Neil Coyle MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office: Diplomatic RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last reviewed the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office; when he plans next to review it;, and for what reason it has diplomatic status.
Answer: The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 provides the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office with certain privileges and immunities in line with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, for the purposes of furthering economic and trade interests....
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DeductionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that deductions from social security payments do not leave people in relative poverty.
Answer: The primary aim of deductions in Universal Credit is to protect customers by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services, such as, housing, electricity and gas. The policy also enables social obligations, such as, paying Cou...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCost of LivingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Christians Against Poverty entitled Deficit budgets: The cost to stay alive, published in Septembe
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and good quality work will be the foundation of our approach. We know that good work can significantly reduce the chances of people falling into poverty, but too many people are being denied the security and dignity th...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) housing benefit and (b) UC equivalent allowance was paid directly to councils in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested for Universal Credit is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The information requested for Housing Benefit may be found by using the Detailed Housing Type and the Payment Destination fields i...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordStatutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to meet with the Safe Sick Pay campaign to discuss the rate of Statutory Sick Pay.
Answer: My officials met with representatives from the Centre for Progressive Change to discuss measures to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay on the day of the Employment Rights Bill introduction. As announced in the Next Steps to Make Work Pay, the Government will s...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll WorkingTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8152More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will consult stakeholders on the adequacy of its guidance on the status determination statement process.
Answer: The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review. To help customers make an informed decision on a worker’s status for tax, HMRC provides comprehensive online guidance that explains the relevant factors and tests and how to apply them. HMR...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll WorkingTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8151More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a quality assurance process for status determination statements.
Answer: The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review. To help customers make an informed decision on a worker’s status for tax, HMRC provides comprehensive online guidance that explains the relevant factors and tests and how to apply them. HMR...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the (a) arrest of (i) Jimmy Lai and (ii) other democracy activists in Hong Kong and (b) targeting of acti
Answer: The Foreign Secretary raised Jimmy Lai's case in his first meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN Summit on 26 July and his case remains a priority for this Government. We will continue to call on the Hong Kong authorities to end their...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review exceptional circumstances criteria.
Answer: Where an applicant is not able to meet all the core eligibility requirements in the family Rules under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, including the financial requirement, the application will receive consideration of whether there are exceptional c...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the application process for Pension Credit was last reviewed.
Answer: We continually review the Pension Credit application process, with improvements made as recently as 3 September 2024. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the ex...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of automating pension credit payments without an application process for claimants reaching retirement age on universal credit.
Answer: Households in receipt of Universal Credit are likely to see a significant change in their financial situation on reaching state pension age – at which point they may become entitled to retirement income such as the state pension, occupational or private p...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the threshold for pension credit was last reviewed; and when it is next set for review.
Answer: The rates of Pension Credit were last reviewed in Autumn 2023 as part of the Secretary of State’s annual statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. Following that review, the Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee was increased by 8.5%, in li...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for pension credit have been in receipt of universal credit in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential role of (a) small and medium sized enterprises and (b) community interest companies in helping to deliver the Youth Guarantee.
Answer: Our plan to get Britain Working includes a Youth Guarantee for all young people aged 18-21 to ensure that they can access quality training opportunities, an apprenticeship or employment support. This will sit alongside; a new national jobs and careers ser...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUNRWAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of UNRWA on the management reforms it has implemented as a result of the Final Report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and Minister Dodds spoke to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, in July. They discussed UNRWA's progress in implementing the recommendat...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUNRWAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts in countries that provide donations to UNRWA on the reforms recommended in the Final Report of the Independ
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and Minister Dodds spoke to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, in July. They discussed UNRWA's progress in implementing the recommendat...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUNRWAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Oral Statement of 19 July 2024 on Israel and Gaza, Official Report, column 301, what discussions he has had with representatives of UNRWA on the managem
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and Minister Dodds spoke to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, in July. They discussed UNRWA's progress in implementing the recommendat...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUNRWAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with UNWRA since the publication of the Final Report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Hu
Answer: The Foreign Secretary and Minister Dodds spoke to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, in July. They discussed UNRWA's progress in implementing the recommendat...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2347More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review Section 684 activities with reference to the Loan Charge.
Answer: Section 684 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act (ITEPA) 2003 provides for the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) regulations. In 2022, the Court of Appeal considered HMRC’s use of section 684(7A)(b) in relation to a disguised remuneration scheme. The Chance...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordJimmy LaiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China on (a) the case of Jimmy Lai’s and (b) the latest delays to his trial.
Answer: British national Jimmy Lai's case is a priority for the Government. The Foreign Secretary raised his case in his first meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN Summit on 26 July.We will continue to call on the Hong Kong authorities to en...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: British NationalityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of China's new judicial guidelines imposing criminal punishments on so-called Taiwanese separatists on British citizens.
Answer: The UK has a clear interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We consider the Taiwan issue one to be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive dialogue, without the threat or use of force or coerci...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to (a) engage and (b) work with (i) cooperatives and (ii) community-led not-for-profit organisations to build new homes.
Answer: The Government recognises that community-led housing delivers a wide range of benefits, including additional housing supply, empowering communities, achieving high quality design and strengthening the co-operative economy.I am committed to working with re...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for the level of food bank usage by the end of this Parliament.
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty and ending the mass dependence on emergency food parcels. We will be considering the best way to achieve these important objectives over the coming weeks and months working through the new Ministerial Taskforce on Chil...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed child poverty strategy will examine the potential impact of (a) trends in the use of food bank usage and (b) the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on levels of childhood poverty.
Answer: We are committed to tackling child poverty and ending the mass dependence on emergency food parcels. The new Ministerial Taskforce will drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy ...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on local authority emergency social service funding.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to the continuous review of the impacts of the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) policy. Officials are working with a wide range of stakeholders, including other government departments, the devolved administrations and third ...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
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