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1604589

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of passport applications that will need to be submitted between 15 March 2023 and the end of the year; how many applications there were in the same period last year; and whether she plans to amend staffing arrangements to meet the service delivery targets in place.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	166126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>With approximately 5 million people having delayed their passport application due to the restrictions upon international travel caused by COVID-19, the elevated demand for passports will continue throughout 2023.</p><p>HM Passport Office has processed more than two million applications across January and February, with over 99.5% of standard UK applications being processed within ten weeks and 95.5% being processed within three weeks.</p><p>Given the exceptional cause of this demand, the exact volumes and profile of when this will arrive is less predictable than in a normal year. The current expectations are that demand will be within 6.1 million and 7.1 million between the weeks ending 19 March 2023 to 31 December 2023. Between 15 March 2022 and 31 December 2022, HM Passport Office received 6,484,414 passport applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 17:19:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1604592

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process her Department follows when an enquiry received through the HM Passport Office line for hon. Members is passed to the escalation team.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	166127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>When a passport-related enquiry is received via the MP Hotline to escalate an application, where possible, HM Passport Office will prioritise the case in line with its policies. <br> <br> The customer’s details will be added to an escalations log, pending the receipt of the evidence required. Once received, the information is urgently passed onto the team that specialise in these cases to liaise directly with the customer if necessary and issue the passport once all checks have been satisfactorily completed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 17:43:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1588550

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings in benefits payments that will be made because of the restriction on social housing rents increasing by the lower rate of seven per cent in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	151240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Details of the DWPs estimated expenditure were published at Autumn Statement 2022 and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2022-documents." target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2023 17:37:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585132

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Care Homes: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation document Sprinklers in care homes, removal of national classes, and staircases in residential buildings published on 23 December 2022, what evidence supports proposals to remove the national BS476 classification for fire door resistance from Approved Document B; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141343 141344 141345 141346 141347 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585134

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the timber fire door manufacturing sector on his Department's proposals to remove the national classification BS476 for fire door resistance from Approved Document B; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141344 141345 141346 141347 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585135

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what additional support his Department plans to make available to timber fire door manufacturers to ensure a smooth transition from the national fire door testing standard BS476 to the proposed new standard EN1634-1; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141343 141345 141346 141347 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585136

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of timber fire doors and (b) size of the timber fire door manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141343 141344 141346 141347 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585137

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the testing site capacity required to carry-out fire door tests for the new EN1634-1 classification within the proposed 12-month transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141343 141344 141345 141347 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585138

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact on the (a) productivity of and (b) costs to timber fire door manufacturers of the proposed 12-month transition period for moving from the current national fire door testing standard BS476 to the proposed new standard EN1634-1; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141343 141344 141345 141346 141348 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1585139

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the benefits to the timber fire door manufacturing sector of moving from the current national fire door testing standard BS476 to the proposed new standard EN1634-1; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	141348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the views of industry on all the measures proposed in our December 2022 consultation, including on testing capacity and transition periods for the proposed changes. In this consultation we are proposing to remove the national classification from Approved Document B and utilise the more robust and up to date internationally recognised standard. During the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the use of the national classification system came under scrutiny, and flaws in its use were presented in the oral expert evidence. The BS 476 series standards have not been reviewed by the British Standards Institution in detail for some time (over 20 years on average). In addition, in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower and following an <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffire-door-investigation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8bb9b8384925456b0c0b08db0dd589e3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638118983002270107%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EgtaMgQxu2KX32qBorN8K%2Bj%2B%2BGgNfbvnxCwBmYNY6dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">investigation by the Department</a> several issues were highlighted with the consistency of fire resistance performance of some fire doors.</p><p>Upon completion of the public consultation, and subsequent analysis of the responses, the department will publish, alongside the government response, a full regulatory impact assessment which will include a detailed assessment of the impacts of the changes to the guidance. This assessment will be informed by the responses to the consultation and the evidence provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 141342 141343 141344 141345 141346 141347 question first answered 14/02/2023 16:46:31 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts