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1174991

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the titles of the reviews that his Department is undertaking.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	10310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence constantly reviews its processes and structures to ensure effective operation across the organisation. Our cross-Government Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review has already been announced by the Prime Minister. In addition to this, &quot;Reserve Forces 2030: A Review of the Reserve Service&quot; is also underway and is examining how Reserves can best contribute to Defence and wider HMG objectives by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/02/2020 12:49:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1672167

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Workplace Pensions
	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 steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people who have been employed by the United Kingdom Atom Engineering Authority receive their pension.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	uin	3126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Members of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Pension Scheme, who currently work or previously worked for UKAEA, are entitled to receive their pension from the scheme based on the scheme rules in force. The scheme continues to pay pension benefits to eligible members.</p><p> </p><p>The UKAEA Pension Scheme is audited annually by the National Audit Office and the latest set of audited accounts can be found on the gov.uk publications website.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 27/11/2023 08:59:19 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1356267

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the backlog of correspondence at HM Passport Office on the adequacy of help for correspondents; what strategy is in place to clear that backlog; and what discretion will be in place for people who have been affected by that backlog.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	uin	50618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office will always endeavour to ensure that correspondence is handled in a timely manner, however there are currently high levels of contact which is causing some delays. In light of this, a triage process is in place to support those with the most urgent needs. We are working to recruit additional staff to deal with enquiries, alongside using other contingency measures, such as overtime.</p><p> </p><p>For those who need a British passport urgently on compassionate grounds they should continue to call the Passport Adviceline.</p><p> </p><p>A British passport will not be issued until all checks have been satisfactorily completed, however passport applications continue to be typically processed well within the published guidance of up to ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/09/2021 14:18:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1143926

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings her Department has had with Wirral Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	285212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and are speaking regularly to councils and partners, including through a delivery board and a network of nine regional lead chief executives. Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/09/2019 15:38:26 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1172344

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in temporary accommodation in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	6021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of children in temporary accommodation in the North West and Wirral at the end of each financial year where figures are available from 2015 to 2019 are provided here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-homelessness&amp;data=02%7C01%7COralandTopicalPQs%40communities.gov.uk%7C51acb96dee6443865c4508d7a34fb797%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637157435079683433&amp;sdata=4yx9n26YE1cpmJs%2FvuiuO1bERo97Fg7J04iDwNAHaUA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness.</a></p><p>Data is collected at the local authority level and therefore not available at lower geographical areas. Figures for Wallasey are therefore not available. Liverpool City Region can be calculated by summing figures for Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral. In December 2019 we announced the allocation of £263 million in funding for 2020/21 to local authorities designed to support them to deliver services to tackle homelessness. The purpose of this funding is to give local authorities more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures and supporting those who at risk of homelessness, including providing them with temporary accommodation. <br> <br>England and regional totals include imputations for missing values, including Halton, so the sum of individual figures will not match these totals.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 27/01/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 3111 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1672169

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Companies House: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will ask Companies House for a planned timescale for its response to the correspondence of 2 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Wallasey on a company unknown to the resident registered at a residential address.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
	uin	3128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Companies House has issued a response to the hon. Member for Wallasey. Companies House regrets the delay in responding.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/11/2023 17:10:17 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1147795

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Clean Bus Technology Fund: Wirral Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding from the Clean Bus Technology Fund her Department has allocated to Wirral Council.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	293472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We have not awarded any Clean Bus Technology Fund funding to Wirral Council, however we have allocated funding to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority of which the Wirral is a constituent part. In total, through four different rounds of the Clean Bus Technology Fund, we have allocated £6,833,026 to the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/10/2019 10:53:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1169816

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	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	Air Pollution: North West
	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 recent assessment her Department has made of air quality in (a) the North West, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	1694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Air quality is generally improving in the UK, as set out in the annual National Statistics report at the following URL: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are 171 national monitoring stations in the UK operated by the Environment Agency on behalf of Defra, of which 18 stations are in North West and Merseyside including two in Wirral (Wirral Tranmere and Birkenhead Borough Road). Near real-time measurements from these sites and further data tools can be found on the UK-AIR website (<a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>). Within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral annual mean levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter have been below statutory limit values and stable over the last five years, consistent with national trends.</p><p> </p><p>There are no automatic monitoring stations in Wallasey. However, Wirral Council also assesses its own air quality using 31 passive monitors to measure NO2 across the Borough which is made available through Annual Status Reports (<a href="https://www.wirral.gov.uk/environmental-problems/pollution-control/air-quality" target="_blank">https://www.wirral.gov.uk/environmental-problems/pollution-control/air-quality</a>). Only one exceedance of the annual mean limit value for NO2 was observed in 2018 with levels at most sites either showing a lower or similar value compared to 2017 levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 14/01/2020 10:11:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1173553

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Tree Planting: Wallasey
	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 steps she is taking to increase the number of trees planted in Wallasey.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	8150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is developing policies to increase tree planting at a national scale and does not target particular constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>Working with the Devolved Administrations, the Government is committed to planting 30,000 hectares per year of new forests across the UK by 2025, in line with the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation. In England, the Nature for Climate fund will help drive planting in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting the creation of a Great Northumberland Forest, where one million trees will be planted by 2024. We are also investing £5.7 million to accelerate and further develop the Northern Forest - planting 1.8 million new trees, helping towards a long-term ambition of 50 million trees over 25 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/01/2020 17:17:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1180458

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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	Coal: North West
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of people who are reliant on coal for fuel in (a) Wallasey, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	20390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The impact assessment published alongside the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood included an assessment of the number of people who use coal as a primary heat source across England. The impact assessment can be viewed at the following site: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/867428/burning-wood-consult-ia.pdf</a>. The proposals included in the Government response outline our intention to rollout the policy in a phased approach, this is to ensure that those reliant on coal as a primary heat source have the time and support they need to transition to the cleanest alternative fuel type, whilst minimising any associated costs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/03/2020 13:25:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle