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1668117

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Cohabitation: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of a bereaved unmarried couple's ability to access a deceased partner’s workplace pension following a separation on grounds of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has recently looked at cohabiting couples’ rights in relation to their deceased partner’s occupational pension more widely, in response to recommendation 5 of the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s Second Report into Cohabiting Couples.</p><p> </p><p>Our assessment was published on pages 5 and 6 of <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31430/documents/176284/default/" target="_blank">The rights of cohabiting partners: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report (parliament.uk)</a> on 1<sup>st</sup> November 2022. A <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/40946/documents/199454/default/" target="_blank">Letter from the Minister for Pensions on the rights of cohabiting partners</a> to the Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, published on 18<sup>th</sup> July this year outlined my Department’s most recent work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 16:26:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1461615

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of cider producers that qualify for the small cidermakers exemption.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text The Government will introduce a new Small Producer Relief, building on the success of Small Brewers Relief, for cidermakers and other producers of lower alcohol by volume (ABV) drinks, to encourage innovation and remove barriers to growth for small producers.<p> </p><p>Small brewers and cidermakers produce at a range of ABVs. The strength of the products of small producers will vary according to their individual business model.</p><p> </p><p>Small cidermakers producing 70 hectolitres or less in a 12-month consecutive period are exempted from the requirement to register with HMRC for duty purposes. The Government therefore holds no records on the numbers of these businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Under the proposals published at Budget, brewers that also produce spirits will be required to attribute spirits production to their total production amount.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing the Government’s response to the consultation on the alcohol duty review, including Small Producer’s Relief, later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 340 343 question first answered 16/05/2022 07:57:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1313147

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have taken their own life in each month of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 17/05/2021 15:44:02 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez attachment 1 file name UKSA's final response to PQ342.pdf title UKSAs response to PQ342
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1168738

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve SEND provision in Suffolk; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Our ambition is for every local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group to deliver a high-quality service for every child or young person with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission conduct inspections of SEND services in local areas. Their inspection of Suffolk published in 2017 and subsequent revisit published in 2019 found strengths and improvements over time, but there remained a number of areas of significant weakness where sufficient progress had not been made.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have concerns with performance, as there are with Suffolk, the Department for Education works with partners, including NHS England, to support and challenge local areas to improve. This includes regular advice and monitoring from the Department for Education and NHS England advisers as well as access to funded training opportunities and resources. Whilst there is more to be done, we welcome the progress being made and will continue to monitor the position closely.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in 2020-21, Suffolk will be receiving £74.9 million for its high needs budget, an increase of 17% per head of population aged 2-18 years old.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/01/2020 17:16:19 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1148964

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police staff and officers are working on the Government funded social media hub to tackle violent content online; and what the volume is of gang-related content that has been (a) disrupted and (b) removed from social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>There are 17 police staff and officers working in the MPS led Social Media Hub. The Hub became operational in May this year and since then it has generated 556 cases of gang-related online content that have resulted in some form of police action or disruption. 83 cases of gang related content have been removed from social media platforms.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 17:41:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh