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1660253

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to include social-related disclosures in the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) form a framework to facilitate and streamline the flow of sustainability information between corporates, consumers, investors, and capital markets.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government seeks to establish a balance between SDR requirements and not placing unique administrative burdens on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/09/2023 09:45:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1660254

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Economic Situation: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the potential impact of poor health outcomes on economic activity.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Long-term sickness is now the most common reason for economic inactivity among the working age population. To step up our focus on tackling rising economic inactivity due to long-term sickness, we announced a further wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people and people with health conditions to work.</p><p> </p><p>New investment includes:</p><p>o Expanding additional work coach support, an existing programme to provide disabled people and people with health conditions with increased one-to-one personalised support from their work coach to help them move towards, and into, work.</p><p>o Introducing Universal Support, a new supported employment programme for eligible inactive people (disabled people and people with health conditions and additional barriers to employment), matching participants with open market jobs and funding support and training.</p><p>o Piloting the WorkWell Partnerships Programme to provide integrated work and health support for disabled people and people with health conditions who want help to remain in, return to, or take up, work. The programme will be locally led, bringing together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres.</p><p>o Launching two Occupational Health consultations – one focused on occupational health tax incentives and one on ways to boost UK occupational health coverage.</p><p>o Introducing employment advisors in Musculoskeletal Conditions (MSK) services in England, helping individuals with MSK conditions to return to, or remain in, employment.</p><p> </p><p>These initiatives build on wider announcements at the 2023 Spring Budget, including the publication of the Health and Disability White Paper and greater investment in mental health and musculoskeletal condition services which are the two leading causes of economic inactivity due to long term sickness.</p><p> </p><p>The Government already has a range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay, and succeed in, work. These include increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres; Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres; the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support; Access to Work grants; Disability Confident; the Support with Employee Health and Disability Service; and work to further join up employment and health systems, including Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies and Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/09/2023 14:03:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1660256

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to increase statutory sick pay this autumn.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has already increased Statutory Sick Pay this year as part of the annual uprating exercise in April 2023. This was in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which has been the default inflation measure for the Government’s statutory annual review of benefits since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is required by law to undertake a review of benefits and pensions annually. This review will commence shortly and the outcome will be announced in the Autumn in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/09/2023 14:38:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1660257

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all Government contracts include a requirement to pay staff (a) the Living Wage Foundation’s real Living Wage and (b) occupational sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>This government is committed to paying properly, which is being addressed through the statutory National Living Wage. This is based on the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission. In April 2023, the National Living Wage increased to £10.42 per hour, an increase of 9.7%. By 2024, the Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings.</p><p>Departments are responsible for setting the terms and conditions of employment for their civil servants, in accordance with the rules of the Civil Service Management Code. This includes matters related to sickness absence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2023 10:47:24 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1659621

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2023 to Question 194250 on Gambling, which targeted consultations were published as of 11 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	198761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>On 26 July 2023 we published two consultations covering maximum stake limits for online slots games and measures relating to the land based sector. A third Department for Culture, Media and Sport consultation on the statutory levy committed in the white paper will also follow in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/09/2023 13:40:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657724

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Electricity: Prices
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 steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to lower electricity running costs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>We are reducing the cost of electricity by boosting our diverse sources of homegrown energy, such as renewables.</p><p> </p><p>We are also reducing our dependency on imported gas and have set out our long-term ambition on new nuclear power.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/09/2023 10:52:50 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657725

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	National Grid
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 steps her Department has (a) taken and (b) plans to take to expand the capacity of the electricity network capacity while a new Future System Operator is being established.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to expand the electricity network, in partnership with the regulator and industry bodies. Ofgem is enabling anticipatory investment through regulatory frameworks and has accelerated the delivery of nearly £20bn of strategic transmission projects. We are moving to a strategically planned approach for networks, initially through the Electricity System Operator’s Holistic Network Design, which connects almost new offshore wind in a coordinated way, expanding capacity while improving efficiency. I welcome the Electricity Networks Commissioner’s recent report on accelerating grid infrastructure and government will publish an Action Plan this year in response.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 06/09/2023 09:28:12 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657726

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
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 merits of using green home support measures to address fuel poverty in off-grid homes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The £2.5bn Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) delivers support to households in fuel poverty living off gas grid in England. Eligible measures are tailored to individual homes ensuring the most appropriate energy efficiency measures are installed. Phase 2 of HUG awarded £630 million to local authorities and delivery began in April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) also targets low income households, including those in rural areas and in England is intended to complement HUG.</p><p> </p><p>As homes in rural and off gas areas are likely to be more expensive to upgrade, an incentivised uplift for Scotland and Wales was introduced under the latest phase of ECO.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 11/09/2023 06:52:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657727

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
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 (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing cost caps for off-grid homes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has previously carefully considered the introduction of a price cap for off grid fuel customers, however the Department’s analysis indicates that a cap would not be in the long-term interests of consumers. The markets for alternative fuels – including heating oil, coal, Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), and biomass – benefit from a large range of suppliers in an open market. The off-grid fuel market does not share the same characteristics as the Gas and Electricity market which is regulated and capped by Ofgem.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/09/2023 10:52:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1656549

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Bahrain: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 47 of the 2022 Human Rights and Democracy Report published in July 2023, for what reason his Department removed Bahrain from the list of human rights priority countries.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The decision to remove Bahrain from the Human Rights Priority Country list reflects consistent and systemic progress in a range of human rights areas over a number of years, some of which have been directly supported by the UK. The UK remains committed to supporting reforms in Bahrain and to encouraging the government to meet its human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/09/2023 14:26:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day