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Written Question
Post Offices: Closures
Monday 25th March 2024

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to prevent the closure of local post offices.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Government is committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Post Office network and has provided over £2.5 billion in funding to support the Post Office network over the past decade and is providing a further £628 million for the Post Office between 2022 and 2025.

The Post Office network is not in decline. As CEO Nick Read confirmed recently, the network is as large as it has been for about five years with around 11,700 branches. Government continues to monitor Post Office's network numbers and performance, and Post Office publishes an annual network report.


Written Question
Teachers: Qualifications
Friday 22nd March 2024

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2023 to Question 182611 on Teachers: Qualifications, if she will take steps to make the Education Accreditation Scheme available to online education providers for adult learners.

Answered by Robert Halfon

The Online Education Accreditation Scheme (OEAS) was launched by the department in April 2023. The objective of the scheme is to bring regulatory oversight to an unregulated part of the education sector. The scheme is not designed to cover all forms of online education but to focus where the need for quality assurance is most pronounced, which is to pupils of compulsory school age. The OEAS is only open to applications from those providers offering full-time education online to pupils of compulsory school age. The government has no plans to expand the scheme to online education providers for adults.


Written Question
Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
Friday 22nd March 2024

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to investigate the installation of (a) biomass boilers and (b) solar panels by (i) A Shade Greener and (ii) other commercial rent-a-roof companies.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) on 18 March to question UIN 18120.


Written Question
Sales: Children
Friday 22nd March 2024

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to improve processes for reporting businesses selling age-restricted products to underage customers.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Enforcement of sales of age-restricted products is governed by distinct legislation and the respective lead department.

The Department supports enforcement efforts in England and Wales through funding for Citizens Advice Consumer Service, to relay crucial intelligence to local Trading Standards. To report suspected illegal sales to minors, the public is encouraged to contact Citizens Advice on 0808 223 1133, or Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000.

Additionally, individuals can report suspected traders to the police using the non-emergency number, 101.


Written Question
Mosques
Thursday 11th January 2024

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) he and (b) his predecessor made an official visit to a Mosque in the last three years.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

In the last three years, the current Home Secretary has visited numerous mosques both in the UK and overseas in his roles as Foreign Secretary, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, and Member of Parliament for Braintree.

Home Office has no record of an official visit by the former Home Secretary to a mosque in the last three years.


Written Question
Cyprus: Overseas Trade
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure direct, tariff-free trade with Northern Cyprus.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. Several UN Security Council Resolutions and other multilateral agreements also limit links between UK and the north. However, within these constraints we support measures to reduce the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community, including through regular engagement with the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce. Last month, HM Trade Commissioner visited Cyprus to discuss trade issues further. We continue to believe that a just and lasting settlement in Cyprus is the best means of resolving the difficulties caused by the division of the island.


Written Question
Cyprus: Mediterranean Region
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential contribution of Turkish Cypriot Muslims in Northern Cyprus to the UK’s strategic position in the eastern Mediterranean.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. We do however engage with all parties, including Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriot communities, as well as faith communities, as part of the UK's commitment to stability and security in the region.


Written Question
Sports: Cyprus
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that (a) athletes, (b) footballers and (c) teams from Northern Cyprus can participate in international sporting events.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” as an independent state.


Written Question
Antisemitism: Finance
Wednesday 6th December 2023

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided to tackle anti-semitism since 2010.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN 2961 on 29 November 2023, Question UIN 201247 on 23 October 2023 and Question UIN 117512 on 16 January 2023. As set out previously, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred have no place in our society and we will continue to fund programmes that help tackle all forms of religious hatred.


Written Question
Islamophobia: Finance
Wednesday 6th December 2023

Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided to tackle islamophobia since 2010.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN 2961 on 29 November 2023, Question UIN 201247 on 23 October 2023 and Question UIN 117512 on 16 January 2023. As set out previously, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred have no place in our society and we will continue to fund programmes that help tackle all forms of religious hatred.