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1580908

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date	25/01/2023
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	Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 118994 on Innovation: Public Expenditure, what specific (a) remit, (b) funding and (c) legislative powers the Office for Technology Transfer has to directly lead innovation and cross-governmental research and development.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government Office for Technology Transfer does not possess a mandate, funding, or specific legislative powers to directly lead innovation or cross-government research and development. Its role is to support public sector organisations to identify, protect and exploit their knowledge assets to deliver financial, social, and economic benefits for the UK economy and the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/01/2023 15:17:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580909

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Innovation and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122137 on Innovation and Research, if he will set out a timetable for publishing the report and interactive tool on clusters of R&D strength.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>BEIS has received bids for the research to identify clusters of firms performing R&amp;D and innovation in the UK, using innovative methods to collect and analyse granular data on the activities and potential of clusters. The work will start in February and BEIS will aim to publish the findings via a report and digital interactive cluster data mapping tool with an initial version in May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/02/2023 16:59:02 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580910

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
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 prevent energy companies from breaching licence agreements by forcing customers in vulnerable customers in Newcastle Central constituency onto prepayment meters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to Ofgem to ask that they do more to make sure suppliers protect vulnerable consumers. This includes revisiting their approach to enforcing supplier compliance, as well as the urgent publication of recent investigations outcomes into vulnerable customers. I also spoke to Ofgem this morning.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem is conducting a review that will focus specifically on self-disconnections, remote switching and forced installations and, the checks and balances companies have around any decision to put a customer on a pre-payment meter. If Ofgem find that suppliers have not taken due care in this process, they will take further legal action against the suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 10:39:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580911

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Meters
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 recent discussions his Department has had with Ofgem regarding energy suppliers’ compliance with existing rules on prepayment meters and vulnerable energy customers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I met with Ofgem and energy suppliers on 25th January to discuss matters related to energy customers on prepayment meters.</p><p> </p><p>As the independent regulator, Ofgem is responsible for ensuring licensed energy suppliers are complying with their licence conditions. Ofgem publishes details of its compliance and enforcement action on its website at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-policy-and-regulation%2Fcompliance-and-enforcement&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cca2a57091230420900ee08db02b26c45%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106737555435025%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNKZ%2F%2BVZX1PIdR4%2FxVdvDh49I6h8qG5C94npS%2BxXlbU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/compliance-and-enforcement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/01/2023 15:19:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580912

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of academy trusts admissions policies and oversubscription criteria on the ability of local authorities to ensure school places for all children following periods of population growth.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2022, the Government published research by Isos Partnership looking at how Local Authorities are ensuring sufficient places and supporting vulnerable children. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-provision-for-school-places-and-support-for-vulnerable-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-provision-for-school-places-and-support-for-vulnerable-children</a>.</p><p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty, under Section 14 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that there are sufficient primary and secondary school places for all children living in their area. The Department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support Local Authorities to meet their statutory duty to provide sufficient school places, based on their own forecast data. They can use this funding to provide places in new schools or through expansions of existing schools, and can work with any school in their local area, including academies and free schools.</p><p>Trusts are expected to work collaboratively with Local Authorities, dioceses and other schools in the area, to ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to place planning and delivery and support Local authorities to meet their legal duty by providing additional places where they are needed. The Department engages with Local Authorities on a regular basis to review their plans for creating additional places and to consider alternatives where necessary. When Local Authorities are experiencing difficulties, the Department will provide support and advice.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/01/2023 13:57:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580913

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Qualifications: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to 30.5 percent of people with no qualifications in Benwell from 2021 ONS census data, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people with qualifications in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The government is investing £3.8 billion more in further education (FE) and skills over the Parliament to ensure people across the country, including in Newcastle Upon Tyne, have access to the skills or qualifications they need to build a fulfilling career in jobs the economy needs.</p><p>The department is investing a further £125 million in 16 to 19 education in the 2023/24 financial year and an extra £1.6 billion in 2024/25, compared with 2021/22. This is the biggest increase in 16 to 19 funding in a decade.</p><p>Learners in the area have a wide choice of providers. This includes the Newcastle College Group (NCG) which is a large group of 6 general FE colleges and a sixth-form college, as well as Gateshead College and a range of independent training providers.</p><p>T Levels are new high-level technical qualifications and are already available in the Newcastle area, including at Gateshead and City of Sunderland Colleges and will be available at NCG from September 2023.</p><p>The department is increasing investment in apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024/25 and supporting employers in all sectors and all areas of the country, including Newcastle Upon Tyne, to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need. Since May 2010, there have been a total of 9,690 apprenticeship starts in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central.</p><p>Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Adults can benefit from a number of Skills Bootcamps being delivered in Newcastle upon Tyne, including green retrofit, creative industries, coding, data engineering as well as many online courses on offer.</p><p>Colleges in Newcastle upon Tyne are also delivering Free courses for Jobs, which enable learners without a level 3 qualification, or learners with any qualification level but earning below the National Living Wage, to gain a qualification for free. Newcastle Upton Tyne City College offer level 3 qualifications in various subject areas, including business and textiles and Newcastle College offer level 3 courses in accounting, adult care, and counselling.</p><p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the adult education budget (AEB) at £1.34 billion in the 2022/23 academic year. This fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills or qualifications they need. The AEB supports learners aged 19 to 23 obtain their first full qualification at level two or three, as well as full funding for all adults in England who do not have a standard GCSE pass or level 2 functional skills qualification to study maths and English courses up to level 2. It also funds adults with no or low digital skills to undertake improved digital qualifications up to level 1 to provide the digital skills needed for life and work.</p><p>To help learners choose the right qualifications for them we are streamlining and improving the quality of the post 16 qualifications system at level 3 and below, strengthening the pathways for students to progress into further study or skilled employment and training.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 03/02/2023 11:45:46 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580914

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 120107 on Dementia: Research, whether money invested by (a) the Japanese government and (b) private investors in Japan as part of the International Science Partnerships Fund will be counted towards the commitment to double funding for dementia research.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>UK funding invested in research into dementia, delivered in partnership with other countries, will be counted towards the commitment to double funding for dementia research when funding UK-based researchers. Funding from other countries will not.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/02/2023 12:58:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580915

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bridges: Newcastle upon Tyne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to steps to repair and improve the condition of the Swing Bridge in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Port of Tyne owns the Swing Bridge and has responsibility for its continued operation and maintenance. Any improvements, repairs, or other developments to the bridge are the responsibility of the Port and for them to decide.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 31/01/2023 14:41:19 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580916

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 120109 on Affordable Housing: North East, how many and what proportion of sold residential properties met the Stamp Duty Land Tax threshold before any relief was applied in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency in the period between January 2019 to January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs do not publish information on the number of residential property transactions above the nil rate threshold for Stamp Duty Land Tax by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential transactions with a total consideration of £40,000 and above in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central parliamentary constituency is available in table 8a of the ‘UK Stamp Taxes statistics’: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-stamp-tax-statistics.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 31/01/2023 15:31:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1580917

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	Social Rented Housing: Newcastle upon Tyne
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 53.4 percent of people renting from Newcastle City Council in Elswick South from 2021 ONS census data, what steps his department is taking to support local authorities with social housing stock in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>It is for councils to decide how best to balance expenditure on delivering new homes and maintaining their existing housing.</p><p>We recognise that local authorities are facing increasing pressures on their social housing stock. To support new social housing supply, councils are able to apply to the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 06/02/2023 17:58:29 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah