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1689382

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the economic benefits of allowing asylum seekers to work if they have been waiting six months or more for an initial decision.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List. This is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. It is the Home Office’s assessment that any analysis in this area is dependent on making assumptions from limited evidence and will therefore produce uncertain results.</p><p>Whilst we keep all policies under review, there are no immediate plans to change the existing policy, other than aligning it with the upcoming Immigration Salary List, which replaces the SOL. It is important that we distinguish between individuals who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. The Government has always been clear that asylum seekers do not need to make perilous journeys in order to seek employment in the UK. Those in need of protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p><p>Whilst there is mixed evidence that access to work in itself is a pull factor, it is reasonable to assume that this is one element in a range of factors that may drive illegal migration rather than use of legal routes to work in the UK. These routes include Skilled Worker, Global Talent, and Health and Care routes, which are supporting UK businesses to recruit workers with the skills and talent they need from around the world.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2024 16:36:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689383

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing an independent regulator for football.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is on the side of football fans and the local communities that football clubs serve. We have a clear plan to deliver a sustainable future for football, with fans at its heart, and our legislation will deliver this through a new independent regulator as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/02/2024 16:27:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689384

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the grime music scene in urban centres across England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting our world leading music sector, including at a grassroots level across the country. Grime music projects have been successful in applying for the Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) Supporting Grassroots Music Fund, to which the government last year committed an additional £5 million, taking our total investment through the Fund to almost £15 million. The Fund enables grassroots music organisations including venues, rehearsal and recording studios, festivals and promoters from all music genres to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support them to be more financially resilient.</p><p>The Government also supports our world leading music industry through a range of export support programmes, including the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) co-funded by DCMS and DBT. MEGS has supported over 300 musical acts from a range of genres and backgrounds, including grime artists, to grow their international profile and exports in global markets. As part of the Creative Industries Sector Vision we announced that funding for MEGS will be tripled to £3.2 million over the next two years, helping to support more artists than ever before.</p><p>DCMS works closely with ACE to develop and invest in artistic and cultural experiences to enrich people's lives. ACE offers a range of grants and support offers, such as Developing Your Creative Practice and Project Grants, which are open to applicants from any music genre or background. DCMS officials continue to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders from across the music industry to better understand issues and concerns and to identify opportunities to support.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/02/2024 10:42:01 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1684553

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Israeli government's policy on a two-state solution.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	11225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>We support a two-state solution that guarantees security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian people; Gaza is Occupied Palestinian Territory and will be part of a future Palestinian state, and the Palestinian Authority has an important long-term role to play. We must work with our allies to provide serious, practical and enduring support needed to bolster the Palestinian Authority.</p><p>We want to see an end to the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible and are calling for an immediate pause to get aid in and hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable, permanent ceasefire, without a return to destruction, fighting and loss of life.</p><p>There are five vital steps:</p><p>- A political horizon which provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution.</p><p>- The formation of a new Palestinian Government for the West Bank and Gaza, accompanied by an international support package.</p><p>- Removing Hamas's capacity to launch attacks against Israel.</p><p>- The release of all Israeli hostages.</p><p>- Hamas no longer in charge of Gaza.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary has reiterated these messages with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior Israeli political leaders, including during his visit to Israel on 24 January.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 06/02/2024 09:08:35 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1681277

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Honours committee that approved the CBE for Paula Vennells in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	9107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Names of honours committee members are published within the Government’s reports on the operation of the honours system, and are a matter of public record.</p><p>The process relating to individual honours nominations are conducted in confidence. There is an expectation that this remains so, in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system. The Government has previously published information relating to routine checks carried out prior to the awarding of honours, which is available online.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 9108 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:49:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1681278

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what due diligence checks the Honours committee conducted before Paula Vennells received an award in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	9108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Names of honours committee members are published within the Government’s reports on the operation of the honours system, and are a matter of public record.</p><p>The process relating to individual honours nominations are conducted in confidence. There is an expectation that this remains so, in order to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the honours system. The Government has previously published information relating to routine checks carried out prior to the awarding of honours, which is available online.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 9107 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:49:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1677345

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had their accommodation support withdrawn after a rejected asylum application in (a) the UK and (b) Liverpool City council local authority area in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20 and (iv) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	6635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation is published in table Asy_D11 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSophie.Rooney%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3610bb671d74454015ec08dbfbbb3623%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638380553718660748%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2FaH%2FwKeQzgDEkc1KoMTCCoCuWHRE95WFeNYXQAqJUg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>. Data is published on a quarterly basis. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers in Home Office accommodation by local authority, and figures on the number of discontinuations of asylum support are not available in a readily reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/12/2023 14:02:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1663818

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what personal information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered keepers can be provided to private parking enforcement companies through the KADOE system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	201671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) records the details of UK vehicles and their registered keepers. The DVLA does not record owners of vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>In response to requests from private parking companies received via the keeper at date of event service, the DVLA provides the name and address of the registered keeper. The vehicle registration number is also quoted back to the requestor.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 23/10/2023 11:27:42 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1663819

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what charge the DVLA levies on private parking enforcement companies for fulfilling requests for information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered keepers through the KADOE system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	201672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The fee for vehicle keeper data requests is set at £2.50 per enquiry. This sum covers the cost of releasing the information.</p><p>The total income for all data requests is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£23.29m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£13.18m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£23.90m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The revenue received solely from dealing with requests from private parking companies cannot be separately identified from the wider range of requests for vehicle keeper details for other lawful purposes.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 201673 question first answered 23/10/2023 10:06:34 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1663820

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue the DVLA accumulated through fulfilling KADOE requests for private parking enforcement companies in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	201673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The fee for vehicle keeper data requests is set at £2.50 per enquiry. This sum covers the cost of releasing the information.</p><p>The total income for all data requests is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£23.29m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£13.18m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£23.90m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The revenue received solely from dealing with requests from private parking companies cannot be separately identified from the wider range of requests for vehicle keeper details for other lawful purposes.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 201672 question first answered 23/10/2023 10:06:34 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker