Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports that the Government of Georgia is fostering closer ties with the Government of Iran.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 July 2025 to Question 66922.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to support (a) civil society and (b) a free press in Georgia.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 July 2025 to Question 66922.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of sanctioning additional Georgian elites accused of corruption with significant financial holdings in the UK.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 July 2025 to Question 66922.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of the harassment of civil society leaders in Georgia.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 July 2025 to Question 66922.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international counterparts on democracy in Georgia.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 July 2025 to Question 66922.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the international Summit on Countering Illicit Finance Summit will take place.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon. Member to the written statement made to the House on 22 July 2025 (UIN HCWS877).

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of fines imposed by anti-money laundering supervisors in response to money laundering breaches that were (a) retained by supervisors and (b) remitted to the Exchequer for financial years 2023-2024 and 2024-25.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

Anti-money laundering supervisors retain a portion of the fines they issue to cover their enforcement costs, with the remainder being remitted to the consolidated fund. Information on the total value of fines remitted to the consolidated fund, including those by anti-money laundering supervisors, can be found in HM Treasury’s annual report and accounts.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025

Information on the total value of fines issued by anti-money laundering supervisors for 2023-24 can be found in HM Treasury’s annual supervision report.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-supervision-report-2023-24

The 2024-25 version of this report is due to be published later this year.

Each anti-money laundering supervisor also publishes an annual report on their accounts, including a breakdown of the fines they have issued.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer from money recovered by public bodies using powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 through unspent asset recovery incentivisation scheme receipts in financial year 2024-25.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

Individual public bodies participating in the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme are responsible for record-keeping of any unspent funds returned to the Consolidated Fund. As such, HM Treasury does not collate this information.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the 3 fines worth £289 million imposed in the financial year 2024/2025 by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 in response to money laundering breaches were (a) retained by the FCA and (b) applied for the benefit of FCA regulated firms under the Financial Penalty Scheme.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not spend the revenue it collects from fines. The FCA is required to pass revenue from fines it imposes by the FCA to the Treasury. The Treasury must surrender it to the Consolidated Fund and it is then part of the Government’s total revenues, used to pay for all Government spending on public services.

The FCA is permitted to deduct an amount equal to the costs of its enforcement activity from penalty receipts. The money retained for this purpose must be used for the benefit of regulated firms: the FCA achieves this through the Financial Penalty Scheme, which provides a rebate for relevant firms, reducing the fee that they must pay to the FCA in a given year. Under the Scheme, the firms on which any penalty was imposed in a financial year will not receive any rebate to their fees in the following financial year.

The FCA’s 2025 Fees and Levies Policy Statement sets out that it reduced the total fees payable to meet its annual funding requirement by applying the £71.6m using the financial penalty revenues it retained from 2024-25. Further information about how this is distributed among FCA-regulated firms can be found on the FCA’s website.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide an overview of how the Financial Conduct Authority has spent the £173.5 million fines imposed on firms for breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 since 2017.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not spend the revenue it collects from fines. The FCA is required to pass revenue from fines it imposes by the FCA to the Treasury. The Treasury must surrender it to the Consolidated Fund and it is then part of the Government’s total revenues, used to pay for all Government spending on public services.

The FCA is permitted to deduct an amount equal to the costs of its enforcement activity from penalty receipts. The money retained for this purpose must be used for the benefit of regulated firms: the FCA achieves this through the Financial Penalty Scheme, which provides a rebate for relevant firms, reducing the fee that they must pay to the FCA in a given year. Under the Scheme, the firms on which any penalty was imposed in a financial year will not receive any rebate to their fees in the following financial year.

The FCA’s 2025 Fees and Levies Policy Statement sets out that it reduced the total fees payable to meet its annual funding requirement by applying the £71.6m using the financial penalty revenues it retained from 2024-25. Further information about how this is distributed among FCA-regulated firms can be found on the FCA’s website.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department and NHS England are currently looking at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.

Additionally, we are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for eligible adult and children’s hospices in England to ensure they have the best physical environment for care.

We are also providing £26 million in revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26. I am pleased to confirm the continuation of circa £26 million, adjusted for inflation, for the next three financial years, 2026/27 to 2028/29 inclusive, to be distributed again via integrated care boards. This amounts to approximately £80 million over the next three years.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) supply and (b) distribution of the flu vaccine this winter.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England is in regular contact with the vaccine manufacturers to discuss the available supply and can confirm that stock is still available for community pharmacies and general practices to order. Sufficient volumes of flu vaccine have been delivered to be able to vaccinate all eligible groups of people.

Initial orders are placed well before the start of the campaign, but supplies continue to be available throughout the season to be ordered as required. Manufacturers have confirmed that they have flu vaccine available and in stock, should sites want to order additional stock.

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Clive Efford (Chair); Phil Brickell; Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown;

Found: COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting on Tuesday 21 January 2025 Members of the Commission present: Phil Brickell

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Richard Foord; Abtisam