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1461757

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date	11/05/2022
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	Nuclear Power
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 assessment his Department has made of the contribution of nuclear power to the UK's energy security.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that the UK needs a diverse mix of electricity infrastructure to come forward in order to deliver a secure, reliable, affordable, and net zero consistent system in 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Security Strategy seeks to ensure that the UK is one of the best places in the world to invest in nuclear and sets an ambition for deployment of civil nuclear of up to 24 GW by 2050, around 25% of our projected electricity demand.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:54:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461758

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Natural Gas
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 estimate his Department has made of the additional volume of natural gas which would be required to offset the electricity generated by nuclear power in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Nuclear power generation scenarios are published in the Energy and Emission Projections here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-net-zero-strategy-baseline-partial-interim-update-december-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-net-zero-strategy-baseline-partial-interim-update-december-2021</a>.</p><p>Fuel usage in the power sector is published in DUKES here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p><p>Conversion factors between fuels are published by National Grid here: <a href="https://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/gas-transmission/document/128886/download" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/gas-transmission/document/128886/download</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:57:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461759

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Nuclear Power Stations
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 plans he has to assess the efficiency of the process for approving new nuclear power stations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The British Energy Security Strategy sets out the Government’s aim to ensure the UK is one of the best places in the world to invest in nuclear. The Government will work with the regulators to understand the potential for streamlining, or removing duplication from, the consenting and licensing processes to approve new nuclear power stations, without impacting the robust safety, security and environmental protections offered by UK regulatory regime.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:53:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461760

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Nuclear Power
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 provide opportunities for new nuclear developers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government will set up a new flagship body - ‘Great British Nuclear’ - to develop a resilient pipeline of new projects. The Government appointed Simon Bowen, tasked with leading and helping to drive forward government proposals for a new Great British Nuclear vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to take one project to Final Investment Decision (FID) this Parliament and two projects in the next Parliament, subject to value for money, approvals and technology readiness/maturity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the £120m Future Nuclear Enabling Fund on 13th May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:34:41 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461761

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the benefits of building new nuclear power stations concurrently.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government assesses each proposed new nuclear project on its own merits, mindful of the value of economies of scale. The Government recently set out the parameters of the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (£120m) to encourage developers to bring to fruition future proposals. The Government will engage with industry on the development of the pipeline of new projects kickstarted by the British Energy Security Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:53:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461762

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of SATs on primary children’s mental health.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The department knows that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and will have an impact in the longer-term. We expect leaders and teachers to consider their pupils’ mental health and wellbeing as a priority and identify those who may need additional support.</p><p>Although schools should encourage all pupils to work hard and achieve well in primary assessments, the department does not recommend that they devote excessive time to preparation, and certainly not at the expense of pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. Schools should support a culture of wellbeing amongst staff and pupils.</p><p>Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is a priority for this government. The department is continuing to help schools support children and young people’s wellbeing, announcing in May 2021 more than £17 million of mental health funding to improve mental health and wellbeing support in schools and colleges. This includes £9.5 million dedicated to training senior mental health leads in over 8,000 schools and colleges, with an additional £3 million announced this year to extend this training to even more schools and colleges. The training will equip leads with the skills and knowledge to develop a culture and ethos that promotes positive mental health wellbeing, as well as how to make the best use of local resources to support children and young people experiencing issues such as anxiety.</p><p>The department has also recently brought together all its sources of advice for schools and colleges into a single site on GOV.UK, which includes signposting to external sources of mental health and wellbeing support for teachers, school staff and school leaders. This site is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-and-wellbeing-support-in-schools-and-colleges#mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/05/2022 13:12:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461763

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of SATs in measuring children’s learning and attainment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The main purpose of statutory assessment, as set out in the Standards and Testing Agency’s test frameworks is to ascertain what pupils have achieved in relation to the age-related attainment targets set out in the national curriculum. These test frameworks are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-test-frameworks" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-test-frameworks</a>. A validity framework to demonstrate how well the tests meet this purpose is published in the appendices of the test handbook, available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the cancellations of the statutory assessments in 2020 and 2021, the most recent version of the test handbook is from 2019 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-national-curriculum-test-handbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2019-national-curriculum-test-handbook</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/05/2022 13:23:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461764

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Mental Health: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has been made of the level of funding into mental health research; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of that funding being made into that research.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department funds mental health research in the United Kingdom through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).  In 2020/21, the NIHR spent £109.5 million on mental health research. We are also funding the Mental Health Research Initiative to expand current activity and build the capacity and capability of mental health research in regions which are currently underrepresented. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR’s funding is available through open competition and we encourage researchers to submit applications in this area.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/05/2022 10:10:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461765

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Poverty Action Group's report entitled You have to take it back to the bricks: Reforming emergency support to reduce demand for food banks, published March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the validity of that report's findings; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation. There is no consistent and accurate measure of food bank usage at a constituency or national level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/05/2022 13:36:48 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461766

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent of sexual violence against women and girls during in the conflict in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>In response to reports of atrocities, the UK worked with partners to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC), establish a Commission of Inquiry through the UN Human Rights Council and establish an OSCE Mission. In addition to our support to the ICC, we deployed specialist UK war crimes and sexual violence expertise to the region to support investigations.</p><p>The UK has pledged £220 million of humanitarian assistance. This is supporting life-saving assistance, targeted services, legal support and crisis accommodation. Funding through UN Populations Fund is helping the Ukrainian Government set up support mechanisms for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors. We are also supporting the effective documentation of GBV cases. We have dedicated funding supporting the critical needs of women and children. Our new two-year £10 million civil society fund will support local organisations, including those gathering evidence of war crimes such as conflict-related sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/05/2022 16:12:02 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi