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1435349

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Services: Barnsley Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of not including Barnsley as a priority left behind area for the Youth Investment Fund on youth services in Barnsley Central.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	129134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Following the 2021 Spending Review, we are investing £560 million in youth services in England over the next 3 years, including the Youth Investment Fund and ongoing support for the National Citizen Service. This will transform the government’s offer for young people and level up opportunities right across the country.</p><p>£368 million of our investment has been dedicated to the Youth Investment Fund, which will see 45 local authorities and around 600 district wards in deprived parts of England eligible to apply, paving the way for up to 300 youth facilities to be built or redeveloped over the next three years.</p><p>The areas qualifying for the Youth Investment Fund were chosen on the basis of need using publicly available data sources. The data sets chosen were local authority level rates of young people not in Education or Employment (NEET), the proportion of children living in low income households from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IDACI scores), and the returns from local authorities to government on the levels of spend on youth services (Section 251 data).</p><p>The details of how this formula has been applied are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 129135 question first answered 01/03/2022 18:15:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1435353

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people identified for relocation during Operation Pitting are currently in Afghanistan; and within what time period does he plan to relocate those individuals.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	129138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>125 of those approved for relocation during OP PITTING remain in Afghanistan.</p><p> </p><p>We are bringing groups of ARAP eligible families as well as those eligible under other government schemes out of Afghanistan as quickly as we can. Others are making their own way to third countries.</p><p> </p><p>There is no time period over which we aim to complete this. The situation in Afghanistan is challenging, many individuals are undocumented and third countries need to be persuaded to allow passage. We will keep working at best possible pace and won’t stop until all eligible ARAP personnel have left Afghanistan.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/03/2022 13:43:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1434883

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving VAT on defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	128263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government already maintains VAT reliefs to aid the purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), including VAT relief on purchases made by local authorities and those made through voluntary contributions, where the AED is donated to eligible charities or the NHS. Otherwise, they attract the standard rate of VAT.</p><p>Any new VAT relief would come at a cost to the Exchequer and the Government has received over £50 billion worth of requests for relief from VAT since the EU referendum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2022 15:49:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1434885

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will introduce (a) capped tariffs and (b) regular reimbursement payments for people with disproportionate cost of living increases due to energy intensive medical treatments, including people with kidney failure receiving home dialysis treatment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	128264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. These investments will allow the NHS to continue providing the services people need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing significant financial support – up to £350 – to the majority of households, which will cover more than half of the forecast £700 rise in energy bills for the average household. This support is worth £9.1bn in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing further support for vulnerable households, elderly and low-income people through the Warm Home Discount - which is being expanded by a third to 3m people and increased to £150 – in addition to the continuation of Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments. Our £500m Household Support Fund has also been available to Local Authorities to help vulnerable households this winter.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/02/2022 14:23:30 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1434886

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising funds through a windfall tax on oil and gas companies for allocation to (a) kidney patients receiving dialysis treatment at home and (b) other patients using large volumes of electricity in their homes for medical treatment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	128265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. These investments will allow the NHS to continue providing the services people need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing significant financial support – up to £350 – to the majority of households, which will cover more than half of the forecast £700 rise in energy bills for the average household. This support is worth £9.1bn in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government places additional taxes on the extraction of oil and gas, with companies engaged in the production of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf subject to headline tax rates on their profits that are currently more than double those paid by other businesses. To date, the sector has paid more than £375 billion in production taxes.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review and any changes are considered and announced by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/02/2022 17:02:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1434887

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of the energy bills rebate on customers with pre-payment energy meters.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	128266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Domestic electricity customers will receive the reduction regardless of their type of payment method.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will work closely with industry and consumer groups to ensure pre-payment customers receive the £200 reduction from October in a way that is convenient for them. BEIS will consult in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/02/2022 17:00:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1433757

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Turkey: Human Rights
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 assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	126642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>We are clear in our expectation that Turkey, like all countries, should live up to its human rights obligations towards all its citizens. We continue to call on Turkey to act in line with Council of Europe conventions and broader democratic norms, as well as making progress on domestic judicial reforms. We also encourage comprehensive implementation of Turkey's 2021 Human Rights Action Plan. We keep these issues under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2022 17:44:05 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1433758

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
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 criteria the British High Commission use when deciding who to relocate from Pakistan under the Afghan Assistance and Relocation Policy.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	126643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The criteria used for decisions under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy are set out in paragraphs 276BA1 to 276BS5 of the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2022 17:17:53 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1433763

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether all Afghan nationals called forward during Op Pitting but remain in Afghanistan have been contacted by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	126644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has supported over 3700 individuals to leave Afghanistan since the end of Op Pitting. This includes vulnerable Afghans and British nationals and their dependents. We continue to work across Government, via FCDO, Ministry of Defence and Home Office to contact those eligible, still in Afghanistan and who wish to leave, including those called forward during the operation, to depart the country safely. This includes holding the Taliban to their commitment to ensure safe passage.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2022 17:19:09 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1433766

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on creating a statement of practice on domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	126645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>In response to the MoJ expert panel’s report, published in 2020, the Government committed to working with all key partners in the family justice system to design a statement of practice for cases raising issues of domestic abuse or other risks of harm. This statement of practice will take into account provisions made in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, and learning from the development of the Integrated Domestic Abuse Courts. This is being progressed jointly by system leaders with oversight from the Family Justice Board.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/02/2022 20:02:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis