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1695239

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date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of electricity supply disruption on households with fibre broadband.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	18031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>DSIT engages regularly with Communication Providers and Ofcom regulate how telecoms companies should fulfil their regulatory obligations in the event of a power cut. Communication Providers are required to meet standards and specifications set out in the General Conditions of Entitlement, under obligations imposed by the Communications Act 2003, to ensure continuity of service. Ofcom guidance states that communications providers should have at least one solution that enables access to emergency organisations, for a minimum of one hour in the event of a power outage.</p><p> </p><p>DSIT works closely on a range of resilience issues in partnership with industry, through the Electronic Communications Resilience &amp; Response Group (EC-RRG), who engage in regular dialogue with the Energy Networks Association across a range of issues to help strengthen resilience between the two sectors. Ofcom recently closed a consultation on proposing a set of revised resilience guidance for communications providers with a statement on the resilience guidance expected in summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/03/2024 09:20:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1695241

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	International Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has agreed with Cabinet colleagues on the circumstances in which international law may supersede domestic legislation.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	18032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the Government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/03/2024 11:43:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1695249

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 21 of the report entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: Government response, CP 1019, published on 6 February 2024, whether the (a) lead AI Ministers and (b) new Inter-Ministerial Group to drive effective coordination across government on AI issues have met.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	18176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 15/03/2024 09:16:18 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1695250

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much reallocated HS2 funding has been given to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council for road resurfacing.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	18075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Over the period 2023/24 to 2033/34 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council will receive at least £18.9 million of reallocated HS2 funding for highways maintenance, including road resurfacing.</p><p> </p><p>As I’ve previously set out, Network North will see every penny of the £19.8 billion committed to the Northern leg of HS2 reinvested in the North. Every penny of the £9.6 billion committed to the Midlands leg will be reinvested in the Midlands. The £6.5 billion saved through our rescoped approach at Euston will be spread across every other region in the country – and it is from this pot that this funding comes.</p><p>In line with the published allocations, the Department for Transport has paid £604,000 of this to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council this financial year; the Council will receive the same amount in 2024/25. Future allocations are a matter for the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>This information, as with all highway maintenance funding allocations, is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/03/2024 08:55:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1695256

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department expects remediation work to have begun on buildings over 11m with ACM cladding where the developer or builder has accepted liability and accordingly no application was made to the BSF; and if he will take steps to enforce this deadline.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	18134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>We expect developers that signed the developer remediation contract with Government to meet their obligation to remediate the buildings for which they are responsible as quickly as reasonably practicable.</p><p>The length of time it may reasonably take to remediate a building will vary depending on factors such as the scale of works required, cooperation of third parties in finalising a works contract, and risk-based prioritisation by the developer of the buildings which the developer is responsible for remediating.</p><p>Developers are obliged to send regular progress reports to the department. The latest progress report is available on gov.uk and the next report will be published this month. The department monitors progress closely. Any developer that fails to comply with its obligations will face consequence.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 15/03/2024 15:03:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1695257

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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: Coventry
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 recent assessment she has made on the impact of rising energy prices on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce fuel poverty levels in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	18178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Energy prices have fallen significantly since the winter of 2022-23. The Quarter 2 2024 price cap of £1,690 has fallen by nearly 60% since the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peak. Despite this fall in prices, we have been supporting millions of vulnerable and low income households through the £900 cost-of-living payments, alongside established financial support including the £150 Warm Home Discount.</p><p> </p><p>There are also multiple targeted energy efficiency schemes in place delivering measures to low income and fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the 2021 fuel poverty strategy for England ‘<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsustainable-warmth-protecting-vulnerable-households-in-england&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc9c3d275066b4084109108dc44e77006%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638461007999465836%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4guVV9CBt%2FfEWwl1uMuEf8dPNnsRz%2B%2BZz2hQJtlatjE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Sustainable Warmth</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Sub-regional fuel poverty estimates for 2022 will be published on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/03/2024 12:04:47 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1695262

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Aortic Aneurysm: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department collects on the uptake of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening; and what steps she is taking to target this programme at people at greater risk.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England commissions screening programmes, including for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA). NHS England collects uptake data for the AAA screening programme, for coverage of the initial scan, coverage of the quarterly surveillance scan, for men with a medium aneurysm, and coverage of the annual surveillance scan, for men with a small aneurysm. NHS England publishes quarterly Key Performance Indicator reports, and an Annual Standards Report, both of which are available at the respective links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-population-screening-programmes-kpi-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-population-screening-programmes-kpi-reports</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-standards-report-2022-to-2023/aaa-standards-report-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-standards-report-2022-to-2023/aaa-standards-report-2022-to-2023</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working to improve uptake, including for men at greatest risk, as data shows that men living in more deprived areas are at greater risk from having an AAA. In addition, the Department has published guidance on reducing inequalities in the AAA programme, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-reducing-inequalities/reducing-inequalities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-reducing-inequalities/reducing-inequalities</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/03/2024 10:11:09 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1695263

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to educate young people about the importance of health screening programmes in later life.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Health education is mandated from key stages one to four. One of its overarching objectives is teaching pupils about physical health and mental wellbeing, to give them the information that they need to make good decisions about their own health and wellbeing. This should enable them to recognise what is normal and what is an issue in themselves, and when issues arise, how to seek support as early as possible from appropriate sources.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/03/2024 10:12:16 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1695264

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the abortion rates data for (a) 2021/22 and (b) 2022/23.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>Abortion statistics for England and Wales for 2021, and from January to June for 2022, have been published on the GOV.UK website, and are available respectively at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2021/abortion-statistics-england-and-wales-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2021/abortion-statistics-england-and-wales-2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2022/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2022/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2022</a></p><p>Full 12-month abortion statistics for 2022 are provisionally scheduled to be published in May 2024. The date of the publication of abortion statistics for 2023 will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/03/2024 14:19:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1695265

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seafarers' Charter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many shipping companies have signed the Seafarers Charter.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	18115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Seafarers’ Charter was introduced to improve working conditions for seafarers aboard ferries operating internationally from UK ports. Four major international ferry operators have signed up to working towards the requirements of the Seafarers’ Charter: Brittany Ferries, Condor Ferries, DFDS and Stena Line.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/03/2024 14:05:08 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner