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1690464

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
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 reduce duty charged on draught beer and cider served in pubs and taprooms by 20%.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Draught Relief, introduced under this Government’s new alcohol duty system, provides a reduction in the duty on draught beer and cider by 9.2% and helps to level the playing field between pubs and supermarkets, allowing pubs and brewers to price their on-trade products more competitively. The Brexit Pubs Guarantee ensures that draught products will always be subject to lower duty than their supermarket equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events.   As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 27/02/2024 12:21:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690466

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2024 to Question 12970, what options he is considering.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing options for publication.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 28/02/2024 16:19:04 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690467

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Absent Voting
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 plans he has to monitor the potential impact of Royal Mail delays on the number of postal votes received after the deadline; and what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of voting packs that were received late in (a) local elections in May 2023 and (b) other elections in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13601&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|551fcd0cfe824887faaf08dc37842a39|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638446287982435753|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=N/nGVgUe5EpjbTGieV/yXxDsiNotlLajNPfjVP1jwME=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">13601</a> on 22 February 2024.</p><p>The May local elections will be held on the same day as scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, and so the Government has taken the decision to fund a ‘national’ sweep on polling day this year. This will mean that Royal Mail can conduct ‘sweeps’ of their mail centres to ensure completed postal ballot packs are pulled out at mail centres on the evening of polling day and delivered directly to local Returning Officers.</p><p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 14837 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:13:08 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690468

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it a requirement for the number of voting packs received after an election deadline to be published; and what steps he is taking to protect the postal voting system from Royal Mail delays.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13601&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|551fcd0cfe824887faaf08dc37842a39|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638446287982435753|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=N/nGVgUe5EpjbTGieV/yXxDsiNotlLajNPfjVP1jwME=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">13601</a> on 22 February 2024.</p><p>The May local elections will be held on the same day as scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, and so the Government has taken the decision to fund a ‘national’ sweep on polling day this year. This will mean that Royal Mail can conduct ‘sweeps’ of their mail centres to ensure completed postal ballot packs are pulled out at mail centres on the evening of polling day and delivered directly to local Returning Officers.</p><p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 14836 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:13:08 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690006

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Leader of the House on the timetable for laying the necessary motion to bring into force the draft Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing a ban on the use of e-collars. We will pursue new regulations to deliver this commitment on a revised timeline. Decisions will take place in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/02/2024 13:27:24 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689101

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff are assessing nominations for funding under the Access for All programme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s stations enhancement team has 5 FTEs and delivers a number of station enhancement programmes, including Access for All. Additional ad hoc support for assessing the Access for All nominations comes from analytical and legal colleagues, the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Network Rail and consultants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/02/2024 11:22:36 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689148

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the press notice by Amnesty International entitled Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide, published on 14 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>We have previously assessed that Israel is committed and capable of complying with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We are currently reviewing our assessment. Those assessments are supported by a detailed evidence base. Too many civilians have been killed and we want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 26/02/2024 17:44:22 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1689149

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Arms Trade: Israel
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 implications for her policy on arms exports to Israel of the press notice by Amnesty International entitled Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide, published on 12 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor closely the situation in Israel and Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against our Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including with regard to international humanitarian law. All licences are kept under careful and continual review and we are able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences in response to changing international circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/02/2024 10:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1688620

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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	Offshore Industry: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her oral contribution during the Second Reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on 22 January 2024, Official Report, columns 42-43, on what evidential basis she stated that 200,000 jobs are supported by the oil and gas sector in the UK; and if she will publish a breakdown of (a) the calculations supporting this figure and (b) those jobs by sector.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill uses figures from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foeuk.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F11%2FOEUK-Workforce-Insight-2022.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Ca654c1375c204314008108dc31f40803%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638440171377291017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9gU4ZI0NBU6j9FgcT5PhZcdcDT1W0W9B1l7BnkTLJb0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2022 annual workforce insights report</a> to show how many jobs are supported by the Oil and Gas sector in the UK. This report highlights that there were approximately 200,000 jobs supported by the industry in 2021 and the report includes a breakdown of jobs by sector.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/02/2024 10:25:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1688627

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11047 on Childcare, what measure her Department uses to establish the requirements of local authorities for childcare places.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area. The statutory guidance for local authorities highlights that local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare, and to make this report available and accessible to parents.</p><p>The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing.</p><p>Where local authorities report sufficiency challenges, the department discusses what action the local authority is taking to address those issues and provides support where needed, to help the local authority with any specific requirements through its childcare sufficiency support contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 19/02/2024 17:18:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas