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1691550

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
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 11 January 2024 to Question 7579 on Asylum:Rwanda, if he will publish his plans for future flights between the UK and Rwanda for the purposes of relocating asylum seekers under the UK-Rwanda treaty on provision of an asylum partnership; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of such flights over the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	15647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>These discussions are commercially sensitive and therefore we will not be providing a running commentary on them.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 15648 question first answered 29/02/2024 11:48:15 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1691551

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has prepared contingency plans for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda if a commercial airline cannot be found to operate flights.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	15648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>These discussions are commercially sensitive and therefore we will not be providing a running commentary on them.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 15647 question first answered 29/02/2024 11:48:14 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1691552

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Housing: Ownership
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 is taking steps to help tackle potential distortions of the property market by foreign ownership of residential property in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government applies a non-resident Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge of 2 percentage points on overseas purchasers of UK residential property. Companies House collects information about all overseas-based entities owning UK land and we have powers in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act to require more information about land ownership structures, which could help us tackle corruption in the property market and understand where we can take further action.</p><p>We recently ran a consultation about increasing the transparency of trusts who own land, which closed on 21 February. Trusts have been identified as a significant blocker to land transparency as their details are kept off all public registers and the results of this consultation will inform how we can intervene.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/03/2024 16:19:37 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691553

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its policy on removing asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda on the number of (a) English Channel crossings in small boats by asylum seekers and (b) asylum seekers undertaking small boat crossings in the next two years; and on what evidential basis the policy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	15649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ending people smuggling, and the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda is part of a suite of measures aimed at dismantling the business model of organised crime gangs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial direction letter (April 2022) can be found here:- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-and-economic-development-partnership-ministerial-direction/letter-from-matthew-rycroft-to-rt-hon-priti-patel-accessible" target="_blank">Letter from Matthew Rycroft to Rt Hon Priti Patel (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/02/2024 17:52:09 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1691554

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assistance he is offering to Ukraine to help deter attacks on civilians.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has provided Ukraine with thousands of short and long-range air defence systems and missiles, including six Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak missile launchers and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to protect their citizens, front line, and critical national infrastructure.</p><p>In December we announced a further package of around 200 air defence missiles to re-supply UK-developed air defence systems.</p><p>The UK also continues to galvanise international support, with £900 million having been pledged to the UK-established International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), to assist Ukraine in critical areas, including air defence.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/03/2024 15:36:24 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691555

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to engage with schools to help ensure young people are aware of opportunities available to them in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Armed Forces enjoy good relationships with schools, primarily in terms of engagement to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) curriculum areas but this also extends to careers engagement. The Armed Forces only visit when they have been invited by a school to support activities. The visits cover a range of activities such as career events, citizenship talks, science and maths challenges and other indoor or outdoor exercises.</p><p>The Cadet Expansion Programme has focussed on growth in the state sector. Since introduction in 2012, the number of cadet units in state schools has grown by 417% (268 schools). Some new units have also been opened in Independent Schools and here there has been a 12% increase (total 201).</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the Armed Forces do not target recruitment activity at under-16s, and no visits to schools by the Armed Forces are directly linked to recruitment, other than specific Careers/Jobs Fairs which generally involve a range of employers. While presentations may be given highlighting the careers available in the Armed Forces, no pupil is ever signed up or able to make a commitment to become a recruit in the Armed Forces during the course of a visit.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 05/03/2024 14:59:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691557

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Young People: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will allocate additional funds to the devolved Administrations for community youth groups.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Youth policy is a devolved matter. The devolved administrations are allocated funding using the Barnett formula. It is for the devolved administrations to determine how much of their funding to allocate to youth provision, including community youth groups, in their respective areas.</p><p>Future funding for youth provision is subject to future fiscal events, and the Barnett formula will be applied.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/03/2024 11:33:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691558

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Courier Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with delivery companies on ensuring that courier services are accessible for all.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Ofcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector and publishes an Annual Monitoring Update setting out key data and trends in the postal sector and feedback on users’ experiences of UK postal services.</p><p>Under its 2022 Review of Regulation, Ofcom introduced a new consumer protection regulation on parcel companies to ensure all customers of delivery services, including those who may need extra support, are as smooth as possible and their needs are met.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/03/2024 12:47:01 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691559

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of communications between Royal Air Force Quick Reaction Alert Stations in England and Royal Air Force bases in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft based at RAF Coningsby and RAF Lossiemouth are kept at a state of constant readiness and can launch within minutes against a threat to any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/03/2024 15:36:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691560

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to subsidise minimum rural bus services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Bus service policy in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. It would therefore be for the Executive to determine whether to subsidise minimum rural bus services.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the majority of bus services outside London and Manchester operate on a commercial basis. Decisions such as where to run services and the frequency of those services are in most places, mainly a matter for the operator. Where there is not enough demand for a bus route to be commercially viable in its own right, Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) have powers to subsidise bus services. Responsibility for securing non-commercially provided bus services sits with LTAs who are best placed to determine what is socially and economically necessary, not central government. The Government provides LTAs in England outside of London with £42 million annually through the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) for the purpose of subsidising socially necessary services that would otherwise be commercially unviable, helping to support rural routes. The Government also provides over £200 million directly to bus operators every year through the BSOG to keep fares down and help them maintain an extensive network. Also, we are providing £20m through the Rural Mobility Fund in England to trial 16 innovative demand responsive minibus services to better understand the challenges associated with introducing bookable bus services in rural and suburban settings</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/03/2024 14:14:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon