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1655762

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date	01/09/2023
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help (a) repair and (b) reopen the Forum Leisure Centre swimming pool located within his Department's property in Quarry Hill, Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions are in the process of arranging a comprehensive scheme of repairs to the plant room servicing the Quarry House Leisure Centre Pool.</p><p> </p><p>A quote for the works has been received and validated. With lead time for materials &amp; subsequent programme of works, it is anticipated the pool will re-open in December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/09/2023 11:23:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655763

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on whether making a credit card application using someone else's details is a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Existing legislation can already be used to prosecute those committing fraud using a stolen identity.</p><p>The Fraud Act 2006 covers the selling and using of stolen personal information to commit fraud. The Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Identity Documents Act 2010 and the Data Protection Act 2018 cover the protection of personal data.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 06/09/2023 11:52:16 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655764

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security checks financial institutions are required to make for credit card applications in order to prevent identity fraud.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for regulating the consumer credit market. FCA rules dictate that firms (including those offering credit cards) must have adequate policies and procedures in place to counter the risk that they might be used in financial crime, such as identity fraud. Furthermore, firms must ensure that the systems and controls monitoring these are subject to regular assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Firms are also required by law to verify someone’s identity when they establish a business relationship with them. This includes when opening a credit account such as a credit card. Firms are required to take a proportionate approach commensurate with their assessment of the risk. Each firm will have their own policies on identification, customer due diligence and on the circumstances in which additional security checks should be undertaken. Firms are assisted in making such policies through industry produced guidance. The government has also published a Good Practice Guide for firms on how to prove and verify someone’s identity, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual/how-to-prove-and-verify-someones-identity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual/how-to-prove-and-verify-someones-identity</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 07/09/2023 12:51:42 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655765

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help leaseholders who cannot sell their homes due to managing agents not providing deeds of certificate for cladding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The lack of a landlord's certificate, should not, in most cases, be a barrier to the sale of a property over 11 metres. If a landlord does not provide a valid landlord's certificate within 4 weeks of a leaseholder requesting a certificate (if necessary, via the managing agent), they will be unable legally to pass costs for remediation onto qualifying leaseholders. <br> <br> A leaseholder can evidence they qualify to receive the protections from remediation costs in the Building Safety Act by completing a leaseholder deed of certificate. This certificate should be sufficient evidence for a lender to consider a mortgage application for a building with building safety issues; major mortgage lenders (covering 70% of the UK mortgage market) have committed to this in a joint statement.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 06/09/2023 16:41:41 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655766

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Pension Credit: Take-up
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 he has made of the (a) impact and (b) cost effectiveness of steps being taken by local authorities to increase levels of take up of Pension Credit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>We are identifying a trial with local authorities of ‘Invitation to Claim’ letters sent to housing benefit recipients who do not claim Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We will analyse the results of this later this year. We do not undertake assessments of general Local Authority activity.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 06/09/2023 10:26:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655767

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Alaa Abdel Fattah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help secure the release of Egyptian-British dual national Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly discusses human rights issues in Egypt with our international partners, including Mr El-Fattah's case, both privately and in forums such as the UN Human Rights Council. Ministers and officials continue to raise Mr El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian government and have been consistently clear in our calls for his release, whilst continuing to press the need for urgent consular access.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary has raised Mr El-Fattah's case on several occasions with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry, most recently on 2 March. The Minister of State for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, has raised the case several times with the Egyptian Ambassador, most recently on 10 July and also raised it with Foreign Minister Shoukry during his visit to Cairo on 4 April.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/09/2023 16:04:15 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655768

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects UK Visas and Immigration to complete its reconsideration of the cases referred to by the Rt hon. Member for East Ham in the letter of 28 March, reference ST103787.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>An agreement to reconsider the application was provided by the Decision Making Centre (DMC) on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2023. The reconsideration of these applications took place on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2023. The applicants were contacted by the DMC on the 24<sup>th</sup> July 2023 about the resubmission of their passports to the Visa Application Centre and on 26<sup>th</sup> July 2023 the applicants submitted their passports for the completion of the visa process. The standard time scale for reconsiderations is three months and this reconsideration was completed within that three month timescale.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:42:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655769

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Libya: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 much from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund has been allocated to the Libya bilateral programme for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Derby South
tabling member printed	Margaret Beckett
uin	195641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Libya Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Programme was allocated £6.6 million in financial year 2022-2023, of which £6 million was Official Development Assistance (ODA) and £0.6 million Non-ODA.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/09/2023 12:06:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	328 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Beckett

1655770

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Almshouses: Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues to local planning authorities on support for almshouses that are not Regulated Social Landlords under the terms of section 106 affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	195628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The department does not issue guidance to local planning authorities specifically on this matter. It is up to local planning authorities to determine what contributions should be sought through Section 106 agreements, in line with statutory tests on their use set out in regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010. The department has published guidance on planning obligations to support local authorities with their use. <br> <br> As part of the National Planning Policy Framework consultation between 22 December 2022 and 2 March 2023, we sought views on how we can help bring forward more community-led housing, including almshouses. We expect to publish a response to the consultation this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/09/2023 14:49:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1655771

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Public Health: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting health impact assessments of the public health impacts of new free trade agreements; and if he will make an impact assessment of the potential impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on public health.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	195626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care does not carry out specific health impact assessments for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Section 42 of the Agriculture Act 2020 commits the Government to produce a report which examines new FTAs in the context of their impact on domestic statutory protections in the United Kingdom, including the impact on human health. This report must be laid in Parliament as part of the scrutiny process. This process will apply to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The “Section 42 report”, as it is known, is led by the Department for Business and Trade, and is drafted in consultation with other Government departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2023 13:43:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell