Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to publish a national policy statement on visitor attractions.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government has committed to updating a number of National Policy Statements which will support the Government’s long-term ambitions to improve infrastructure, productivity and energy generation across the country.
Whilst we do not have current plans to introduce a National Policy Statement for visitor attractions, we would be happy to receive further representations on this issue.
Certain business and commercial projects, which could include projects relating to leisure and tourism, can, on request, be directed into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects consenting regime, provided the Secretary of State is satisfied that such projects are ones of national significance.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when funding for the Integrated Health Care Hubs in North Staffordshire will be made available to the Integrated care board in North Staffordshire.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is currently developing the business cases for the North Staffordshire Integrated Health Care Hubs, and is responsible for driving them through the usual assurance and approval processes. NHS England and the Department will consider these cases once received from the trust.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken steps to implement the recommendations of the report entitled Improving non-emergency patient transport services: Report of the non-emergency patient transport review published by the NHS in August 2021.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England has published updated Patient Transport Service (PTS) eligibility criteria, guidance on the universal offer of transport support for patients attending in-centre haemodialysis, and has shared numerous guidance documents with the system including on commissioning, contracting and core standards, minimum training standards, and national mobility categories.
A new national data collection has also been introduced and, allowing for a national and Integrated Care System view of PTS within the NHS, to understand the provider landscape and provide assurance on performance and spend.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the range of rates for transport expenses that can be claimed by patients attending in-centre haemodialysis.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Data is not held centrally on the range of rates for transport expenses that can be claimed by patients attending in-centre haemodialysis.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact that proposals to remove the SME support factor in the PRA Consultation CP 16/22 on the Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards para 4.131 p 144 - para 4.127 p146 on UK competitiveness.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The PRA is currently consulting on its proposals for Basel 3.1. This includes its proposals for deleting retained EU law including those which relate to the prudential rules on secured and unsecured SME lending. The detailed implementation of the Basel package however, has been delegated to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) as the UK’s expert regulator. The PRA is also consulting and has requested information from firms on specific measures including those relating to lending to SMEs.
The Government continues to work closely with the PRA and businesses to understand the impact of its proposed changes, including for the international competitiveness of the UK and the impact on SME lending. This includes monitoring the EU’s proposals, which also have not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Prudential Regulation Authority on the potential impact of the proposals in its Consultation Paper 16/22 on the Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards page 96 paragraph 3.17 on the capital requirements of challenger banks that lend to small and medium-sized enterprises against commercial premises.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The PRA is currently consulting on its proposals for Basel 3.1. This includes its proposals for deleting retained EU law including those which relate to the prudential rules on secured and unsecured SME lending. The detailed implementation of the Basel package however, has been delegated to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) as the UK’s expert regulator. The PRA is also consulting and has requested information from firms on specific measures including those relating to lending to SMEs.
The Government continues to work closely with the PRA and businesses to understand the impact of its proposed changes, including for the international competitiveness of the UK and the impact on SME lending. This includes monitoring the EU’s proposals, which also have not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Prudential Regulation Authority on the potential impact of the proposals in its Consultation Paper 16/22 on the Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards, page 96 paragraph 3.17, on the cost to small and medium-sized enterprises of raising funding against commercial premises.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The PRA is currently consulting on its proposals for Basel 3.1. This includes its proposals for deleting retained EU law including those which relate to the prudential rules on secured and unsecured SME lending. The detailed implementation of the Basel package however, has been delegated to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) as the UK’s expert regulator. The PRA is also consulting and has requested information from firms on specific measures including those relating to lending to SMEs.
The Government continues to work closely with the PRA and businesses to understand the impact of its proposed changes, including for the international competitiveness of the UK and the impact on SME lending. This includes monitoring the EU’s proposals, which also have not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of migrants that attempted to enter the UK illegally in trucks and other motor vehicles in each of the last five years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publish data on the number of detected attempts to enter the UK irregularly, by selected methods of entry since 2018. The latest publication can be found at: Gov.uk Irregular migration to the UK data page.
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of Iran's financial support for Hezbollah.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government regularly assesses the impact of Iran's destabilising activity throughout the region, including its political, financial and military support to several militant and proscribed groups, including Hizballah. Such activity compromises the region's security, its ability to prosper and escalates already high tensions, with consequences for the international community. It is for this reason that we currently have over 300 sanctions in place against Iran, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety and support the enforcement of UN prohibitions on the proliferation of weapons to non-state actors in the region, including to Lebanese Hizballah (UNSCR 1701).
Asked by: Karen Bradley (Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will appoint the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.
The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.
A decision on the appointment is under consideration.