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date	17/09/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase global export opportunities for British ceramics.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	51038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The British ceramics industry is world-renowned and can access new markets more easily through our future Free Trade Agreements. For example, in June, we reached Agreement in Principle with Australia. This fundamentally liberalising agreement removes tariffs on all UK exports, including ceramics.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside our trade deals, we provide a range of exporting support to help businesses grow internationally, including trade advisers locally and overseas; financial exporting support from UK Export Finance’s specialists; access to the UK Export Academy and the Digital Exporting Programme. This includes access to one-to-one guidance on digital sales and marketing.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses interested in more information on export opportunities for British ceramics can visit <ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.great.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.great.gov.uk/</a></ins><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/ask-export-support-team" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/ask-export-support-team</a></del>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 27/09/2021 13:33:49 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:33:21 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 23729 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1353836

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Sure Start centres that have (a) closed and (b) reduced the services they provide in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	45140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities as of 31 August 2021, the<ins class="ministerial"> attached table</ins> <del class="ministerial">linked database</del> sets out the number of Sure Start children’s centres sites that have closed in Coventry North East constituency, Coventry, the West Midlands and England since 2010<del class="ministerial">: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a></del>[1]. The Department does not routinely collect data on the services provided by children’s centres. This data is held at a local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities on the number of children’s centres in their area to Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database about the location of <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department as of 31 August 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in future since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2021 14:33:41 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:30:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQ 45140 table.xlsx title Table_showing_centres_closed_PQ45140 previous answer version 20167 answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford answering member 4674
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1350825

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Universal Credit: Deductions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants had deductions made to their monthly payment (a) in March 2020 and (b) in the most recent month for which figures are available, by (i) categories of third party debt deductions, (ii) advance payments and (iii) benefit overpayments and (iv) other types of deductions.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	40869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>We carefully balance our duty to the taxpayer to recover overpayments, with support for claimants. Safeguards are in place to ensure deductions are manageable. From 12 April 2021, we further reduced the cap on deductions from Universal Credit awards to 25 per cent and lengthened the period from 12 to 24 months, meaning in effect someone can receive 25 payments over 24 months, giving them more flexibility over the payments of their Universal Credit award. This will also allow claimants to retain more of their award, giving additional financial security, and follows a previous change in October 2019 that reduced the cap from 40% to 30%.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can contact the Department if they are experiencing financial hardship to discuss a reduction in their rate of repayment, depending on their financial circumstances, whilst work coaches can also signpost claimants to other financial support.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/09/2021 12:50:22 question first ministerially corrected 15/10/2021 12:33:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet 40869.xlsx title Spreadsheet previous answer version 20231 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous