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1650827

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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

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

1649918

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sue Gray
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any (a) severance and (b) exit payments have been made to the former Second Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Sue Gray following her resignation.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Sue Gray resigned from the Civil Service with effect from 2 March 2023. She was paid for the salary and untaken annual leave she had accrued up to this date. She did not receive any severance payment.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 12/07/2023 16:01:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1648629

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the performance of (a) inshore fisheries and (b) conservation authorities.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Defra published an independent ‘Evaluation of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities’ in 2021 as part of an ongoing evaluation programme which includes the production of Conduct and Operations Reports. Work is currently underway to gather feedback for the third Report covering 2018 to 2022. We expect to lay the Report in Parliament and publish in spring 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 03/07/2023 15:45:25 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1648637

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of university students whose exam and dissertation grades will be delayed.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The department understands that the vast majority of students will remain unaffected by the industrial action and, in most cases, will receive their full results on time, and progress and/or graduate as normal. On 23 June 2023, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) published research findings which surveyed 49% of higher education (HE) institutions in the New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff. These institutions provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students at their institutions:</p><ul><li>Over 70% of HE institutions said that ‘less than 2% of students’ will be unable to graduate (on time) this summer, due to the boycott.</li><li>A further 20% were ‘unsure’ of the number.</li><li>4% of HE institutions said ‘between 2% and 9% of students’ would be impacted.</li></ul><p>A link to these research findings can be found here: <a href="https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/" target="_blank">https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/</a>.</p><p>HE institutions are working on minimising the disruption to their students in a variety of ways, including reallocating marking to other staff members and hiring external markers. Moreover, many HE institutions can award degrees when they have enough evidence of a student’s prior attainment to do so. Others will be able to assign provisional grades to students to allow them to progress.</p><p>On 12 June 2023, the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of HE in England, wrote to institutions affected by the boycott to reiterate its expectations in relation to its conditions of registration. The OfS will continue to monitor this ongoing situation through their normal regulatory mechanisms and have published guidance for students affected by industrial action.</p><p>On 22 June 2023, I met with Universities UK (UUK), the Russell Group and UCEA to better understand the impact that this boycott will have on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to protect students’ interests.</p><p>I have also written to the Russell Group and UUK, encouraging them to continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of students during this phase of industrial action. On 27 June 2023, I met with a number of HE representative groups to discuss the marking and assessment boycott, including the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests.</p><p>The government believes students should be at the heart of the higher education system. This is why we set up the OfS to regulate the HE sector in England, protect student rights and ensure the sector is delivering real value for money. The OfS has published guidance to students on their rights during industrial action, which is available at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/</a>.</p><p>Students who have complaints about their HE experience should contact their provider in the first instance. Students in England and Wales may also raise a complaint with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which was set up to provide an alternative to the courts and is free of charge to students. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.oiahe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.oiahe.org.uk/</a>.</p><p>My officials and I will continue to engage with the HE sector over the coming weeks to help better understand the boycott’s impact on students and the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 191676 question first answered 07/07/2023 11:13:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1648638

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with university vice-chancellors on delays in marking exams and dissertations.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The department understands that the vast majority of students will remain unaffected by the industrial action and, in most cases, will receive their full results on time, and progress and/or graduate as normal. On 23 June 2023, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) published research findings which surveyed 49% of higher education (HE) institutions in the New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff. These institutions provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students at their institutions:</p><ul><li>Over 70% of HE institutions said that ‘less than 2% of students’ will be unable to graduate (on time) this summer, due to the boycott.</li><li>A further 20% were ‘unsure’ of the number.</li><li>4% of HE institutions said ‘between 2% and 9% of students’ would be impacted.</li></ul><p>A link to these research findings can be found here: <a href="https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/" target="_blank">https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/</a>.</p><p>HE institutions are working on minimising the disruption to their students in a variety of ways, including reallocating marking to other staff members and hiring external markers. Moreover, many HE institutions can award degrees when they have enough evidence of a student’s prior attainment to do so. Others will be able to assign provisional grades to students to allow them to progress.</p><p>On 12 June 2023, the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of HE in England, wrote to institutions affected by the boycott to reiterate its expectations in relation to its conditions of registration. The OfS will continue to monitor this ongoing situation through their normal regulatory mechanisms and have published guidance for students affected by industrial action.</p><p>On 22 June 2023, I met with Universities UK (UUK), the Russell Group and UCEA to better understand the impact that this boycott will have on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to protect students’ interests.</p><p>I have also written to the Russell Group and UUK, encouraging them to continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of students during this phase of industrial action. On 27 June 2023, I met with a number of HE representative groups to discuss the marking and assessment boycott, including the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests.</p><p>The government believes students should be at the heart of the higher education system. This is why we set up the OfS to regulate the HE sector in England, protect student rights and ensure the sector is delivering real value for money. The OfS has published guidance to students on their rights during industrial action, which is available at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/</a>.</p><p>Students who have complaints about their HE experience should contact their provider in the first instance. Students in England and Wales may also raise a complaint with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which was set up to provide an alternative to the courts and is free of charge to students. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.oiahe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.oiahe.org.uk/</a>.</p><p>My officials and I will continue to engage with the HE sector over the coming weeks to help better understand the boycott’s impact on students and the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 191675 question first answered 07/07/2023 11:13:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1642658

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Business: Contracts and Regulation
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 Part 4, Chapter 2, of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, what discussions her Department has had with businesses on (a) its provisions on subscription contracts and (b) the proportionality regulatory principle.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	188391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>In ‘Reforming competition and consumer policy’ Government consulted on options to address consumer harm from unwanted subscription contracts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-competition-and-consumer-policy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-competition-and-consumer-policy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There were 188 responses, including 94 from businesses, business representatives, and trade associations. Alongside the consultation, and since, the department also held regular meetings and roundtables with business representatives. Government analysed the consultation responses, gathering further evidence from businesses where needed, and is implementing the measures which best balance the benefits to consumers and the associated costs to business. The cost to business and benefits to consumers is detailed in our impact assessment &quot;Digital Competition and Consumers Bill: Subscription measures”: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0294/ImpactAssessmentAnnex2.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0294/ImpactAssessmentAnnex2.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/06/2023 15:53:01 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild