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1627257

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many LGBTQI+ people are in immigration detention in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The management of and support for detained individuals that identify as LGBTQI+ is set out in published guidance. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-detainees" target="_blank">Detention Services Order 2/2016 ‘Lesbian, gay and bisexual detainees in the detention estate’</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/caring-for-and-managing-transsexual-detainees" target="_blank">Detention Services Order 11/2012 ‘Care and Management of Transsexual Detainees</a>’. Each set out how individuals with these particular protected characteristics should be safeguarded and treated in detention.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold central data on the number of LGBTQI+ residents in immigration detention. It is not incumbent upon a detained individual to declare their sexuality. Consequently, even a manual trawl of cases will not necessarily be representative of the true number of LGBTQI individuals detained during any period.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does however publish statistics on people in immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release(opens in a new tab)</a>’. The number of people in detention at the end of each quarter are in table Det_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention" target="_blank">Detention detailed datasets(opens in a new tab)</a>’, where the data can be broken down by current place of detention. The latest data relate to as at the end of December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data as at the end of March 2023 is scheduled to be published in late May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/05/2023 14:22:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1626136

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	State Retirement Pensions: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that UK State Pension recipients who are overseas residents receive annual index-linked increases.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/05/2023 10:45:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1610541

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 March 2023 by the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, Official Report, column 510, when he plans to meet the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden and senior clinicians.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	180674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>I am due to meet with the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden and senior clinicians in the very near future.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/04/2023 16:35:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1605156

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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	Hospices: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising (a) costs, (b) energy costs and (c) staffing costs on hospices.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	167991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Palliative and end of life care, including hospice care, is commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) in response to the needs of their local population. Any assessment would therefore be made at a local level.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England has released £1.5 billion additional funding to ICBs to provide support for inflation, with ICBs deciding how best to distribute this funding within their systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 167992 question first answered 23/03/2023 11:32:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1605161

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
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	Hospices: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the increases in the cost of living on charitable income for hospices.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	167992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Palliative and end of life care, including hospice care, is commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) in response to the needs of their local population. Any assessment would therefore be made at a local level.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England has released £1.5 billion additional funding to ICBs to provide support for inflation, with ICBs deciding how best to distribute this funding within their systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 167991 question first answered 23/03/2023 11:32:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1603746

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Travel: Trading Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that trading standards are being upheld (a) in the travel industry and (b) with regard to travel agents who sell flights to customers.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	163698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>There is a robust legal framework in place to protect consumers and uphold trading standards. The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 provide additional bespoke protections for package holiday bookings. Traders, including travel agents, must comply with consumer protection law, which is enforced by Local Authority trading standards teams and the Competition and Markets Authority</p><p>The Department engages regularly with Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority to discuss consumer and trading issues. The framework is kept under review to ensure it continues to provide effective consumer protection.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/03/2023 14:33:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1603768

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iran: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to tackle threats towards UK-based journalists working for the Iran International new channel.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	163699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK will not tolerate Iranian threats against the lives of individuals in the UK. His Majesty's Government has identified at least 15 such threats since January 2022, including against Iran International employees based in London, and is working to tackle this domestic threat. Iran has established a pattern of this type of behaviour which is deplorable, yet sadly typical of the regime and its lack of respect for basic rights.</p><p>On 20 February, the Security Minister gave a statement in the House of Commons on steps being taken to address the activities of the Iranian regime and its operatives in the UK. The Foreign Secretary also summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK on 20 Feb to formally protest against the threats posed by the Iranian regime to the lives of UK-based Iran International employees.</p><p>The UK Government, law enforcement and our international partners continue to work together to respond to ensure Iran International's UK operations will resume. Targeting of UK-based journalists is an attack on freedom of speech. Media freedom is a vital part of our society and journalists must be able to investigate and report independently without fear. The UK stands in solidarity with those people under threat from Iran, both at home and around the world.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/03/2023 12:39:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1599297

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS has sent trucks of Personal Protective Equipment to the Mitcham Waste Transfer Station for shredding.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	153674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department has used the waste transfer facility at Mitcham in the last four months for several functions, including shredding, recycling and generating energy from waste.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/04/2023 09:50:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 59231 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1586544

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of temporary importation of vehicles into the UK, if he will make it his policy for Ukrainian refugees to be treated in the same way as other temporary overseas residents, such as overseas students, in respect of exemption from permanent vehicle import and registration processes.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	146764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>In recognition of the challenges their country faces in the fight against Russian aggression, it is my intention, wherever possible, to treat Ukrainian refugees as favourably as possible, rather than in the same way as other temporary residents.</p><p>Foreign registered vehicles brought temporarily into the UK by non-UK residents must generally be registered with the DVLA and issued with UK number plates to enable enforcement and ensure compliance with relevant legislation.</p><p>In November this Department and associated agencies (DVLA, DVSA and VCA) acknowledged the unique nature of Ukrainians arrival in the UK and made provision to allow some temporary modifications to be made to vehicles, within existing legislation, in certain circumstances where an IVA is required, for example by allowing the use of beam deflector stickers. This decision was made to balance Ukrainians’ unique circumstances, whilst importantly ensuring road safety for all other drivers and road users. Dedicated Department for Transport (DfT) personnel have also been assigned to support Ukrainians who wish to register their vehicle, and the DfT has published detailed guidance to clearly outline the process. The dedicated resource can be accessed by contacting DVLA, DVSA or VCA as appropriate depending on the nature of the enquiry and as outlined in the guidance.</p><p>My Department continues to explore options for how it can support the Ukrainian community in the UK, and officials are also working across Whitehall to identify action that can be taken in relation to temporary admission and vehicle registration.</p><p>With regards to Driving licenses, my Department is exploring options to enable those Ukrainians that fled here to be able to continue to use their Ukrainian driving licences for longer, and minimise the administrative burden they face and will keep this House and the Ukrainian community in the UK updated on this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 146767 146768 146771 question first answered 27/02/2023 10:04:25 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1586545

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of temporary importation of vehicles into the UK by Ukrainian refugees, if he will make it his policy that vehicle safety compliance is conducted through the MOT inspection process for all vehicles being imported on a temporary basis.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	146765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Legislation requires imported vehicles submitted for licensing and registration (which are less than 10 years old) to undergo an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection, as well as an MOT. The IVA for personal imports is already a lighter touch than that for commercial imports, and I have instructed DVSA to provide easements to minimise the burden for Ukrainian refugees whilst maintaining safety.</p><p>Legislation requires a speedometer on a vehicle registered in UK to be capable of reading in miles per hour (mph). Many vehicles can show speed which can be changed by the user (or their garage) between mph and kph. Other vehicles can be modified by the addition of a simple mph scale.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 146769 question first answered 27/02/2023 10:26:16 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh