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1727307

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 information his Department holds on the average cost to energy companies of (a) installing and (b) maintaining smart meters in domestic properties in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Smart Metering Implementation Programme collects data from energy suppliers on an annual basis pertaining to the costs and benefits of the smart meter rollout. This includes device and installation costs for smart metering equipment, as well as a range of metrics capturing the cost savings of smart meters compared to traditional meters. We do not provide average supplier costs due to commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 09/09/2024 15:54:36 answering member 5099
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1701285

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 1306 on Energy: Prices, if she will make an (a) estimate of when the Supercharger proposals will be fully implemented and (b) an assessment of the potential impact of their full implementation on the international competitiveness of UK electricity costs.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The government committed to implementing the Supercharger measures between April 2024 and April 2025. The 4 statutory instruments that enact the Supercharger came into force on 1 April and the first measure has been implemented. The second measure will be implemented from 1 October and the final measure will be implemented from April 2025.</p><p>Taken together, the government estimates that Government support on electricity prices for Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) in the form of the British Industry Supercharger could be worth (on average) around £24-£31 Per MegaWatt Hour (MWh) for eligible businesses, closing the competitive gap with their international competitors.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 19/04/2024 10:07:44 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650810

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Border Delivery Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the most recent meeting of the Border and Protocol Delivery Group took place; and where that meeting took place.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	192773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Borders Group, formerly known as the Border and Protocol Delivery Group, is a group of teams within the Cabinet Office, rather than a standing body. It is responsible for coordinating the Government's approach to the border, both in relation to our leaving the EU and in developing our longer term strategy for the most effective border in the world. As a result these teams work together on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 11/07/2023 15:48:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1657694

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department last updated guidelines on the use of social media by civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	197363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>At the end of August 2023, GCS published a new guide for communicators working in the digital discipline, which includes specific references to appropriate and ethical use of social media channels: <a href="https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/digital-communication/#propriety" target="_blank">https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/digital-communication/#propriety</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All of this guidance complements the Civil Service code, which lays out the behaviours expected of civil servants, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/09/2023 17:04:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1674571

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Movement Assistance Scheme and Trader Support Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in (a) implementing and (b) monitoring the (i) Trader Support Service and (ii) Movement Assistance Schemes.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Trader Support Service (TSS) and Movement Assistance Schemes (MAS) are both important schemes that provide support to traders.</p><p> </p><p>The Movement Assistance Scheme is operated by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Across DEFRA and APHA a combined 24.75 FTE staff are employed in the implementation and monitoring of the scheme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The TSS is overseen by HMRC and operated by a Fujitsu-led consortium. There are currently 378 FTE staff employed by the consortium. Additionally, there are 39.4 FTE staff within HMRC working on the implementation of the service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/12/2023 17:14:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681509

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of (a) establishing and (b) operating the covid fraud hotline in the period since October 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	9173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government Counter Fraud Function COVID-19 Fraud Intelligence Team (now part of the Public Sector Fraud Authority Intelligence Hub) established the Covid Fraud Hotline in October 2020 in partnership with Crimestoppers. It ended on 30 June 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Its creation led to 5,124 referrals of potential fraud being disseminated to public bodies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The figures provided below do not include Intelligence Team staff costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>The set up cost for the Covid Fraud Hotline with Crimestoppers was £105,000 excluding VAT.</p></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="2"><li><p>Following this, the operating costs of the Hotline between October 2020 and on 30 June 2023 was £114,940 excluding VAT</p></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 22/23 the PSFA set a target of delivering £180m of savings to the taxpayer. The PSFA far surpassed this within the first 12 months by preventing and recovering £311 million. In its second year, the PSFA has a target of achieving £185 million of savings for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 16/01/2024 17:54:25 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1683343

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Concrete
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on (a) the progress of each Department in confirming the presence or absence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in public buildings and (b) which Departments have completed this work.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Substantial progress has been made across government Departments to identify any instance of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) across their public building portfolios.</p><p>Departments are progressing with their final identification surveys, and are implementing remediation action plans.</p><p>As per the guidance from the leading professional body, the Institution of Structural Engineers: following appropriate surveys, where RAAC is identified it is either monitored, reinforced, or replaced. Government Departments continue to follow this guidance.</p><p>Each Department owns and maintains the data relating to specific locations, identification and remediation plans within their estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/01/2024 17:55:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1691087

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	General Elections: Subversion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to counter the potential use of (a) AI and (b) other means to influence the (i) operation and (ii) outcome of the next general election.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	15228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to safeguarding the UK’s elections and already has established systems and processes in place, to protect the democratic integrity of the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has established the Defending Democracy Taskforce, which has a mandate to safeguard our democratic institutions and processes from the full range of threats, including digitally manipulated content. The Taskforce ensures we have a robust system in place to rapidly respond to any threats during election periods, including novel threats from AI.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Online Safety Act places new requirements on social media platforms to swiftly remove illegal misinformation and disinformation - including artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes - as soon as they become aware of it.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new digital imprints regime, introduced by the Elections Act 2022, will also increase the transparency of digital political advertising (including artificial intelligence-generated material).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The threat to democracy from artificial intelligence was discussed at the AI Safety Summit in November 2023, reinforcing the Government’s commitment to international collaboration on this shared challenge.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Additionally, the Elections Act 2022 strengthened financial transparency and controls against foreign spending at elections. Since its introduction, the Government has restricted foreign campaign spending at elections and introduced a new requirement on political parties to declare their assets and liabilities when registering with the Electoral Commission. Foreign donations (and channelling foreign money) are already illegal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government passed the National Security Act in 2023 which creates a range of new tools and powers to tackle evolving state threats. Parts 1-3 of the Act came into force in December 2023. This includes a new foreign interference offence which will give our law enforcement and intelligence agencies significant new powers to detect, deter and prosecute those who seek to interfere in our democracy. Part 4 of the Act, containing the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, will come into force later in 2024. This will require the registration of political influence activity conducted at the direction of foreign powers.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/02/2024 17:41:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1236014

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of adults convicted of offences involving the online grooming of children in 2018 and 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	92636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on proceedings and outcomes for a range of offences relating to grooming including: sexual communication with a child; and meeting a child aged under 16 following sexual grooming. Offences relating to online grooming are not distinguished from all grooming offences in court data.</p><p> </p><p>Data on these offences is published up to December 2019 and available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter ‘detailed offence’ for:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Engage in sexual communication with a child</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meeting a female child aged under 16 following sexual grooming etc. - offender aged 18 or over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meeting a male child aged under 16 following sexual grooming etc. - offender aged 18 or over</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Or filter ‘offence’ for:</p><p>88A Sexual Grooming</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/09/2020 13:42:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1339382

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether an assessment has been made of the effect of the number of prison visits received by a prisoner on offending rates after release.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime.</p><p>Families and friends can be a positive influence on reducing reoffending. Strengthening the ties individuals have with their families and friends is one of the many important factors to successful rehabilitation and reducing intergenerational crime.</p><p>We know family contact can reduce the likelihood of reoffending, Ministry of Justice research analysis reporting on surveys carried out from 2001 to 2004 found that the odds of reoffending were 39% higher for prisoners who had not received visits compared to those who had. The research summary is available here: <a href="http://www.antoniocasella.eu/nume/May_Sharma_Stewart_2008.pdf" target="_blank">Factors linked to re-offending: a one-year follow-up of prisoners who took part in the Resettlement Surveys 2001, 2003 and 2004 (antoniocasella.eu)</a>. However, information on the number of visits a prisoner receives and a reduction in reoffending behaviour is not available.</p><p>The latest published data on reoffending rates for those released from custody was published 27 May: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/06/2021 16:14:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell