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1360560

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	903769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>We owe a huge debt of gratitude to interpreters and other staff who risked their lives working alongside UK forces in Afghanistan.</p><p>It is why we have introduced a generous funding package, covering healthcare, accommodation, education, and integration. We are committed to working with local authorities and NGOs to ensure Afghans who are resettled in the UK are fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2021 14:59:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1360561

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Beating Crime Plan.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	903771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Beating Crime Plan sets out the Government’s blueprint for cutting crime, protecting the public and increasing confidence in the Criminal Justice System.</p><p>Since its publication, we have been working with partners across government, policing and other law enforcement agencies to deliver the commitments we have made to the public.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/10/2021 15:01:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1360562

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hamas: Proscribed Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's proscription of Hamas.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	903772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Hamas’ military wing was proscribed in the UK in 2001.</p><p>Proscription is a powerful tool. The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters however, anyone that professes support for, or who is a member of Hamas, risks being investigated by the police for proscription offences.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/10/2021 15:11:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1358649

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Oak Processionary Moth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports of oak processionary moth there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	55784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of sites reported as infested with oak processionary moth and which were served a statutory plant health notice between 2017 and 2021, using data provided up until 5 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sites infested with oak processionary moth, 2017-2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basingstoke and Deane</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentwood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle Point</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Westminster</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epsom and Ewell</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gravesham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hart</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertsmere</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reigate and Banstead</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushmoor</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spelthorne</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Albans</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>908</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1587</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1252</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/10/2021 08:00:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1359002

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she had made of the potential merits of making Bereavement Support Allowance an ongoing payment with similar criteria to Carers Allowance for those bereaved who have been left with children, using an earning threshold allowance for eligibility beyond the existing 21 months.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	56088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reform Bereavement Support Payment (BSP). BSP is a contributory benefit intended to help with the immediate costs of bereavement. In common with other contributory benefits, BSP is not means tested. Other sources of financial assistance, including Universal Credit, are available for those who require on-going financial support.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we have no plans for broader reform, on 15th July we laid a draft proposal for a Remedial Order (The Bereavement Benefits Remedial) Order 2021) that will extend eligibility to Widowed Parent’s Allowance and Bereavement Support Payment to cohabitees with dependent children. Further details can be found on Gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bereavement-benefits-proposal-for-implementation-of-the-mclaughlin-2018-and-jackson-2020-judgments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bereavement-benefits-proposal-for-implementation-of-the-mclaughlin-2018-and-jackson-2020-judgments</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 56236 56520 question first answered 25/10/2021 16:19:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1359087

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings across the defence estate have combustible cladding attached to them.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	56123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has 755 buildings with sleeping accommodation that are either fully or partially clad with combustible cladding. Of these 27 are high rise (defined as being six floors and over) on all of which the MOD are carrying out remedial work or investigating remedial options.</p><p> </p><p>A programme of work to understand the extent of combustible materials in external wall systems is being completed for the remaining 728 low rise buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/10/2021 16:19:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1359088

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department have held with relevant stakeholders on changing the classification of long-term assets in the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	56124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury maintains regular contact with HMRC about all aspects of capital allowances policy.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not classify which assets should be written down at the main or special rate of writing down allowances. Instead, businesses should identify whether an asset they have acquired has a useful economic life (UEL) of more or less than 25 years when new.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 56126 56127 question first answered 20/10/2021 16:59:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

1359089

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department have held with relevant stakeholders on HMRC's enforcement of classification of long- and short-term assets for commercial maritime vessels.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	56126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury maintains regular contact with HMRC about all aspects of capital allowances policy.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not classify which assets should be written down at the main or special rate of writing down allowances. Instead, businesses should identify whether an asset they have acquired has a useful economic life (UEL) of more or less than 25 years when new.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 56124 56127 question first answered 20/10/2021 16:59:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

1359090

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Capital Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department have held with HMRC on the classification of long- and short-term vessels under the Capital Allowance scheme for commercial maritime vessels.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	56127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury maintains regular contact with HMRC about all aspects of capital allowances policy.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not classify which assets should be written down at the main or special rate of writing down allowances. Instead, businesses should identify whether an asset they have acquired has a useful economic life (UEL) of more or less than 25 years when new.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 56124 56126 question first answered 20/10/2021 16:59:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

1359091

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Intellectual Property: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to protect the intellectual property of digital works.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	56129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s IP framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. A good IP framework alongside an effective enforcement regime provides the best environment for creators of digital works to thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Intellectual Property Office have been holding roundtable meetings with representatives from social media businesses, alongside the creative industries, to discuss the protection of digital works on their platforms. These roundtable discussions have further enhanced our ability to fight piracy on social media platforms.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2021 11:15:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick