https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform<\/a>.<\/p>This makes clear that high priority must be given to cost considerations. The Department\u2019s guidance clearly states that uniform items should be easily available for parents to purchase and schools should keep compulsory branded items to a minimum. It also states that schools should avoid single supplier contracts, but where schools do choose to enter into such contracts, they should be subject to a regular competitive tendering process.<\/p>
No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to a school. The Government is pleased to support the Private Members' Bill to \u2018Make provision for guidance regarding the cost aspects of school uniform policies\u2019 which was recently introduced to Parliament on 5 February. This demonstrates the Government\u2019s commitment to ensuring that school uniform costs are reasonable.<\/p>"}
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are responsible for setting the regulatory fees for industry and recently consulted on their fees for 2020-21. A response to the consultation can be found on the FCA\u2019s website. The FCA operates independently within the statutory framework agreed by Parliament. The Government therefore, has no role in the FCA\u2019s budgeting or setting of the levy.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Treasury works closely with the FCA to ensure that the market for financial advice works well. We are aware of concerns about the effect of the increased regulatory fees on financial advisers and we are working with the FCA who are monitoring the impact.<\/p>"}
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HMG only maintains records of Overseas Security & Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessments relating to completed and ongoing security & justice work overseas. We are therefore unable to provide details of the number of times UK assistance was not provided due to human rights risks.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Human Rights and Democracy Report published on 16 July 2020, on how many occasions did the Government decide that UK assistance should not be provided on the basis of human rights risk in Overseas Security and Justice Assistance cases during 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has continued to monitor all aspects of the National Insurance Number (NINo) process throughout recent months, as we continue to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on our services.<\/p>
When applying for a NINo, all applicants are required to have their identity verified. For those applicants whose identity has already been verified by another UK Government Department, primarily the Home Office, their applications are dealt with by post. For those who have not had their identity verified, primarily EU/EEA nationals, the current process requires them to attend a face to face interview with DWP to verify their identity.<\/p>
<\/p>
Due to COVID-19, the face to face interview process was suspended from 17th<\/sup> March 2020. This enabled us to retrain and redeploy a large number of staff to help process the substantial number of benefit claims received during this period.<\/p> <\/p>
It is not possible, due to the requirement to examine customers\u2019 ID documents, to offer a virtual service. However, we are working on a digital solution that should enable us to restart the process incrementally by the end of September 2020.<\/p>
<\/p>
Employers are required to conduct mandatory Right to Work checks on all prospective employees. Having a NINo is not part of these checks, and the possession of a NINo does not prove that an individual has a right to work. Indeed, an individual can apply for a job and take up employment without a NINo and the HMRC standard process allows payment of salary and collection of tax and NI without a NINo.<\/p>"}
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Office space occupied by local newspapers can benefit from a £1,500 annual business rates discount, extended to 2025. A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. In addition, the Government brought forward the implementation date of the zero rate of VAT for e-publications to 1 May 2020.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to introduce emergency business rates relief for local news publishers during the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Following the Prime Minister\u2019s speech at the Northern Powerhouse Summit last year in Rotherham, the Government is going to work with leaders across the North, including mayors and local businesses, to create a new, stronger Northern Powerhouse growth body, which will have a vital role in championing investment and opportunity for the North<\/p>
This Government is considering functions for pan-regional partnerships that recognise and respect what Mayors lead but go beyond that which demand and benefit from a pan-regional geography. This can include issues cut across multiple functional economic areas (FEAs) in order to deliver, where there are major economic opportunities and where benefits can be gained internationally.<\/p>"}
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Couples where one member is receiving state pension and the other is of working age, who are not already claiming Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit for pensioners, will be supported through Universal Credit where eligible.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government has announced a suite of measures to support those facing the most financial disruption during the pandemic. This includes increasing the standard allowance in Universal Credit by £86.67 per month (equivalent to £20 per week), on top of the planned annual uprating. This means that claimants may be up to £1,040 per year better off, depending on their circumstances. We have also made a number of other changes such as increasing Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants; putting an average of £600 into people\u2019s pockets.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional financial support her Department is providing to claimants of universal credit whose partners are in receipt of the state pension during the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extension of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme on 29 May, and eligible individuals may now qualify for a second and final grant. This means the UK continues to have one of the most generous self-employed COVID-19 support schemes in the world as the economy reopens.<\/p>
The extension of the scheme means that eligible individuals whose businesses are adversely affected by COVID-19 will be able to claim a taxable grant worth 70 per cent of their average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering three months\u2019 worth of profits, and capped at £6,570 in total. This is in line with changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as the economy reopens and the eligibility criteria remain the same.<\/p>"}
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The Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund have helped many thousands of small businesses, which as of 4th<\/sup> May had received over £8.6 billion worth of grants. However, we are aware that many small businesses which are facing high fixed costs are finding themselves excluded from these grants schemes because the way they interact with the current business rates system means they are not eligible for the grants schemes.<\/p> <\/p>
On Friday 1 May, the Government announced that it would be making up to £617m of additional funding available to Local Authorities to enable them to make payments of up to £25,000 to businesses in these situations.<\/p>
<\/p>
The discretionary funds will be administered by Local Authorities, who will ask businesses to apply for a grant. Local Authorities will receive guidance regarding which kinds of businesses should be considered a priority for these funds. It is the Government\u2019s intention that the following businesses should be considered as a priority for these funds:<\/p>
<\/p>