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1696218

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the impact that changes in the national (a) living and (b) minimum wage commencing on 1 April 2024 will have on staffing costs in his Department; and how many staff in his Department will receive a pay uplift as a result of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>On 1 April 2024 the statutory National Living Wage (NLW) will be uplifted from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour, a rise of 9.8%. DWP pay NLW regardless of age.</p><p> </p><p>Based on January headcount data 22,267 DWP employees will be impacted by the 2024 increase to the NLW and will require a pay uplift to meet the new NLW rate. This is estimated to cost the department £22.59m including Employer National Insurance and Pension contributions this year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/03/2024 16:28:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1696252

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the Maritime and Coastguard Agency carried out port state control inspections of the (a) P&O Pioneer and (b) P&O Liberte ferries in Dover under the Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The P&amp;O PIONEER was last inspected under the EU Directive, 2017/2110 on “A system of Inspections for the safe operations of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed craft in regular service” by the French on 17 November 2023 in the port of Calais. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) carried out general inspections on board on 2 and 9 June 2023 in the ports of Dunkerque and Dover respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The P&amp;O LIBERTE was last inspected under the EU Directive, 2017/2110 on “A system of Inspections for the safe operations of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed craft in regular service” by the French on 11 March 2024 in the port of Calais. The MCA carried out a port state control inspection on board on 7 March 2024 in the port of Dover.</p><p> </p><p>The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023 do not apply to these vessels as they operate to an EU member state. As set out in Regulation 2(a), a regular service is defined as a service between a port in the United Kingdom and a port of a country other than an EU member state. The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023 apply to all ro-ro passenger ferries or high-speed passenger craft, which operate a regular service to or from a port in the United Kingdom either on an international voyage to a non-EU port or to another UK port in sea areas designated Class A in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000. Inspections of foreign flagged ro-ro passenger ferries or high-speed passenger craft on a regular service between the UK and a port in the European Union will be carried out under the Port State Control regime in accordance with Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/03/2024 17:35:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1696253

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that crew employment conditions on the (a) P&O Pioneer and (b) P&O Liberte ferries are compliant with the (i) ILO Maritime Labour Convention and (ii) Seafarers’ Charter.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The P&amp;O PIONEER and P&amp;O LIBERTE operate between the ports of Dover and Calais. These ships are subject to inspections both under the EU Directive, 2017/2110 on “A system of Inspections for the safe operations of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed craft in regular service” and the Paris MoU port state control regime by the French and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).</p><p> </p><p>They are subject to two inspections under the EU directive and one port state control inspection every year. All of these inspections include verification of compliance with elements of the Maritime Labour Convention, for example: seafarer employment agreements; wages; accommodation; food and catering; leave; medical care; welfare; and health protection. Whenever surveyors from the MCA are on board these vessels, these items form part of their inspections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/03/2024 17:36:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695394

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11059 on Railways: Finance, how much was spent on rail enhancements in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Rail enhancements are delivered through the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline, which has spent the following in each year in CP6 (including contributions to 3rd party schemes), from 2019 (figures shown in £m, nominal):</p><p>a) 2019/20: £1,475m</p><p>b) 2020/21: £1,477m</p><p>c) 2021/22: £1,685m</p><p>d) 2022/23: £1,840m</p><p>e) 2023/24: £2,156*</p><p><em>* (outturn data for 2023/24 is provisional and is subject to change)</em></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/03/2024 16:29:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695395

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals: Cambridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11055 on Railway Signals: Cambridge, what his Department's timeframe is for the development of a business case for the re-signalling of Ely Junction.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.</p><p>Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/03/2024 16:28:30 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695396

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) reporting mechanisms and (b) governance structures are in place to oversee spending on the Transpennine Route Upgrade project.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>TRU is overseen by a Programme Board comprising senior DfT, Network Rail, Train Operating Companies and freight industry members, it also includes independent non-Executives and an Independent Chair to ensure robust challenge. The DfT's Senior Responsible Owner retains overall accountability for successful delivery of the project.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 18/03/2024 16:27:08 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1696534

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policy on the use of foodbank signposting slips at Jobcentres on vulnerable households.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	902039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 February we introduced a new food charity signposting slip to replace the one previously used.</p><p>This does not change DWP signposting policy but improves the signposting slip to comply with our obligations under GDPR.</p><p>Our Jobcentres continue to provide customers with guidance to find additional support, including signposting to emergency food support when appropriate.</p><p>The new slip does not include any personal data. It also now provides claimants with information on where they might access emergency food locally, and wider sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/03/2024 17:00:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695009

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 12789 on Offences against Children, what steps is he taking to incorporate paragraph 35 of General Comment 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to allow the (a) police and (b) other public authorities to investigate child welfare and safeguarding when an individual is suspected of a violent animal welfare offence.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	17853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We believe our existing domestic legislation gives effect to the rights within the UNCRC, without the need for it to be incorporated through an additional Bill. For example, the Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004 sets out a range of duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 14/03/2024 17:55:14 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695092

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government response to the Fifth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2022–23 on Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects, published on 24 May 2023, what his planned timetable is for the Maritime Council to produce its report nine-point plan for seafarers’ protections.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	17887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>A report into the outcome of the plan would need a period of time to pass to allow for a full assessment. The Department would expect it to be incorporated into the annual report that will be published by the new Maritime Council, which is still in its first year.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2024 15:22:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695093

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government response to the Fifth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2022–23 on Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects, published on 24 May 2023, what progress he has made on negotiations with the Spanish Government on practices concerning conditions for seafarers on board third country flagged ships operating regular shipping routes between ports in Spain and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	17888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>On 7 July 2023, the UK and Spain signed a Memorandum of Understanding on conditions for seafarers aboard third-country flagged vessels in which we agreed to examine how we could cooperate and consider the impact of existing and new measures.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/03/2024 12:25:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris