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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

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

1692975

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, what assessment she has made of the level of take up of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	16520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>At the time of the closure of the scheme, 1,507 applications had been made for a discount voucher through the Help to Grow: Digital website.</p><p> </p><p>A full assessment of the take up, regional breakdown and effectiveness of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme was published and can be found in the 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> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 16519 question first answered 06/03/2024 17:54:15 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1692978

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Children: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of (a) smartphone and (b) social media use by under 16s on their (i) mental health and (ii) safety.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	16522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making the UK the safest place to be a child online, as evidenced by the landmark Online Safety Act.</p><p> </p><p>Harmful and age-inappropriate online content and activity can be particularly damaging for children. That is why the Online Safety Act places robust, much-needed responsibilities on technology companies – including social media platforms, search services and other services which host user-generated content – to keep all users, but particularly children, safe online.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the UK Chief Medical Officers noted that the available research did not present evidence of a causal relationship between screen-based activities and mental health problems; however, some research found associations between screen-based activities and negative effects such as increased risk of anxiety or depression.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring that children have a positive experience online, using the internet for connecting with peers, as well as to access educational resources, information, and entertainment.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 11/03/2024 14:26:03 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1692982

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Casement Park: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to announce the investment decision on Casement Park.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	16480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>My Department is engaging with the Department for Communities, which is responsible for the procurement process for the redevelopment of Casement Park, including direct engagement with local partners on their funding contribution. I wrote to the Northern Ireland Minister for Communities on 27 February to say that it is vital to understand what the most recent costs associated with the redevelopment of Casement Park are.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/03/2024 16:14:55 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1692983

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 15192 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards, whether his Department made an estimate of the potential increased cost to the public purse of performance fees due under the Train Operating Company’s management contract when deciding to lower performance standards for Thameslink.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	16526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Targets are updated annually and are calibrated to incentivise operators to deliver the best outcomes for customers within the budget available. They should be challenging but achievable. This process was followed when setting Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) Service Quality Regime (SQR) targets for 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>The SQR fee is capped at a maximum level, however, the actual fee is dependent on performance, which is not known in advance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 07/03/2024 11:18:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1693012

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 15436 on Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence, if he will publish the data on method of attack against (a) prison officers and (b) all staff, broken down by victim.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	16455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>We publish statistics on the number of total assaults, broken down by type of weapon, as part of our Safety in Custody statistics.</p><p>Our statisticians regularly review the content of publications and welcome feedback. Development of new and improved statistical outputs is usually dependent on reallocating existing resources. As part of our continual review and prioritisation, we will consider publishing assaults with weapons by victim type.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/03/2024 15:54:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693023

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	16451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders convicted for offences relating to assault on emergency worker, covering the period requested. The latest data available, up to the year ending June 2023, can be obtained with the following data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p>In the data tool, navigate to ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab and select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’ in the ‘Offence’ filter.</p><p>The pivot table will present the total number of offenders convicted for assaulting an emergency worker since year ending June 2011, including the requested last two years.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 06/03/2024 15:36:20 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1693031

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with social enterprises that employ front line staff on funding to cover lump sum payments.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	16491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not had recent discussions with social enterprises on funding to cover lump sum payments.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/03/2024 13:49:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 21828 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth