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1187407

registered interest
date	24/03/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans she has for the allocation of the £80 million CPS budget increase announced in the Spending Round 2019.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	901773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is investing across the justice system and has invested £85m in the CPS up to 2021. This will enable the CPS to respond effectively to the expected increase in caseload resulting from the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers; to better meet its disclosure obligations; to work with investigators to pursue all reasonable lines of inquiry; and to deliver much needed changes to external counsel fees. Investing in the CPS, to support it to respond to these pressures, demonstrates this Government’s commitment to ensuring that justice is served.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/04/2020 09:22:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1187025

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of media reports of killings of former FARC combatants that are taking part in the peace process.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	33594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p><strong>Following the change to date for answer of this PQ, I submitted a response by email on 26 March, with the following response. The Table Office have agreed this approach.</strong></p><p>The UK shares the concerns of the Colombian Government regarding ongoing violence in Colombia, including the killings of former FARC combatants. We have been vocal in expressing our concern about the persistent high levels of violence and threats towards former FARC combatants and others, as well as the impact this has on the future of peace.</p><p>The United Kingdom welcomes the Colombian Government's longstanding commitment to assisting former guerrilla fighters in transitioning to civilian life following the peace agreement of 2016. We have committed almost £45 million over 5 years through the United Kingdom's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund for Colombia to support development across conflict-affected regions. We have done this through programmes designed to build state capacity to ensure the safety of former fighters, and of other vulnerable individuals and groups, including outside of official reincorporation zones.</p><p>We also raised our concern about this issue at the United Nations Security Council session on Colombia on 13 January, where we called on the Colombian government to accelerate its reintegration programmes for former combatants. We will continue to work closely with the Colombian government and civil society on the peace process and related matters.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/04/2020 06:40:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1187029

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what childcare provision early years settings will provide for pre-school children who are vulnerable or whose parents are critical workers during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether there will be changes to the regulations on (a) qualifications of staff and (b) staff to child ratios.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	33598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Early years and childcare settings, including childminders, nurseries and wraparound childcare and clubs (before- and after- school and holiday care) remain open for children who are vulnerable or whose parents are critical workers.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for early years providers is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework welfare and safeguarding requirements still apply, including qualifications of staff and staff to child ratios. However, we are amending the regulations that will allow for the temporary lifting/modifying of a small number of requirements within the EYFS. The EYFS already allows for ratio flexibility in exceptional circumstances. For the qualification requirements providers will be able to use reasonable endeavours to ensure that at least half of staff (excluding the manager) hold at least a full and relevant Level 2 qualification to meet staff:child ratio requirements, but this will not be a legal requirement. In maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained schools caring for children aged three and over, settings should use their reasonable endeavours to ensure that at least one member of staff is a school teacher. Where this is not possible settings will be able to have one member of staff for every eight children, at least one member of staff who holds at least a full and relevant level 3 qualification and providers should use their reasonable endeavours to ensure that at least half of other staff hold at least a full and relevant level 2 qualification.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/04/2020 16:44:53 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1187034

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to cancel beer duty payments due by direct debit on 25 March for small independent brewers.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	33504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Time to Pay arrangements are already available to all brewers, which enable them to seek deferrals for beer duty and other taxes with no interest or late penalties due. HMRC’s dedicated Covid-19 helpline can be reached by calling: 0800 0159 559.</p><p> </p><p>This comes on top of the wider package of support announced by the Chancellor, worth over £350bn. Small brewers will be able to access interest-free loans, defer their VAT payments due on VAT returns for the period until the end of June and receive support worth up to 80% of their employees’ wages.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/04/2020 06:54:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1187074

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to make personal protective equipment available to private companies during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	33507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Manufacturers have reported constraints on supply of new stocks of personal protective equipment and some clinical consumables due to an increase in global demand and the impact of COVID-19 on supply. The Government is constantly monitoring this and working to secure additional stocks to further enhance our preparedness. We have central stockpiles of a range of products and we are prioritising sectors which have a clinical need to receive these supplies.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/04/2020 16:27:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 16439 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1187084

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the social distancing measures require (a) beauty salons, (b) nail parlours and (c) hairdressers to close to the public.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	33508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>In order to further reduce the spread of the virus, on Friday 20 March, the Government told all businesses and venues in which activity necessitates prolonged social contact to close. This decision reflected clinical advice that the spread of infection is likely where people are in close contact for more than 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>That is why, on 23 March, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced increased measures to reduce social contact and expanded the list of business that should close immediately to include hairdressers, beauty and nail Salons.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:49:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1187093

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support the Government will provide to the childcare sector during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	33633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out specific measures to support childcare providers during the COVID-19 outbreak:</p><ul><li>We will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the early years entitlements for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds</li></ul><ul><li>To support private nurseries, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has also announced that they will be eligible for a business rates holiday for one year from 1 April</li></ul><p> </p><p>Childcare providers will also benefit from the wider measures the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced to support the people and businesses of the UK:</p><ul><li>A three-point plan announced in the Budget providing £12 billion of support for public services, individuals and businesses whose finances are affected by the outbreak</li><li>A package to provide additional support for businesses and individuals totalling £350 billion</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. This means that businesses can put workers on temporary leave and the government will pay them cash grants of 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, providing they keep the worker employed</li><li>A scheme to help the UK’s self-employed who are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme will enable those eligible to receive a cash grant worth 80% of their average monthly trading profit over the last three years. This covers 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment</li><li>On 28 March, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, announced that the government will also temporarily suspend the wrongful trading provisions to give company directors greater confidence to use their best endeavours to continue trading during this pandemic emergency, without the threat of personal liability should the company ultimately fall into insolvency</li></ul><p> </p><p>The government is also providing the following additional support:</p><ul><li>deferral of Self-Assesment income tax payments due in July 2020</li><li>VAT payments due with VAT returns between now and the end June 2020 will be deferred. UK VAT registered businesses will not need make those payments until March 2021</li><li>grants for businesses that pay little or no business rates</li><li>increased amounts of Universal Credit</li><li>the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme</li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest guidance from the department for early years and childcare providers can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/04/2020 16:19:39 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1187118

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Treasury on making hairdressing salons eligible for business rate relief.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	33427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Under guidance published on 18th March, hereditaments that are being used for the provision of hair and beauty services (such as hairdressers, nail bars, beauty salons, tanning shops, etc.) do qualify for the grants. It will be for individual local authorities to determine in each individual case when, having regard to this guidance, to grant relief.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:44:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1187137

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to regulate the actions of bailiffs and debt collectors on people facing financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	33663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>My department is working with the enforcement agent (bailiff) industry to ensure that enforcement agents are taking a flexible and sympathetic approach to people facing financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. In addition, we have instructed enforcement agents (bailiffs) to follow the government guidance regarding working practices and contact with others, including social distancing measures.</p><p>Debt collection firms are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA). I understand that they are reminding firms of their existing responsibilities to offer forbearance to those facing financial hardship. The FCA have recently confirmed a package of temporary measures to provide temporary relief to those facing payment difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/04/2020 15:48:47 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1187156

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childminding: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to introduce financial support for childminders affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	33671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out specific measures to support childcare providers during the COVID-19 outbreak:</p><ul><li>We will continue to pay funding to local authorities for the early years entitlements for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds</li><li>To support private nurseries, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has also announced that they will be eligible for a business rates holiday for one year from 1 April</li></ul><p> </p><p>Childcare providers will also benefit from the wider measures the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced to support the people and businesses of the UK:</p><ul><li>A three-point plan announced in the Budget providing £12 billion of support for public services, individuals and businesses whose finances are affected by the outbreak</li><li>A package to provide additional support for businesses and individuals totalling £350 billion</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. This means that businesses can put workers on temporary leave and the government will pay them cash grants of 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, providing they keep the worker employed</li><li>A scheme to help the UK’s self-employed who are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme will enable those eligible to receive a cash grant worth 80% of their average monthly trading profit over the last three years. This covers 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment</li><li>On 28 March, my right hon.Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, announced that the government will also temporarily suspend the wrongful trading provisions to give company directors greater confidence to use their best endeavours to continue trading during this pandemic emergency, without the threat of personal liability should the company ultimately fall into insolvency</li></ul><p> </p><p>The government is also providing the following additional support:</p><ul><li>deferral of Self-Assesment income tax payments due in July 2020</li><li>VAT payments due with VAT returns between now and the end June 2020 will be deferred. UK VAT registered businesses will not need make those payments until March 2021</li><li>grants for businesses that pay little or no bussiness rates</li><li>increased amounts of Universal Credit</li><li>the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme</li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest guidance from the department for early years and childcare providers can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/04/2020 16:23:18 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins