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1506090

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Sewage: Waste Disposal
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 he has made of the severity of sewage overflow incidents reported in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	901338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The only reason that the Government has been able to take action to reduce storm overflows is because of the increase in monitoring under this Government, from 5% in 2016 to almost 90% of the sewage network. The latest assessment shows sewage discharges cause 7% of waterbodies to fail to achieve Good Ecological Status. This is unacceptable.</p><p> </p><p>Our Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan will prevent waterbodies from failing to meet Good Ecological Status due to storm discharges and will frontload action to protect bathing waters. We take robust action against illegal discharges. The EA and Ofwat have launched major investigations into suspected non-compliance at sewage treatment works.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/09/2022 17:33:47 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1506091

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Rural Areas: Broadband
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 plans he has with Cabinet colleagues to expedite the roll-out of better broadband to rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	901339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government is already doing a great deal to roll out better broadband in rural areas. Through Project Gigabit, we are spending £5 billion so people in hard-to-reach areas can get ultra-reliable gigabit broadband speeds. We signed our first contract on schedule and have over £690 million of contracts covering rural areas out for tender right now.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/09/2022 17:38:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1506092

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Water: Standards
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 he is taking to help improve water quality.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	901341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Restoring our nation’s rivers and seas by improving water quality is a government priority. We are tackling sewage overflows with the biggest infrastructure programme in water company history; investing in farm infrastructure, advice and action to help farmers tackle run off; restoring riparian habitats; and reviewing our Bathing Water regulations to support more designations. As the pressures of climate change and population growth are increasing, so too will our response to ensure we leave our water environment in a better state for future generations.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/09/2022 17:41:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1506093

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	River Thames: Sewage
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 he is taking to help ensure that untreated sewage is not discharged into the River Thames.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	901343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The amount of sewage discharges by water companies is unacceptable. £1.9 billion has been invested in the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which will be completed in 2025. This project will be the largest privately funded infrastructure project in Europe. The tunnel and other improvements will reduce the annual volume of untreated wastewater entering the tidal Thames by 95%, protecting biodiversity and the public health of river users.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/09/2022 17:46:09 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1504742

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Infrastructure: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to assess the potential wider impact of (a) HS2 and (b) other infrastructure projects on regional economic activity in North Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	47710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>By improving regional connectivity, the Integrated Rail Plan will unify labour markets so that people can access a much wider range of jobs; bring businesses closer together; and improve access to key international gateways and markets so that they become even more attractive locations for business investment. The Crewe Northern Connection would improve connections from North Wales to the HS2 network, potentially bringing many passengers within 2 hours 15 minutes of London. Our plans will enhance connectivity to much of the West Midlands, Cheshire and North Wales not directly served by HS2.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 08/09/2022 12:56:42 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1504775

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 153746, on Coronavirus: Surveys, if he will publish the timetable for sharing information on polling commissioned by the Government at the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	47340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is working with suppliers to finalise campaign evaluation reports. This is a complex process given the amount of data generated during the Covid-19 pandemic and we want to avoid any misleading publication of findings. We aim to begin publishing reports by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/09/2022 15:59:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1504778

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in (a) England and (b) Wales contain operational rape and serious sexual offences units.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	47559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that victims and survivors of rape and sexual offences have their case treated seriously from the point of disclosure.</p><p>We recognise that having police officers with the right skills is critical in ensuring cases are managed appropriately and effectively. We are supporting the police to ensure this is the case through:</p><ul><li>funding Operation Soteria, which includes reviewing the learning and development on rape and sexual offences to officers and sharing learning nationally;</li><li>supporting the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing to design and pilot the Rape and Other Sexual Offences Investigative Skills Development Programme for police officers;</li><li>funding the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, run by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which drives improvement in the policing response to all safeguarding crimes (including adult sexual offences); and</li><li>the three-year Spending Review settlement secured an additional £550m for the Police Uplift Programme to fund the remaining officers in the third year of the programme, supportthe full 20,000 officer uplift, delivering on this Government’s commitment to recruit additional officers and keep the public safe.</li></ul><p>The structuring of police forces is an operational matter for Chief Constables and information on the number of specialist units is not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 08/09/2022 16:54:51 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1504798

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31232 on Pension Credit and the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31233 on Pension Credit, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for Pension Credit who have not yet applied; and what assessment she has made of the potential reasons for people not applying for Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	47660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The latest published estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit relate to the financial year 2019 to 2020 and show that up to 850,000 pensioner households were eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit. These are available in the <em>Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up</em> publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p> </p><p>Previous DWP research found that the main reason pensioners don’t claim Pension Credit is because they believe that they are not eligible – they may think they have too much income, have savings or own their own home. There does also appear to be a secondary barrier around perceived stigma. Further details are available in the 2012 Research report <em>Pension Credit eligible non-recipients: Barriers to claiming</em>. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214374/rrep819.pdf" target="_blank">Pension Credit eligible non-recipients: Barriers to claiming (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>That is why one of the main objectives of our Pension Credit awareness campaign has been to dispel the myths around perceived ineligibility. Our messaging has also emphasised that even a small award of Pension Credit can open the door to a range of other financial support, including help with rent, Council Tax and heating costs, a free TV licence for those 75 or over and help with NHS dental treatment, glasses and transport costs for hospital appointments.</p><p> </p><p>It is also now more important than ever before to ensure that eligible pensioners claim Pension Credit, because a successful claim also qualifies them for the Cost of Living payments. That’s why the work to raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 08/09/2022 16:50:09 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1504799

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Second State Pension Age Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the outcome to the public consultation on the Second State Pension age review which closed on 25 April 2022; and if she will provide an interim update.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	47661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The call for evidence was undertaken by the Independent Reviewer. The Independent Review has not yet concluded and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 08/09/2022 16:48:48 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1504803

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT on sunscreen, sunblock and other sun safety products.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	47673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current VAT rules, sun protection products are subject to the standard rate of VAT. High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and therefore is provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government’s approach to this matter is to support safety campaigns that ensure that sunscreen is placed within its proper context; as one of the precautions that people can take against the harmful rays of the sun, but one that does not provide 100 per cent protection. Advice from leading cancer charities recommends a range of steps people can take for protection, which includes avoiding long periods of exposure, staying in the shade at peak hours, and protecting themselves with a hat and sunglasses.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 47674 47675 question first answered 08/09/2022 12:46:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan