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1692963

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has included Russell Group progression as a measure in school performance data and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this inclusion on (a) schools and (b) non-Russell Group universities.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	16510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The percentage of students progressing to Russell Group universities metric provides useful information to parents and students about which schools and colleges support their students to go on to study at this group of research intensive institutions. This is a supplementary measure to the department’s main headline and top-level additional destination measures. Russell Group is a term which is widely understood. Most Russell Group universities are in the top third higher education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The department keeps all measures under regular review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/03/2024 16:55:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1692964

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing regulatory scrutiny of private parking companies.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	16462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of concerns regarding the practices of some private parking operators. Following the introduction of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the Government is taking action to improve the regulation of the private parking industry.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 06/03/2024 16:41:10 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1692965

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Islamophobia
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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the APPG on British Muslims’ definition of Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	16511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-17/10238" target="_blank">10238</a> on 23 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 16512 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:54:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1692966

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Islamophobia
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 it remains his policy to adopt a definition of Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	16512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-17/10238" target="_blank">10238</a> on 23 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 16511 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:54:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1692967

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of infrastructure in the UK to (a) capture carbon from woody biomass burning at scale and (b) transport and store carbon dioxide.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the cluster sequencing process, the Department has previously undertaken assessments of the potential CCUS capabilities of industrial clusters across the UK. The guidance and eligibility criteria for these assessments is available on gov.uk. The UK holds an estimated 78 billion tonnes of theoretical CO2 storage capacity in the UK continental shelf.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is not currently operating at scale in the UK, a 2021 evaluation of greenhouse gas removal technologies found BECCS to be at a technology readiness level of six out of a possible nine.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 11/03/2024 07:04:48 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692968

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward a Race Action Plan to tackle (a) systemic inequalities affecting and (b) discrimination faced by (i) Romani, (ii) Roma and (iii) Irish Travellers in the (A) education, (B) economic, (C) criminal justice and (D) health sectors.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes its responsibilities and statutory obligations to all our communities seriously. Simultaneously we emphasise the importance of governing on behalf of everyone, irrespective of background, race, ethnicity or any other characteristics.</p><p>Constant attempts to atomise public policy making will neither be successful nor help the communities they erroneously purport to assist.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 16515 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:48:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692969

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Travellers
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 steps he is taking to ensure that the lived experiences of Romani, Roma and Irish Travellers are taken fully into account in consideration of policy affecting them.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	16515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes its responsibilities and statutory obligations to all our communities seriously. Simultaneously we emphasise the importance of governing on behalf of everyone, irrespective of background, race, ethnicity or any other characteristics.</p><p>Constant attempts to atomise public policy making will neither be successful nor help the communities they erroneously purport to assist.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 16514 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:48:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1692970

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Digital Technology: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support small businesses to accelerate the adoption of digital tools to improve productivity, in the context of the closure of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Since the closure of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme in 2023 we have been considering how best to help small businesses to adopt basic digital technologies. We know digital tools can improve firm-level productivity and a businesses’ ability to grow.</p><p> </p><p>This is why in the Autumn Statement we announced that we would be setting up an industry-led taskforce to rapidly explore how best to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises with adoption of digital technology. We will be launching the taskforce shortly</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support small businesses in other ways, such as through the Help to Grow: Management programme and the Government-backed British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans. These schemes help business leaders to start and grow their businesses.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/03/2024 17:58:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692971

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Help to Grow Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the advice given to ministers that informed decisions on eligibility criteria for the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government closed the Help to Grow: Digital programme in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the eligibility criteria can be found in the Help to Grow: Digital scheme evaluation report on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>While we do not routinely publish advice, decisions were informed by evidence and the scheme design was kept under review. Eligibility changes were made in Summer 2022 which responded to oral evidence, which included widening the criteria to include businesses of 1+ employee(s).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16518 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:27:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692972

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Help to Grow Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral evidence taken before the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on 17 May 2022, HC 207, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the eligibility for the Help to grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government closed the Help to Grow: Digital programme in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the eligibility criteria can be found in the Help to Grow: Digital scheme evaluation report on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-grow-digital-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>While we do not routinely publish advice, decisions were informed by evidence and the scheme design was kept under review. Eligibility changes were made in Summer 2022 which responded to oral evidence, which included widening the criteria to include businesses of 1+ employee(s).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16517 question first answered 06/03/2024 15:27:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda