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1714502

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the full basic State Pension increased in cash terms between (a) 1997 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	24019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Between April 1997 and April 2010, the basic State Pension increased from £62.45 per week to £97.65 per week– representing an increase of £35.20 or 56 per cent in cash terms. The full yearly amount of the basic State Pension increased by £1,837.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2010 and April 2024 the basic State Pension increased from £97.65 per week to £169.50 – representing an increase of £71.85 per week or 74 per cent in cash terms. The full yearly amount of the basic State Pension increased by £3,749.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 02/05/2024 16:18:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1714505

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has held recent discussions with the European Commission on the implications for the timing of the EU Entry/Exit System on delays at (a) UK and (b) EU (i) ports, (ii) railway stations and (iii) airports.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	24008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage regularly at ministerial and official levels with the European Commission and the French government on EES implementation.</p><p>The Government also continues to work with port owners and operators, including the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and Eurostar / HighSpeed1 (St Pancras) to understand the impact of EES and support their plans to mitigate these. However, it is ultimately for EU Member States to implement EES.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/05/2024 13:29:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1714507

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Offshoring
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with UK-based companies on trends in the level of cyber security jobs moved abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	24011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers engage regularly with UK cyber security companies to understand employment trends. This includes engagement through visits and forums such as the Cyber Growth Partnership and the National Cyber Advisory Board. The government's annual <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcyber-security-sectoral-analysis-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7C12135348c96d47fb98c308dc69cc4cbf%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638501573393163645%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=T0wcem3PJgms71lT0PZdDxBFXsu%2Bd3PqM6dkEtVPV0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">cyber security sectoral analysis</a> reviews the growth and health of the sector, showing employment in the UK has risen each year since the government began publishing the data in 2018. Currently, the UK cyber security sector employs over 58,000 people, having generated an additional 5,300 jobs in the past year alone.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 02/05/2024 07:58:38 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1714510

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate she has made of the average weekly pension payment to widows of miners who are recipients of the mineworkers pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	24015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The average pension to widows of former members is currently £77 per week.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:09:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714511

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees on the decision to make hardship payments discretionary rather than mandatory.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	24016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>There is no provision for hardship payments within the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:08:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714512

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the Rules Amendment Committee for the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	24017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Rules Amendment Committee was disbanded on privatisation and there is no need for it with the current valuation process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:07:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714517

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for announcing further successful applicants for funding under the Frequently Flooded Allowance scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	24063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>In July 2022 the Government announced the £100 million Frequently Flooded Allowance to support communities that have experienced repeated flooding. The Allowance improves access to public funding for frequently flooded communities that have not been able to secure all of the funding necessary to progress their flood resilience scheme. The first 53 projects to receive £48 million from the Allowance were announced in April 2023. The next round of projects will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/05/2024 12:40:58 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1714523

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech in Warsaw on 23 April 2024, whether his Department has (a) conducted an assessment of costings and (b) developed proposals for how to fund the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	23982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>We have made a commitment to steadily increase defence spending, reaching 2.5% of GDP in 2030. We have also set out how we are fully funding this increase in defence spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 23991 question first answered 02/05/2024 14:39:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1714530

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Invitations to Negotiate issued by his Department did not lead to a procurement contract in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	23989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Our Defence Sourcing Portal is used to coordinate all sourcing activities across the Department with external parties. From this system, the number of Invitations To Tender/Invitations to Negotiate (ITT/ITN) indicated as not leading to a procurement contract in calendar year 2023 is 11 (of the 676 that were published.) This represents 1.63% of the total number of ITT/ITNs for 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/05/2024 13:54:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1714531

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Hire Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11269 on Electric Scooters: Hire Services, whether he plans to announce a decision on extending e-scooter rental trials before the Summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>E-scooter trials have been extended to 31 May 2026. Extending the trials beyond May 2024 will enable us to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, and environmental impacts, and to explore changing travel patterns since the coronavirus pandemic and as e-scooters become more embedded in public life.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 02/05/2024 09:30:46 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell