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1582494

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Embassies: China
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 help protect people from Hong Kong who want to protest near the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	136528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights set out that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association. This government will support these rights, including the right of individuals to engage in peaceful protest.</p><p>It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and to demonstrate their views, provided that they do so within the law.</p><p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police. In certain circumstances, the police have a duty to take reasonable steps to protect those who want to exercise their rights peacefully.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/02/2023 16:42:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1582495

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for asylum applications made by people from Hong Kong from the initial claim to the outcome in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	136529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>This data for average processing times is not held in a reportable format, not routinely published, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it requires a manual search through individual records.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does publish data on the number of asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p> </p><p>List of tables - GOV.UK</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118222/asylum-summary-sep-2022-tables.ods</p><p> </p><p>Further detailed asylum and resettlement data sets, filtered by nationality can be found:</p><p> </p><p>List of tables - GOV.UK</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/02/2023 13:55:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1582496

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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	Passports: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the safety of British National (Overseas) visa holders who are required to renew their Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports at the Chinese Embassy or Consulate.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	136530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government cannot assist with the renewal of other countries' passports in the UK. As outlined in the UK Government's Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong, the UK has an unwavering commitment to Hong Kong and its people and the Government will continue to take very seriously the safety of our valued Hong Kong community in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/02/2023 15:37:03 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1581748

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Financial Services: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the implications for her policies of the finding in the Centre for Financial Capacity’s report entitled 1 Year On July 2021 – July 2022, published in July 2022, that one-fifth of children have access to financial education at primary school.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	135186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government wants all young people to manage their money well, make sound financial decisions and know where to seek further information when needed.</p><p>The Department works closely with the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) and HM Treasury to consider the wide range of evidence for financial education, including reports from the Centre for Financial Capability, and to explore the opportunities to improve access for all pupils to high quality financial education.</p><p>MaPS has a statutory duty to develop and co-ordinate a national strategy to improve people’s financial capabilities and their ten-year strategy, published in 2020, set out their national goal that two million more children and young people will receive a meaningful financial education by 2030. The strategy is supported by Delivery Plans for each nation of the UK, which are available here: <a href="https://www.maps.org.uk/uk-strategy-for-financial-wellbeing/" target="_blank">https://www.maps.org.uk/uk-strategy-for-financial-wellbeing/</a>.</p><p>The Department has introduced a rigorous mathematics curriculum which provides young people with the arithmetic that pupils should be taught to make important financial decisions. In the primary mathematics curriculum, there is a strong emphasis on the essential arithmetic that pupils should be taught. This is vital, as a strong grasp of mathematics will underpin pupils’ ability to manage budgets and money, including, for example, using percentages. There is also some specific content on financial education, such as calculations with money. Primary schools can also choose to teach financial education content within their citizenship curriculum, using the non-statutory citizenship curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/citizenship-programmes-of-study-for-key-stages-1-and-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/citizenship-programmes-of-study-for-key-stages-1-and-2</a>.</p><p>MaPS published guidance for primary and secondary schools in England, to support headteachers to enhance the financial education currently delivered in their schools. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://maps.org.uk/2021/11/11/financial-education-guidance-for-primary-and-secondary-schools-in-england/" target="_blank">https://maps.org.uk/2021/11/11/financial-education-guidance-for-primary-and-secondary-schools-in-england/</a>.</p><p>The Department and MaPS will deliver a series of joint financial education webinars this academic year, aimed at promoting the importance of financial education for all pupils and improving teacher confidence and knowledge, as well as providing a launchpad for further engagement with training and resources to support continuous improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/02/2023 16:42:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1581260

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve financial inclusion of under-18s.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	133572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure that people, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services and is committed to ensuring that people build financial capability. This means they are able to use, and maximise their use of, products and services made available by the financial services industry.</p><p> </p><p>To promote financial inclusion and capability, the Government works closely together with regulators and stakeholders from the public, private and third sectors. For people under the age of 18, economic and financial education are important parts of a broad and balanced curriculum that provide the essential knowledge to ensure that young people are prepared to manage money well and make sound financial decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Financial education is a statutory part of the national citizenship curriculum for 11- to 16-year-olds in England and primary schools can choose to teach citizenship, using non-statutory programmes of study.</p><p> </p><p>To further support schools to deliver high quality financial education, the Money and Pensions Service published financial education guidance for schools in England in 2021. This guidance supports school leaders and education decision makers to enhance the financial education currently delivered in their schools.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 133538 question first answered 02/02/2023 09:29:18 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1568799

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the terms of reference for the national dementia mission.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	127723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing plans for this mission. We cannot yet confirm when we will publish the terms of reference for the mission.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/01/2023 14:30:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1568800

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking enable charities and patient organisations to feed into the dementia mission led by Dame Barbara Windsor.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	127724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing plans for this mission, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders, including leading charities and patient organisations in the dementia and neurodegeneration space. We will continue to involve them as our plans develop.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/01/2023 14:31:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1567747

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial education for primary school children in the allocation of the dormant assets identified by the Dormant Assets Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	125307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <ul><li>Dormant Assets legislation currently defines financial inclusion as &quot;the development of individuals' ability to manage their finances ​​or the improvement of access to personal financial services''.</li><li>To date, the focus of dormant assets funding for financial inclusion has been tackling problem debt and improving access to affordable and appropriate financial products and services for people in vulnerable circumstances.</li><li>At present, the government is considering over 3,300 responses to the public consultation on what the broad social and/or environmental purposes of the English portion of dormant assets should be going forwards.</li><li>The government plans to publish a response in early 2023 setting out these future purposes of the English portion.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/01/2023 12:47:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1567748

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Dormant Assets Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for concluding her Department's assessment of the Dormant Assets Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	125308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The consultation on the English portion of dormant assets funding closed on Sunday 9 October and received over 3,300 responses.</p><p>The consultation has enabled the public, civil society sector, and the Dormant Assets Scheme’s voluntary industry participants to have their say in how funds are spent in England.</p><p>The Government is considering all responses and plans to publish a response in early 2023 setting out the future social and/or environmental purposes of the English portion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/01/2023 12:45:11 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1566310

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Institution of Civil Engineers' policy position statement entitled Defining the outcomes from levelling up, published on 16 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill of that statement’s position that there should be clearer alignment between levelling up and net zero.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	122107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>We welcome the Institution of Civil Engineer's engagement on these two vital Government priorities. As highlighted in the Levelling Up White Paper, the largest industrial emitting sectors are in some of the least prosperous areas in the UK, where investment in the transition to Net Zero can potentially yield significant benefits for businesses and communities.</p><p>We are keen to harness the opportunity that the Net Zero transition presents to level up the UK. That is why we have established a Green Jobs Delivery Group in collaboration with industry and energy leaders, to support the delivery of 480,000 new green jobs by 2030. The Group will help ensure the UK has the skilled workforce it needs to build clean industries, whilst making sure that workers, businesses and local areas are supported throughout the transition. The Government also looks forward to responding to the Skidmore Review, which sets out recommendations on the interaction between Net Zero, levelling up and local leadership.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/01/2023 12:04:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond