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1653786

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date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) projected end date is, (b) forecast spend in the financial year 2023-24 is, (c) initial planned whole life costs were and (d) delivery confidence assessment is of the TransPennine Route Upgrade; and when each of those figures were last reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The current forecast end date for the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme is between 2036 and 2041, but benefits will be released in phases from 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Forecast spend in 2023-24 is circa £650m and the total programme investment is estimated between £9.0bn and £11.5bn. Whole life costs are estimated at £12.1bn: up-front capital expenditure accounts for the significant proportion of this. All of these figures are from the 2021 business case; an update is currently in progress.</p><p> </p><p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority rated the TRU programme’s delivery confidence as Amber in January and May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 13:23:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1653917

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many airframes his Department plans to procure through the New Medium Helicopter programme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>There has been no change to the advertised requirement of up to 44 platforms in the New Medium Helicopter Contract Notice that was published in May 2022. Candidate suppliers have been evaluated to determine a short-list, and those who are short-listed will be invited to participate in the second half of the competition which will be launched later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/07/2023 16:21:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1653921

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July to Question 192193 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service accommodation units do not have valid gas certificates.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As at 19 July 2023, <del class="ministerial">116</del><ins class="ministerial">353</ins> occpied Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties do not have a valid gas safety certificate. This equates to 0.26% of the 43,928 SFA properties with a mains gas supply.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/07/2023 15:01:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/08/2023 10:27:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge previous answer version 89169 answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1653354

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timeline is for delivering the 20,000 additional modern prison places announced by his Department on 18 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>So far c.5,400 places have been delivered. This includes two new c.1,700 place prisons, HMP Five Wells, which opened last year, and HMP Fosse Way, which accepted its first prisoners at the end of May. At least 6,400 prison places are anticipated to be delivered by the end of May 2024, rising to over 8,000 by the end of May 2025, including places already delivered to date. In addition to these places, we have extended the lease at HMP Dartmoor, maintaining 680 places from December 2023.</p><p>Our prison builds are complex capital projects, which are being delivered within challenging market conditions. Securing planning permission is a significant factor in timelines; we have submitted planning appeals following refusal of three applications for sites in Lancashire, Leicestershire, and Buckinghamshire and await decisions. Given the planning appeals are ongoing and subject to a recovered decision by DLUHC, it would not be appropriate to comment further. If planning is successful, these prisons would open as soon as possible to meet the pressing demand on prison places.</p><p>We will push for earlier delivery of places wherever possible, and we are continuing to press ahead with further options to delivery capacity across the estate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2023 12:28:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653355

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the £20 million for veterans’ housing announced in the Spring Budget 2023, what funding has been allocated for veterans' housing in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The £20 million Veteran Housing Capital Grant Programme is designed to contribute to the Government's commitment of ending veteran homelessness across the UK, by ensuring veterans have access to good quality, affordable accommodation that meets their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for funding will be open to housing organisations supporting veterans from across the four nations, including Northern Ireland, and we expect the initial £2 million grant to be open for applications later this year.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 20/07/2023 16:25:15 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653356

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in the provision of on-train WiFi on passengers using that service for (a) leisure and (b) business.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	194369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Our railways are currently not financially sustainable, and the Department has asked rail operators to provide the commercial case for retaining passenger facing Wi-Fi. A decision will be taken on a case by case basis once the responses have been analysed by the Department. This assessment will also review the potential impact on passengers using train services for leisure, commuting and business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 11:53:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1653357

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade
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 13 July 2023 to Question 193054 on Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade, if she will provide a breakdown of the 8,000 jobs created by (a) region and (b) nation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>From 2022 to 2023, the number of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Projects and jobs created by those projects broken down by nation are as follows:</p><ul><li>Scotland – 130 FDI projects, 3,429 jobs created.</li><li>Wales – 47 FDI projects, 3,062 jobs created.</li><li>Northern Ireland – 33 FDI projects, 1,416 jobs created.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/07/2023 15:54:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653368

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall of 30 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	194372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The email from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall has been responded to on the 19<sup>th </sup>July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/07/2023 13:46:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1653369

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What steps he is taking to reduce HMRC's response times to (a) individuals and (b) financial representatives.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>HMRC aims to improve customer service for both individuals and financial representatives through quicker and easier online services. For individuals, HMRC continues to add new services into the HMRC app and online offering, for example adding Child Benefit in 2023. For financial representatives, HMRC have created a new performance dashboard for agents to track claims/requests and inform their clients.</p><p> </p><p>Supporting those customers who can do so to move online will allow HMRC to improve telephone and post responses for customers with the most complex queries or those who are unable to access digital services.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC responds to the significant majority of calls to their Agent Dedicated Line within 10 minutes.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/07/2023 07:16:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653370

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy for UK entry clearance visas issued in Pakistan to be sent to the named individuals in Afghanistan where an individual has had to return to Afghanistan due to not having an immigration status in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	194320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We normally require people who are granted permission to come to the UK to collect their passport and entry clearance vignette from the Visa Application Centre (VAC) they attended to enrol their biometric information. We will not send out secure documents, such as passports containing an entry clearance vignette, where there is a significant risk that the documents would not reach the intended recipients, as this could pose a security risk to the UK or expose the individual to danger. Where individuals are unable to attend a VAC to collect their documents, they must contact UK Visa and Immigration to agree alternative arrangements to collect their passports.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 16:16:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn