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1686557

	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is investing a record £5.2 billion over six years in flood and coastal erosion schemes to better protect communities across England.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, at the last spending review the Government increased funding for maintaining existing flood defences by £22 million per year, bringing the total to over £200 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>Our investment in flood defences has seen over 600,000 properties better protected from flooding since 2010, including over 71,000 since 2021.</p>

1654592

	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts: Artificial Intelligence
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises the opportunities presented by AI to enable growth in a range of sectors, including our creative industries. As set out in the recent AI white paper, our goal is to ensure that the UK becomes an AI superpower. However, it is important that while we harness the benefits of AI, we also manage the risks. This includes particular risks to creative sectors and copyright holders.</p><p>The Department has held a number of meetings with the sector on this issue, including with members of the Creative Industries Council earlier this week, and with music, press and publishing stakeholders over recent weeks. The Secretary of State also met with the Minister for AI and Intellectual Property this week, together with the Intellectual Property Office.</p><p>The Secretary of State intends to convene roundtable discussions in September with media stakeholders to discuss the particular impact of AI on journalism.</p><p> </p>

1650707

	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Pets: Theft
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>While stealing a pet is already a criminal offence under the Theft Act 1968, we understand the devastating impact that the theft of a pet can have. That is why we intend to legislate to make pet abduction a specific offence, building on the recent work of the Pet Theft Taskforce to clamp down on this heartless crime.</p>

1645294

	answering dept short name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Demonstrations
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Ahead of the commencement of section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, the College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service are updating relevant public order guidance and training to reflect the inclusion of the offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services.</p><p>In accordance with human rights obligations, these organisations are required to consider the rights provided under Article 9 (freedom of thought, religion and belief), Article 10 (freedom of expression) and Article 11 (freedom of association and assembly) of the European Convention on Human Rights, recognising that they are qualified and can sometimes be infringed upon to uphold other rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

1645295

	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority: Public Appointments
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Non-executive members are appointed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in accordance with legislative requirements, and the skills, experiences and personal qualities that have been judged to meet the needs of the HFEA in discharging its responsibilities. The appointment process reflects the requirements of the Cabinet Office Code of Governance for Public Appointments.</p>

1628730

	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are targeting a global ‘hit list’ of barriers whose removal would deliver massive new opportunities for UK business throughout the country, estimated to be worth over £20 billion over five years.</p><p> </p><p>Latest available figures show that in the year to March 2022, the Department resolved 192 trade barriers in 79 countries; 45 of these alone are estimated to be worth around £5 billion to businesses across the UK over the next five years.</p>

1611023

	answering dept short name	Education
	hansard heading	Performing Arts: North of England
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>All pupils are entitled to a broad and ambitious cultural education, irrespective of where they live. The Department is currently assessing a number of applications for new free schools, including one in Bradford, linked to the BRIT school in London. This is a competitive process and the Department will announce approved schools later this year.</p>

1178699

	answering dept short name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Along with the private sector, the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station. In July 2019 work commenced to determine a vision for a core rapid charger network on England’s strategic road network. This will report in Spring 2020. Highways England has committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020. Our jointly funded £400 million Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund’s first investment round, worth a total of £70 million, will ensure the delivery of 3,000 rapid charging devices by 2024, more than doubling the current number of rapid charging devices.</p><p> </p><p>As per our manifesto, on 4 February the Prime Minister announced that Government is consulting on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible, as well as including hybrids for the first time. The position reflects the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) advice that the phase out date should be 2035 or ideally 2030, and that only battery electric or other zero tailpipe emission vehicles should be permitted to be sold after this point. The CCC has advised that this is an important step in the UK’s aim to end our contribution to climate change by 2050. Stakeholders will have a diverse range of views on this subject so the consultation process will help inform our thinking on what the appropriate measures to achieve a faster transition will need to be.</p><p> </p>

1177463

	answering dept short name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In collaboration with industry the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station for electric vehicles. The first £70 million of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will create 3,000 new rapid chargepoints, more than doubling the number of rapid chargepoints across the UK by 2024. Highways England has commitment of £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020. We will set out a vision by Spring 2020 for a core infrastructure network of rapid and high powered chargepoints along England’s strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

1177464

	answering dept short name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Improving the range of electric vehicles is primarily a matter for vehicle manufacturers, and this is something that is continuously being improved. Government will continue to support industry in doing this, we have committed £274m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to the Faraday Battery Challenge to advance electric vehicle battery technology. This funding is supporting battery R&amp;D from the Faraday Institution’s academic research, through Innovate UK’s programme of collaborative applied R&amp;D, to scale-up in the cutting-edge UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The aims of the Faraday Battery Challenge include improving the energy density of batteries, improving our understanding of temperature effects on range, and reducing battery costs which will make longer range electric vehicles more affordable.</p><p> </p>