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1626122

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date	09/05/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential contribution of a think small first policy to achieving the target of exporting over a trillion pounds of goods and services annually by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	184199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Export Strategy the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is working in partnership with UK exporters to reach a trillion pounds of UK exports annually by 2030, with UK exports reaching £843bn in March this year. As part of this, DBT utilises company-level data to segment and tailor its support based on where a business is at on their export journey. This includes our self-serve digital offer and the Export Academy, which provides training and guidance to ensure businesses across the UK, especially SMEs, have the capability and knowledge to prosper in international markets.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 16/05/2023 14:44:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1626123

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custody: Mediation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Our Family Wizard mobile application in facilitating mediation in child custody disputes.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	184111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the Our Family Wizard mobile application in supporting mediation, but we are aware that it is one of a number of digital applications that may support parents to effectively co-parent their children post-separation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on how we can best support families resolve their disputes outside of court, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/supporting-earlier-resolution-of-private-family-law-arrangements. Specific feedback is being sought on the role that online tools can play in supporting separating parents.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2023 15:16:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1626124

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Energy Price Guarantee
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Energy Price Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Between October 2022 and the end of June 2023 the Energy Price Guarantee, together with the Energy Bills Support Scheme, will have covered around half a typical household’s energy bill.</p><p> </p><p>The table below features data for a typical household’s energy usage in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland for the period 1 October 2022 – 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dual fuel household, direct debit (£ inc. VAT)</p></td><td><p><strong>Great Britain (GB) typical household</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Northern Ireland (NI) typical household</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bill with no support</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,583</p></td><td><p>£1,996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reduction from EPG</strong></p></td><td><p>£945</p></td><td><p>£564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EBSS payment (+ £200 universal Alternative Fuel Payment in NI)</strong></p></td><td><p>£400</p></td><td><p>£600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Support</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,345</p></td><td><p>£1,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bill after support</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,238</p></td><td><p>£832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total support / bill with no support (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/05/2023 09:31:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1626125

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Washing Machines: Microplastics
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 progress she has made on encouraging industry to (a) develop and (b) use low-cost microfibre washing machine filters.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	184112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tackling plastic pollution, including microplastics. Monitoring of marine litter by the Marine Conservation Society, funded by Defra, tells us that over the last seven years the total litter count on British beaches has decreased significantly - the total median litter count in 2021 was almost three times lower than in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to contribute to the development of a new legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040. We want to tackle microplastic pollution wherever possible which is why we introduced a microbead ban and a tax on plastic bags.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced in the Plan for Water that we will change the law to ban the sale of wet wipes containing plastic, subject to public consultation. We will also support the Water UK communications campaign to ‘Bin the Wipe’ and write to the relevant producers and advertising authorities regarding the labelling of wet wipes as ‘flushable’.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan for Water also outlined our position that we will expect industry to develop low cost, effective microfibre filters on washing machine and encourage their effective use. With the plan being published only just last month, we are now considering the best actions for its implementation. As a first step, we will look to manufacturers to reduce costs and to provide appropriate evidence of the value of microfibre filters to persuade consumers to invest in them and use them correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Water Industry Research project (performed by UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology) reported in April 2022 that wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics by number and 99.5% by mass. The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) includes over £7.39 million of commitment from the water industry to further research microplastics removal through wastewater treatment processes to sludge, which may be a source of microplastics to final effluent discharges.</p><p> </p><p>An additional investigation sits within the Chemicals Investigation Programme looking at biosolids and microplastics to groundwater. For microplastic monitoring in surface waters and sediments, a pilot study has been completed to develop sampling and analytical protocols that could be used to determine the quantities, loads and types of microplastics and tyre-wear particles in surface waters and sediments. This report will be available post July 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We have also funded research to examine wider sources of microplastics, including tyres and textiles. This research will help to inform future policy. Technical experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have also been leading the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment to develop a new indicator for microlitter (including microplastics) in seafloor sediments. This will help us to track progress in reducing plastics in the environment at a regional scale.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 184113 184114 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:59:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1626126

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Rivers and Seas and Oceans: Microplastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Plan for Water: our integrated plan for delivering clean and plentiful water, published in April 2023, what progress her Department has made on reducing the levels of microplastics in rivers and oceans.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	184113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tackling plastic pollution, including microplastics. Monitoring of marine litter by the Marine Conservation Society, funded by Defra, tells us that over the last seven years the total litter count on British beaches has decreased significantly - the total median litter count in 2021 was almost three times lower than in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to contribute to the development of a new legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040. We want to tackle microplastic pollution wherever possible which is why we introduced a microbead ban and a tax on plastic bags.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced in the Plan for Water that we will change the law to ban the sale of wet wipes containing plastic, subject to public consultation. We will also support the Water UK communications campaign to ‘Bin the Wipe’ and write to the relevant producers and advertising authorities regarding the labelling of wet wipes as ‘flushable’.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan for Water also outlined our position that we will expect industry to develop low cost, effective microfibre filters on washing machine and encourage their effective use. With the plan being published only just last month, we are now considering the best actions for its implementation. As a first step, we will look to manufacturers to reduce costs and to provide appropriate evidence of the value of microfibre filters to persuade consumers to invest in them and use them correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Water Industry Research project (performed by UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology) reported in April 2022 that wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics by number and 99.5% by mass. The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) includes over £7.39 million of commitment from the water industry to further research microplastics removal through wastewater treatment processes to sludge, which may be a source of microplastics to final effluent discharges.</p><p> </p><p>An additional investigation sits within the Chemicals Investigation Programme looking at biosolids and microplastics to groundwater. For microplastic monitoring in surface waters and sediments, a pilot study has been completed to develop sampling and analytical protocols that could be used to determine the quantities, loads and types of microplastics and tyre-wear particles in surface waters and sediments. This report will be available post July 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We have also funded research to examine wider sources of microplastics, including tyres and textiles. This research will help to inform future policy. Technical experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have also been leading the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment to develop a new indicator for microlitter (including microplastics) in seafloor sediments. This will help us to track progress in reducing plastics in the environment at a regional scale.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 184112 184114 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:59:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1626127

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Water Companies: Microplastics
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 she plans to take to reduce microplastic pollution from water companies.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	184114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tackling plastic pollution, including microplastics. Monitoring of marine litter by the Marine Conservation Society, funded by Defra, tells us that over the last seven years the total litter count on British beaches has decreased significantly - the total median litter count in 2021 was almost three times lower than in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to contribute to the development of a new legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040. We want to tackle microplastic pollution wherever possible which is why we introduced a microbead ban and a tax on plastic bags.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced in the Plan for Water that we will change the law to ban the sale of wet wipes containing plastic, subject to public consultation. We will also support the Water UK communications campaign to ‘Bin the Wipe’ and write to the relevant producers and advertising authorities regarding the labelling of wet wipes as ‘flushable’.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan for Water also outlined our position that we will expect industry to develop low cost, effective microfibre filters on washing machine and encourage their effective use. With the plan being published only just last month, we are now considering the best actions for its implementation. As a first step, we will look to manufacturers to reduce costs and to provide appropriate evidence of the value of microfibre filters to persuade consumers to invest in them and use them correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Water Industry Research project (performed by UK Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology) reported in April 2022 that wastewater treatment plants remove 99% of microplastics by number and 99.5% by mass. The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) includes over £7.39 million of commitment from the water industry to further research microplastics removal through wastewater treatment processes to sludge, which may be a source of microplastics to final effluent discharges.</p><p> </p><p>An additional investigation sits within the Chemicals Investigation Programme looking at biosolids and microplastics to groundwater. For microplastic monitoring in surface waters and sediments, a pilot study has been completed to develop sampling and analytical protocols that could be used to determine the quantities, loads and types of microplastics and tyre-wear particles in surface waters and sediments. This report will be available post July 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We have also funded research to examine wider sources of microplastics, including tyres and textiles. This research will help to inform future policy. Technical experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have also been leading the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment to develop a new indicator for microlitter (including microplastics) in seafloor sediments. This will help us to track progress in reducing plastics in the environment at a regional scale.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 184112 184113 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:59:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1626128

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an application for indefinite leave to remain have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months and (e) more than two years for a decision on that application.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184118 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:52:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1626129

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an indefinite leave to remain application have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months and (e) more than two years for a decision to be reached on that application.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184117 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:52:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1626130

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence and National Security: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of how the additional £5 billion allocated for defence and national security priorities in the Spring Budget 2023 will be spent.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	184149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department will invest £3 billion across the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) to support the construction of industrial infrastructure which includes the delivery of AUKUS. £1.95 billion will be invested in improving resilience and readiness, and £50 million will support wider Government security programmes including the new Economic Deterrence Initiative. The Department is working through the outcome of the Spring Budget, and as such it is too early to provide further detail on future years funding allocation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/05/2023 11:52:43 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1626131

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the situation in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO is monitoring the situation in Sudan closely. Our top priorities are to secure a ceasefire of hostilities, unhindered humanitarian access, the protection of civilians and respect of International Law, and to bring all parties back to peaceful political dialogue. To achieve this, we are pursuing all diplomatic avenues, including at the UN Security Council and Human Rights Council, through engagement with the conflicting parties, and through cooperation with counterparts from African, Quad (KSA, UAE, UK, US) and European countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and the United Nations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/05/2023 16:19:53 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon