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1653463

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Rail Delivery Group on the potential impact of proposed rail ticket office closures on the availability of ticket types; and whether he is taking steps to ensure the availability of all ticket types at train stations.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	194563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We recognise there are a wide range of fares and tickets offered to passengers, and that not all products are offered consistently online or at ticket vending machines. However, an estimated 99% of all transactions made at ticket offices last year could be made at TVMs or online.</p><p>The rail industry is looking to expand digital ticketing options and make them even easier for passengers to use through upgrades to ticket vending machines and digitisation of more tickets and processes.</p><p> </p><p>When proposing major changes to ticket office opening hours, including closures, operators are required to take into account the adequacy of the proposed alternatives in relation to the needs of all passengers. This includes ensuring that passengers can easily buy the right ticket for the journey they want to make, with consideration of the product range available at the station and what support is available to help with purchase.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers will not be expected to travel out of their way to buy a ticket and will be able to buy en-route or at their destination.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/07/2023 13:27:22 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1652847

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section four of the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, what progress her Department has made on establishing an ombudsman to rule on social responsibility complaints.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	193993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Gambling White Paper, the Government is working with industry and all stakeholders to establish an appropriate ombudsman that can adjudicate complaints relating to social responsibility or gambling harm where an operator is not able to resolve these.</p><p>We expect the ombudsman to be operational and accepting cases by summer 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 13:13:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1652849

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for a digital age, what her planned timescale is for publishing a consultation on a stake limit for online slots.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	193994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a consultation this summer on the level at which the maximum stake limit for online slot games should be set, and on other details necessary for secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/07/2023 13:14:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650827

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress (a) Pinnacle Group, (b) VIVO and (c) Amey have made on implementing their service accommodation rectification plans.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Pinnacle have completed the implementation of the Rectification Plan and are at or above the minimum Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP) in all areas where they have sole responsibility for delivery.</p><p>Performance has improved for both VIVO and Amey in the key areas of response maintenance timeframes and reducing the backlog of maintenance tasks, since the rectification plans were implemented in September 2022. However, there is still more work to do before VIVO and Amey are consistently at the ALP.</p><p>The Department has set out an expectation that suppliers must demonstrate they can sustain performance at or above the ALP before the rectification plans will be considered to have succeeded. The Department has made it very clear that there is still more to achieve before Service families are getting the level of service that they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/07/2023 11:06:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650828

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to (a) Pinnacle Group, (b) VIVO and (c) Amey under the service accommodation contracts awarded in June 2021.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>I am unable to provide this information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/07/2023 11:06:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650829

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payments to (a) Pinnacle Group, (b) VIVO and (c) Amey have been withheld on performance grounds in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department has exercised to the fullest extent its contractual rights to withhold fixed and variable profit in respect of the delivery of the contractual performance measures.</p><p>Information regarding the specific amount is being withheld and cannot be provided, as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/07/2023 10:56:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650839

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Housing: Tenure
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 allowing local authorities to determine property tenure types when allocating sites for housing development.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community and reflect this in planning policies, including through their site allocations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/07/2023 13:01:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650840

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
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 reducing small business rate relief for furnished holiday lets.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>From April 2023 in order to be assessed for business rates a holiday let property must demonstrate at least 70 days of actual letting activity, and have been available for let for at least 140 days, in the previous year.</p><p>Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 13/07/2023 16:40:48 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650386

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Reservoirs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of water abstraction licences to incentivise investment in winter reservoir storage.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is legally required to include a time limit on all new abstraction licences and permanent licence variations.</p><p> </p><p>When the Environment Agency grants a licence for the first time, the licence duration is usually between 6 and 18 years. On renewal, the normal duration will be 12 years. In exceptional cases licences may be issued with a longer time limit if the applicant meets four government tests. Further information can be found in the guidance note WR253 Long duration water abstraction licences on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency would consider a long duration licence for a winter storage reservoir providing the applicant can meet the four tests.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to move the water resources licensing regime into the Environmental Permitting Regulations. We consulted on the move in Autumn 2021 and are considering the responses. The consultation included proposals to remove the requirement on the Environment Agency to issue abstraction permits with a time limit.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/07/2023 09:33:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650388

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria of the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme to include new lorry parks.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Good quality roadside facilities remain a priority for the Government. The first application window for the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme closed on 24 February 2023 and the Department for Transport is now evaluating applications in accordance with scheme criteria.</p><p>Improving facilities on existing sites was seen as the best way to utilise funds and raise the quality of facilities for HGV drivers in the short term.</p><p>An assessment of the process and criteria for the first round of applications will inform criteria for future application windows and any decision to extend the scheme to include funding the development of new lorry parks.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 10/07/2023 11:37:59 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild