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1754019

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Candidates: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22035 on Candidates: Expenditure, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to increase the transparency of (a) candidate spending and (b) donation returns in relation to the General Election 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not have regulatory or enforcement powers with regard to candidate spending and donations. It does, however, publish candidate returns together in one place in order to provide voters with greater transparency and a fuller picture of the money spent and recieved by the candidates at the election. It will publish headline figures from candidate spending returns at the 2024 general election in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Sir Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2025 15:39:06 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1754020

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the number of people on the electoral roll in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Great Britain for each general election since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission publishes data and research on elections taking place in the UK, including electorate figures.</p><p>Figures on the number registered voters at each general election since 2010 are in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1,169,184</p></td><td><p>44,428,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1,236,765</p></td><td><p>45,117,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>1,242,698</p></td><td><p>45,592,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>1,293,971</p></td><td><p>46,273,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024</strong></p></td><td><p>1,363,961</p></td><td><p>46,859,848</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Sir Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2025 15:39:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1754021

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Labour Together: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the Electoral Commission's timetable is for publishing details of spending by Labour Together for the 2024 general election.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>The Commission will publish returns recieved from registered non-party campaigners in two stages, with returns under £250,000 published shortly and those over £250,000 published in the coming months.</p><p>Non-party campaigners are required to register with the Electoral Commission if they intend to spend more than £10,000 on regulated campaigning ahead of a general election. However, they are only required to report their spending and donations to the Commission if they spend more than £20,000 in England, or £10,000 in any other part of the UK.</p><p>Labour Together registered with the Commission in March 2024. Following the election, they confirmed they did not exceed the reporting threshold. As a result, they are not required to submit a return.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Sir Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2025 15:40:25 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1754046

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the US Surgeon General’s recommendations to include health warnings on alcohol labels; and whether he has plans to re-visit his Department's closed consultation entitled Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives, published on 28 September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Health Service fit for the future, with a greater emphasis on the prevention of avoidable health harms, supporting people to live well for longer.</p><p>We have noted the United States Surgeon General’s recommendations, and will continue to consider how alcohol labelling can be improved to support consumers in making informed decisions about the products they are purchasing, whilst also promoting low risk consumption.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/01/2025 13:21:59 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1754059

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Influence Registration Scheme
	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 7 October 2024 to Question 7443 on Trade Unions: Subversion, whether the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme will regulate foreign actors seeking to (a) lobby and (b) influence trade unions.
	tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
	tabling member printed	Nick Timothy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The scheme’s political influence tier seeks to increase transparency of foreign power influence over the core aspects of the UK’s democracy, including elections, political party proceedings, parliamentarians and decisions of the Government, but is limited in scope to ensure its proportionality.</p><p>However, where a foreign power is specified under the enhanced tier, those acting at the direction of that foreign power to carry out a broad range of activities will be required to register. This could include activities involving lobbying of, or influence over, trade unions.</p> answering member constituency Barnsley North answering member printed Dan Jarvis question first answered 14/01/2025 16:50:47 answering member 4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	tabling member	5062

1754069

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21320 on written representations to the Department of Work and Pensions, whether there have been changes to the directions to Government departments on the logging of enquiries from (a) MPs and (b) Members of the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The Guide to Handling Correspondence, owned by the Cabinet Office and published on GOV.UK, sets out the guidance for Government departments to follow when handling correspondence from MPs and Members of the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. The guidance was last updated in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erith and Thamesmead answering member printed Ms Abena Oppong-Asare question first answered 14/01/2025 14:56:10 answering member 4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1754070

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department records the number of enquiries received from (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of Devolved (i) Parliaments and (ii) Assemblies on a quarterly basis.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>The department receives and responds to enquiries from Members of Parliament and Members of devolved Parliaments or Assemblies but does not collate, report or produce statistics on this.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 14/01/2025 14:31:51 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1754077

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	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	Floods: Leicester
	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 steps his Department is taking to support communities affected by recent flooding in Leicester; and whether he plans to make a flood recovery grant available to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Shivani Raja
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. This Government will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences.</p><p> </p><p>During recent flooding, the Environment Agency has been operating flood assets and working with local partners across England to prevent and reduce the severity of the flooding.</p><p> </p><p>In Leicester, the Environment Agency will continue to deploy officers to affected communities to assess the impacts of flooding to properties and businesses. It will also continue to work with the local resilience forum to identify further opportunities to reduce flood risk in Leicestershire and support the resilience of communities to flooding.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to activate Defra's Property Flood Resilience grant scheme as the current scale of flooding has not met the threshold for its activation. Local Authorities should have contingencies in place for flooding and be able to provide support through their normal mechanisms.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 14/01/2025 17:41:39 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
	tabling member	5068

1754078

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Liverpool Walton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) access to (i) deposit and (ii) withdraw cash and (b) the availability of trained people to help with cash access services in Liverpool Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those in vulnerable groups, and is committed to protecting access to cash for individuals and businesses. Furthermore, the Government recognises that businesses need access to cash deposit services in order to continue accepting cash.</p><p> </p><p> </p>The Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for protecting access to cash. In September 2024, it introduced new rules which require the UK’s largest banks and building societies to assess the impact of a closure of a relevant cash withdrawal or deposit facility and put in place a new service if necessary.<p> </p><p>Furthermore, where a community, or interested party, feels that access to cash in their area is not sufficient, they are able to submit a cash access assessment request to LINK, the operator of the UK’s largest ATM network, who undertake these assessments. Further information about submitting a cash access assessment request can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.link.co.uk/helping-you-access-cash/request-access-to-cash" target="_blank">https://www.link.co.uk/helping-you-access-cash/request-access-to-cash</a></p><p> </p><p>LINK publishes data on the number of ATMs across each parliamentary constituency. In the constituency of Liverpool Walton, LINK data identifies 46 free-to-use ATMs out of 75 cash access facilities across the constituency. There are also 40 Post Office branches in the wider Liverpool area where you can deposit and withdraw money.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some individuals may need assistance, including in-person assistance, to support their access to cash, and is committed to ensuring appropriate services are in place to support this.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The UK banking sector has committed to deliver these hubs by the end of this parliament. These hubs will provide small businesses and individuals who need face-to-face support with critical cash and in-person banking services. Over 100 Banking Hubs are already open across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 13/01/2025 15:20:16 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1754085

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2025
	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	Paternity Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the role of the Fair Work Agency will be in helping to ensure businesses observe best practice in granting paternity leave.
	tabling member constituency	East Grinstead and Uckfield
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2025 answer text <p>We are creating the Fair Work Agency to deliver a much-needed upgrade to enforcement of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>The Fair Work Agency will work closely with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), which already provides guidance for both employers and workers in these specific areas, to deliver appropriate support to the majority of businesses who want to comply with the law.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 22949 question first answered 13/01/2025 16:07:50 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies