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1360223

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date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for his policies of the funding recommendation in part 2 of the Government’s Independent Review of Drugs by Dame Carol Black.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	57299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling substance misuse and working with Dame Carol Black to ensure high quality services are in place to support people dependent on drugs.</p><p>On 27 July we published an initial response to Part 1 and Part 2 of Dame Carol Black’s review, outlining the urgent action needed to turn the tide on drug-related deaths and get more people access to higher quality services. As part of this response, the government committed to publishing a new drug strategy which will respond in full to Dame Carol’s recommendations.</p><p>The strategy will build on the £148m package the Government announced in January, which included <em>£80m for drug treatment services right across England</em>. The strategy will present our whole of government approach to drive down drug supply and demand, including support for people through treatment and recovery.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/10/2021 16:13:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1360578

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published on 14 July 2021, when he plans to announce further rail electrification schemes.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Electrification will play an important role, alongside battery and hydrogen trains, in our programme to achieve our net zero 2050 target.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to develop electrification schemes through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline process in the usual way, to ensure that they are affordable, deliverable, and represent value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Announcements on future rail electrification schemes will be informed by the outcome of the ongoing Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 26/10/2021 12:52:28 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1360579

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve passenger safety on the rail network as a result of unpredictable weather patterns due to the climate emergency.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Maintaining a safe rail network, and ensuring that it is resilient to changing weather patterns and extreme weather events, remain key priorities for my Department.</p><p> </p><p>The amount available to manage earthworks and drainage on the rail network has increased significantly, from £952m in Control Period 5 to £1.3bn in Control Period 6. This has enabled Network Rail, in its capacity as the infrastructure manager of Britain’s railways, to undertake additional work during this period to address the challenge of a changing climate and its impact on the railway. Resilience will be a key theme of planning for the next periodic review for Control Period 7.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has worked hard to ensure that lessons learnt from the Carmont derailment in August 2020 are implemented across the entire rail network, building on the findings of two expert-led taskforces that resulted in the Mair and Slingo reports published earlier this year. These measures include a renewed focus on management of earthworks, proactive inspection of slopes following high rainfall using drones and helicopters, upskilling of the workforce to use weather data and technology more effectively, and trialling new technology to improve early detection and risk assessment. My Department and the Office of Rail and Road will be closely monitoring progress in implementing these recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/10/2021 12:46:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1360580

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Gynaecology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on 16 August 2021, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban hymenoplasty.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	58546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>In the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, the Government committed to convening an independent expert panel on hymenoplasty to consider the clinical and ethical aspects of the procedure in more detail. We will carefully consider the panel’s recommendations, including any potential legislative action.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/10/2021 10:39:06 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 25703 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1360581

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding (a) driving licence applications, (b) short-term medical driving licence applications and (c) applications to exchange a foreign driving licence from people in (i) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, (ii) Oxfordshire and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	58489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The information requested in questions 58489 and 58490 is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it would involve scrutinising each application that is awaiting processing. Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example if medical investigations are needed. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a rapid response corporate services team to engage key stakeholders, including trade associations. Formal four-weekly review meetings take place where stakeholders can raise issues/concerns and provide feedback from members. The DVLA has regular contact with key stakeholders to resolve issues and address concerns quickly. This includes providing information on timescales for processing applications, working to prioritise urgent applications where they are business-critical or employment is at risk and also provided a dedicated contact point for fuel companies to progress vocational licence applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 58490 58491 question first answered 21/10/2021 10:19:02 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1360582

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for (a) driving licence applications, (b) short-term medical driving licence applications and (c) applications to exchange a foreign driving licence for people in (i) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, (ii) Oxfordshire and (iii). England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	58490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The information requested in questions 58489 and 58490 is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it would involve scrutinising each application that is awaiting processing. Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example if medical investigations are needed. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a rapid response corporate services team to engage key stakeholders, including trade associations. Formal four-weekly review meetings take place where stakeholders can raise issues/concerns and provide feedback from members. The DVLA has regular contact with key stakeholders to resolve issues and address concerns quickly. This includes providing information on timescales for processing applications, working to prioritise urgent applications where they are business-critical or employment is at risk and also provided a dedicated contact point for fuel companies to progress vocational licence applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 58489 58491 question first answered 21/10/2021 10:19:02 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1360583

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on reducing the backlog of driving licence applications.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	58491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The information requested in questions 58489 and 58490 is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it would involve scrutinising each application that is awaiting processing. Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example if medical investigations are needed. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a rapid response corporate services team to engage key stakeholders, including trade associations. Formal four-weekly review meetings take place where stakeholders can raise issues/concerns and provide feedback from members. The DVLA has regular contact with key stakeholders to resolve issues and address concerns quickly. This includes providing information on timescales for processing applications, working to prioritise urgent applications where they are business-critical or employment is at risk and also provided a dedicated contact point for fuel companies to progress vocational licence applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 58489 58490 question first answered 21/10/2021 10:19:02 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1360584

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving tests.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	58492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has a number of measures in place to increase the availability of practical driving tests. These include offering a national recovery allowance and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays and weekends).</p><p>The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. To support this campaign, the agency is exploring options to temporarily contract in experienced driving assessors from other road safety organisations to become driving examiners.</p><p>After lockdown, the DVSA returned to six tests per day (rather than seven) to ease examiners back into the workplace and to allow additional time between tests for COVID-secure measures to be carried out. From the 14 June, and following discussion with Public Health England, the DVSA returned to seven practical car tests, per day, per examiner in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p>Returning to seven tests a day per examiner will allow the DVSA to increase capacity across the national network by an average of 15,000 to 20,000 tests per month. The aim is to increase testing capacity as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/10/2021 10:27:28 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1360585

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to update the data on (a) Operating payments to Train Operating Companies under emergency agreements and (b) Emergency Measure Agreement performance score and fees on the Gov.uk website.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	58482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>On the 21<sup>st</sup> October the Department published operational support payments to Train Operating Companies along with the scores and fees determined through the evaluation of operator performance. This release on the Gov.uk website covered the period between September 2020 to March 2021 (performance and fees) and 1 April 2021 to 24 July 2021 (operational support). The Department is committed to providing periodic updates of this information on an ongoing basis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/10/2021 13:04:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1360586

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £250 million Royal Yacht contract that will be reserved for payments for the interior design of the vessel.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	58311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The National Flagship is not a direct replacement for HMY Britannia and will not therefore be a Royal Yacht.</p><p> </p><p>A competition is underway to procure a world-class design for the National Flagship. It will be for the successful bidder in this competition to determine the proportion of value in its firm price contract that is allocated to interior design. A separate competition will be conducted for the construction of the National Flagship. It will be for the successful bidder in that competition to determine how construction contract costs are broken down.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/11/2021 13:20:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 26014 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones