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1453734

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will reply to the correspondence of 12 August 2021 from the hon. Member for Warley on Mr Zaman.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	145805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Rt Hon Member wrote to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which is independent of the Cabinet Office. I understand that the PHSO did receive the Rt Hon Member’s letter of 12 August 2021, and will respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 31/03/2022 08:19:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452737

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ascertain whether P&O Ferries had sought a legal injunction to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	143556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Applications for injunctions of this type are made to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court. As at 22 March 2022 no injunction applications have been made by P&amp;O Ferries seeking to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/03/2022 17:49:31 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452763

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on Ministers answering letters from hon. Members that are specifically addressed to them.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	143557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>When a hon. Member makes a written enquiry to either the Home Secretary or an Immigration Minister, a Ministerial response will normally be provided by the appropriate Minister.</p><p>There will occasionally be circumstances where replies are provided by officials where the query is one which can be suitably answered by them, for example a query about an individual case where an update can be provided to indicate it has been granted, or where the member has simply forwarded a standard item of correspondence which has already been received multiple times.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 16:35:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452768

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Warley 25 January 2022 on Mr Abdimunye.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	143558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 22 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 29/03/2022 12:05:13 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452520

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: United Arab Emirates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made contact with the Government of UAE regarding the recent actions of Dubai Ports-owned P&O.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	142429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not as yet made contact with the Government of the UAE in relation to the recent actions of P&amp;O. However, both myself and the Secretary of State have been in contact with P&amp;O Ferries.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/03/2022 09:46:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452521

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Cyprus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with the Government of Cyprus on the recent actions of P&O Ferries.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	142430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not as yet held discussions with the Government of Cyprus in relation to the recent actions of P&amp;O Ferries. However, both myself and the Secretary of State have been in contact with P&amp;O Ferries.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/03/2022 09:45:38 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452736

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
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 his Department will hold discussions with (a) P&O Ferries representatives, (b) P&O Ferries workers and (c) trade unions to inform an assessment of the appropriateness of dismissal of staff of P&O Ferries without statutory consultation.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	143555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>P&amp;O Ferries has conducted itself in an appalling manner. There are clear requirements around both consultation and notification when making collective redundancies. The Government has demanded answers from the company as to why they think they are above these rules. We have received a response to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s letter to P&amp;O Ferries, and we are reviewing their explanations. The Secretary of State has also written to the Insolvency Service asking them to consider what scope there is for further action.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/03/2022 16:53:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1438243

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
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: Construction
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 estimate he has made of the comparative cost of a new local authority-built (a) two bedroom flat and (b) a three bedroom house.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	905918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the cost of delivering affordable housing and has given councils the tools they need to build more homes. In the Levelling Up White Paper, we committed to reviewing how to support councils to deliver in greater numbers, alongside housing associations.</p><p>It is for councils to determine the size, type and tenure of the homes they build.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2022 17:39:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1436554

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries
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 help strengthen and secure vaccine production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	131051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) continues to work to strengthen UK resilience for the COVID-19 response and potential future health emergencies. The VTF has invested over £380 million to secure and scale up the UK’s vaccine manufacturing capabilities to respond to the pandemic and is actively engaging with market participants to seek to further strengthen our domestic capabilities and capacity in vaccines.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further £354 million for UK life sciences manufacturing. This includes funding to increase the UK’s health emergency responsiveness and capability in vaccine production. Areas of focus will include mRNA capability following the success of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, and investments which will strengthen the resilience of the UK’s vaccine supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/03/2022 14:46:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1436650

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on funding orders for hydrogen-fuelled buses.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	131052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department remains committed to supporting the roll out of zero emission buses (ZEBs) and is providing over £525m funding over this parliament.</p><p>The Government’s approach to the delivery of the ZEBs will be technology neutral. The £270m Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme is due to announce winners from the standard process in Spring 2022, having announced winners from the fast track process in October 2021. Local areas were able to apply for funding for both battery electric buses and hydrogen fuel cell buses depending on which technology is best suited to their local areas.</p><p>The Government has supported the introduction of hydrogen buses through the previous Low and Ultra Low Emission Bus funding schemes. Through these schemes, Government provided over £4.8m to a joint bid between Birmingham City Council and Transport for London for 40 hydrogen double decker buses. In addition, Government provided over £4.3m to Brighton and Hove Buses for a further 20 hydrogen buses.</p><p>Funding from other funding schemes, such as the Transforming Cities Fund and City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, can also be used by local areas to support the introduction of ZEBs. 20 hydrogen buses are being supported in the Liverpool City Region through funding from the Transforming Cities Fund.</p><p>The Government will also increase the rate at which the Bus Service Operators Grant can be claimed for ZEBs to 22p per km, further incentivising and supporting the uptake of battery electric buses and hydrogen fuel cell buses.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 03/03/2022 13:09:11 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar