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1232842

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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	Renewable Energy
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 he has made of the potential volume of (a) offshore wind, (b) onshore wind and (c) solar sites which might bid into Contract for Difference Auction Round 4.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	87601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government considers a range of matters when setting the parameters for Contracts for Difference allocation rounds, including the anticipated pipeline of eligible projects. We will publish allocation round parameters in advance of the next auction in 2021, when assessments of the potential volume of participants can be informed by the most current information on project pipelines.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 16/09/2020 12:38:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1231768

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the performance of UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	86114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Sopra Steria Ltd (SSL) are our commercial partner who run the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) on behalf of UKVI. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all UKVI services. On 27 March, Sopra Steria Ltd closed all UKVACS service points to protect the health and safety of both their staff and our customers. This decision was taken in line with Government and PHE advice.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 June 2020 SSL began a phased reopening of the UKVCAS service. Like all public services, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on some visa services, and we had to adapt our working practices to allow social distancing, which led to some understandable delays.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst more of our services have resumed the impact of Covid-19 continues to be felt in different ways across our UK operations. Our priority is the safety of our customers and staff, to ensure we can deliver an effective service that meets public health guidelines and the service customers expect.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI officials meet with Sopra Steria Limited (SSL) on a regular basis to review performance and drive improvements to service standards through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the contract: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2Fec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa&amp;data=02%7C01%7CVeena.Pem-Ramoo%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf79dde76f1cf4a1b3f6c08d853f003bf%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637351637599418962&amp;sdata=dHKDdy6aujqGp2Vbzkv%2FgV2Wjm%2Bn4GRd1eRVxvx5lWw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa</a></p><p> </p><p>UKVI monitor UKVCAS performance against set key performance indicators (KPIs) within the contract with the Home Office maintaining oversight to ensure Sopra Steria Ltd adhere to contractual requirements. This has continued throughout the phased restart of the UKVCAS service after suspension of services due to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 19:05:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1225131

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Walking: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on enabling organised walking groups to resume their activities as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	74671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity facilities play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active.The Government has made it clear that it will adopt a phased approach based on scientific and medical advice, and that the primary goal is to protect public health.</p><p>The government's guidance remains that people should gather in groups of no larger than six people from different households, or two households, adhering to social distancing including when as part of organised walking groups.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/07/2020 11:01:30 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1223919

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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	Obesity: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on the development of obesity services in (a) hospitals and (b) communities in areas where such services do not currently exist.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	72994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>We published ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ on 27 July. The strategy demonstrates an overarching campaign to reduce obesity, takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan and sets our measures to get the nation fit and healthy, protect against COVID-19 and protect the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Public Health England has launched the ‘Better Health’ campaign, which will call on people to embrace a healthier lifestyle and to lose weight if they need to, supported by a range of evidence-based tools and apps providing advice on how to reduce the waistline. We will also expand weight management services to help more people get the support they need and through incentives with general practitioners will make conversations about weight in primary care the norm.</p><p> </p><p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/09/2020 21:54:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1220344

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues and Sports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to grant (a) music venues, (b) community sporting venues and (c) semi-professional sports clubs temporary charitable status for the purpose of donations during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	68385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>It is not within DCMS’s gift to grant charitable status on a temporary basis and there are no plans to widen the definition of charity. Some music venues, community sporting venues and amateur sports clubs already qualify for charitable status and can therefore benefit from gift aid on donations. In England and Wales, charitable status is dependent on meeting the definition of a charity set out by Parliament in the Charities Act 2011. The advancement of arts, culture or amateur sport for the public benefit are determined to be charitable purposes within scope of the Charities Act 2011. To meet the definition of charity, organisations must exist for public benefit rather than private benefit. Further detail is set out in the Charity Commission’s Guidance on ‘Charitable Purposes’.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Arts and sporting organisations can benefit from the broad range of support the Government has made available to support organisations through the crisis, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. In addition to the £750 million funding package the Government has provided specifically for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, the Government has unlocked £150 million from dormant bank and building society accounts, part of which will provide emergency loans for civil society organisations and improve the availability of fair, affordable credit to people in vulnerable circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has also provided more targeted provision to support arts and sporting organisations through the crisis. On the 5th July, the Government announced a £1.57bn targeted rescue package to protect the arts, cultural and heritage industry. This represents the largest one off investment in culture, and will include investment in music venues to ensure future sustainability of the sector. Sport England has provided up to £210m of funding to support community and grassroots clubs facing financial challenges over the period of the COVID-19 crisis. This includes £35m of public funding under the banner of Community Emergency Funding (CEF) available to community clubs.</p><p><strong><br></strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitable-purposes/charitable-purposes#the-advancement-of-the-arts-culture-heritage-or-science" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitable-purposes/charitable-purposes#the-advancement-of-the-arts-culture-heritage-or-science</a>.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 10/07/2020 14:23:05 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1216982

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with teaching representatives on extending the £1 billion Covid-19 catch up fund to include nurseries.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	63436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>We know that young children have missed out on early education at a crucial period of cognitive and behavioural development. This is especially significant for vulnerable and disadvantaged children, which may widen the early development gap.</p><p>The most effective intervention government can take to address this is to get children back into early education. Children in early years were the first priority for the reopening of education settings.</p><p>Since 1 June, early years settings have been able to welcome back children of all ages. We want to ensure councils and early years providers can get children back into settings as quickly as possible, where they can be fully supported during this crucial period for their development.</p><p>Fifteen hours of high quality free early education is provided for all three- and four-year olds and disadvantaged two-year olds. An additional fifteen hours (30 hours) is provided for eligible working parents for three- and four-year olds.</p><p>We will work with the sector to explore how best to continue to support children’s early development, including through the department’s Hungry Little Minds campaign which we will use to continue to provide support for parents to develop their children’s early language and literacy.</p><p>Information on the Hungry Little Minds campaign can be found at: <br> <a href="https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/07/2020 15:37:47 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1204425

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Borderlands Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local stakeholders on the future of the Wrexham to Bidston Railway line.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>My Department is actively engaged with Transport for Wales’s work to progress plans for a North Wales Metro and is providing strategic planning support and guidance on funding mechanisms.</p><p> </p><p>Interventions to deliver service frequency improvements are currently being progressed and my officials will continue to engage with regional bodies on wider proposals and to provide advice on how they might be funded in the future.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/06/2020 14:04:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1204426

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Chester and North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on linking railway stations in (a) North Wales and (b) Chester to Northern Powerhouse Rail.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>This month the HS2 Minister will meet with leaders from the Midlands and the North, to discuss priorities for rail investment. During this meeting the Government will present an Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands by the end of 2020, which will look at how to deliver NPR, HS2 Phase 2b, and related connections more effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Some supporting infrastructure enhancements in this corridor, including line speed improvements, are already under consideration through industry planning studies and the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/06/2020 14:24:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1204427

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 52205, on Rolling Stock: Energy, what steps he is taking to ensure that North Wales benefits from developments to low carbon rail transport solutions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	59834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Rail decarbonisation will be an important element in the UK’s first Transport Decarbonisation Plan. The Department is working with Network Rail and the rail industry to determine which parts of the network are best suited to use of hydrogen and battery trains and electrification.</p><p> </p><p>Introduction of these technologies will deliver environmental improvements and benefits for rail users across the rail network. Through the Transport Decarbonisation Plan the Government will continue to support the UK economy through the development of expertise on low carbon technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/06/2020 14:08:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1202847

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Crewe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received a completed business case for an High Speed Two hub station at Crewe.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	58742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the work Cheshire East Council and the Constellation Partnership are doing to ensure the wider local benefits can be fully realised. We continue to work collaboratively on the development of a business case to support this vision and look forward to formally receiving in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/06/2020 12:52:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies