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1721508

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve safety on the A1.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>National Highways has completed a number of safety improvements to the A1 near Stamford in recent years, such as resurfacing, associated road markings, and improved lighting and signage. National Highways will undertake further work south of Grantham commencing this autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 23/07/2024 15:03:40 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1667524

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Pensioners: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide additional funding to help support pensioners with the cost of living in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Support for pensioners is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland and the responsibility of the Department for Communities.</p><p> </p><p>However, in the absence of a fully functioning Northern Ireland Assembly, the UK Government has taken decisive action to ensure that the means tested and disability Cost of Living payments are made to households in Northern Ireland on exactly the same terms as the rest of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 15:59:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1461486

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing funding for universal infant free school meals in the context of the cost and supply pressures facing the school food industry.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The department spends around £600 million per year ensuring around 1.3 million infants enjoy a free, healthy, and nutritious meal at lunchtime following the introduction of the universal infant free school meal policy in 2014. The per meal rate of £2.34 per child was increased in the 2020/21 financial year. The funding rate for the 2022/23 financial year will be published with the funding allocations in June.</p><p>The department holds regular meetings with other government departments and with food industry representatives, covering a variety of issues including public sector food supplies. Schools are responsible for the provision of school meals and may enter individual contracts with suppliers and caterers to meet this duty. We are confident that schools will continue providing pupils with nutritious school meals as required by the school food standards.</p><p>The department routinely considers contingency arrangements and expect schools and catering companies supplying them to do the same.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 220 221 222 224 question first answered 16/05/2022 12:03:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1313195

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	India: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 187201 on India: Overseas Aid, what strategies are considered when allocating UK aid to non-Governmental programmes in India; and what non-Governmental programmes in India receive UK aid.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>In January this year, the Foreign Secretary led a cross-government process to review, appraise and finalise Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations across all geographies, to maximise the Government's strategic focus in the use of ODA next year. In completing this process, officials considered any impact on women and girls, the most marginalised and vulnerable, people with disabilities and people from other protected groups, when developing advice to Ministers.</p><p>Information on our programmes in India, including our implementing partners, is published online and can be viewed on devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 17/05/2021 15:36:26 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1168366

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has sought EU approval for sanctions against people who have been involved in breaches of human rights in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>There are currently no EU sanctions in place against individuals in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong our focus is on supporting a peaceful resolution through meaningful dialogue that addresses the concerns of the Hong Kong people. As the former Foreign Secretary announced on 25 June, no further export licences will be granted to Hong Kong for crowd control equipment for police unless we are satisfied that our concerns about human rights and fundamental freedoms have been addressed thoroughly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/01/2020 09:21:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1148908

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s announcement of 10 October 2019 on an infrastructure revolution, what his timescale is for the (a) enhancements pipeline for Network Rail in Control Period 6 between 2019 and 2024 and (b) market led investment proposals for the rail industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) was published on 16<sup>th</sup> October 2019 and lists all schemes currently in the pipeline and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-network-enhancements-pipeline-autumn-2019-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-network-enhancements-pipeline-autumn-2019-update</a></p><p> </p><p>A core principle of the RNEP is that the Government only ever commits to the next stage of development.</p><p>Timescales for the development of market-led proposals are determined by the pace at which promoters develop them as they are market-led. However, we continue to engage with the promoters of a number of proposals submitted to the department through the 2018 call for ideas.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/10/2019 16:02:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

731608

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many childcare providers have signed up to provide Tax-Free Childcare to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 224 225 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

347086

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people earning the national minimum wage work (a) fewer than 30 hours per week, (b) between 30 and 37.5 hours per week and (c) 37.5 or more hours per week in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) London Borough of Islington and (v) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/06/2015 12:51:18 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - National Minimum Wage
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry