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1685010

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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	Overseas Trade: Saudi Arabia
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 increase trade with Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	901156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently negotiating an ambitious UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost trade with the region by cutting tariffs and removing red tape. The ongoing FTA negotiations with the GCC show our commitment to move towards a strengthened and more formalised trade relationship with Saudi Arabia.</p><p> </p><p>Bilaterally, the UK and Saudi Arabia engage together as part of the Strategic Partnership Council to underpin bilateral relations, bolster mutually beneficial trade and investment, and develop partnerships between UK and Saudi giga-projects. I also recently travelled to Saudi Arabia to represent the UK at the Future Minerals Forum, one of the world’s largest critical mineral events.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting British businesses operating in Saudi Arabia through our extensive market access work, which aims to reduce or remove regulatory or administrative restrictions that can impede a business exporting or investing overseas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 17:39:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1664712

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Regeneration: Blackpool
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 steps he is taking with Blackpool Council to deliver regeneration projects in Blackpool.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	906533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Since 2019, my department has invested £39.5 million in Blackpool’s Town Deal, £40 million of Levelling Up Fund and £5.8 million of Shared Prosperity Fund into Blackpool.</p><p>In February 2022, my department undertook a deep dive with Blackpool Council to better understand Blackpool’s regeneration needs, including relocating the court buildings. I thank my Honourable Friend for his continued support for regeneration in Blackpool</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 16/10/2023 15:36:54 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1640264

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Fly-tipping
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 steps her Department is taking to tackle fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	905130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan sets out how we will support councils to take tougher action against those who fly-tip. This includes raising the upper limit of spot fines for fly-tipping to £1,000; delivering on our manifesto commitment to increase penalties.</p><p> </p><p>We have also awarded councils nearly £1.2 million to purchase equipment to tackle fly-tipping, such as CCTV, and consulted on reforms to how waste is managed to stamp out criminal activity.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/05/2023 11:05:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1582112

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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	UK Relations with EU: Northern Ireland
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 recent diplomatic steps he has taken in negotiations with the EU to help support peace in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	903385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary is in regular and close contact with Vice President Sefcovic to find solutions to the Northern Ireland Protocol. Our priority is protecting the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and political stability in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 31/01/2023 16:57:09 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1465661

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of potential opportunities for the Welsh nuclear industry under the UK Energy Security Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	900149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The British Energy Security Strategy will speed up the UK’s nuclear programme and recognises the strength of Wylfa as a nuclear site. The Secretary of State for Wales and the Business Secretary recently chose the Wylfa site to announce the £120 million Future Nuclear Enabling Fund, which will unlock and accelerate new nuclear technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 25/05/2022 15:17:53 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1460264

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Europe: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with her G7 counterparts on strengthening European security.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	906626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role alongside our G7 allies in driving the response to Putin’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>On 7 April, the Foreign Secretary met her G7 counterparts at the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels. They reiterated our unwavering support for Ukraine, and our readiness to assist further, including providing weapons and financial assistance to support Ukraine in defending itself against Russian aggression.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary will meet her G7 counterparts again in Germany next month.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/04/2022 15:49:44 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434752

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants successfully crossed the English Channel in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-december-2021" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a>’ release. Data on the number of small boat arrivals is published in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056630/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-december-2022.ods" target="_blank">Irregular migration summary tables</a>’, including breakdowns by nationality, age and sex. The latest data cover the period up to the end of December 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><ul><li>Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</li><li>Data on appeals and appeal outcomes are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the detailed datasets (available at the above link). For appeals, please note that most, but not all, appeals will relate to those who have had their claim refused at initial decision; a small number of appeals relate to cases which received a grant of leave other than asylum.</li><li>Data on asylum-related returns by type of return (including enforced returns, of which ‘deportations’ are a subset) are published in table Ret_05 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1054670%2Freturns-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9613dc700664f1b3b5708d9f77fa903%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637812949926457640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yECs6rfLB4uhzSIOq6sT49gvwrUvun849us197fzLEE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ol><li>enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction, and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 128463 128464 128466 128470 question first answered 01/03/2022 11:59:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434753

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been successfully processed by her Department since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-december-2021" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a>’ release. Data on the number of small boat arrivals is published in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056630/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-december-2022.ods" target="_blank">Irregular migration summary tables</a>’, including breakdowns by nationality, age and sex. The latest data cover the period up to the end of December 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><ul><li>Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</li><li>Data on appeals and appeal outcomes are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the detailed datasets (available at the above link). For appeals, please note that most, but not all, appeals will relate to those who have had their claim refused at initial decision; a small number of appeals relate to cases which received a grant of leave other than asylum.</li><li>Data on asylum-related returns by type of return (including enforced returns, of which ‘deportations’ are a subset) are published in table Ret_05 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1054670%2Freturns-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9613dc700664f1b3b5708d9f77fa903%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637812949926457640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yECs6rfLB4uhzSIOq6sT49gvwrUvun849us197fzLEE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ol><li>enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction, and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 128462 128464 128466 128470 question first answered 01/03/2022 11:59:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434756

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the demographic data of migrants who have arrived in the UK via illegal crossing on the English Channel since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-december-2021" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a>’ release. Data on the number of small boat arrivals is published in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056630/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-december-2022.ods" target="_blank">Irregular migration summary tables</a>’, including breakdowns by nationality, age and sex. The latest data cover the period up to the end of December 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><ul><li>Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</li><li>Data on appeals and appeal outcomes are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the detailed datasets (available at the above link). For appeals, please note that most, but not all, appeals will relate to those who have had their claim refused at initial decision; a small number of appeals relate to cases which received a grant of leave other than asylum.</li><li>Data on asylum-related returns by type of return (including enforced returns, of which ‘deportations’ are a subset) are published in table Ret_05 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1054670%2Freturns-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9613dc700664f1b3b5708d9f77fa903%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637812949926457640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yECs6rfLB4uhzSIOq6sT49gvwrUvun849us197fzLEE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ol><li>enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction, and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 128462 128463 128464 128470 question first answered 01/03/2022 11:59:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434757

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Travel Requirements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of migrants arriving in the UK since 2019 have arrived without travel documents.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data requested in an accessible format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/02/2022 17:32:47 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton