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1639583

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the asylum processing system for Hong Kong citizens.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	186408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. There have been a total of 139,144 grants of out of country BN(O) visas and a total of 27,276 grants of in country BN(O) visas since its introduction on 31 January 2021 up to the end of March 2023.</p><p>All asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with published policy including those raised by Hong Kong nationals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/06/2023 13:37:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1639586

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Hub: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has for (a) staffing levels and (b) team structure in the Equality Hub in the next six months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	186411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Hub is focused on delivering Ministers’ priorities and we have the necessary resources to do this. As part of the restructure process we consulted with staff, including through a staff engagement panel, and with the unions in line with Cabinet Office policies. We expect the restructure to conclude over the coming month.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding overtime, all full time Equality Hub staff are contracted to work 37 hours per week. Overtime is used by exception and requires prior authorisation. In the last 12 months the amount of overtime accrued by staff was minimal, therefore a breakdown per month is not possible to provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 186413 186457 question first answered 05/06/2023 10:58:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1639587

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Travel Requirements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183490 on Sudan: Travel Requirements, how many Sudanese people have (a) travel documents held by the UK Visa Centre in Sudan and (b) been contacted to provide practical solutions to ensure this does not impede their planned travel.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Where our records confirm that a customer’s passport is being held in the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum, UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers that have been issued or refused visa applications in our VAC in Khartoum and offered them a letter confirming that their passport is securely stored and attaching a digital copy of their passport, that may help support their travel out of Sudan and into a third country.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 09:35:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639588

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Green Homes Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to complete Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery projects originally awarded (a) Phase 1A and (b) Phase 1B grants.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	186313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery projects which were awarded through Phase 1A and Phase 1B grants have been completed by way of a managed closedown of the projects. All project delivery for Phases 1A and 1B was completed by the end of September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/06/2023 10:43:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1639589

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reasons his Department extended the deadline for Local Authorities to spend their Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 1 grants.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	186314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>A three-month extension to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 1 Funding Period was made available to all Local Authorities, allowing grant spend to be incurred until the end of June 2023, if required, to maximise the outcomes of the scheme by allowing continued delivery of energy efficiency measures to tenants.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/06/2023 10:42:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1639590

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Green Homes Grant Scheme and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of a) the number of FTE jobs needed to deliver upgrades funded by the (a) Green Homes Grants and (b) Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund; and what estimate he has made of the capacity of the industry to deliver the funded measures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	186315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>For work carried out under Government schemes, installers are required to be TrustMark registered, as well as PAS certified for energy efficiency measures and MCS certified for low carbon heating measures. According to the data held by TrustMark, the number of registered installers eligible to participate on the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme increased from around 455 when the scheme was first announced in summer 2020 to around 1496 by May 2021. In April 2023, there were 1915 TrustMark businesses across the UK which were certified to PAS or MCS standards.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/06/2023 10:40:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1639591

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Hub: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of Equality Hub staff worked overtime in each of the last 12 months; and how much overtime was accrued by Equality Hub staff in each of those months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	186413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Hub is focused on delivering Ministers’ priorities and we have the necessary resources to do this. As part of the restructure process we consulted with staff, including through a staff engagement panel, and with the unions in line with Cabinet Office policies. We expect the restructure to conclude over the coming month.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding overtime, all full time Equality Hub staff are contracted to work 37 hours per week. Overtime is used by exception and requires prior authorisation. In the last 12 months the amount of overtime accrued by staff was minimal, therefore a breakdown per month is not possible to provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 186411 186457 question first answered 05/06/2023 10:58:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1639596

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a time limit for how long asylum seekers can be housed at former Ministry of Defence sites.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	186414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The maximum length of stay for former Ministry of Defence Sites is currently under review. We will continually monitor those accommodated to ensure that the length of stay is appropriate for the individuals accommodated.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/06/2023 16:36:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1639597

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were in receipt of the Disability Living Allowance for children have had their applications to transfer to Personal Independence Payments on turning 16 refused since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	186297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The number of people who were in receipt of Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) that had their application to transfer to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) refused on turning 16, from April 2013 to October 2022, can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>.  In particular, the requested data can be found by applying the following filters to the ‘Child DLA to PIP reassessments’ dataset:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Select the following dataset ‘Child DLA to PIP reassessment outcomes by month’; and</li><li>Filter for all ‘Disallowed’ outcomes in ‘PIP reassessment Outcomes’.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">here</a>. An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore; the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 05/06/2023 11:14:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1639598

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Peel Ports Group Ltd on proposals to house asylum seekers in the Wirral Waters development in the River Mersey.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	186298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>In order to address the significant pressure on the asylum accommodation system, Home Office officials have had discussions with organisations across the UK to identify suitable locations for accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/06/2023 12:41:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle