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1645330

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the review into the Government’s approach to attracting foreign direct investment led by Lord Harrington of Watford will consider the Government’s approach to attracting new foreign direct investment into recycling infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	189969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Lord Harrington’s review into attracting foreign direct investment is primarily, though not exclusively, focused on the Chancellor’s five key growth sectors. One of the key growth sectors is Green Industries, and the review will consider actions to improve investment across Green Industries, including recycling infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/06/2023 11:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641481

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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish statutory guidance for local authorities on public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	187468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>A variety of tools and examples of best practice are available for local authorities to utilise through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Support Body, which was appointed by the Government. This includes a ‘Knowledge Repository’,which provides local authorities with articles and guidance on electric vehicle infrastructure. This is available to all local authorities in England at no cost.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is currently working, with the Institute of Engineering and Technology, on guidance to aid local authorities as they plan their electric vehicle infrastructure. The guidance is expected to be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2023 10:47:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607796

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Climate Change: Monitoring
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 requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	174396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on proposals for the fourth round of climate adaptation reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power. This includes consideration of guidance to support reporting organisations and whether to make reporting voluntary or mandatory. The consultation closes on 5<sup>th</sup> April and can be accessed at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fclimate-change-adaptation-reporting-power-plans-for-the-fourth-round&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C8a86fe0d5ff7479a3fb508db30441c42%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638156841301629358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XVc%2Fqz7eyjNT3La4tuIDq5BjkR1w800yhz7m%2FSQC51g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/climate-change-adaptation-reporting-power-plans-for-the-fourth-round</a>. Consultation feedback will inform the final strategy, to be published alongside the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) this year.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/04/2023 11:03:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603720

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	164032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK intellectual property system and enforcement framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) delivers high quality, timely rights granting with record levels of customer satisfaction. It is undergoing a transformation programme to modernise and improve the efficiency of its services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to a world leading intellectual property framework that keeps pace with technological developments and that remains world class during global trade negotiations. On enforcement, the IPO’s ambitious counter-infringement strategy continues to build on important partnership working in combatting illicit activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603722

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	UK Intellectual Property Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated and qualified practitioners can appear before the Intellectual Property Office.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	164034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports appropriate regulation of intellectual property practitioners where this is necessary to ensure that applicants and rights holders are effectively represented.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not seen a need to change the current regulatory framework but continues to welcome evidence from practitioners and consumers if they consider there to be deficiencies in the current system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1585086

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Nature for Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Nature for Climate Fund has been spent; and on which projects.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>There is over £650 million available through the Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) to support tree planting, woodland creation and management until 2025.</p><p> </p><p>For 2022/23 alone we have made available:</p><ul><li>over £25 million through the England Woodland Creation Offer</li><li>£9.4 million of additional funding to support tree nurseries, and development of workforce and skills to support the creation of woodland</li><li>£44.5 million NCF Year 3 funding for Woodland Creation Partnerships and Community Forests</li><li>£7.8 million for a new Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund to build local authority capacity to plan new woodlands (NCF+ funding)</li><li>£2 million to support the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Levelling Up Parks Fund</li><li>£12.8 million to the Peatland Restoration Grant Scheme.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Over £14 million is available through the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and Urban Tree Challenge Fund which allow both local authorities and community groups to access funds for new tree-planting projects. These have just reopened and we would encourage local authorities and community groups to apply and support tree planting in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>The NCF is already providing over £33 million to restore 20,000 hectares of peatlands, with a further bidding round in 2023.The NCF Discovery Grant has also awarded over £5 million to 15 projects across England, stretching from Dorset to Northumberland, enabling the foundation work needed to prepare for the restoration of over 51,000 ha of peatland.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/02/2023 13:14:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1542350

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made dispersing the Government's commitment of £100 million to the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	87934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, the UK announced a £100m commitment to support the work of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance, making it quicker and easier for developing countries to get the finance they need. This is supporting trials of new approaches to accessing climate finance underway in Bangladesh, Fiji, Jamaica, Uganda and Rwanda, responding to national priorities set out by these countries.</p><p>At COP27, the UK announced that £7m from the overall commitment will support Rwanda's new Green Investment Facility. In Uganda, the UK has helped establish a new Climate Finance Unit within the Ministry of Finance. An Annual Report on the Taskforce, also funded from the UK's commitment, was published during COP27, setting out broader achievements by climate finance providers and recipients during the first year of the Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 24/11/2022 09:58:51 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1486617

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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	Disabled Facilities Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many recipients of the Disabled Facilities Grant there were in each local authority in (a) 2020 (b) 2021 (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	31189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Full, audited data on recipients of Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) in each local authority each year is not held centrally by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Data from voluntary local authority annual returns on their DFG delivery is analysed each year by Foundations, the National Body of Home Improvement Agencies. Their most recent report for 2020-21 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foundations.uk.com%2Flibrary%2Fdfg-performance%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf8a3bf6420b848c8257408da64e67a5b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637933238295012458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eczedVF7GZsO5uyo7KqO8PvqUs16aM5EQdpRzpkzZoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.foundations.uk.com/library/dfg-performance/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 13/07/2022 16:15:15 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1472065

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing seasonal visas to address staff shortages in UK airports.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	22496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>We note similar issues with recruitment are being reported at Airports within the EU and the USA, which indicate this would be an ineffective approach compared to focusing on other issues affecting recruitment in the sector, such as the pay and conditions offered to key workers.</p><p>Several roles in the aviation sector are already eligible to be recruited via the Skilled Worker visa.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2022 11:34:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459939

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Voyeurism: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with upskirting in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	159045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home office publishes the number of charges resulting from the investigation of police recorded crime in the ‘Crime Outcomes statistics’.</p><p>The latest figures can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>The offence of upskirting falls under the offence category 88E: Exposure and Voyeurism.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/04/2022 10:56:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse