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1416307

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Incinerators: Weaver Vale
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the financial difficulties of CNIM, if he will make it his policy to halt the construction of a waste incinerator in Weaver Vale constituency.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	111697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant was granted consent under the Electricity Act 1989 in October 2012 by Ministers in what was then the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The consent was subsequently varied in July 2019. A further application to vary this consent was submitted in October 2021 to my department. When deciding whether to refuse or consent this application, the Secretary of State will consider all matters relevant to planning. The Government does not comment on specific matters relating to live applications.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/02/2022 13:51:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1415772

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Local Government Finance: Liverpool
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 of the reduction of local government funding over the last 10 years on the provision of services and facilities by Liverpool City Council.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022-23 makes available an additional £3.5 billion to councils, including funding for adult social care reform. This is an increase in local authority funding for 2022-23 of over 4% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country have the resources they need to deliver key services. In total, we expect Core Spending Power to rise from £50.4 billion in 2021-22 to up to £53.9 billion in 2022-23.</p><p>The Government is providing around £1.6 billion additional grant in 2022-23. This includes additional funding for Supporting Families and Cyber Resilience, which will be distributed outside of this Settlement. We are allocating most of that funding through the provisional Settlement, including through a one-off 2022-23 Services Grant, which gives local authorities an additional £822 million of funding for all services. Local authorities can also make use of over £1 billion of additional resource specifically for social care in 2022-23.</p><p>For Liverpool City Council, this represents an increase in cash terms of up to 7.4% compared to last year, worth £36.8 million. This is above the average cash increase across England of 6.9%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/02/2022 17:31:17 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1415773

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Local Government Finance: Sefton
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 of the reduction of local government funding over the last 10 years on the provision of services and facilities by Sefton Council.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022-23 makes available an additional £3.5 billion to councils, including funding for adult social care reform. This is an increase in local authority funding for 2022-23 of over 4% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country have the resources they need to deliver key services. In total, we expect Core Spending Power to rise from £50.4 billion in 2021-22 to up to £53.9 billion in 2022-23.</p><p>The Government is providing around £1.6 billion additional grant in 2022-23. This includes additional funding for Supporting Families and Cyber Resilience, which will be distributed outside of this Settlement. We are allocating most of that funding through the provisional Settlement, including through a one-off 2022-23 Services Grant, which gives local authorities an additional £822 million of funding for all services. Local authorities can also make use of over £1 billion of additional resource specifically for social care in 2022-23.</p><p>For Sefton Council, this represents an increase in cash terms of up to 7.1% compared to last year, worth £17.8 million. This is above the average cash increase across England of 6.9%.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/02/2022 17:30:44 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1415774

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Local Government Finance: St Helens
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 of the reduction of local government funding over the last 10 years on the provision of services and facilities by St Helens Council.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022-23 makes available an additional £3.5 billion to councils, including funding for adult social care reform. This is an increase in local authority funding for 2022-23 of over 4% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country have the resources they need to deliver key services. In total, we expect Core Spending Power to rise from £50.4 billion in 2021-22 to up to £53.9 billion in 2022-23.</p><p>The Government is providing around £1.6 billion additional grant in 2022-23. This includes additional funding for Supporting Families and Cyber Resilience, which will be distributed outside of this Settlement. We are allocating most of that funding through the provisional Settlement, including through a one-off 2022-23 Services Grant, which gives local authorities an additional £822 million of funding for all services. Local authorities can also make use of over £1 billion of additional resource specifically for social care in 2022-23.</p><p>For St Helens Council, this represents an increase in cash terms of up to 7.8% compared to last year, worth £12.5 million. This is above the average cash increase across England of 6.9%.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/02/2022 17:30:14 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1415775

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Local Government Finance: Knowsley
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 of the reduction of local government funding over the last 10 years on the provision of services and facilities by Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022-23 makes available an additional £3.5 billion to councils, including funding for adult social care reform. This is an increase in local authority funding for 2022-23 of over 4% in real terms, which will ensure councils across the country have the resources they need to deliver key services. In total, we expect Core Spending Power to rise from £50.4 billion in 2021-22 to up to £53.9 billion in 2022-23.</p><p>The Government is providing around £1.6 billion additional grant in 2022-23. This includes additional funding for Supporting Families and Cyber Resilience, which will be distributed outside of this Settlement. We are allocating most of that funding through the provisional Settlement, including through a one-off 2022-23 Services Grant, which gives local authorities an additional £822 million of funding for all services. Local authorities can also make use of over £1 billion of additional resource specifically for social care in 2022-23.</p><p>For Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, this represents an increase in cash terms of up to 7.8% compared to last year, worth £13.3 million. This is above the average cash increase across England of 6.9%.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/02/2022 17:29:40 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1415779

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Levelling Up Fund
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 the second round of the Levelling Up Fund will (a) open and (b) close for applications.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres and high streets, upgrading local transport and investing in cultural and heritage assets. We will open round 2 in Spring 2022 and will share further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 01/02/2022 17:35:45 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1416043

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Energy: Prices
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 estimate his Department has made of number of families at risk of entering fuel poverty as a result of the decision to raise the price cap; and what steps his Department is taking to support those families once the cap has been lifted.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The energy price cap from 1 April 2022 will be announced by Ofgem in February.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to offer support for energy efficiency measures, which contribute to reducing energy bills and tackling fuel poverty in the long term. This includes schemes available to support low income households in improving the energy efficiency of their homes, including the Local Authority Delivery Scheme and the Energy Company Obligation. Financial support with energy bills is also available to eligible households through the Warm Home Discount, Cold Weather Payment and Winter Fuel Payment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/02/2022 17:43:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1416045

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Carbon Dioxide: Shortages
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 his Department is taking to tackle C02 shortages resulting from gas supply issues and its effects on the availability of meat and frozen products.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>We are monitoring the situation and are not aware of any material supply issues with CO2 for the meat and frozen food industries at the current time.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 01/02/2022 13:08:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1416057

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mid-Cheshire Line: Rolling Stock
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 merits of upgrading the rolling stock on the Mid-Cheshire railway line.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>It is a matter for operators to deploy rolling stock appropriate for the services that they operate to meet the needs of passengers. The Department has not made any assessment in respect of changing the rolling stock on the Mid-Cheshire line.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 28/01/2022 11:08:05 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1416086

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the cost of rail tickets relative to average incomes in each region of the UK; and what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of rail travel.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	110581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Rail fare increases are calculated with reference to inflation rather than average income. This year rail fares increases will be capped and tied to the Retail Price Index (RPI) figure for July 2021 (3.8 per cent). The Government has deliberately continued to use the July figure as it was lower than the months since, as an August or September RPI figure would have led to a 4.8 per cent or 4.9 per cent, change with October being even higher at 6 per cent.</p><p>The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published May 2021, contains a number of passenger-focused reforms that will bring in improved services and encourage the use of rail. The Spending Review 2021 confirmed £5.7 billion of funding over three years to support essential rail services, and will see the Government investing £360 million in modernising ticketing and retailing systems, delivering a major overhaul to the way in which rail travel is bought and paid for.</p><p>We have recently introduced flexible season tickets on rail, which provide better value to most part-time commuters than buying daily tickets or traditional seasons. We have also saved a generation of passengers a third off their rail fares, including the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 Railcards and, most recently, the Veterans Railcard.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 27/01/2022 14:32:05 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury