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1536037

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Cyprus: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If he will discuss with his Turkish counterpart the resolution of persons missing following the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the role that Turkey could play in providing access to military sites for exhumation and the release of information from military archives.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	70926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains close contact with the Committee on Missing Persons which is mandated to search for, recover, identify and return to their families the remains of Cypriots from both communities. In July, the UK ensured language was included in the renewal of the mandate for the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus calling on all parties to enhance their cooperation with the Committee on Missing Persons, explicitly through providing full access without delay to all areas and responding in a timely manner to requests for archival information on possible burial sites.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 01/11/2022 16:32:59 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1464959

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tourism: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of the planned closures of the M2 motorway between junctions 5 and 6 at weekends in (a) spring and (b) summer 2022 on tourist industries in the seaside towns of (i) Whitstable, (ii) Herne Bay, (iii) Birchington-on-Sea, (iv) Westgate-on-Sea, (v) Margate, (vi) Broadstairs and (vii) Ramsgate.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	6668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The closures are required to carry out essential replacement of life-expired bridge components. The Department does not, as standard practice, carry out economic impact assessments for road closures. However, National Highways has agreed the planned closures in consultation with Kent County Council and timed them to avoid school holidays and major events in the local area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 26/05/2022 13:08:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1464125

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are (a) outstanding and (b) remain unprocessed for more than ten weeks.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	4446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic. 98.6% of all passport applications are dealt well within 10 weeks and we are processing around 250,000 per week,</p><p> </p><p>A British passport cannot be issued until all checks are satisfactorily completed to ensure the applicant is entitled to hold one. If further information is required to enable an application to be progressed, then it will take longer.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 08:00:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2235 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1464126

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of outstanding passport applications.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	4447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Ahead of unrestricted international travel returning, HM Passport Office prepared extensively to serve an unprecedented number of customers, with 9.5 million British passport applications forecasted throughout 2022.</p><p>These preparations have ensured that passport applications can be processed in higher numbers than ever before. Across March and April 2022, HM Passport Office completed the processing of approximately two million applications.</p><p>Ministers continue to meet regularly with officials to monitor performance, and to explore further options that will help to ensure that people receive their passports in good time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2022 09:20:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2234 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1464128

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of staff in the Passport Office working from home as of 18 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	4448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>For staff where they role can only be performed from an office, they will continue to work from a Home Office building at all times.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office operational teams securely process passport applications both working from an office and through the use of homeworking solutions. Passport Applications are being processed in higher numbers than ever before. Across March and April 2022, HM Passport Office completed the processing of approximately two million applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2022 09:39:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2246 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1461924

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce details of the Primary PE and Sport Premium for the 2022-23 academic year.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The department is considering arrangements for the primary PE and sport premium for the 2022/23 academic year and beyond and will confirm the position in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/05/2022 16:22:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1461936

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current animal welfare arrangements for the 77 million fish farmed annually in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of an animal, including fish, for which that person is responsible.</p><p> </p><p>Regulations also require that farmed fish are spared avoidable pain, distress or suffering during their killing and related operations.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are currently considering a number of improvements that could be made to the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing and have asked the Animal Welfare Committee to update its 2014 Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.</p><p> </p><p>Any allegations of welfare or health issues will be investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Cefas, and where there are non-compliances with the regulations, appropriate action is taken against anyone who breaks the law when non-compliances are disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2022 15:00:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1455315

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Animal Products: Imports
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 permits his Department has issued for the import of hunting trophies from Russia in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	149125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK recorded 2 imports of brown bear hunting trophies from Russia under CITES in 2020, 12 in 2019 and 0 in 2018. 2020 is the latest full year for which data is available. Data for 2021 is currently being finalised and will be made available through the CITES trade database at <a href="https://trade.cites.org/" target="_blank">https://trade.cites.org/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/04/2022 16:00:09 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1365871

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of future GDP growth on air freight tonnage for (a) imports into and (b) exports from the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	68984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department actively monitors the passage of air freight in and out of the UK and engages regularly with industry including airlines, airports and ground handling companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the vital role air freight plays in supply chains by ensuring that essential goods can continue to be brought into and out of the UK without disruption. The sector is highly resilient and exclusively private. In 2017 air freight contributed £7.2 billion to the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 68985 68986 68987 68988 68989 68990 question first answered 09/11/2021 12:21:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1365872

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of new trade deals on the import and export volumes that will require air freight transportation.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	68985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department actively monitors the passage of air freight in and out of the UK and engages regularly with industry including airlines, airports and ground handling companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the vital role air freight plays in supply chains by ensuring that essential goods can continue to be brought into and out of the UK without disruption. The sector is highly resilient and exclusively private. In 2017 air freight contributed £7.2 billion to the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 68984 68986 68987 68988 68989 68990 question first answered 09/11/2021 12:21:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale