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1518847

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to maintain the range of rail fares currently set by Government following the statutory creation of GBR.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We protect passengers by setting the maximum amount by which regulated fares can increase year-on-year.</p><p>We have been clear we want to simplify the current mass of complicated fares and tickets, whilst protecting affordable turn up and go tickets and season tickets.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:58:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518849

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 Protected Areas: Fisheries
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 recent assessment he has made of the impact of bottom trawling on ecosystems in designated Marine Protection Areas.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Marine Management Organisation and the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities assess on a site-by-site basis which fishing activities could prevent MPAs from achieving their conservation objectives. Byelaws are developed using an evidence-led process to determine what management is required to protect sites and to not unduly restrict legitimate fishing activity.</p><p> </p><p>Nearly 60% of our 178 English MPAs are already protected from damaging fishing activity, including byelaws this year in the first four offshore sites, which ban bottom towed gear over sensitive habitats. We are aiming to have all MPAs in English waters protected from damaging fishing activity by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2022 14:11:21 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518850

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Environment Agency: Staff
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 the yearly change was in numbers of staff working in the Environment Agency from (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-2017, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-2019, (e) 2019-2020, (f) 2020-21 and (g) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total employees (payroll employees only)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>9,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>9,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>10,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>10,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>10,378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>10,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, 895.9 FTE were TUPE-ed (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)) to Defra.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment controls were implemented in 2020/21 to mitigate impacts from COVID and other cost pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021/22, recruitment continues to support an increased capital programme and new duties funded through Spending Review 20 and Flood Recovery funding, as well as ongoing support to Defra group on priority work linked to COVID management.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2022 15:01:16 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518853

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports handled by the Passport Office have been lost in the post in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>The data is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/10/2022 14:27:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518898

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: Batteries and Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the first (a) hydrogen, and (b) battery train will be in commercial operation on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the start of 2019, the department has provided over £4m funding through Innovate UK-run First of a Kind competitions for new traction technologies which will help decarbonise the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Great Western Railway has signed a deal which will see the first battery-only train enter scheduled passenger service on the Greenford Line on the UK rail network next year, also trialling Vivarail’s new fast charger. The trial is supported by £2.15m funding from the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of specific hydrogen trains on the UK rail network has not been confirmed yet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/10/2022 15:37:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518899

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will publish the review of the introduction of flexible season tickets.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is conducting a 12-month review of the flexible season tickets to evaluate their impact. The report is being finalised and we intend to publish the findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2022 16:57:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518907

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential additional costs to consumers if hydrogen is used for domestic heating and (b) what recent assessment he has made of the suitability of hydrogen as a fuel for domestic heating.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Using 100% hydrogen for domestic heating is not yet an established technology. The Government, working with industry, is undertaking further work to assess the technical feasibility, costs, benefits and other impacts of using hydrogen, relative to other heat decarbonisation technologies. This will enable decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen in heating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 59024 59243 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518908

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) health and (b) air quality impacts of nitrogen oxide emissions generated by the burning of hydrogen in (i) boilers and (ii) other domestic appliances.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	59024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Using 100% hydrogen for domestic heating is not yet an established technology. The Government, working with industry, is undertaking further work to assess the technical feasibility, costs, benefits and other impacts of using hydrogen, relative to other heat decarbonisation technologies. This will enable decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen in heating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 58961 59243 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518939

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on consumers' fuel bills impact of the proposals on hydrogen levies contained in the Energy Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	59007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The precise impact of a hydrogen levy on consumer bills will depend on future policy design choices and uncertain market conditions. This means there is currently uncertainty regarding possible consumer bill impacts. The provisions in the Energy Security Bill would not immediately introduce this levy; they would only enable Government to introduce the levy later, through secondary legislation. It is the Government’s intention to publish an impact assessment alongside the draft first set of any future regulations that would establish the levy. Decisions regarding future funding are ongoing and will take into account wider government priorities and policies – including considerations related to the affordability of energy bills.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 59235 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:19:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518954

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Loan Charge on (a) staff, (b) administration, (c) legal advice and (d) consultancy costs for businesses since the implementation of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	59053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The impact of the Loan Charge on businesses was considered as part of the 22 November 2017 Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN).</p><p> </p><p>The TIIN assessed that the Loan Charge would only affect businesses engaging in avoidance schemes and would have no impact on the administrative burdens of compliant businesses undertaking normal commercial transactions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 18/10/2022 13:01:03 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse