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1665254

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date	17/10/2023
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	Repossession Orders
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 his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the time period during which landlords cannot apply mandatory grounds for repossession of the property beyond the first six months of the tenancy in the Renters (Reform) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	203175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Renters (Reform) Bill Second Reading, debated on Monday 23 October (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhansard.parliament.uk%2Fcommons%2F2023-10-23%2Fdebates%2FE9FEB6DF-B896-4579-918F-8E99F7A35AAD%2FRenters(Reform)Bill&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cd57d51a3ae8648a0c63508dbd53ec539%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638338237796597242%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=A7EzJjZRN8LuRLYyS%2FMd6u0hPItg7CBcQ21B%2FK062Sw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Official Report, HC Volume 738, Colum 630</a>).</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2023 13:44:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1665255

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy ISAs that have been opened in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people of all incomes and at all stages of life to save, and to making the aspiration of home ownership a reality for as many households as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme closed to new accounts on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2019. The scheme continues to help those struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder as existing account holders can continue to save into their Help to Buy: ISA until November 2029. The latest statistics show that since the scheme was launched in 2015, 558,176 property completions have been supported through the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Lifetime ISA (LISA) was launched in 2017 and remains open for those that are eligible for the scheme. Further information on this scheme can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ownyourhome.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarook.Fathah%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Ca1f6ae4e789847f77d5108da2210eaf5%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637859753295105999%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uo%2FIqxfpVIO7GAPrE2BCR87YS99LKiCZSUtmjsYKBos%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/10/2023 11:11:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665256

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent (a) inflation and (b) interest rates on his Department's plan to develop a £242 billion 10-year equipment plan for the Armed Forces, as announced in The defence equipment plan 2022 to 2032, published in November 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The figures in the Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032 are based on the financial position at the end of March 2022. The latest figures for the financial year ending March 2023, which include the impact of inflation and interest rates, are currently being prepared by the Department and will be published in December.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/10/2023 11:27:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665257

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the objective of the Government Consulting Hub to grow the Civil Service’s internal capability, how many officials have participated in civil service learning programmes for the purposes of equipping them with the skills to deliver work commonly undertaken by consultants.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government Consultancy Hub (GCH) ran from May 2021 to 31 January 2023. One of the unit’s goals was to grow the Civil Service’s internal capability and confidence to frame and/or address its strategic questions, to be a strong customer of consultancy, and to redeploy knowledge and experience.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since May 2021 until September there have been a total of:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>- 36 cohorts, with 576 places, of the GCH sponsored Core Consulting Skills programme</p><p>- 3 cohorts, with 48 places, of the contextualised IPA Core Consulting Skills programme.</p><p>- 15 people completed a Senior Leaders Consulting Skills programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, 18 people in DWP completed Leadership Capability team development – core capability developments on how to consult and identify needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/10/2023 13:38:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665258

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers found to be in breach of minimum wage regulations were (a) named publicly and (b) not named publicly due to mitigating circumstances since the commencement of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>To date we have named around 2,700 employers since the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme began.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can make representations for not being named under this scheme, however, in practice we accept very few representations, as all employers have a duty to pay their staff correctly. We do not hold data on employers not named publicly due to exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/10/2023 09:37:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665259

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Departments holds on the number of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK via the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications to the UK is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#experimental-statistics-asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Please note, arrival information for asylum seekers (including the country they travelled from) is not routinely collected as part of the asylum application in a format that allows for large scale reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2023. Data to September 2023 is due to be published on 23 November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:24:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1665260

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Living Wage: Meriden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the change in rate of the National Living wage in April 2023 on the financial viability of employers in (a) pharmacies and (b) other SMEs in Meriden constituency.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	203177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government published an Impact Assessment that outlines the expected impacts of the change in the National Living Wage in April 2023: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/354/impacts" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/354/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p>Overall, research to-date has not found a significant impact of the National Living wage on business failures. On average, the average total cost per business affected by the policy was between £3,000 to £4,000. We expect around 40% of the costs of this policy to be borne by small and micro businesses and 15% by medium sized businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The available data does not enable a statistically reliable assessment of costs of the policy by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 11:19:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1665261

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	EU Countries: Travel Requirements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will launch a public awareness campaign on the requirement for UK citizens to apply for European Travel Information and Authorisation System travel authorisation in order to travel to Europe from 2024.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	203042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with the European Commission and EU Member States to understand the impact the EU's European Travel Information and Authorisation System will have on British citizens, and to understand their plans for public communications.</p><p>Entry requirements for British citizens travelling to the EU are set out in FCDO travel advice. These requirements are based on information provided by EU Member States. FCDO travel advice is regularly updated to reflect our latest understanding of EU Member State requirements.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 23/10/2023 15:26:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1665262

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	NHS: Drugs
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 paragraph 16 of Annex B of the Impact Assessment for the Statutory Scheme – Branded Medicines Pricing, what the evidential basis is for the assessment that the resources deployed through pharmaceutical investment would come to the UK in another form; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential efficiency of alternative deployment of resources.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	203129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The approach to assessing the potential impacts on investment within the statutory scheme’s impact assessment followed well established precedent and is in-line with the Green Book paragraphs 6.5 and 6.6. As such the impact assessment considers spill-over benefits of investment, with a literature review suggesting an estimated mean benefit of 34% of the overall investment, but does not account for these within the net present value calculation due to investment being one of several possible company responses to change in profitability.</p><p>We are in the process of analysing the responses provided to the consultation on this statutory scheme and will update on our preferred policy approach later this year.</p><p>Regarding alternative deployment of resource, by controlling growth in the cost of medicines we ensure value for money for the taxpayer and enable the National Health Service to continue investing in patient access to new medicines. Any additional spending on medicines may come at the cost of other equally (or more) effective healthcare spending.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 09:39:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1665263

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Insulation: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Social housing tenants helped to cut energy bills with £80 million for home upgrades, how many social homes will be insulated under that funding scheme.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	203123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) will upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock currently below Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C in England up to that standard.</p><p>The SHDF Wave 2.2 ‘top up’ competition will allocate up to £80 million of grant funding from April 2024, building on the allocations made under the previous Wave 2.1.</p><p>SHDF Wave 2.1 awarded £778 million in March 2023 to deliver energy performance improvements to around 90,000 social homes, and the Wave 2.2 competition funding aims to upgrade around 9,500 additional homes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2023 13:35:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan