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1544434

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Clean Steel Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Clean Steel Fund is allocated at the earliest opportunity.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	93561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that the steel sector plays across the economy of the United Kingdom. We will continue to work with the sector to support its decarbonisation efforts and we have already established various funding schemes such as the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) and the Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Revenue Support (IDHRS) in this regard. Further proposals, including the approach to the Clean Steel Fund, will be unveiled at the earliest possible occasion.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/11/2022 13:53:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1649788

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Bricks: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has visited any brick manufacturers since 7 February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	192093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade, has not visited any brick manufacturers since 7 February 2023. However, officials within the Department for Business &amp; Trade are in regular contacts with firms and trade associations in the construction sector, including those that manufacture bricks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/07/2023 13:04:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1649789

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Clay: Quarrying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she last visited a clay quarry.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	192094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has not visited a clay quarry in her current role. However, officials within the Department for Business &amp; Trade are in regular contacts with firms and trade associations in the construction sector, including those that produce or use mineral products such as clay.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/07/2023 13:09:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

947587

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the report of the task and finish group on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing in September.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
	uin	167877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The report of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/09/2018 11:11:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1027413

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on increasing step-free access at rail stations in (a) Angus and (b) Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	202890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>My officials and Transport Scotland discuss railway station accessibility at least monthly as part of the governance of the Access for All programme. We have made a further £300m available for Access for All and the Scottish Government have nominated a number of stations from across Scotland for this new funding. We intend to announce the successful stations in April next year.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2018 11:27:18 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1045655

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that disabled people have suitable transport access when seeking employment opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	210711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport and opportunities to seek employment as everyone else. In July 2018 the Government launched the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS) which sets out key policy and investment priorities to deliver an inclusive transport system.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Access to Work is a publicly funded employment support programme that aims to help more disabled people start, or stay in, work. It can provide practical and financial support for people who have a disability or long term physical or mental health condition. The scheme is demand-led and offers a discretionary grant, administered by Jobcentre Plus (JCP). Support for disabled workers can include travel to work and travel within work as well as specialised aids, equipment and support workers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/01/2019 15:52:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

845613

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	128585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and its Agencies, with the exception of the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), have published Welsh Language Schemes which include a commitment to reply with a signed letter in Welsh when someone writes to us in Welsh. The target times for replying to letters in Welsh are the same as for those in English.</p><p> </p><p>The VCA translates information for the New Car Fuel Consumption and CO2 guide from English into Welsh using a suitably qualified third party supplier each year. Should the VCA receive any correspondence in Welsh from an MP or member of the public a translation would be arranged and the MP would receive copies of the response in both Welsh and English.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport uses the Crown Commercial Services translation framework to arrange translations.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency uses the Welsh Language Unit to arrange translations.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency engages the services of a specialist external service provider for translation services.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency uses a variety of external providers for translation services, depending on the size and nature of the task, and can also use cross-government frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/02/2018 16:23:58 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

896387

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training his Department has provided to (a) general civil servants, (b) fast stream civil servants and (c) senior civil servants on devolution and inter-governmental relations; how many such courses have taken place; and how many civil servants have attended such training courses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	140631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>All civil servants at the Department for Transport are able to access online and face-to-face training on Devolution and Intergovernmental Working via the Civil Service Learning (CSL) portal.</p><p> </p><p>i) The <strong>online Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working module </strong>is for all new and existing civil servants, launched in November 2016. Through four online tutorials, video interviews with senior civil servants, and ‘take back to the office’ activities, it explains how the different governments operating in the UK work together, covering devolution settlements, decentralisation, City Deals and intergovernmental relations, as well as the ‘Devolution Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Online Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>ii) The <strong>half day face-to-face Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working workshop </strong>is also available to all civil servants. Building on the above online module, delegates learn from experienced professionals who have worked on a range of devolution matters about topics such as confidentiality, when to seek legal advice and the boundaries of devolution, where reserved and devolved powers meet.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Face-to-face Devolution &amp; Intergovernmental Working</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the online and face-to-face workshops are included in the recommended learning for all civil servants working in a role related to EU exit. The online learning is included in the new EU Essentials for Policy Professionals programme, for those new to policy making or the civil service; and the face-to-face workshop is included in the EU Policy Practitioner Programme for those with more policy experience. These programmes were launched in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>iii) Also available to civil servants are the <strong>EU exit: devolution settlements and intergovernmental working events. </strong>Delegates hear the views of Permanent Secretaries, and other senior civil servants from the devolved administrations and territorial offices, on intergovernmental relations within the current political climate.</p><p> </p><p>Fast Streamers at DfT are included in the central learning offer for the Fast Stream programme. Introduced in 2017 as part of <strong>Fast Stream policy learning</strong>, delegates take part in a Devolution workshop, which all brand new entrant centrally managed Fast Streamers attend as part of their Induction offer.</p><p> </p><p>Fast Streamers are also required to complete the online 'Devolution and Intergovernmental Working' e-learning product as mandatory e-learning within their first year on the Fast Stream programme.</p><p> </p><p>For the SCS, each nation of the UK leads and hosts an <strong>annual SCS conference </strong>to learn from each other and build networks across the Policy Profession. These have been held on 28/29 April 2016 in Cardiff, 20/21 April 2017 in Belfast (this included Irish Government Civil Servants too) and 26/27 April 2018 in Edinburgh. It will be for England to host in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/05/2018 14:55:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1136881

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 3 July 2019 on specialist life vests to improve fishing safety, how much of the additional £700,000 in funding will be allocated to the Scottish Government to administer safety training.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	273395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Fishing Industry Safety Group Strategy and the Government aims to eliminate preventable deaths in fishing in the UK by 2027. The funding is therefore available to all UK fishermen and will be administered by Trinity House. Officials will be meeting with representatives from the National Federations, including the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation to develop the funding proposals</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 273396 273397 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:40:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1136882

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fisheries: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 3 July 2019 on specialist life vests to improve fishing safety, what proportion of the additional £700,000 in funding will be allocated to the Scottish Government to administer.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	273396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Fishing Industry Safety Group Strategy and the Government aims to eliminate preventable deaths in fishing in the UK by 2027. The funding is therefore available to all UK fishermen and will be administered by Trinity House. Officials will be meeting with representatives from the National Federations, including the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation to develop the funding proposals</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 273395 273397 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:40:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara