Scheme: Southport
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 and what proportion of coronavirus restart grants applied for by businesses in Southport were approved by Sefton Borough Council before 17 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	3137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The £5 billion Restart Grants scheme announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in the non-essential retail sector are able to apply for grants of up to £6,000.  Businesses in the hospitality, leisure, personal care and gym sectors are able to apply for grants of up to £18,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to share a breakdown of the funding distributed by Sefton Borough Council at this stage. We will publish data on Restart Grant payments in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All data on Government allocations and Local Authority payments of grant schemes is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAmanda.Thomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Ca88eb77e374d426e981508d8e3d0d87d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637509833413244741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sk15Kc2995xcLr95vyyXzW%2B0dszcRw%2FJCayewktgj9U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/05/2021 16:51:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315668

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local authorities in priority category 3 without capacity funding apply for the Levelling Up Fund.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	3141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres and high streets, upgrading local transport, and investing in cultural and heritage assets.</p><p>The Fund will be allocated competitively. Funding will be delivered through local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, and through local delivery partners and public sector bodies in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The index places areas into category 1,2 or 3 based on the local area’s need for economic recovery and growth, improved transport connectivity, and regeneration.</p><p>These bandings will form part of our criteria for assessing bids. The bandings do not represent eligibility criteria, nor the amount or number of bids a place can submit.</p><p>Following the launch of the Fund, Ministers and officials held webinar events open to all local authorities to provide details on the design of the new Fund, including how to apply.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/05/2021 16:45:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315685

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Dementia: Drugs
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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of prescription of anti-psychotic medication in the care of people with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	3173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement continue to monitor the monthly data published by NHS Digital on the prescribing of anti-psychotic medication for people diagnosed with dementia. They have regular conversations with regional clinical network leads and local services to understand the patterns in prescribing and potential reasons for these trends.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/05/2021 17:06:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1315716

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Tourism: Disability
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 steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage private businesses in the tourism sector to be more accessible to disabled people and (b) work with the Welsh Government to supply businesses with free access to accessibility guides.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	3209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>My Department, alongside VisitBritain and VisitEngland, have taken a number of steps to improve accessibility within the tourism sector.</p><p>For example, VisitBritain and VisitEngland launched the Channel 4 Mission: Accessible series last year, which highlighted the perspective of visitors with access needs enjoying the tourism landscape and included an episode filmed in Wales.</p><p>VisitEngland has a dedicated web portal providing tailored business advice to tourism businesses, including guidance on how to welcome guests with different access needs.</p><p>The Tourism Sector Deal, published in June 2019, set out an ambition to make the UK the most accessible destination in Europe by 2025. The Tourism Recovery Plan will set out how we will support the tourism sector to build back better from the pandemic, including by making it more accessible.</p><p>More generally, the Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people, and will publish the National Strategy for Disabled People this year. The strategy will take into account the impacts of the pandemic on disabled people and will focus on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects and phases of life.</p><p>As tourism is devolved, the Welsh Government is responsible for any targeted initiatives to support the sector in Wales - though we will continue to engage with the Devolved Administrations to discuss issues relevant to the tourism sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 3211 question first answered 24/05/2021 13:26:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie