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1250269

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase the rate of (a) jobseekers' allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in line with the increase in universal credit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year. There are no plans to extend this to legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will update Parliament accordingly on any future decisions on benefit spending.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/11/2020 13:26:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1250270

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what method her Department has used to conduct personal independence payment medical assessments since face-to-face assessments were paused in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>As previously advised to the Rt Hon Stephen Timms on the 10 September 2020, during the Covid-19 period, all assessments are currently being progressed on the basis of the paper based evidence alone or that evidence together with a telephone assessment to ensure decisions on Personal Independence Payment can be made without delay.</p><p> </p><p>The health and safety of our claimants and our staff are our key priority. Face to face assessments for health and disability benefits remain suspended at present; this is being kept under review in line with the latest public health guidance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2020 17:08:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1250271

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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	Care Homes: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to designate Anna Chaplains for Older People as key workers for the purposes of visiting residential care homes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	113468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>We recognise how important visits from chaplains and others who provide religious and spiritual support are for some residents. We have published visiting guidance setting the next step in our cautious opening up of visiting in line with the roadmap, enabling indoor visiting supported by lateral flow device (LFD) testing.</p><p>Care home managers are best placed to decide how their care home can deliver the visiting outlined in the guidance in a way that meets the needs of their residents. There is nothing to stop chaplains, ministers of religion or others making visits where residents would like to see them and where the care home manager is content this is in line with the home’s visiting policy based on a dynamic risk assessment.</p><p>All visitors must follow infection control measures to keep residents and staff safe. To this end, personal protective equipment is being provided for free until the end of June and care homes have been provided with sufficient LFD tests to ensure that visitors can take a test each time they visit.</p><p>On that basis, visits of this type are already enabled.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2021 16:51:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 61579 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249561

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the transparency data on no recourse to public funds applications to change conditions of leave for quarter 3 of 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	112977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>Data relating to ‘no recourse to public funds applications to change conditions of leave’ was published on 30 July.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to updating this data quarterly, as it does for most other statistics relating to the immigration system, and we will release it as part of the next quarterly migration transparency data publication. Our statisticians keep this data under review and will look to provide additional breakdowns of the statistics where possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 112978 question first answered 19/11/2020 10:54:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249562

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 2 October to Question 85927, whether the data on no recourse to public funds applications to change conditions of leave can meaningfully be broken down further; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	112978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>Data relating to ‘no recourse to public funds applications to change conditions of leave’ was published on 30 July.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to updating this data quarterly, as it does for most other statistics relating to the immigration system, and we will release it as part of the next quarterly migration transparency data publication. Our statisticians keep this data under review and will look to provide additional breakdowns of the statistics where possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 112977 question first answered 19/11/2020 10:54:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249563

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer dated 2 November 2020 to Question 106891, whether he plans to consult externally in working with the Home Office on how immigration status and no recourse to public funds interact with free school meals and other educational entitlements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	112979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>We are working with departments across government to evaluate access to free school meals and other educational entitlements for families with no recourse to public funds. In the meantime, the extension of eligibility for free school meals will continue until a decision on long-term eligibility is made. At present there are no plans for a statement to be made.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 12/11/2020 12:20:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249564

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106889 on State Retirement Pensions, how many people were having deductions and adjustments made to their State Pension payments by her Department to repay claimant debts owed to Government on the most recent date for which that data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	112980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>17,215 claimants are currently having deductions made from their State Pension in respect of benefit overpayments or repayment of outstanding Social Fund loans. The figure excludes accounts managed by the Department for Communities.</p><p> </p><p>Regulations allow a number of deductions and adjustments to be made from State Pension. There are also limits on the amount that can be taken. Deductions taken to repay claimant debts owed to Government include those in respect of benefit overpayments and civil and administrative penalties.</p><p> </p><p>All such debts are first notified to the customer in writing; notifications also include information on what action can be taken by the customer if they wish to dispute the amount stated as owing. A further notification is issued before any deductions from State Pension commence.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery proposed is encouraged to contact DWP so an affordable rate of repayment can be negotiated.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/11/2020 16:36:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249569

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: RAF Croughton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer dated 13 October 2020 to Question 907478 on USA: RAF Croughton, what assessment he has made of the US Government's compliance with obligations under Article II of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement in respect of activities at RAF Croughton.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	112981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The legal status of US military personnel stationed at RAF Croughton is governed by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement 1951 (SOFA), and by the Visiting Forces Act 1952 which was enacted in order to implement relevant provisions of the SOFA in UK domestic law. It is my assessment that the US military personnel stationed at RAF Croughton are in full compliance with the terms of this legal framework.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 12/11/2020 11:19:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1249237

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to calls by the Association of School and College Leaders that Ofsted inspections should not return until September 2021, what discussions he has had with the Chief Inspector for Ofsted on resuming inspections on state (a) schools, (b) nurseries and (c) colleges.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	111990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has regular discussions with Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, about a range of matters, including Ofsted’s inspection approaches and programmes. The Department is committed to keeping under review the current suspension of Ofsted’s routine inspections, which has now been in place since March 2020. That process continues. It will be important for school inspections to start up again in the new year, but at the right time and in the right way. The Department is carefully considering with Ofsted and the sector how this can be achieved safely and sensitively, with a clear focus on provision for pupils whether in the classroom or remotely.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2020 15:49:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1247031

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 22 September 2020 that conferences and exhibitions will not be permitted for at least another six months, what plans he has to provide support to the exhibitions industry during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	109139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the events industry’s disappointment at the delayed reopening of large business conferences and exhibitions.</p><p>We also recognise that the new national restrictions will have a significant impact on jobs and the economy, as well as on mental health and wellbeing. We’ve confirmed that there will be a package of financial support in place, with the furlough scheme extended for this period of lockdown.</p><p>We continue to engage with stakeholders, including through the Tourism Industry Council and the Events Industry Senior Leaders Advisory Panel, to assess how we can best support the sector’s safe reopening. The business events pilots we carried out in September will ensure that the correct advice and guidance is put in place to help larger events reopen when it is safe to do so.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/11/2020 16:24:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms