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1719204

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Hedges and Ditches: Countryside Stewardship Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's guidance on hedge laying; and if he will include roadside hedges in the Countryside Stewardship grant BN5: Hedgerow laying.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	26967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Under action BN5, support is available to farmers to lay roadside hedgerows where the farmer has management control of both sides of the hedgerow. In January we set out a commitment to introduce a cycle of reviews for scheme actions from 2025, which will include BN5. The current guidance is clear and as part of the cycle of reviews, we will assess the suitability of the guidance, including taking into account any farmer or stakeholder feedback we receive.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing voluntary guidance to support the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 24/05/2024 07:01:55 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1718359

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024 on the incomes of farmers.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	26372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of our transition away from Direct Payments, the draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2024 will apply reductions to delinked payments in 2024. However, this money is not being lost to the sector. The overall farming budget in England is being maintained at an average of £2.4 billion per year across this Parliament. The money released from the reductions is being reinvested in our other schemes for farmers and land managers. This means farmers can access funding which will help reduce costs and improve productivity and resilience, as well as benefitting the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of the impacts of removing Direct Payments was included in the Government’s 2019 farming evidence compendium and 2021 and 2022 Agriculture in the UK Evidence Packs.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 20/05/2024 15:15:55 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1717603

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to bring forward legislation to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 on the enforcement sector.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	25785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25786 25787 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1717604

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment with the Enforcement Conduct Board of the potential merits of introducing regulatory changes relating to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 separately to implementing the uplift to the fees recoverable for (a) High Court and (b) non-High Court enforcement.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	25786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25785 25787 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1717605

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	25787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25785 25786 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1715245

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK illegally in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	24405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of a total of 69 persons known to have died while attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats since 2020:</p><p>2020: 6 deaths reported</p><p>2021: 34 deaths reported</p><p>2022: 4 deaths reported</p><p>2023: 12 deaths reported</p><p>2024: 13 deaths reported (as at 30 April 2024)</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:47:50 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1714978

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on open finance.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	24201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The financial services sector is currently at the forefront of Smart Data, through a combination of Open Banking and the HM Treasury-funded Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), which recently published recommendations for driving Open Finance forward in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has worked closely with the Department for Business and Trade as it developed its Smart Data roadmap, which sets out the government’s ambition for future Smart Data scheme development across seven different sectors, including finance, and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-smart-data-roadmap-action-the-government-is-taking-in-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-smart-data-roadmap-action-the-government-is-taking-in-2024-to-2025</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the roadmap, HM Treasury will carefully consider CFIT’s recommendations for Open Finance, alongside wider industry engagement, as it develops its strategy for Open Finance.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2024, HM Treasury also announced the launch of an industry-led taskforce, which will identify and prioritise Open Finance use cases and data-sets that could be unlocked to improve SME access to credit.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 07/05/2024 12:43:04 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1712791

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	District Heating: Finance
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 of the adequacy of the Green Heat Network fund in supporting shared ground loop deployment in rural off-gas grid areas.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	22902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave on 21 March 2024 to my hon Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-03-15%2F18922&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cff9e14b58cab4615211408dc651e1b5b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638496427188915431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zFCcDFBPSeNGyyyYJGN4D4iT8N2xZXZrKGNTgqR2dDQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">18922</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 26/04/2024 05:26:11 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1712792

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Heating: Rural Areas
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 steps her Department is taking to support clean heat installations in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	22903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government ‘help to heat’ schemes supports deployment of low carbon heating in rural areas through ECO, Wave 2 of SHDF and HUG2.</p><p> </p><p>The Boiler Upgrade Scheme also provides grants of £7,500 towards upfront cost and installation of air and ground source heat pumps. Up to the end of February 2024, 57% of grants paid out were for clean heat installations in rural areas</p><p><br> Through the Heat Network Transformation Programme, the Government is working with industry and local authorities to develop new heat networks and improve existing ones, including investing £500 million half a billion pounds in funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 26/04/2024 05:25:40 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1712793

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Rural Areas
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 steps her Department is taking to reform the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to support off-gas properties.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	22904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the consultation on amendments to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) in March. We will be making a series of changes including: removing insulation requirements; increasing the capacity limit for shared ground loops from 45kW to 300kW; expanding the definition of biomass boilers to include those with a cooking function and introducing flexibility to allow for the potential future differentiation of grant levels for off grid properties.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 30/04/2024 05:24:08 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin