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1186887

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on school funding.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	901724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>I regularly discuss school funding with the Secretary of State for Education. At the Spending Round, the government committed to a £7.1 billion cash increase in funding for schools in England by 2022-23. This funding settlement reflects the government’s commitment to high quality education for all school children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2020 17:10:31 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1185025

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen consular support for UK nationals overseas.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	901581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Consular support is tailored to the individual circumstances of each case, and prioritises those that need help the most. A key aspect of our support is prevention to help British people keep safe overseas, including representations to authorities overseas to make local environments safer for British people. Where this is not possible we may advise against travel. The Foreign Secretary announced today that we advise against all but essential travel for the next 30 days due to the current outbreak of Covid19, which has affected our ability to provide consular support.</p><p>We have specialist teams working on forced marriage, murder, kidnap and cases involving those on death row or at risk of the death penalty. Additionally we work with, and fund, other organisations where these are better placed to provide support, or have specialist skills that we need including the Victim Support Homicide Service, Lucie Blackman Trust, and (for detainees) Prisoners Abroad.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 17/03/2020 17:36:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1181545

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to maintain the carbon price in the next 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effect of carbon pricing on the decarbonisation of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	22429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carbon pricing as a decarbonisation tool following the transition period. In line with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will remain in the EU Emissions Trading System until 31 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the EU ETS, the UK also applies the Carbon Price Support rate. Together, these have helped to reduce the importance of coal in the UK’s energy generation mix: electricity generation from coal usage has fallen from 40% in 2012 to 5% in 2018. Further detail on carbon pricing will be set out at the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in November 2019, HM Treasury published Terms of Reference for its review into how the transition to a net zero economy will be funded, and where the costs will fall. The review will ensure contributions are fair between households, businesses and the taxpayer, and will allow us to maximise economic growth opportunities from the transition. The review will publish its findings in Autumn 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2020 11:01:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1179098

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Twins Trust: Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Twins Trust Maternity Engagement Project in reducing (a) perinatal deaths and (b) neonatal admissions; and what steps he is taking to encourage trusts not currently involved in that project to make improvements in their care.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	18937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department provided grant funding for the Twins Trust Maternity Engagement Project which provided evidence that implementing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on managing twin and multiple pregnancies can significantly reduce twin stillbirths, neonatal deaths and neonatal admissions. The two year evaluation demonstrated an 18% reduction in neonatal deaths, a 7% reduction in stillbirths, a 23% reduction in neonatal admissions, and a 6% reduction in emergency caesarean sections.</p><p>Based on the evidence generated through the Engagement Project, the Saving Babies’ Lives care bundle (version two) strongly encourages providers and commissioners to implement NICE guidance and stipulates best practice for multiple pregnancies.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, highlights our aim to roll out the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (version two) across every maternity unit in England in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/03/2020 17:39:59 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1179099

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 Trusts: Managers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the contact details for each NHS Trust of the (a) CEO, (b) maternity board safety champion, (c) medical director and (d) head of midwifery.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	18938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collate contact details for the 130 National Health Service trusts and 44 Local Maternity Systems centrally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18939 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:42:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1179100

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the contact details of each Local Maternity System chair.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	18939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collate contact details for the 130 National Health Service trusts and 44 Local Maternity Systems centrally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18938 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:42:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1173234

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
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	Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department plans to establish a Hydrogen cluster by the end of the next Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	7672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Low carbon hydrogen could play a vital role in meeting the UK’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050, supporting both our Industrial Strategy and the revitalisation of the economies of the UK’s industrial areas.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to exploring hydrogen’s potential through up to £108 million in innovation funding and £100 million to deploy low carbon hydrogen production capacity. The Government has also committed to invest £800 million to build the first fully deployed CCUS cluster by the mid-2020s and £500 million to help energy-intensive industries move to low-carbon techniques, which could include the use of hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen is likely to play an important role in achieving the Industrial Clusters Mission, creating the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040 and at least one low carbon cluster by 2030. This is supported by up to £170 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to support the deployment of low carbon technologies and enabling infrastructure in one or more clusters.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:20:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1173235

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Energy Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to encourage the energy industry to increase the number of apprenticeships in that industry.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	7673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We have put employers at the heart of our apprenticeship system, empowering them to design the standards they need to meet their emerging skills needs in a changing economy. The independent Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education supports employers to develop standards and acts as the guarantor of their quality. Apprenticeships available in the sector include junior energy manager, smart home technician and power engineer.</p><p>Employers in the energy industry in England can use their apprenticeship levy funds to invest in these new high quality apprenticeship standards, unlocking the productivity benefits associated with employing apprentices.</p><p>We are encouraged to see companies in the energy sector engaging positively with the apprenticeship system. E.ON, for example, has apprentices working throughout its business in areas as diverse as cyber security, renewables, smart metering and customer service.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/02/2020 17:41:27 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1173236

registered interest
date	24/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce incentives to increase the number of electric vehicles purchased by consumers.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	7674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Road to Zero strategy published in July 2018 sets out a clear pathway to zero emissions. We are investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug-in cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles, and schemes to support charge point infrastructure at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. We are also considering the introduction of green number plates. To improve consumer attitudes towards electric vehicles, in collaboration with industry, Government also founded the Go Ultra Low communications campaign to promote the benefits of electric vehicles and enable consumers and businesses to make the switch. This comprises of the most comprehensive support packages in the world for the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Manifesto set out, and the Secretary of State spoke about in October, the Government intends to consult on the earliest date that we can phase out the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars, while minimising the impact on drivers and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Government is supporting further growth of the public network through the launch of the Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund. £200 million of Government funding is matched-funded by private investment to install chargepoints. The first investment round, worth a total of £70 million, will ensure the delivery of a further 3,000 rapid charging devices by 2024, more than doubling the current number of rapid charging devices</p><p> </p><p>Our Manifesto last year stated that, along with the private sector, the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station for electric vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/02/2020 17:13:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1172030

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to differentiate the rate of duty on beer between supermarkets and pubs after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	5549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Fiscal changes to alcohol, and tax rates are kept under review, and further announcements to duty changes will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To date, since 2010, government has scrapped the beer duty escalator, making the price of a typical pint 14p cheaper than it otherwise would have been. Pubs are also able to benefit from wider reforms including the Pubs Code and reductions to business rates.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/01/2020 11:50:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling