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1602758

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2023 to Question 138357 on Government Consulting Hub, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Government spend on consultants between (a) May 2020 and May 21, (b) May 2021 and May 2022 and (c) May 2022 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	162189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding Government spend on consultants is not held centrally by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/03/2023 14:29:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1602900

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of when direct air carbon capture will be in operation.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	162314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) technologies, including Direct Air Capture, will be essential for reaching net zero. The Net Zero Strategy included an ambition to deploy at least 5MtCO2/yr of engineered removals by 2030, potentially rising to 23MtCO2/yr by 2035.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation on GGR business models was published in July 2022, setting out proposals for business models to attract private investment and enable GGR projects to deploy at scale from the late 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on the £100m the Government is investing in research and innovation for GGRs, including the Direct Air Capture and GGR Innovation Competition. Phase 2 of the competition announced £54m of Government funding awarded across 15 of the most promising demonstration projects.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/03/2023 13:58:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1602951

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the drop out rate of neuro-divergent apprentices.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	162175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Apprenticeships offer great opportunities for people of all backgrounds to get the skills that they need to begin, or progress in, a rewarding career. The department recognise that apprenticeship achievement brings huge advantages in terms of future earnings and employment prospects, and we are committed to supporting more learners who have declared a learning difficulty or disability (LDD) to start and achieve apprenticeships.</p><p>The department is working with the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network to explore the barriers that disabled apprentices face in accessing and achieving apprenticeships. The Network published its latest annual report in February 2023, which contains useful information for employers to help them better support apprentices with LDD and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135471/ADCN_Annual_Report_2022_to_2023.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135471/ADCN_Annual_Report_2022_to_2023.pdf</a>.</p><p>In addition, our Disabled Apprentice Network, in partnership with Disability Rights UK, provides valuable insight and evidence on how to attract and retain people with disabilities into apprenticeships. The Network’s latest annual report considers what works well for disabled apprentices based on their experiences and will help government, employers and training providers to improve how apprenticeships are delivered. The department has also improved it’s Find an Apprenticeship service, to allow people to identify Disability Confident Employers offering opportunities.</p><p>In addition, the department continue to pay employers and providers £1,000 when they take on apprentices under 25 years old with an education, health and care plan, and provide monthly financial support to providers to help them make reasonable adjustments for eligible apprentices with LDD.</p><p>The department is also taking a broader range of actions to drive up apprenticeship quality and achievements for all apprentices, including neuro-divergent apprentices.</p><p>We are supporting employers through our Employer Quality Roadmap which provides guidance on what employers need to be doing at each stage of the apprenticeship, and Ofsted will be fully inspecting all apprenticeship providers by 2025. A new exit feedback tool has also been launched for apprentices who have withdrawn, alongside a new feedback tool for existing apprentices to provide feedback on their training provider. The department will use this feedback to inform further improvements.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 17/03/2023 14:12:12 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1602294

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lloyds Bank: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of Lloyds Bank closures in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	161290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking services. Nonetheless, decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The Government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of these branch networks.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to close their branches. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK. New shared banking hubs are also being piloted, providing basic banking services and dedicated space where community bankers from major banks can meet customers of that bank.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 13/03/2023 15:02:14 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1602439

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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	Tobacco: Smuggling
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of making the sale of cigarettes subject to a system of licensing to help prevent the prevalence of illegal cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	161412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>An assessment provided in the Khan Review suggests a retailers' licensing scheme would reduce underage and illicit sales and protect law abiding businesses. We will shortly be unveiling a wide-reaching set of proposals to support our ambition to be Smokefree by 2030, and this will include action to further tackle illicit tobacco.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/03/2023 12:16:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1602447

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in ensuring the (a) reliable and accurate reporting of and (b) reduction of modern slavery in company supply chains since it came into force.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	161431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance with section 54 is high. Following a Home Office commission, the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre completed an audit of compliance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act. The high-level findings of this audit were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here): <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLucy.Hewins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1028007e46e44c63302408db257cd41b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638144990277887363%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=inWLlcZHEd7ro110ykJTm73UXOA0HYAaaNm1x1oCbXw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a>).</p><p> </p><p>To further increase compliance with section 54, the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F919937%2FGovernment_response_to_transparency_in_supply_chains_consultation_21_09_20.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLucy.Hewins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1028007e46e44c63302408db257cd41b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638144990277887363%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=POzWQcYTi1m8r%2B%2BndPJJUGjGMxvSc6Awugo0qklxMBI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation</a>, published on 22 September 2020, committed to taking forwards an ambitious package of measures to strengthen the Act’s transparency legislation, including: extending the reporting requirement to public bodies with a budget of £36 million or more; mandating the specific reporting topics statements must cover; and requiring organisations to publish their statement on the new Government registry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations who fail to meet their statutory obligations to publish annual modern slavery statements. These measures require primary legislation and will be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Government launched the modern slavery statement registry as a key tool to monitor and improve compliance with Section 54. Since launch, over 9,800 modern slavery statements covering over 32,800 organisations have been voluntarily submitted.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/03/2023 17:45:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1602463

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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	Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on funding for swimming pools and leisure centres.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	161359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools. This is targeted at both addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and providing investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>This follows the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme provided since September last year. This scheme has now been superseded with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme under which swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills until March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 161360 question first answered 17/03/2023 11:45:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1602464

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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	Swimming Pools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the impact of (a) funding and (b) rises in costs on trends in the levels of closure of local swimming pools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	161360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the Government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>We appreciate the impact rising energy prices are having on organisations of all sizes, including on operators of swimming pools. At the Budget, we announced a dedicated £63 million support package for swimming pools. This is targeted at both addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers and providing investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>This follows the £18 billion Energy Bill Relief Scheme provided since September last year. This scheme has now been superseded with the Energy Bills Discount Scheme under which swimming pools will continue to receive discounts on their gas and electricity bills until March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 161359 question first answered 17/03/2023 11:45:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1601877

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coking Coal: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much coking coal has been imported since 2018; and what the value was of the imports by country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
uin	160426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website <em>(www.uktradeinfo.com). </em>From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The quantity and value of coking coal imported by country of origin from 2018 onwards appears in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2022, the source of data for movements from the EU to the UK was Intrastat, this did not collect information on country of origin. The information on the country of dispatch has been given as an alternative.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Imports of Coking coal '27011210' from EU Member States by Country of Dispatch, 2018-2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country of Dispatch</p></td><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net mass (kg)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>6,013,523</p></td><td><p>23,926,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>6,549,306</p></td><td><p>26,035,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>7,451,763</p></td><td><p>29,642,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>10,279</p></td><td><p>17,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>6,099,655</p></td><td><p>24,252,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13,977</p></td><td><p>27,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26,138,503</p></td><td><p>103,901,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Imports of Coking coal '27011210' by Country of Origin, 2018-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country of Origin</p></td><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net mass (kg)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>141,968,735</p></td><td><p>722,193,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>55,241,352</p></td><td><p>176,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>87,702,370</p></td><td><p>808,461,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>159,587,927</p></td><td><p>1,000,531,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>105,663,842</p></td><td><p>507,541,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>12,732,709</p></td><td><p>44,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>80,538,472</p></td><td><p>783,977,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>121,656,062</p></td><td><p>827,660,496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>46,943,870</p></td><td><p>411,294,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>51,751,791</p></td><td><p>792,601,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>91,348,179</p></td><td><p>918,790,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>53,099,836</p></td><td><p>463,973,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>18,484,677</p></td><td><p>155,895,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>57,298,064</p></td><td><p>557,418,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>102,420,594</p></td><td><p>796,150,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>10,340,349</p></td><td><p>26,014,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>125,256,312</p></td><td><p>381,674,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>13,898,412</p></td><td><p>38,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>4,852</p></td><td><p>28,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>14,639,058</p></td><td><p>80,642,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>17,356,927</p></td><td><p>157,638,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>303,375,807</p></td><td><p>999,093,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,671,310,197</p></td><td><p>10,650,079,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>1,697,448,700</p></td><td><p>10,753,981,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. 'Unknown' country of origin has not been disclosed and is left blank on entry to the customs declaration data.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2. Sanctions against imports from Russia began in February 2022 following Russian military action in Ukraine.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3. Prior to 2022, the source of data for movements from the EU to the UK was Intrastat, this did not collect information on country of origin.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/03/2023 07:55:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1601925

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many private suppliers were not included in the initial energy rebate programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	160376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>All licensed domestic electricity suppliers are participating in delivering the Energy Bills Support Scheme. On 25th September 2022, The then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy issued a Direction under Section 7(3) of the Electricity Act 1989 to enable Ofgem to implement the scheme through modifications to suppliers’ standard licence conditions.</p><p>Households without a licensed domestic electricity supply contract are not eligible for the Scheme and can apply for equivalent support through the EBSS Alternative Funding.</p><p>Companies supplying no more than 5MW of electricity which they generate themselves, of which only 2.5MW are supplied to domestic consumers, are not required to hold or register for a supply licence.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/03/2023 17:04:55 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel