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1459273

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date	21/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support is available to individuals who are supporting refugees entering the UK via the Ukraine Family Visa scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>There is no specific financial support available to those who choose to sponsor family members to join them in the UK. This includes those sponsoring under the Ukraine Family Scheme.</p><p>However, Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme are given access to work, benefits and public services as laid down in Appendix Ukraine to the Immigration Rules, details of which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-ukraine-scheme?msclkid=6ffc5ee6b57e11eca218cf61d0cbedaf" target="_blank">Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine Scheme - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2022 14:54:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1459091

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Business, Energy and Industry Strategy Committee Select Committee hearing on 15 March 2022, for what reason HMRC was unable to provide banks with access to revenue data for companies applying for covid-related finance products.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Jim Harra, Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary of HMRC wrote to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee concerning HMRC’s data-sharing with banks on 24 March 2022: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fpublications%2F9452%2Fdocuments%2F161409%2Fdefault%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C4c1507e90d6942a4e47008da2793e4d6%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637865813387644744%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Fdz%2Fq726qs3gAs7cWtlUR0W23SrX2Rg0Am8jsahWBNQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/9452/documents/161409/default/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has always stood ready to assist the banks to prevent and tackle fraud in the Covid-19 loan schemes. At no time has HMRC declined to share data for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/04/2022 15:36:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1452508

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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	Universal Credit: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's rationale is for the decision to uprate universal credit by September 2021's three per cent Consumer Price Index (CPI) benchmark when CPI is expected to exceed six per cent at the point that policy is implemented.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	142500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions. CPI in the year to September (published by the Office for National Statistics in October) is the latest figure the Secretary of State can use to allow sufficient time for the required legislative and operational changes to be made before new rates can be introduced at the start of the new financial year.</p><p>All benefit up-rating since April 1987 has been based on the increase in the relevant price inflation index in the 12 months to the previous September, as happens now. Using the same benchmark every year ensures consistency over time, allowing uprating to balance out over a number of years.</p><p>For up-rating 2022/23 the Secretary of State announced the outcome of her annual review to Parliament on 25 November 2021 and from April 2022 benefits and pensions will increase by 3.1%.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/03/2022 17:28:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1452509

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Index Linking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the ROSSI index was discontinued in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	142501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 March is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/03/2022 17:47:57 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ142501 (1).pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1452510

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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	Universal Credit: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating universal credit in line with the ONS HCI benchmarks for low-income households when it is published in May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	142502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to use Office for National Statistics Household Cost Indices to up-rate Universal Credit. The Household Cost Indices to be published by Office for National Statistics in May are experimental statistics and still in development.</p><p>The Secretary of State undertakes an annual review of benefits and pensions, and the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the year to September this approach has been in place since 1987 is the latest figure that the Secretary of State can use to allow sufficient time for the required legislative and operational changes before new rates can be introduced at the start of the new financial year.</p><p>CPI has been the default inflation measure for the government’s statutory annual review of benefits since 2011.</p><p>CPI has a basket of goods and services that is relevant to pensioners and benefit recipients, is the target level of inflation used by the Bank of England and is an internationally recognised measure.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/03/2022 17:49:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1452513

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of child poverty in Bristol North West in the context of the decision to uprate universal credit by 3.1 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	142503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest statistics on the number and proportion of children who are in low income families by local area, covering the six years, 2014/15 to 2019/20, can be found in the annual publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-in-low-income-families-local-area-statistics-2014-to-2020" target="_blank">Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty and supporting all low-income families, and believes work is the best route out of poverty. In 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works.</p><p> </p><p>We are giving the lowest earners a pay rise by increasing the National Living Wage by 6.6% to £9.50 from April 2022, and making permanent changes to Universal Credit, worth £1000 a year on average, to two million in-work claimants.</p><p> </p><p>To support low income families further, we have increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers to £4.25, helping eligible low income households buy basic foods like milk, fruit and vitamins. We are also investing over £200m a year from 2022, to continue our Holiday Activities and Food programme which is already providing enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all English Local Authorities. The Chancellor has extended the Household Support Fund to £1 billion to help vulnerable families.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/03/2022 17:36:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1441499

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment recipients had their entitlement withdrawn as a result of being stranded in another country during periods of lockdown in the UK in 2020 and 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	140534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Claimants who were abroad and could not return to Great Britain due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic were advised that they could continue to be paid for as long as those restrictions remained in place. Once travel restrictions were lifted, claimants were expected to return to Great Britain if they wished to continue to receive payments.</p><p> </p><p>A digital scan was run to identify claimants who had notified the Department they would be abroad on or after 2<sup>nd</sup> November 2019, identifying 409 claimants. The claims identified were extended to ensure they did not fall out of payment. Regular tracking of cases was undertaken to check if and when customers had returned to the country. Claims were ended when claimants stated they did not intend to return, and in three cases payment was stopped as no acceptable reason was provided for failure to return.</p><p> </p><p>These numbers exclude claimants who failed to inform us that they had left the country because there was no information on the system to track, however guidance stated that once claimants did inform us, payment could be made as long as travel restrictions remained in place.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers also exclude individual cases where claimants chose to travel after travel restrictions were lifted, and cases where the daily living component of PIP can remain in payment in the European Economic Area or Switzerland where a relevant EU Regulation applies and they can demonstrate a genuine link to the United Kingdom social security system.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 140536 question first answered 21/03/2022 15:54:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58592 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1441500

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
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 officials in the Business British Bank sponsoring team within his Department have a professional background in banking regulation; and how that number has changed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	140535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s sponsorship team for the British Business Bank is split across the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and UK Government Investments (UKGI). Currently four colleagues on the team have private sector professional experience in the financial services sector (2021: four, 2020: two). The BBB is not (and has never been) a regulated bank, given its wholesale model, i.e. ordinarily delivering through delivery partners, with no direct relationship with SME borrowers. Neither BEIS nor UKGI perform the function of a regulator with respect to BBB.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/03/2022 17:00:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1441501

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance was provided by her Department to personal independence payment recipients who were at risk of losing their entitlement but unable to return to the UK during the periods of national lockdown in 2020 and 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	140536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Claimants who were abroad and could not return to Great Britain due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 epidemic were advised that they could continue to be paid for as long as those restrictions remained in place. Once travel restrictions were lifted, claimants were expected to return to Great Britain if they wished to continue to receive payments.</p><p> </p><p>A digital scan was run to identify claimants who had notified the Department they would be abroad on or after 2<sup>nd</sup> November 2019, identifying 409 claimants. The claims identified were extended to ensure they did not fall out of payment. Regular tracking of cases was undertaken to check if and when customers had returned to the country. Claims were ended when claimants stated they did not intend to return, and in three cases payment was stopped as no acceptable reason was provided for failure to return.</p><p> </p><p>These numbers exclude claimants who failed to inform us that they had left the country because there was no information on the system to track, however guidance stated that once claimants did inform us, payment could be made as long as travel restrictions remained in place.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers also exclude individual cases where claimants chose to travel after travel restrictions were lifted, and cases where the daily living component of PIP can remain in payment in the European Economic Area or Switzerland where a relevant EU Regulation applies and they can demonstrate a genuine link to the United Kingdom social security system.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 140534 question first answered 21/03/2022 15:54:26 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 58594 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1441087

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its analysis of potential offshore wind development scenarios which could be in place by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	139471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>This study is led by the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland, with consultancy support from Arup. It is part of the <a href="https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/what-we-do/on-the-seabed/offshore-wind-evidence-and-change-programme/offshore-wind-evidence-and-change-programe-themes-and-projects/finding-space-for-offshore-wind/" target="_blank">Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme</a>, and is due to be completed in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/03/2022 15:06:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones