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1646690

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to develop a strategic vision for the blending of hydrogen as part of a transition to the use of hydrogen alone.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	190842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is building evidence to determine if blending meets the required safety standards and represents value for money, which will be essential for blending to be enabled. The Government is working closely with Ofgem and industry to explore options for a future billing methodology that could fairly incorporate hydrogen blends, protecting consumers in the process.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 190845 question first answered 29/06/2023 12:45:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1645759

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to improve the testing and diagnosis of hearing impairment conditions in NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	190226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to improve the testing and diagnosis of hearing impairment conditions in National Health Service hospitals. NHS England is working to improve diagnostic services, including audiology, through its National Diagnostic Transformation Programme. Under the programme, a national data collection for audiology services is being coordinated from June 2023. The data collected will capture activity related to waiting times, equipment, workforce, facilities, and digital. The results from this will inform service improvement and future workforce planning at local, regional, and national level.</p><p>There is currently a small number of audiology services across England that are commissioned to accept self-referrals. NHS England is aiming to expand direct access and self-referral where general practitioner involvement is not clinically necessary, including for hearing aid services, through the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care and the 2023/24 Priorities and Operating Planning guidance.</p><p>During 2023/34 NHS England will also be reinforcing the improvement guide ‘Approaches to Addressing Audiology Waiting Times’, which was developed for local integrated care systems in December 2022, through shared learning webinars.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/06/2023 11:35:41 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1644815

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of Right to Build legislation on demand for self and custom build housing development.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	189719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly believes that self and custom build housing can play a crucial role as part of a wider package of measures to boost home ownership and diversify the housing market as well as helping to deliver the homes people want.</p><p>We have put in place a number of interventions to support the sector, including the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding legislation, sometimes known as 'the Right to Build', which is focussed on bringing forward more land. In the last reporting period to October 2022, local authorities reported that there was a total of 63,662 individuals and 807 associations on the register in total.</p><p>The Government has also provided access to developer finance through the Levelling up Home Building Fund; provided support for local authorities to bring forward self and custom build projects through the Brownfield Land Release Fund and the Right to Build Task Force; and provided access to affordable mortgage finance through the Help to Build: Equity Loan Scheme.</p><p>In 2021 the Government commissioned Richard Bacon MP to undertake a review to establish a plan to scale up self and custom build housing. The Government published its response to these recommendations in June 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 189722 question first answered 22/06/2023 13:41:32 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1644816

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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, if he will take steps with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to publicise the ability to join the Self and Custom Build register of any local authority in England among members of the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	189720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD), through the Defence Transition Service, delivers an annual programme of civilian housing briefings to help inform and guide Service personnel and their families about the choices available to them and the need to plan ahead.</p><p>The MOD plans to incorporate appropriate reference to the Self and Custom Build register, to help raise awareness of it amongst the members of the Armed Forces community.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/06/2023 10:07:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1644818

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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: 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, if he will make it his policy to help expand the development of self- and custom-build housing.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	189722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly believes that self and custom build housing can play a crucial role as part of a wider package of measures to boost home ownership and diversify the housing market as well as helping to deliver the homes people want.</p><p>We have put in place a number of interventions to support the sector, including the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding legislation, sometimes known as 'the Right to Build', which is focussed on bringing forward more land. In the last reporting period to October 2022, local authorities reported that there was a total of 63,662 individuals and 807 associations on the register in total.</p><p>The Government has also provided access to developer finance through the Levelling up Home Building Fund; provided support for local authorities to bring forward self and custom build projects through the Brownfield Land Release Fund and the Right to Build Task Force; and provided access to affordable mortgage finance through the Help to Build: Equity Loan Scheme.</p><p>In 2021 the Government commissioned Richard Bacon MP to undertake a review to establish a plan to scale up self and custom build housing. The Government published its response to these recommendations in June 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 189719 question first answered 22/06/2023 13:41:32 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1644219

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Lights
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 effectiveness of schemes to use traffic signals at peak times only on (a) junctions and (b) roundabouts.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	189353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to implement part-time traffic lights are for local authorities to make. As such the Department has made no such assessment. As mentioned in my response to UIN 188610 I would be happy to discuss specific examples with the Rt Hon. Member and my officials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/06/2023 14:43:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1643170

registered interest
date	08/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on economic growth of switching from fixed time to part time signals at roundabouts.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	188610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made no current assessment. Decisions on whether to signalise roundabouts, including whether they operate on a part-time basis, are for traffic authorities at individual locations. I would be happy to discuss specific examples with the Rt Hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 15/06/2023 14:29:07 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1642300

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the impact of cars stopping and starting at traffic signals on the level of (a) fuel consumption of and (b) emissions produced by vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	188071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The department has not conducted any recent assessment of the impact on (a) fuel consumption and (b) emissions, from vehicles stopping and starting at traffic signals.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/06/2023 08:51:24 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1642301

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to mandate the installation of solar panels in car parks over a certain capacity to increase the UK's renewable energy generation.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	188072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is looking to facilitate and promote extensive deployment of rooftop solar on industrial and commercial property in order to make maximum usage of available surfaces for business as well as environmental and climate benefits.</p><p>The Government will consider how else to extend deployment further, including with solar car parks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/06/2023 15:42:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1641605

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of safety on motorways in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Spain and (d) Austria; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of motorway speed limits on safety in those countries.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	187563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Across all road classifications, the UK has some of the safest roads in the world. According to the latest (2021) international safety data consolidated and published by DfT, Great Britain and Northern Ireland have lower rates of road fatalities per million people than most European countries, including Germany, Spain and France. We do not have comparative figures specifically for Motorways.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/06/2023 09:47:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena