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1357157

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date	21/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the backlog is at the DVLA for HGV licence applications; how many staff currently process HGV licence applications; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staff resources available to tackle application delays; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>On 22 September, there were 56,144 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals and include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses. It is not possible to separate them out.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is prioritising applications for provisional vocational licences so these drivers can take their training quickly. Applications for provisional vocational licences are currently being processed within around 10 days of receipt.</p><p>It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed.</p><p>It is not possible to specify how many staff are working on applications for HGV licences as most Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p>The DVLA continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 29/09/2021 09:09:07 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357233

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 156324, if he will make it his policy to publish the data used to inform the Government's decisions on whether a country is on the red list including evidence of (a) variants of concern, (b) epidemiology, (c) imported cases and (d) traveller volumes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The decision to include countries on the ‘red list’ is informed by the latest scientific data and public health advice from a world-leading range of experts, including risk assessments from the United Kingdom Health Security Agency.</p><p>Data considered includes epidemiological metrics (such as case and testing rates), genomic surveillance capability, evidence of the presence of high risk variants and evidence of exported cases of variants to the UK and elsewhere. Travel connections with the United Kingdom and details of the in-country and territory vaccination profile are included as contextual information. You can find further information on the methodology for international travel risk assessments at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-risk-assessment-methodology-to-inform-international-travel-traffic-light-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-risk-assessment-methodology-to-inform-international-travel-traffic-light-system</a>.</p><p>Data informing international travel risk assessments is published every three week’s following the latest country allocations by Ministers. You can find this data at the following link; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-informing-international-travel-risk-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-informing-international-travel-risk-assessments</a>.</p><p>The list of red list countries is kept under review</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/11/2021 14:37:16 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357264

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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 Charter Treaty: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the findings of Global Justice Now, published 18 September 2021, that globally, fossil fuel companies are suing governments for more than £13 billion over climate change policies which risk impacting their profits, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of the UK’s membership of the Energy Charter Treaty with (a) the Paris Agreement objective to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees and (b) the COP26 goal to keep 1.5 degrees within reach.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Energy Charter Treaty already calls on Member States to minimise the environmental impacts of energy operations.</p><p> </p><p>Member States of the Energy Charter Treaty are currently engaged in a process to modernise the Treaty and ensure it is aligned with our climate objectives.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/09/2021 16:05:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357265

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to consult widely with parties to the UNFCCC on the decisions needed at COP26 to operationalise the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage; what provision he has made in the COP26 agenda to discuss and agree loss and damage matters, including getting the COP decisions needed to operationalise the Santiago Network; and what assessment he has made of whether the Santiago Network will be fully operational by the end of COP26.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>As COP26 incoming Presidency, the UK has convened six consultations (workshops and a Heads of Delegation meeting) which have devoted substantial time to the issue of developing the Santiago Network, in addition to a dedicated session at the July Ministerial which I convened in London. The agenda for COP/CMA will be decided on by the Parties. My officials are also discussing the agenda with Parties over the next few weeks. Whether the Santiago Network will be operational by the end of this year depends on the view that Parties take at the conference on the process they wish to follow, but the UK will use our convening power to maintain momentum and encourage a fair, inclusive and impactful outcome.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/09/2021 16:04:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357266

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with developed country (a) negotiators and (b) ministers on the need for new and additional finance for loss and damage in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>In my role as COP26 President, I have met with more than 100 Ministers from at least 65 countries. As part of these discussions, as well as in public fora, I have set out the importance of developed countries meeting and surpassing the commitment to jointly mobilise $100 billion of climate finance a year through to 2025, from a range of public and private sources.</p><p>At both Ministerial and official level we continue to raise the need for finance and action on loss and damage, noting that relevant finance for averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage comes from sources under and outside the convention.</p><p>As COP26 incoming Presidency, the UK has convened six consultations (workshops and a Heads of Delegation meeting) which have devoted substantial time to the issue of operationalising the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage, in addition to a dedicated session on loss and damage at the July Ministerial which I convened in London where the issue of finance was raised. I will also hold discussion on adaptation, loss and damage, and finance at pre-COP at the end of September, with a view to political leaders providing the strategic framing for negotiator-level discussions at COP26.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/09/2021 16:14:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357267

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what assessment his Department has made of (a) how to meet the shortfall in the $100 billion climate finance commitment and (b) how that cost should be distributed across developed countries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2021 answer text <p>The OECD figures recently published showed that developed countries were still significantly short of the $100 billion goal in 2019, mobilising $79.6 billion. We have seen recent progress. President Biden’s recent announcement that the US is doubling their climate finance to $11.4 billion by 2024 is a major step towards the achievement of the $100 billion goal. However, we need all developed countries to step up with enhanced pledges, and the Presidency is continuing to encourage developed countries to increase their commitments, including to feed into the Germany-Canada led Delivery Plan.</p><p>The UK is ensuring a large majority of our international climate finance is grant-based. We are pressing other donor countries for similarly ambitious commitments. Under our G7 Presidency, the G7 committed to scaling up adaptation finance, and we have seen concrete new individual pledges from Canada, Japan, the US, and Denmark in recent months to this effect. The UK has committed to delivering a balance through our scaled up ICF and has joined the Champions Group on Adaptation Finance, composed of donors committed to delivering a balance of adaptation in their climate finance in response to calls from developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 52462 question first answered 06/10/2021 13:33:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357268

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) contributions by developed countries to the $100 billion climate finance commitment are delivered as grants and (b) 50 per cent of climate finance is allocated to adaptation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2021 answer text <p>The OECD figures recently published showed that developed countries were still significantly short of the $100 billion goal in 2019, mobilising $79.6 billion. We have seen recent progress. President Biden’s recent announcement that the US is doubling their climate finance to $11.4 billion by 2024 is a major step towards the achievement of the $100 billion goal. However, we need all developed countries to step up with enhanced pledges, and the Presidency is continuing to encourage developed countries to increase their commitments, including to feed into the Germany-Canada led Delivery Plan.</p><p>The UK is ensuring a large majority of our international climate finance is grant-based. We are pressing other donor countries for similarly ambitious commitments. Under our G7 Presidency, the G7 committed to scaling up adaptation finance, and we have seen concrete new individual pledges from Canada, Japan, the US, and Denmark in recent months to this effect. The UK has committed to delivering a balance through our scaled up ICF and has joined the Champions Group on Adaptation Finance, composed of donors committed to delivering a balance of adaptation in their climate finance in response to calls from developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 52461 question first answered 06/10/2021 13:33:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357269

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is is taking to help ensure that COP26 delivers substantial progress on loss and damage, including mandating work for financing options to increase the level of support to frontline communities, as called for by the Climate Vulnerable Forum and other stakeholders.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>As incoming Presidency, the UK has been gathering Parties’ views on what more is needed in addition to the Santiago Network to deliver progress on Loss and Damage. An emerging point is the need for existing funds and action in the international and humanitarian system to be better coordinated and scaled up, and better oriented to local level needs.</p><p>We are working with the international community to increase support for locally led action, including through the Adaptation Action Coalition. In parallel the UK is asking other donors to follow our example in supporting the LDC’s Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE AR) which has the aim of assisting LDCs to put in place plans, finance and delivery mechanisms to respond to local needs. The UK endorsed the Principles for Locally Led Adaptation at the Climate Adaptation Summit in January 2021, and successfully persuaded other Foreign and Development ministers to do the same under the UK’s G7 Presidency. We are also working to address the barriers that restrict and prevent finance flowing to the local-level through the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.</p><p>We welcome the input of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and have been engaging with them through their regional dialogues, as well as through bilateral engagement on their suggestions and plans for COP26.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/09/2021 16:24:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357271

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Climate Change: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what consideration he has made of calls from civil society and other stakeholders for a high level political focus on Loss and Damage through a (a) Loss and Damage Champion or (b) Ministerial pairing to ensure that work is urgently undertaken in order to deliver (i) concrete progress on Loss and Damage at COP26 and (ii) a clear pathway through to COP27.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>We have heard and agree with calls from civil society for the need for a high level political focus on loss and damage at COP26 and in the run up to COP27. The UK is currently consulting Parties on the idea of a high level envoy for loss and damage.</p><p>We agree that a clear pathway is needed and intend to respond to parties’ and observers’ calls (including at the July ministerial) to step up efforts to address loss and damage, through locally-owned plans, institutional capacity, technical expertise and accessible finance. We will have a dedicated session at Pre-COP with Ministers designated to lead discussions. We also expect this to play a significant part in the discussions at COP26, subject to the agreement Parties reach on the agenda of the conference in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/09/2021 16:37:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357276

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 41808 on Coronavirus: vaccination, tabled on 3 September by the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 October to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-03/41808" target="_blank">41808</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2021 10:03:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas