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1651587

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
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 it her policy to introduce voice recognition call lines in the asylum system for claimants to receive real time updates on their applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	193122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is developing a portal which will enable asylum seekers to access real time updates on their case. Voice recognition technology is not currently being explored as part of these plans.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 13:06:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1651588

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
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	Buildings: Hendon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties in Hendon constituency that require building safety works.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	193123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 May 2023, a total of 15 residential buildings over 18 metres in height in the constituency of Hendon have been identified as still having unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding awaiting removal or have been deemed eligible for the Building Safety Fund due to the presence of unsafe non-ACM cladding.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 18/07/2023 12:24:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1651589

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to release tender documents for the Great British Railways app.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	193124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Plan for Rail, we recognise that the current multitude of train company websites with different standards of service is confusing to passengers. We are continuing to review the best way to address this and are working closely with the rail sector to do this.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see a more competitive retail market and will break down the systems and structural barriers to entry so it is easier to enter the market to sell rail tickets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/07/2023 14:46:54 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1650287

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Marine Environment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) restore marine (i) habitats and (ii) wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <ul><li>The recently published EIP sets out our focus on enhancing nature in marine and coastal environments, including the steps we are taking to restore and protect marine habitats and marine wildlife.</li><li>These include delivering the UK Marine Strategy, which sets our ambition for Good Environmental Status (GES) across our seas.</li><li>To help achieve GES we have created a series of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect and restore our marine biodiversity. We are focused on strengthening the protection of this extensive network of 178 sites covering 40% of English waters, which represents the range of species and habitats found in our seas.</li><li>To complement the MPA network, the first three Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) in English waters came into force on 5 July 2023. HPMAs will provide the highest levels of protection in our seas, allowing nature to fully recover to a more natural state and helping the ecosystem to thrive.</li><li>A number of estuarine and coastal habitat restoration initiatives are also underway including the Environment Agency’s Restoring Meadow, Marsh and Reef (ReMeMaRe) initiative which aims to reverse centuries of coastal habitat decline by restoring seagrass meadows, saltmarsh and native oyster reefs to bring benefits to people and nature.</li><li>In addition, the government’s £80m Green Recovery Challenge Fund has supported a range of nature recovery projects across England, some which have included saltmarsh and seagrass restoration.</li><li>We also protect marine wildlife in a number of other ways in our domestic waters. This includes being fully committed to tackling accidental bycatch in fisheries, which is one of the greatest threats faced by sensitive marine species such as cetaceans.</li><li>In 2021, we introduced new rules making it a mandatory requirement under fishing vessel licence conditions for fishers to report any marine mammal bycatch to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The Marine Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Initiative sets out how the UK will achieve its ambitions to minimise and, where possible, eliminate the bycatch (accidental capture) and entanglement of sensitive marine species in UK fisheries.</li><li>To help reduce disturbance to marine wildlife we published the Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code on 24 May.</li><li>We are also working to reduce the harmful impacts on marine wildlife and habitats arising from plastic pollution. We have taken measures to target some of the most commonly littered plastic items, such as our carrier bag charge and our bans on a range of single-use plastic items. Our restrictions on straws, stirrers and cotton buds have had a big impact – these items used to appear in ‘top 10 littered items’ lists, but this is no longer the case. We have also taken action on microbeads in rinse off cosmetics, plastic pellets and ghost gear.</li><li>Internationally, we are also leading global efforts to protect the ocean and champion the GBF Target 3 to effectively conserve and manage at least 30% of the land and 30% of the ocean globally by 2030 (30by30). This includes through our role as Ocean Co-Chair of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature &amp; People, and our leadership of the Global Ocean Alliance.</li><li>The adoption of the Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement on 19 June will also lead to much greater protection for the two-thirds of the global ocean that lies beyond national jurisdiction, playing a key role in achieving the 30by30 target. The UK will sign the Agreement early and work to ratify as soon as practicable, whilst supporting others to do the same.</li><li>The UK’s Blue Planet Fund, a £500 million programme, supports developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty, by tackling threats to ocean health such as illegal fishing, pollution and climate change; and at the UN Ocean conference in 2022, we committed up to £100 million of Blue Planet Funding to support the implementation, management and enforcement of Marine Protected Areas.</li></ul> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/07/2023 12:27:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1650288

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Biofuels: Subsidies
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 subsidies for biomass will be included under the contracts for difference scheme after 2027.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>Biomass is eligible for the current Contracts for Difference Scheme for specific technologies including anaerobic digestion (above 5MW), landfill gas, sewage gas, advanced conversion technologies, energy from waste with combined heat and power and dedicated biomass plants with combined heat and power. Allocation Round 5 (AR5) opened in March 2023 for new projects with delivery years of 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28 for pot 1 technologies and 2026/27 and 2027/28 for pot 2 technologies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/07/2023 12:19:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1649926

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that train operators have enough staff to cover rotas without relying on voluntary overtime.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Disruption to rail services has been further exacerbated by cancellations due to industrial action and action short of strike. Several outdated working practices remain in the industry and the Government recognises that the day-to-day running of the railway needs to change to modernise working practices, deliver a rail network that moves to a more secure financial footing, whilst meeting the needs and expectations of today’s passengers. Some train operating companies already have Sundays and Bank Holidays in the working week or committed Sundays (where drivers are paid overtime but must work them) as part of their plan to deliver a 7-day railway.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 10/07/2023 13:50:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1649928

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department are taking to help recruit train operators from outside of the industry.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the George Bradshaw address, we are committed to enhancing the role of the private sector as we build a more customer-focused and joined-up railway.</p><p> </p><p>New Passenger Service Contracts will balance the right performance incentives with simple, commercially driven targets, but these contracts won’t follow a one-size fits all approach. We will seek to maximise the benefits of competition by attracting current and new market entrants to bid to deliver high-quality services for passengers. We will consult with the market to develop and design the new contracts in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 10/07/2023 13:45:49 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1650060

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's negotiating priorities are in pay negotiations with train drivers unions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to resolve the dispute and work with industry to deliver crucial reform to our railways. The Department has supported negotiations by facilitating discussions and improving communication between trade unions and the employers. There have been open and constructive discussions; however, the actions of the RMT and ASLEF are causing further disruptions to the resolution of this dispute by rejecting the fair and reasonable pay offers and not allowing their members to have a say on their future.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 11/07/2023 14:01:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1649600

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Freedom of Expression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent financial institutions ending financial contracts on the basis of their clients' beliefs.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	192069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted in January-April 2023 specifically on the issue of contract termination and freedom of expression for payment service providers as part of its review of the relevant regulations – the Payment Services Regulations 2017 – and is currently reviewing the responses. The Government is committed to bringing a Written Ministerial Statement before the House to report on the Government’s findings on this matter, and to set out if any changes to regulation are necessary, ahead of its formal response to the Review.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 10/07/2023 15:36:30 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648513

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	NHS: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tenders for the NHS Federated Data Platform and Associated Services contract were received by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is procuring the Federated Data Platform via an open competition, in line with Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. The programme is currently part way through an ongoing procurement process that has yet to conclude and is therefore not in a position to disclose any information relating to the procurement exercise including the number of responses received. The programme is aiming to award the contract to the successful supplier in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 08:44:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord