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1438834

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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	National Cyber Security Centre: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK personnel have worked at the National Cyber Security Centre in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	136513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>We do not provide exact figures on the number of personnel working at NCSC for reasons of national security.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 14/03/2022 17:06:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1438873

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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	Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of how many and what proportion of local authorities (a) charge and (b) have stopped charging for green bin collections.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	136639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>There are currently 221 waste collection authorities (67% of all local authorities) in England that charge to collect garden waste from households. The percentage of waste collection authorities that charge to collect garden waste has remained roughly the same over the past three years. We do not hold data on whether any specific waste collection authorities have stopped charging for garden waste collections in recent years.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/03/2022 15:02:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1438874

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Reporting Year 2021, Children's social work workforce, published 24 February 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of child social care in response to the 4,995 social workers who left their roles in 2021; and what steps his Department is taking to (a) retain current social workers and (b) help ensure that the 6,522 vacant positions are filled.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	136640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) child and family social workers employed by local authorities in England is increasing every year. On 30 September 2021, there were 32,500 FTE child and family social workers employed by local authorities in England. This is an increase of 2% compared to 2020, and an increase of 14.1% compared to 2017. It is important to note that the 4,995 social workers who left their roles in 2021 includes all social workers who have moved between local authorities but are still working in children’s social care.</p><p> </p><p>While the government recognises this may not be the picture some local authorities are seeing on the ground, we are working closely with local authorities and using central programmes and funding to respond to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting the recruitment and retention of social workers through investment in fast-track initial social worker training programmes, and in professional development programmes to improve leadership. The department is also seeing some innovative practices from local authorities that are driving down agency rates and stabilising their workforces.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan aims to stabilise and strengthen children’s social care as we transition out of the pandemic, to deliver well for children and young people and provide a strong foundation for longer-term reform, informed by the independent review of children’s social care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/03/2022 16:56:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1438905

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the sponsored humanitarian visa route for Ukrainian refugees will be fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	136612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State's oral statement to Parliament of 14 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 136615 137279 137280 question first answered 14/03/2022 17:53:10 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1438908

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish further details of proposals for a humanitarian business sponsorship route for Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	136615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State's oral statement to Parliament of 14 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 136612 137279 137280 question first answered 14/03/2022 17:53:10 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1438971

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: North West Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of companies in North West Norfolk that are exporting to other countries.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	136687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly as National Statistics called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics and quarterly as the Regional Trade in Goods Statistics (RTS). Both are available via their dedicated website: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uktradeinfo.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb39b3dd5f2ca498327d808da0824e0ae%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637831251713712653%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=IWzekFszBB23bMmfoX7Bgfmi8PkhasMdPX3vTFPlvzM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also publishes an annual disaggregation of the RTS by smaller geographical areas. An estimate of exporter business counts for North and West Norfolk (as determined by the UK’s International Territorial Level ITL3) for trade in 2020, which is the latest available year, can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fregional-trade-in-goods-statistics-disaggregated-by-smaller-geographical-areas-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb39b3dd5f2ca498327d808da0824e0ae%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637831251713712653%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=8t7VXfZ8bphwrWZMfcrtfXIPH%2Bo7fmo0wi1qO25XauQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-trade-in-goods-statistics-disaggregated-by-smaller-geographical-areas-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Notes’ section at the beginning of this statistical publication should be read in full to understand the methodology, scope, and limitations of any statistics used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/03/2022 15:50:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1438986

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 200,000 additional people targeted to complete high-quality skills training as set out in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper are planned to be on (a) on STEM courses, (b) apprenticeships and (c) young people up to the age of 25.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The mission of 200,000 additional people completing high-quality skills training will focus on increasing the number of adults (those aged 19 and over) completing high-quality skills training, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses and apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>The department knows that successfully completing these courses improves people’s earnings and life chances and helps them get good jobs.</p><p> </p><p>The department already has a range of high-quality training offers available to adults across every region of the country, including Skills Bootcamps, the free courses for jobs offer, as well as access to free courses in English, mathematics, and basic digital skills. Reforms to the skills and further education system are improving quality and driving up access further.</p><p> </p><p>Meeting the mission will depend on the national government, mayoral combined authorities, local authorities, employers and skills providers working together.</p><p> </p><p>The missions are rolling decade-long endeavours and will be reviewed periodically by the UK government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 136550 question first answered 14/03/2022 11:01:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1439202

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
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	Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the understandable diversion of resources and attention towards managing the ongoing crisis in Ukraine does not detract from the UK’s efforts to support the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	137403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Our commitment to Afghanistan is enduring and work on priority areas, including responding to the humanitarian crisis remains one of our highest priorities. Of the £286 million committed in this financial year, £265 million has now been disbursed to partners to deliver lifesaving services to more than 6 million people, and all funds will have been transferred by 31 March 2022. We have been at the forefront of efforts to repurpose existing funds to support the Afghan people. In January, we successfully worked with the Asian Development Bank to make $405 million available. On 1 March the World Bank Board agreed to make over $1 billion in the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund available for health, education, livelihoods and food security. The UK has agreed to co-host the Afghanistan Pledging Conference with the UN, to take place at the end of March, to help raise $4.4 billion for 2022. This is the largest humanitarian appeal on record, reflecting the magnitude of the humanitarian challenge ahead.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 14/03/2022 17:24:06 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1438550

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
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 levels of compensation are assessed under the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	135504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme (CIPCS) provides compensation to former mineworkers or their estates.</p><p> </p><p>There are three categories of compensation:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Lump Sum Payments:</strong> Tariffs are determined by the age at the date of onset of the disease and the year of certification. In instances in which there is no Industrial Injuries Disablement (IIDB) and a Death Certificate is relied on, the tariff is based on a 10% disability. Each year the relevant tariffs are increased in line with RPI, with those new figures being applicable from 3 May in respect of certifications within that year (e.g. for a former mineworker certified in October 2012 the correct table would run from 3 May 2012. Whereas for a former mineworker certified in October 2021, the correct table would run from 3 May 2021).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Progression Payments:</strong> These are paid to those who have an increase in disability of more than 20% which is evidenced by an IIDB re-assessment.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Loss of Earning Allowance Payments:</strong> These relatively uncommon payments are made to former mineworkers until they turn, or would have turned, 62. In living claims, payment is subject to being in receipt of one of a number of specific benefits and verification that the qualifying disease caused an inability to work for 28 successive weeks or more.</li></ul> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/03/2022 17:22:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1438562

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
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	Housing Benefit: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many exempt accommodation premises there are in (a) Stockton, (b) Darlington, (c) Middlesbrough, (d) Redcar and (e) Hartlepool.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	135703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Providing the requested information would incur disproportionate costs to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/03/2022 12:40:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers