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1545803

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help incentivise businesses to invest into local communities to help tackle poverty.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	97643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government works to secure business investment in sectors across the economy which brings jobs and prosperity to communities across the UK. For example, the £1.4bn Global Britain Investment Fund (GBIF) provides grants to encourage internationally mobile companies to invest in the automotive, life sciences and offshore wind sectors, where the UK has natural strengths and geographic spread.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1545831

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93537 on Research: Investment, at what geographic level the further detailed data on regional spend will be aggregated; when he plans to publish this data; and what steps he is taking to assess the progress of policies to level up science investment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	97527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is an independent body. I will encourage them to publish in due course as much regional detail on where R&amp;D expenditure is taking place as they can, at least for the nine English regions as well as for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:21 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1545834

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Science: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the (a) Office for National Statistics and (b) Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on gathering data to measure levelling up of science investment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	97529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy officials are working closely with the Office for National Statistics, the Government Office for Science and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to improve the granularity of R&amp;D data, in particular to publish data for the first time in early 2023 on the location of performed R&amp;D funded by the government, in support of the Levelling Up White Paper R&amp;D mission.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1545855

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Kenya: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will deposit in the House of Commons library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on Visiting Forces that was signed in Nairobi on 9 February 2006 between the UK and the Government of Kenya.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	97649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>We will not be depositing a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Visiting Forces from February 2006 into the House of Commons Library. It is not MOD policy to place MOUs in the House of Commons Library because these agreements often deal with classified military or technical matters.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/12/2022 17:38:26 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1545874

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help post offices maintain their role within local communities.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	97542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided over £2.5 billion in funding to support the Post Office network over the past 10 years and is further providing £335 million for the Post Office over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government protects the Post Office network by setting minimum access criteria to ensure that 99% of the UK population lives within three miles of a Post Office.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:40 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1545882

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Autumn Statement 2022 and the announcement of an additional £2.3 billion of funding for education in 2023 and 2024, whether that funding will be available to maintained nursery schools.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	97664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>In the 2022 Autumn Statement, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor did not commit to new measures for early years, including maintained nursery schools (MNS).</p><p>The department has increased funding to local authorities to increase the hourly rates they pay to childcare providers, including MNS, and we are providing additional support for all early years providers with their energy costs over the winter. Further, specifically for MNS, the department has already announced that an additional £10 million will be invested into MNS supplementary funding from 2023/24. This is in addition to the increase to supplementary funding in 2022/23, where the department increased the hourly funding rate by 3.5%, which is equivalent to the increase in the 3 and 4-year-old hourly funding rates. The department has confirmed the continuation of MNS supplementary funding throughout the spending review period, providing the sector with long-term certainty.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 01/12/2022 17:07:14 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1545943

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
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	Avian Influenza: Disease Control
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 her Department has taken to help tackle recent outbreaks of avian flu.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	97468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, on 17 November 2022, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-11/84854" target="_blank">PQ UIN 84854</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 01/12/2022 17:28:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1545963

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83544 on Parental Leave, and with reference to the oral contribution of the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the debate on Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland on 6 September 2022, Official Report, column 51WH, on what basis the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State stated that take-up of Shared Parental Leave is exceeding 8 per cent of the 285,000 eligible fathers.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	97470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The 2013 Impact Assessment for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) estimated that take-up would be between 2-8 per cent. Current take-up rates of SPL are based on HMRC data, this data estimates that rates fall within the middle of this range and have been gradually increasing.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/12/2022 17:13:13 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1545971

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November to Question 93503 on Government Departments: Devolution, whether the Concordat on Statistics between the UK Government and devolved Administrations covers the sharing of details of the recipients of DWP benefits with the Welsh Government and Welsh Local Authorities.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	97566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Concordat on Statistics sets out a framework for statistical co-operation between the UK Government and devolved administrations in relation to the production of statistics for and within the UK, statistical standards and the statistics profession.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions engages with Welsh Government and Welsh local authorities on statistical data sharing initiatives where there is a legal power to do so and the appropriate data sharing governance (agreements) have been put in place.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 01/12/2022 18:08:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1545992

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Pacific
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff hired in the UK by his Department are deployed in region at the Pacific Development Unit.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	97711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The publication of the Integrated Review in March 2021 affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The UK has since increased its diplomatic presence in the region. This includes the opening of a Pacific and Development Unit at our High Commission in Canberra, which will co-ordinate our efforts to help meet Pacific needs and support the resilience and operations of our six High Commissions in the region.</p><p>Recruitment is currently underway for new roles for this unit, and the first UK-based officer will arrive in early 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/12/2022 17:07:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West