Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle increases in antisocial behaviour in East Hull and (b) support local (i) authorities and (ii) communities in tackling it.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
On 27 March, the Government published its Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action Plan. The ASB Action Plan commits to tackling ASB across five key themes: stronger punishment, making communities safer, building local pride, prevention and early intervention, improving data, reporting and accountability for action.
This plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we will work with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales.
We are also providing up to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within 48 hours of the offence. This will start in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas and be rolled out nationally in 2024.
The plan includes up to £2m to supercharge use of High Street Rental Auctions which will allow local authorities to sell off the rental rights for empty properties to willing tenants, with financial support to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard.
We are providing up to £2.5 million to pilot High Street Accelerators in up to 10 areas which will incentivise and empower local people to work together to develop ambitious plans to tackle vacancy and reinvent their high streets so that they are fit for the future.
Humberside police force has recruited 365 additional uplift police officers against a total three-year allocation of 322 officers, as at 31 March 2023.
Humberside’s funding will be up to £231.7m in 2023/24, an increase of up to £7.9m when compared to 2022/23.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 177808 on Economic Situation and Shipping, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Corporation Tax regime encourages employment of UK resident seafarers on the vessels qualifying for relief under that regime.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Following reforms to Tonnage Tax announced at Autumn Budget 2021, the Government announced further Tonnage Tax changes to encourage jobs and investment in the UK shipping industry at Spring Budget 2023.
These changes include opening an election window to allow shipping companies to join or re-join UK Tonnage Tax. They also include expanding the regime to include ship management companies, and increasing the capital allowances limit for lessors of ships into the regime.
To take advantage of Tonnage Tax, shipping companies must strategically and commercially manage ships in the UK and commit to train or underwrite the training of sufficient seafarers to meet a "Minimum Training Obligation" (MTO). Trainees must be ordinarily resident in the UK and either a UK/EEA national or a British citizen from the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
The Government remains committed to the MTO and encouraging the training of seafarers. In September 2022, the Government increased the support for maritime training (SMarT) funding of Cadet training to 50% from the previous level of 30% for the period April 2022 to September 2024.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 177809 on Shipping: Tonnage Tax, whether his Department requires companies linked to vessels that are not part of the Red Ensign Group to provide evidence in their returns that they are (a) strategically and (b) commercially managed in the UK.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for determining whether a company or group is eligible to elect into the UK Tonnage scheme.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that (a) multinational and (b) domestic top-up taxes set out in the Spring Budget 2023 apply to (a) P&O Ferries Ltd and (ii) other UK subsidiaries of DP World.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Pillar 2 rules have been globally agreed and will apply to multinational and domestic companies with an annual consolidated revenue of €750 million or more. The UK is legislating Pillar 2 in the Spring Finance Bill, with implementation from accounting periods beginning on or after 31 December 2023.
The detailed application of the rules is set out in this legislation and is consistent with the internationally agreed rules.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an assessment of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employment for UK resident (a) offshore workers and (b) seafarers working on (i) fixed and (ii) floating offshore wind turbines in (A) territorial sea and (B) the UK Exclusive Economic Zone to 2030.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.
The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employers in the offshore wind industry that have used the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.
The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many officials in her department will be needed to administer the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.
The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ratings were trained on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels in each year from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
To meet the Tonnage Tax training obligation, companies submit returns to the Department for Transport that specify the number of months that have been satisfied by the training of ratings. The following figures have been obtained from those returns.
2018/19 – 128 months equivalent to 11 ratings
2019/20 – 276 months equivalent to 23 ratings
2020/21 – 65 months equivalent to 5 ratings
2021/22 – 168 months equivalent to 14 ratings
2022/23 – 48 months so far representing 12 ratings currently part way through training as this year is still in progress.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the link with ratings training in the Tonnage Tax.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
To future-proof seafarer training, the Department has commissioned the Maritime Skills Commission to undertake a Ratings Review. This is exploring what the barriers and opportunities are regarding training for UK ratings, and where opportunities exist to enhance and grow the offer. The review is currently underway, and due to conclude later this year.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of vessels by flag register that qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Based on the 2022/23 returns to the Department for Transport from each of the companies within the UK Tonnage Tax scheme the figures for the number of vessels under each flag are as follows:
*UK - 274
Liberia – 125
Marshall Islands – 53
Bahamas – 50
*Isle of Man – 36
Malta – 36
Panama – 22
Hong Kong – 16
Cyprus – 15
Norway – 13
Singapore – 13
*Gibraltar – 11
Madeira – 10
Bermuda – 9
Antigua & Barbuda – 6
Brazil – 3
Finland – 3
Netherlands – 2
Portugal – 2
*Cayman Islands – 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines – 1
Spain – 1
* Part of the Red Ensign Group