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1015389

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many children had their private school fees paid by his Department at (a) schools in the UK and (b) schools overseas in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2016/2017, the FCO funded the private school fees for the following number of children:</p><p>(a) At schools in the UK: <ins class="ministerial">541</ins> <del class="ministerial">393 </del></p><p>(b) At schools overseas: 1074</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/12/2018 17:47:04 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2019 12:42:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 89699 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1231972

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Trade Organization: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many hours of staff time at each grade were involved in (a) drafting, designing and producing, (b) translating, and (c) distributing her Department's campaign brochure for the UK's nominee for the role of director general of the World Trade Organization.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	85994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Drafting, designing and producing the Department’s campaign brochure took in the region of 25-<del class="ministerial">70</del><ins class="ministerial">30</ins> hours of staff time.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold detailed records of the time and grade of employees involved.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/09/2020 10:16:43 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2020 13:58:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 47133 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1276357

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade: Advisory Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2020 to Question 127536, if she will publish a full list of the Thematic Working Groups established by the Government to include the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference of each group and (c) dates on which those groups have so far met.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has established a cohort of cross-government Thematic Working Groups (TWGs), of which eight are currently in operation: Continuity; Customs; Financial Services; Intellectual Property; Procurement; Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs); Sustainability; and Trade for Development. We are in the process of establishing two further TWGs covering: Cross-Cutting Services; and Technical Barriers to Trade.</p><p>The TWGs have met 15 times to date since they were established in October 2020. A review of these groups’ membership is ongoing and expected to conclude shortly, together with a decision on whether membership and terms of reference will be published. The table below shows how many meetings the eight established groups have had and the dates on which they were held.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>TWG name</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total number of meetings held to date</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Date of each meeting held</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Continuity </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23/10/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">20/11/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">15/12/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">29/12/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">05/01/2021</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Customs </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">09/10/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">11/12/2020</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial Services </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">06/11/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">15/12/2020</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Intellectual Property</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19/11/2020</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Procurement </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">07/12/2020</ins> <ins class="ministerial">14/01/2021</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">SMEs </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19/11/2020</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sustainability </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">05/11/2020</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Trade for</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Development</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14/10/2020</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 18/01/2021 17:52:11 question first ministerially corrected 25/01/2021 18:29:56 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena previous answer version 74952 answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1313369

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Japan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the answer of 26 October 2020 to Question 106261 and the publication of transparency data on 7 May 2021, how many members of staff, and at what grades, accompanied her on her visit to Japan from 21 to 24 October 2020; what the total cost to the public purse was of that visit for all UK attendees; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely release information regarding accompanying staff on ministerial engagements.</p><p>The total cost for this visit were: £<ins class="ministerial">20,782.08</ins><del class="ministerial">18,884.38</del></p><p>A breakdown of costs is as follows:</p><p>a) Flights – £18,701.64</p><p>b) Accommodation – nil.</p><p>c) Internal travel – nil.</p><p>d) subsistence and expenses – £<ins class="ministerial">2,080.44</ins><del class="ministerial">182.74</del></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 505 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 576 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2021 08:50:54 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2021 14:35:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1313370

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Singapore and Vietnam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many members of staff, and at what grades, accompanied her on her visit to Singapore and Vietnam in December 2020; what the total cost to the public purse was of that visit for all UK attendees; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely release information regarding accompanying staff on ministerial engagements.</p><p>The total cost for this visit were: £<ins class="ministerial">28,310.03</ins><del class="ministerial">25,699.24<del class="ministerial"></del></del></p><p>A breakdown of costs is as follows:</p><p>a) Flights – £<ins class="ministerial">20,296.24</ins><del class="ministerial">23,359.24</del></p><p>b) Accommodation – £<ins class="ministerial">3,980.06</ins><del class="ministerial">2,340</del></p><p>c) Internal travel – nil.</p><p>d) subsistence and expenses – <ins class="ministerial">£4,034.00</ins><del class="ministerial">nil.</del></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 506 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 578 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2021 08:54:38 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2021 14:35:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1341174

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the new £11.4 million contract awarded by Leidos Supply Ltd on behalf of his Department to Try & Lilly Ltd for the supply of ceremonial and parade headwear over the next seven years will include the supply of bearskin caps or any other items of headwear featuring real fur.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The contract <del class="ministerial">awarded</del><ins class="ministerial">offered</ins> to Try &amp; Lilly Limited to supply Ceremonial and Parade Headwear does not include bearskin, but includes other real fur items as detailed in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ceremonial Item Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Type of Fur</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Busby cap - Royal Horse Artillery Officer</p></td><td><p>Long Haired Black Fox Skin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Busby cap - Royal Engineers and Royal Scots</p></td><td><p>Rabbit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hat - Police Constable (Female)</p></td><td><p>Mixed Fur Felt (Rabbit, Hare &amp; Beaver)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hat - Royal Navy Tricorne - Officers/Senior Ratings</p></td><td><p>Rabbit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hat -Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service</p></td><td><p>Mixed Fur Felt (Rabbit, Hare &amp; Beaver)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hat - Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service - Officer &amp; Warrant Officers</p></td><td><p>Rabbit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hat - Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service - Group Captain</p></td><td><p>Rabbit</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The use of faux fur products for future requirements remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/07/2021 14:55:41 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2021 10:51:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 11877 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420354

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his declaration of ministerial travel published on 27 January, whether the total cost to the public purse of his overseas accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021 was £1,766.68; and if he will publish an itemised breakdown of those costs.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	119455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Ministerial expenses and hospitality associated with business trips are reported and broken down as part of its transparency disclosures available on gov.uk. I can confirm the <del class="ministerial">£1,766.68</del> <ins class="ministerial">£6,687.68</ins> figure was for accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2022 17:59:09 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2022 09:01:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 50510 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1423196

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape trials were abandoned from their start dates (a) due to a lack of (i) prosecution advocates or (ii) defence advocates and (c) for other reasons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Data collated centrally by MOJ does not include a count of ‘abandoned’ trials. Rather, trials are recorded as ‘ineffective’, meaning, that does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date and a further listing is required. This can be due to action or inaction by one or more of the prosecution, the defence or the court.</p><p> </p><p>There has been an increase in ineffective trials during the pandemic, partly driven by defendants being ill due to Covid. We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our courts and tribunals system. We invested a quarter of a billion pounds to support recovery in the last financial year (20/21). In the recent Spending Review, more than £1 billion has been allocated to boost capacity and accelerate recovery from the pandemic in courts and tribunals. This increased funding will enable us to hear more cases and reduce backlogs. We removed the limit on the number of days the Crown Court can sit in the 21/22 financial year and as a result of this, in the next financial year we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases than we did pre-Covid (116,700 in 22/23 compared to 97,000 in 19/20).</p><p> </p><p>We have also been asked to provide data on how many trials for offences of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault have been abandoned from their start dates and are awaiting a new start date as of 17 February 2022. However, the total number of trials for rape, sexual assault and indecent assault would include those where a new trial date is not required (e.g. a plea has changed to guilty), so we are not able to accurately answer that question.</p><p>We have provided data on ineffective trial reasons where the sole reason is no advocate being available for one or both sides in the attached document. The data for each calendar year includes the figures as of 31<sup>st</sup> December of that year. For 2021, we provide data up to the 30<sup>th</sup> September which is the latest data available. This data shows that before the pandemic, the numbers of ineffective trials were falling significantly across all the offence types listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/03/2022 16:26:32 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2022 16:45:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name PQ 125045-47, 125050-055 table (revised).xlsx title Table previous answer version 55324 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 125045-125055 table.xlsx title 125045_55_table
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454977

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for income tax self assessment, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of UK businesses and landlords with annual business income above £100,000 who are (a) already fully converted to managing their records and payments digitally, (b) equipped to manage their records and payments digitally but not yet converted in full, and (c) not yet equipped to manage their records and payments digitally.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	148093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC research shows that 97 per cent of small businesses and landlords within the scope of Making Tax Digital (MTD) have access to a compatible device on which to operate it. For MTD for Income Tax, HMRC research shows that 52 per cent of businesses in scope incorporate spreadsheets and 22 per cent incorporate software into their recordkeeping practices. In September 2021, the Government announced businesses would have an extra year to prepare for MTD for Income Tax. Free software will be available for the smallest businesses with straightforward affairs.</p><p> </p><p>Over a third of VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 <del class="ministerial">have</del> <ins class="ministerial">had </ins>already voluntarily chosen to join MTD for VAT, demonstrating that a modern and digital approach to managing tax can work for businesses of every size. HMRC <del class="ministerial">research</del> <ins class="ministerial">survey data from 2020 </ins>shows that around <del class="ministerial">80</del> <ins class="ministerial">61 </ins>per cent of VAT-registered businesses below the VAT threshold already employ<ins class="ministerial"> compliant software in readiness for MTD</ins> <del class="ministerial">a digital record-keeping system</del>. Online submissions for VAT returns have been mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses since 2010.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2022 15:09:26 question first ministerially corrected 22/04/2022 10:55:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 62455 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1462085

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has produced internal evaluations of the (a) ACRS and ARAP schemes and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office will set out its approach to evaluating the Government’s refugee resettlement schemes in due course outlining the scope of the evaluation and the frequency of data collection.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The evaluation approach is expected to draw on the mixed-methods approach used to evaluate the previous Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme. It is expected this will include analysis of data such as numbers of arrivals over time and cohort characteristics, as well as the collection of data on refugees against a range of indicators of integration, such as education, employment, language skills, housing and health, with the aim of better understanding barriers to integration and identifying how best to support resettled refugees’ longer-term integration into life in the UK.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">It is intended that the products of this evaluation will be made publicly available once the evaluation has concluded.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This Government introduced two new schemes: the Ukraine Family Scheme announced on 4 March, and the ‘Homes for Ukraine’ Scheme announced by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities on 14 March</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial"> The Ukrainian Schemes have been designed in light of very different circumstances to those which led to the Government’s Syrian and Afghan resettlement schemes.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is responsible for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All our schemes are continuously monitored to inform delivery and ensure any adjustments to the policy are made in a timely manner.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2022 15:05:35 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2022 14:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1040 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry