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1628020

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his speech, Building a better railway, published on 16 June 2022, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 1 in 8 rail tickets are sold at ticket offices; and what time period it relates to.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Ticket office usage has declined over the last decade, accounting for 34 per cent of transactions in 2012/13, down to 12 per cent in 2021/22 (the last year for which analysis has been completed) – approximately equal to 1 in 8 tickets. These statistics are based on the Latest Earnings Nationally Networked Overnight (LENNON) data. LENNON is the revenue settlement service for the train operating companies for Great Britain passenger rail ticket sales and is the main source of data on Great Britain’s rail fares revenue.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/05/2023 08:54:56 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1628025

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any fares for return journeys at (a) peak and (b) off-peak times will cost passengers more than the same journeys did under the previous fares system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	185313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Single leg pricing is not about increasing fares, it is an important step in making sure fares are simpler and meet passenger needs. It involves pricing new single fares at roughly half the cost of the old return tickets and then removing returns. This will give passengers the flexibility to mix and match tickets to suit them, such as mixing Advanced with flexible, and peak with off-peak, and make the booking process less complex. Passengers will get the best value ticket for their journey safe in the knowledge a single ticket will always be half the price of an equivalent return. Information on the new single leg priced fares is now publicly available on National Rail Enquires website.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 185312 185314 185319 question first answered 23/05/2023 08:58:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1628029

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the demand-based pricing trial at LNER, what the maximum increase is that could occur under those plans because of demand-based pricing in any fare compared to the current fare for the same journey expressed (a) proportionately and (b) in absolute monetary terms.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	185317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>London North Eastern Railway is developing the proposal for the forthcoming trial of demand-based pricing and more details will be announced in due course. We expect demand-based pricing to better manage capacity, as well as raise revenue. We will evaluate the impact of the trial and publish this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 185318 185320 185321 question first answered 23/05/2023 09:05:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1628044

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing parents who do not wish to use the 30 hours of free childcare with grants to pay for relatives and friends to look after their children.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	185436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced transformative reforms to childcare for parents, children and the economy. By 2027/28, the government will expect to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p><p>As set out in the Childcare Act 2006, the definition of ‘childcare’ excludes care provided for a child by a parent or other relative. The government has no current plans to extend the definition of childcare to include relatives. Friends or acquaintances known to the parent can receive government funding, but they must be registered childcare providers.</p><p>Parents who are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) or Universal Credit (UC) Childcare can use it to pay for any childcare provision registered with Ofsted or a childminder agency. If a relative registers as a childminder and cares for a related child outside the child’s own home, or registers as a nanny and cares for a related child inside the child's own home, that childminder or nanny can qualify for TFC or UC.</p><p>As part of the government’s biggest ever expansion to childcare provision, low-income families will be able to access increased childcare support worth a total of £900 million from 28 June 2023.</p><p>Later this month, the Department for Work and Pensions will raise the amount that parents in Great Britain can claim back monthly for their childcare costs on Universal Credit, up to £951 for one child and £1,630 for two or more children. This is a rise of 47% from the previous limits of £646 for one child or £1,108 for two or more children.</p><p>At the same time, the government will help eligible parents to cover the costs of the first month of childcare when they enter work or significantly increase their hours, removing one of the most significant barriers to parents working and helping to grow the economy.</p><p>Those parents will also receive up to 85% of their childcare costs back before their next month’s bills are due. This means they should have money to pay for childcare one month in advance going forward.</p><p>The government is also supporting families by providing additional cost of living payments of up to £900 for households on eligible means-tested benefits. Over 6 million people across the UK on eligible ‘extra-costs’ disability benefits will receive a further £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment during summer 2023/24, to help with the additional costs they face.</p><p>UC improves incentives for parents to enter work. Claimants with children are entitled to a work allowance which is an amount they can earn before their benefit is affected. Once earnings are above their work allowance, a single taper is applied. This ensures their UC reduces gradually as their earnings increase.</p><p>The government has consistently said that the best way to support people’s living standards is through good work, better skills and higher wages. To that end, the UC taper rate was reduced from 24 November 2021 from 63% to 55%, meaning that claimants can keep more of their earnings. At the same time, we also increased the work allowance by £500 a year, in addition to the normal benefits uprating.</p><p>State Pensions, benefits, and statutory payments have been increased in line with the Consumer Prices Index for the year to September 2022, which was 10.1%. These increases took effect from April 2023.</p><p>The government is committed to protecting vulnerable claimants by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services. The government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 06/06/2023 16:21:06 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1628045

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending access to 30 free hours of childcare to working parents of all children over the age of nine months on (a) workforce participation and (b) the economy over the next two years from the go live date; and what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse of this policy over the next two years from the go live date.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	185437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The department is determined to support as many families as possible with access to high-quality, affordable childcare, which is why in the Spring Budget 2023, my Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced significant new investments to expand the free early education entitlements.</p><p>From September 2025, eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year, from when their child is nine months old to when they start school.</p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects the new 30 hours entitlement to gradually increase labour market participation of parents with young children. A 2016 study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies had found that expanding from part-time to full-time free childcare leads to significant increases in labour force participation and employment of mothers, which emerge immediately and grow over the months following entitlement.</p><p>By 2027/28, the OBR expects around 60,000 to enter employment and an equivalent effect from 1.5 million mothers of young children already in work increasing their hours.</p><p>The department will substantially uplift the hourly rate paid to local authorities to increase hourly funding rates paid to childcare providers, to deliver the existing free early education entitlements. We will provide £204 million of additional funding in 2023/24, increasing to £288 million by 2024/25.</p><p>This funding is in addition to the £4.1 billion that the government will provide by 2027/28 to facilitate the expansion of the new free hours offer, by which time we will expect to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 24/05/2023 16:13:23 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1628055

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Refugees: Ukraine
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 steps his Department is taking to support local councils to find appropriate accommodation in cases where Ukrainian families or individuals previously hosted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	185184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-20%2F169421&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C4b66add3025c4f302f2208db5ad8facb%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638203660177787308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yiUXtGrbEV6y4D9Hc%2FUiRq7K%2BuWddVCH65PeUut3pEg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">169421</a> on 28 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/05/2023 16:06:08 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1628059

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 the total capacity of offshore windfarm generation connected to the grid is as of 16 May 2023; and what estimate he has made of that capacity in each year between 2024 and 2030.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	185333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>As reported in Energy Trends published in March 2023, the UK’s installed capacity was 13.9GW at the end of December 2022. The figure for May 2023 will be published in September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>There is currently 7.7GW of Offshore Wind under construction and 6.2GW finalising procurement and preparing for construction. Additional capacity comes forward through each annual Contracts for Difference Allocation Round.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/05/2023 13:28:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1628060

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Planning Permission: St Albans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 15 May 2023 to Questions 184227 and 184229 on Planning Permission: St Albans, when he plans to respond to the request of Keep Chiswell Green of 8 May 2023 that he recovers planning appeals (a) 5/21/3194, Land North of Chiswell Green Lane: APP/B1930/W/22/3312277 and (b) 5/22/0927, Land South of Chiswell Green Lane: APP/B1930/W/22/3313110.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	185334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-09/184229" target="_blank">184229</a> on 15 May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/05/2023 16:08:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1628066

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the increased rate of Universal Credit began on 10 April 2023; and what steps he took to ensure that those with assessment periods between 1 April and 10 April 2023 were not adversely affected.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	185439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Increases in Universal Credit come into force from the start of the first assessment period beginning on or after the first Monday of the tax year. As Universal Credit is a calendar monthly assessed benefit that is paid monthly in arrears, a claimant will receive their newly-uprated benefit award at their first full Assessment Period that follows the change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/05/2023 15:48:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1628088

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Petrol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a ban on the sale of petrol cars on (a) carbon emissions and (b) levels of pollution in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>As a result of the significant reductions to carbon emissions from energy generation, transport is now the highest carbon emitting sector; cars accounted for more than 50% of emissions in 2019. Ending the sale of internal combustion engines, alongside setting intermediary zero-emissions vehicles sales targets leading up to 2035, is expected to reduce this by roughly 60% by 2035 and 98% by 2050, compared to 2019 levels. Vehicle emissions are also among the two largest controllable sectors for air pollution. Ending internal combustion engine sales will remove tailpipe air pollution produced by cars and vans, including some of the most harmful emissions such as PM2.5 and NOx.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2023 09:17:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore