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1691686

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date	26/02/2024
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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 she will update her Department’s greenhouse gas removals business model to include (a) enhanced rock weathering and (b) other technologies that do not use carbon capture and storage.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the potential role of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies that do not require carbon capture and storage (CCS) in meeting net zero, including enhanced rock weathering, though specific technical and regulatory barriers must be addressed before any decisions can be made on their eligibility for the GGR business model. As set out in the government response to the GGR business model consultation, published in June 2023, this includes the need for further evidence on permanence, reversibility, and environmental impacts associated with these methods.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with academics, industry, and the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) GGR Demonstrator projects to investigate the feasibility of scaling non-CCS GGR technologies in future.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 04/03/2024 07:39:08 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691687

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Biofuels: 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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of woody biomass as feedstock for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage on (a) global land use and (b) the availability of land for growing crops.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>To ensure that bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) delivers genuine negative emissions, Government will require that only sustainable biomass is used. The 2023 Biomass Strategy included an assessment of sustainable biomass availability to the UK (including woody biomass), to support the UK’s net zero target. The availability of sustainable woody biomass was estimated using updated modelling which included considerations of global land use to exclude unsustainable changes, as well as accounting for wider land use pressures such as food security and biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 04/03/2024 07:37:49 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691367

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that every person with diabetes has access to medical technology that helps them manage their condition.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Standard care for type 1 diabetes involves regularly measuring blood glucose levels by self-monitoring, blood testing, or by using a continuous glucose monitor, real-time or intermittently scanned.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan committed that 20% of people with type 1 diabetes would benefit from life changing flash glucose monitors. Data to quarter three of 2022/23 shows that 73% of people with type 1 diabetes were prescribed flash glucose monitoring, against the 20% target.</p><p>In March 2023 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended that insulin dependent patients with type 2 diabetes should also benefit from flash or continuous glucose monitoring devices. We are now starting to see a growth in prescribing within the type 2 diabetes patient group.</p><p>On 19 December 2023 the NICE published its final recommendation on the hybrid closed loop system. The NICE has agreed with NHS England that all children and young people, women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, and those people who already have an insulin pump will be the first to be offered a hybrid closed loop system, as part of a five-year roll-out plan. Access to hybrid closed loop systems will be through a five-year phased roll out, in line with NHS England’s implementation plans.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/02/2024 14:08:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691379

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fraud: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMRC processes for (a) identifying and (b) tackling fraudulent self-assessment repayment claims.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>Repayments are a feature of Income Tax Self-Assessment regime and can be generated for many reasons. HMRC continuously monitors its tax repayment systems to prevent criminal attacks on the tax system, fraud; and mitigate the risk of error and non-compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/03/2024 09:24:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690790

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the Pakistan judiciary in protecting persecuted minorities.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not comment or interfere with judicial processes in Pakistan. They are a matter for the Pakistan judicial system.  However, the UK does regularly engage with the Government of Pakistan to advance key priorities and interests, including on human rights and the rule of law. The former Foreign Secretary met the caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-Ul-Haq Kakar, on the 23rd September, where he raised the importance of protecting the rights of religious minorities in Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, condemned the violence and discrimination faced by religious minorities in his meeting with Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on 13 September.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:35:09 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690792

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its Hate Speech and Disinformation programme in Pakistan in (a) tackling hate speech and (b) helping to hold perpetrators of hate speech to account in that country.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Online Hate Speech and Disinformation Programme (2022-25) works to provide training and spearhead policy discourse on the issue of hate speech and disinformation in Pakistan. For example, the programme trains government officers to identify false and hateful narratives, including those which affect women and religious minorities. The programme has trained over 1000 university students on digital literacy. The programme funded voter education videos and supported a news show on Pakistan Television, inviting experts to discuss disinformation ahead of the Pakistani elections. Holding perpetrators of hate speech to account is a matter for the Pakistani Authorities and Judiciary System.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:36:23 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690796

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Pakistan: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the judiciary in Pakistan in supporting UK funded programmes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not comment or interfere with judicial processes in Pakistan, they are a matter for the Pakistan judicial system. Pakistan's judiciary is not a partner in any UK funded programmes in Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 01/03/2024 09:37:59 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1690814

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applications to delay migration from tax credits to universal credit have been granted in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The following table provides information on the number of extension requests granted. The data relating to the proportion of people who requested an extension and then were granted an extension cannot be provided because it is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Tax Credit claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Migration Notices sent to individuals</p></td><td><p>of which, extension to Migration Notice period granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month Migration Notice sent</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>960</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-23</p></td><td><p>4,950</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-23</p></td><td><p>12,880</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-23</p></td><td><p>23,180</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-23</p></td><td><p>26,970</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-23</p></td><td><p>44,500</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-23</p></td><td><p>39,410</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>‘..’ indicates nil or negligible</p><p>Migration notices are included only until the end of September to allow households to have reached their deadline, in line with published official statistics to December 2023</p><p>Source: Move to Universal Credit operation system</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/02/2024 15:43:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689929

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Refineries: Carbon Emissions
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 her Department is taking steps to support the refinery sector to invest in decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>All UK refineries are eligible for a range of Government schemes aimed at supporting the development of low carbon solutions in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund supports industrial sites including those in the refinery sector with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future. The Department manages the IETF for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, while the Scottish Government administers the SIETF. The two schemes have an allocation of over £500m of investment by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The spring window of Phase 3 of the IETF is open for applications now.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 27/02/2024 07:27:08 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689930

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Natural Gas: 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 progress her Department has made on launching a call for evidence to support an increase in gas storage in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>As per the Energy Security Plan Update, published on 6th December 2023, the Government will launch a call for evidence in the coming months. This will set out the findings from the current analysis and seek evidence on the different forms of flexibility and their role in the broader gas system, to support the work to meet decarbonisation and net zero ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/02/2024 07:25:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day