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1491319

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date	21/07/2022
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	Food Supply
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 assessment he has made for the implications of his policy on food security of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report entitled Labour shortages in the food and farming sector, published 29 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	42187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Enabling an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain which invests in its people and the skills they need is a priority for this Government</p><p> </p><p>The Government thanks the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for its report into labour shortages in the food and farming sector. We are aware that there are both short and long-term workforce challenges across the food and farming sector, particularly with respect to seasonal labour. It is with great concern that we have seen evidence of horticulture businesses reducing their plantings, ploughing in crops or considering offshoring production because of concerns over labour availability, all of which have food security implications.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continues to work closely with industry and other government departments to understand labour supply and demand and its implications, including both permanent and seasonal workforce requirements, and to ensure there is a long-term strategy for the food and farming workforce. We extended the Seasonal Worker visa route until 2024 and expanded the number of visas available through this route to 40,000 (now including 2000 visas for poultry workers to meet pre-Christmas demand) as a result of the clear evidence of need this year. Last autumn we delivered emergency, temporary visa schemes for the poultry, pork, and HGV food transportation sectors in response to specific challenges, and introduced an accompanying package of non-immigration measures to alleviate pressures in the pig sector, including Private Storage Aid and Slaughter Incentive Payment Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Government Food Strategy, the Government will soon be commissioning an independent review to tackle labour shortages in the food supply chain, covering automation, domestic labour and migration. The review will consider the challenges facing food and farming businesses to access the labour they require and will provide recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/09/2022 13:24:13 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1491320

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people in (a) senior leadership and (b) governor positions in the prison system from ethnic minority backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	42158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2022, based on self-declared information, the proportion of ethnic minority staff in senior leadership positions and substantive Governing Governors working in public sector prisons was 6.5% and 5.6% respectively.</p><p>We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:24:26 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1491321

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of expected trends in the level of the prison population in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	42159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The November 2021 prison population projections published by the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1035682/Prison_Population_Projections_2021_to_2026.pdf" target="_blank">Office for National Statistics</a> show that the overall prison population in England and Wales is projected to increase to 98,500 by March 2026.</p><p> </p><p>This is largely due to the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers, which is expected to increase charge volumes, as well as the impact of courts working through the backlog of cases and implementing tougher sentencing measures to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £3.8 billion over the next three years to deliver 20,000 additional, modern prison places across England and Wales by the mid-2020s to meet this projected increase.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:25:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1491322

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new Enhanced Support Service on tackling the most challenging behaviour in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	42160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We are investing to make our prisons safer for both prisoners and staff through a preventative approach, including introducing specialist support and developing bespoke interventions. Over the next three years we will make available an Enhanced Support Service (ESS) to 18 prisons, where we find the most violent behaviour. ESS provides a multi-disciplinary team of a prison officer, mental health nurse and psychologist, to work with individuals, and address their risk of harm to self and others, intervening in the most acute situations.</p><p>There has been a positive evaluation about the impact of ESS in one prison and key learning from the evaluation showed a reduction in aggressive behaviours. We will continue to evaluate the impact of ESS on violence and self-harm.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:27:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1491323

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she or her officials have had discussions with their counterparts in the Spanish Government on reported attempts to assassinate Julian Assange.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	42209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office have not had any such discussions with the Spanish Government.</p> answering member constituency Stevenage answering member printed Stephen McPartland question first answered 05/09/2022 12:26:41 answering member 4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491324

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on Mr Dandena.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	42053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Immigration Minister replied on 29 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/09/2022 09:39:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1491325

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Companies: Location
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 has taken in response to the closure of the Corporate re-domiciliation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government published a summary of responses to the consultation on 12 April 2022 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fcorporate-re-domiciliation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlex.Williams%40beis.gov.uk%7C8acb73c33067417ad47608da716f34c7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637947019741377206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=o34j7NUVHRCx323dNBJlxTYOsMZXjEfGSYg6%2BZYKg2Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-re-domiciliation</a>).</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the response, it is the Government’s intention to introduce a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime, consulting further as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:40:25 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491326

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the coroners' court system.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	42095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Coroner services are funded and administered by local authorities. However, the Government recognises the pressures experienced by local authorities as a result of the pandemic and has provided £6.15 billion in un-ringfenced funding to local authorities in England and additional funding to the Devolved Administrations under the Barnett formula, to help them manage the costs of those additional pressures, which could include coroner services.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner has issued guidance to coroners on developing recovery plans and engaging with local authorities on the resources required to deal with the outstanding backlog of cases caused by the Covid 19 pandemic: <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GUIDANCE-No-39-Covid-recovery-20-05-2021-002.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GUIDANCE-No-39-Covid-recovery-20-05-2021-002.pdf</a>. He is also undertaking a tour of all coroner areas to engage with them on their post-pandemic recovery plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, which received Royal Assent on 28 April, includes a number of measures to streamline coroners’ court processes, support the coronial system with post-pandemic recovery plans and minimise distress to bereaved families.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 05/09/2022 07:18:34 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1491327

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate which states that councils can choose whether to offer £150 credit to an eligible household’s council tax account as a payment option, whether a local authority can use that £150 payment to reduce the arrears of a council taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Taxpayers can choose to accept the rebate as a credit on their Council Tax account in order to reduce Council Tax arrears. However, rebate payments should only be made as council tax credits in circumstances where the tax payer has elected to receive a credit rather than a BACS or voucher payment or where an application has not been made or a voucher has not been cashed after a reasonable period of time has elapsed.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 08:59:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491328

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households had received the £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate payment on (a) 1 April, (b) 1 May, (c) 1 June and (d) 1 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Monthly data on the delivery of the scheme are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcouncil-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlison.Collins%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C6b62858759904102a6a708da8777486a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637971243627937820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RObAViaVnwjt%2BoEf3VsHx21Sbjs0I0ezoBxDBv0rhdA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 08:59:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts