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Andrew Stephenson: In 2019, NHS England commissioned and led on the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project. The NHS England led project has been delayed due to COVID-19, with as yet no firm date set for publishing its draft report. The objectives of the National Bladder and Bowel Health Project are to: oversee the development of evidence-based and patient-focussed care pathways and Commissioning Framework...
Bim Afolami: ...closures or refusals are happening and why. The FCA’s interim report (“UK Payment Accounts: Access and Closures”) was published on 19 September 2023, and it is continuing to work with firms to explore this issue.
Guy Opperman: The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry and discuss issues as they arise. However, it is the responsibility of individual motor insurers to set their premiums and the terms and...
Earl Attlee: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Financial Conduct Authority regularly undertakes spot checks of firms offering loans to ensure that the contract details accurately reflect the advertised annual percentage rate of the financial product.
Mims Davies: ...were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10, including 400,000 fewer children. With almost one million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting people, including parents, to move into and progress in work. This approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is...
Bim Afolami: ...to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK. Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority also sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to close their branches. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of a planned closure on their customers’ everyday banking and cash access needs and...
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Chinese-origin firms have been subject to restrictions on trade and investment under the (a) Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, (b) (i) Export Control Act 2002 and (ii) Export Control Order 2008, (c) Procurement Act 2023, (d) Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and (e) National Security and Investment Act 2021 in the last five...
Jacob Young: The Department is working to finalise the Grenfell Assisted Home Ownership Scheme and we hope to open it for applications in the coming months. We will write to all eligible residents once we have a firm date for launch. This will include details on how they can apply.
Bim Afolami: The Government has taken action to address fraudulent activity being hosted online through the Online Safety Act 2023, which includes a new standalone duty requiring large internet firms to remove fraudulent content on their platforms. In addition, the financial promotions regime seeks to ensure that consumers are provided with clear and accurate information that enables them to make...
Stuart Andrew: ...approach which tackles aggressive advertising and that which is most likely to appeal to children, while still allowing sports bodies to benefit commercially from deals with responsible gambling firms.
Baroness Vere of Norbiton: ...to better protect the public and businesses from fraud. While specific decisions on the opening hours of high street banks and the out-of-hours services provided are commercial decisions for the firm, many of the major UK retail banks provide 24-hour helplines for customers who have been victims of fraud. More broadly, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requires banks and building...
Kevin Hollinrake: The handling of overseas entities assets upon dissolution is based on the company's information and the location of the asset. If the asset is located in England or Wales, the Treasury Solicitor manages the assets. In Scotland, it's the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. In Northern Ireland, the Crown Solicitor's Office. Assets located in the Duchies of Cornwall or Lancaster are dealt...
Andrew Murrison: The Ministry of Defence has of 14 November 2023 86 civilians employed as lawyers or intellectual property-qualified professionals and 211 military lawyers - inclusive of 26 Reservists - serving as members of the three Services' legal branches/capbadge who are qualified as lawyers. The Ministry of Defence does no hold specific records have received training in and/or are qualified specifically...
Andrew Murrison: The Ministry of Defence has of 14 November 2023 86 civilians employed as lawyers or intellectual property-qualified professionals and 211 lawyers - inclusive of 26 Reservists - serving as members of the three Services' legal branches/capbadge who are qualified as lawyers. There are other staff within the Ministry of Defence who hold academic/professional legal qualifications but are not...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many lawyers are employed by his Department as of 14 November 2023.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost to the public purse of advice provided by legal counsel to his Department in each year since 2010; and which (a) firms and (b) chambers have provided such advice in each of those years.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external legal counsel on the Ajax programme in each year between 2010 and 2023; and with which legal firms.
Gareth Davies: ...penalties. OFSI does not hold full information on the number of breaches across all sanctions measures against Russia. Since 2014, the UK has imposed fines totalling more than £20 million on firms for breaching financial sanctions related to Russia. OFSI has a range of enforcement tools it can use, in addition to civil monetary penalties, depending on the severity of the breach. These...
Lord Stewart of Dirleton: ..., and as such, no external organisations or individuals were consulted as to whether the CPS should revise the Guidance. External stakeholders were consulted on later revisions of the guidance The Solicitor General has answered a question regarding the organisations consulted when Annex D of the guidance was being developed (PQ 604).
Bim Afolami: ...individualised in line with the principles of the Mental Capacity Act and FCA guidance which can found at: https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/CONC/2/10.html. The guidance makes clear that firms should take reasonable steps to ensure that they have suitable business practices and procedures in place for the fair treatment of customers who they understand, or reasonably suspect, have...
