Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1356716

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the creation of the National Shipbuilding Office on (a) the number of ships being built in the UK and (b) the amount of (i) British technology, (ii) components and (iii) steel in those ships.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Office will be responsible for driving forward one of the Prime Minister’s key domestic priorities across Government. It will report directly to the Shipbuilding Tsar and will oversee all of the UK Government’s interests in UK shipbuilding.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, which will be published later this year, will set out our approach in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/09/2021 16:07:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1356717

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the families of armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	903515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Families are at the heart of the Defence Community. Our assistance to them includes, wraparound childcare and children’s education partner employment. The Armed Forces Families Strategy, to be published this autumn, will provide a cross-Government policy framework to support outcomes for families.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 20/09/2021 16:57:10 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1356259

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve processing times for applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) in April 2021, we have received more than 67,000 applications and are continuing to receive large quantities each day.</p><p>The original ARAP team has already been augmented with significant additional resource, and in the coming days we are establishing a cell of augmented staff to support the initial triage of applications so that applicants can be notified of our decision on their eligibility as soon as possible. A dedicated casework team are currently processing 6,800 applications, however in the majority of these cases we have requested more information and documentation from the applicant and are waiting to receive this before we can make the most appropriate and informed eligibility decision.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:37:04 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1356260

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was for processing applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Since 1 August 2021 the applications received for the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have increased exponentially. This has affected the processing times of each case, which varies enormously.</p><p>We do not record or hold the metrics for the processing times of applications, and any number of factors can affect how long it takes for an applicant to progress through each stage of the process, for example their location, access to IT, employment history verification, security checks, or family circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/09/2021 08:35:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1355638

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on lorry driver shortages in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	903363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Wales and I have a wide range of discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including how to solve the current shortage of lorry drivers.</p><p>That is why the government is increasing the availability of HGV driving testing. However, I would like to remind the honourable Member that the HGV driver shortage is not exclusive to the UK and is a Europe wide issue.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/09/2021 16:16:48 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1355639

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of a separate independent public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 outbreak in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mark Fletcher
uin	903365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>It is for the Welsh Government to consider the merits of a separate public inquiry. It is vital that all such inquiries rigorously examine public bodies’ handling of the Covid crisis and provide at least the same level of scrutiny as the UK public inquiry.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is working closely with the devolved administrations on the scope of the UK public inquiry. I look forward to this beginning its work next year.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/09/2021 16:17:51 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4774 label Biography information for Mark Fletcher

1355640

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolved Matters: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 on the ability of the Senedd to legislate effectively in devolved policy areas.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	903366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Internal Market Act has not taken a single power away from the devolved administrations.</p><p>What it has done is protect seamless trade within our United Kingdom which is vital to Welsh business and the Welsh economy, with Wales selling more to the rest of the UK than to the rest of the World put together.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/09/2021 14:36:03 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1355641

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the total funding provided by the Government to Wales to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	903369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The funding provided to Wales by the UK Government demonstrates the value of the Union to Wales and reflects Wales’ value to the Union.</p><p>The UK Government has provided over <strong>£3.4 billion</strong><strong> </strong>in direct support to businesses across Wales, an additional <strong>£8.6 billion</strong><strong> </strong>to the Welsh Government to tackle the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/09/2021 14:06:30 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1355694

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Unicycles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of legalising the use of electric unicycles.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	49961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>In the UK, powered transporters, also known as micromobility devices, are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act, and this includes electric unicycles.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Governments Future of Transport regulatory review the Department is running trials of rental e-scooters which will decide whether micromobility devices should be allowed on the road and, if so, what rules should apply to them. We have put in place a national monitoring and evaluation programme and data continues to be collected from the e-scooter trials. An interim report summarizing findings from the data collected so far will be published in autumn 2021, with a final report due in spring 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/09/2021 16:21:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1355704

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for teachers delivering the new Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	50037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the statutory guidance for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum revealed that many teachers and subject leads needed training and support to deliver the new content. The department invested in a package of support to develop teacher capability and competence to teach high quality RSHE. The package of support included a training and peer support programme, delivered by teaching schools and based on the department’s training modules which were developed with subject experts and tested with teachers. In the 2020/21 academic year, the programme reached 3,800 schools, and provisional data for the last wave, which ended in July, shows a further 1,000 schools have been supported. This is a cascade model of training whereby those trained are expected to share the training with other teachers in their school and wider school networks. Teaching schools have made their training materials and other resources freely available on their websites. The department’s training modules are also freely available for all schools to download via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health</a>.</p><p>The department is developing plans to monitor national implementation of RSHE over time, including new quantitative and qualitative research, which will seek to understand the quality of implementation, including teacher confidence in teaching the statutory requirements, and identifying training and support needs to inform future policy development.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/09/2021 16:22:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion