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1719828

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	Parking Offences: Fines
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 he plans to create an independent regulator for parking charge notices.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	27510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 27425 27426 27427 question first answered 24/05/2024 12:08:12 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1719400

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it his policy to increase the price of unhealthy food to subsidise healthier foods.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	27138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We have a comprehensive strategy to improve diets, and to make the healthier choice the easier choice. The Government’s measures with regards to healthy food are focused on consumer behaviour and providing a safety net to those families who need it the most.</p><p>Between 2015 and 2020, we have reduced the sugar content of soft drinks by 46% through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and our voluntary sugar reduction programme has reduced sugar in breakfast cereals by 14.9%. We are also supporting families from low-income households to eat a healthier diet by investing in the Healthy Start scheme, and our School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme has provided nearly 415 million portions of produce to approximately 2.2 million pupils in 2023/24.</p><p>From October 2025, we will be introducing an online and television watershed to restrict advertising of unhealthy food and drink, as well as restrictions on the promotion of less healthy foods by volume price, restricting offers such as three for two, both in store and online.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/05/2024 13:01:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1719428

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether employees of postmasters who lost earnings due to issues arising from the failures of the Horizon IT System will be eligible for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	27166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>As per the Horizon Shortfall Scheme eligibility criteria which are published on Post Office’s website, individuals must have, or have previously had, a contract directly with the Post Office to be eligible for compensation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 09:40:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1719020

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rwandan nationals have successfully applied for asylum in the UK since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’</a>. Data on grants by nationality are published in table Asy_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to 2023.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">‘Research and statistics calendar’</a>.</p><p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Those who need protection are normally granted refugee status or humanitarian protection.</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims lodged from within the UK and admitted to the UK asylum system, including those seeking asylum from Rwanda, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations, and against the background of relevant case law, policy guidance, and the latest available country of origin information.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/05/2024 17:02:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1719075

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
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	Regional Planning and Development: Warrington North
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 his planned timetable is for confirming the levelling up funding for Warrington North.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 24/05/2024 12:09:51 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718803

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	Swimming: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Record number of new bathing sites get the go ahead, published on 13 May 2024, whether the new wild swimming spots will be safe to swim in 365 days a year.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The current Bathing Water Regulations 2013 aim to drive improvement to water quality at sites where people swim, by putting in place duties on the Environment Agency, local authorities, sewerage undertakers and others to investigate pollution incidents at bathing water sites so that remedial measures can be put in place, and by encouraging collaboration around these issues.</p><p> </p><p>This year, Defra will consult on reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013. The proposed changes will drive work to improve bathing water quality, enhance monitoring, and enable more flexibility around the dates of the bathing water monitoring season – the current bathing water monitoring offer will be maintained as a minimum. These changes will allow us to increase monitoring outside of the bathing water season in the future, to better embed water quality improvements within processes and to prevent automatic de-designation of existing bathing water sites.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/05/2024 13:41:46 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718459

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of deporting a refugee to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The most recently published information, which includes a breakdown of the per person costs, is the National Audit Office Report which can be found here: <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-the-costs-of-the-uk-rwanda-partnership/#downloads" target="_blank">UK-Rwanda Partnership - NAO report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/05/2024 15:42:54 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718489

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Contracts for Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies that blacklist workers.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 contain exclusion grounds which allow contracting authorities to exclude suppliers from procurements where their tender does not comply with labour law or where the supplier is guilty of grave professional misconduct.</p><p>For example, a breach of the The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010, which prohibit the compilation, usage, sale or supply of blacklists of trade union members and activists, would render the supplier liable to potential exclusion.</p><p>In all cases, individual departments and other public sector bodies are responsible for their own decisions on these matters.</p><p>The Procurement Act, which is expected to go live in October 2024, builds on and clarifies the exclusions measures in the existing regime. This includes specific measures enabling the exclusion of suppliers for professional misconduct.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 26534 26562 question first answered 23/05/2024 16:32:48 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718490

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the transition to sustainable aviation fuels.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are supporting the transition to sustainable aviation fuels by taking action to build supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and secure demand.</p><p>The SAF Mandate will secure demand for SAF, by obligating the supply of SAF in the overall UK aviation fuel mix. The Mandate will require 2% of UK jet fuel to be made from sustainable sources in 2025, 10% in 2030 and 22% in 2040. It will incentivise SAF supply through the award of tradeable certificates with a cash value.</p><p>We are kickstarting a UK SAF industry by allocation £135m through our Advanced Fuels Fund, which is funding thirteen projects to reach completion and supporting our ambition to see five plants under construction in the UK by 2025. We are currently consulting on the introduction of a revenue certainty mechanism, which will help de-risk SAF projects in the UK by addressing barriers to investment in a nascent market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/05/2024 10:19:57 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718491

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Paramedical Staff: Sexual Offences
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 he is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help end sexual abuse of female paramedics in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	26622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service takes reports of sexual abuse of its staff extremely seriously. NHS England welcomed the recommendations of the recent independent review of the ambulance sector culture, Culture Review of Ambulance Trusts, which highlights the need to target bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment, and enable freedom to speak up. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Culture-review-of-ambulance-trusts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Culture-review-of-ambulance-trusts.pdf</a></p><p>These recommendations are now being implemented, alongside actions related to the report by the Office of the Chief Allied Health Professions at NHS England and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), entitled Reducing Misogyny and Improving Sexual Safety in the Ambulance Service, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://aace.org.uk/reducing-misogyny-and-improving-sexual-safety-in-the-ambulance-service/" target="_blank">https://aace.org.uk/reducing-misogyny-and-improving-sexual-safety-in-the-ambulance-service/</a></p><p>To emphasise the zero-tolerance approach to sexual misconduct in the NHS, last September, NHS England launched the first ever Sexual Safety Charter in collaboration with healthcare systems, to provide staff with clear reporting mechanisms, training, and support. The charter currently has 329 signatories from across the health system, including ambulance trusts. Signatories commit to a zero-tolerance approach to any form of sexual misconduct in the workplace by implementing the charter’s ten actions and principles by July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/05/2024 08:00:22 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols