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1563165

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Finance
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 December 2022 on Train Operating Companies: Finance, whether Train Operating Companies are being asked to forward plan within (a) an absolute cost envelope or (b) a net cost envelope.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	113403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Train Operating Companies are asked to propose plans that consider both the absolute and net costs.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 09/01/2023 11:15:43 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1552075

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provision for early years settings.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	111666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021 Spending Review the department announced additional funding for early years of £160 million in 2022/23, £180 million in 2023/24 and £170 million in 2024/25, compared to the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>The department has recently announced that we will invest an additional £20 million into early years funding in 2023/24, on top of the additional funding announced in the 2021 Spending Review. Taken together, this will help support providers at a national level with the additional National Living Wage costs associated with delivering the free childcare entitlements next year. The department will also be investing an additional £10 million into Maintained Nursery School supplementary funding from 2023/24.</p><p>In 2023/24, local authorities are set to receive average funding increases of 3.4% for the 3- and 4-year-old free childcare entitlements and 4% for the 2- year-old entitlement, compared to their 2022/23 rates.</p><p>The department has again increased the early years pupil premium, which for 2023/24 will provide up to £353 per eligible child per year to support better outcomes for disadvantaged 3- and 4-year- olds. The department has also increased the Disability Access Fund, which will be worth at least £828 per eligible child per year.</p><p>The department continues to engage with sector stakeholders and local authorities to monitor the sufficiency of childcare places and sustainability of the early years sector.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 21/12/2022 14:41:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1551695

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overseas nurses were working in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS England Hospital Trust in each year since 2015; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of (a) recruitment and (b) visas for overseas nurses in year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Tables showing the number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurses and health visitors with a non-United Kingdom nationality in National Health Service hospital trusts and core organisations in August of each year since 2015 is attached.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment of the cost of recruitment for overseas nurses or visas has been made. However, in October 2021, NHS England commissioned a review by the Nuffield Trust, which estimated the cost of recruiting a nurse from overseas at approximately £10,000 to £12,000. Since August 2020, nurses have paid reduced visa fees through the Health and Care Visa.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/12/2022 17:22:57 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses-HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22.xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse previous answer version 43937 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses&HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22 .xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1551770

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Tidal Power: Severn Estuary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to harness the tidal power of the Severn Estuary.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is open to considering well-developed proposals for harnessing the tidal range energy in the bays and estuaries around our coastlines, including barrage schemes and other alternatives. Revised guidance in the energy National Policy Statement will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 14:09:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1550612

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has (a) introduced and (b) implemented technical innovations in the use of tidal power barrages since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	108306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult continues to engage with tidal barrage developers. However, there have been no commercial projects so far to introduce and implement technical innovation in this sector.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 13:37:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1550061

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A36: Cleveland Bridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Cleveland Bridge in Bath is on the A36 Primary Route.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	106518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The bridge is on a local road, linked to but not on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). The A36 is a Primary Route but the SRN comprising the A46 and A36 from the M4 to the Dorset coast is not continuous through Bath.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 15/12/2022 10:54:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1549589

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of conditions in immigration detention centres in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	105450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105451 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1549592

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the compatibility UK detention centres with international human rights law.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	105451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105450 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1548920

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies: Strikes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has compensated the train operators for lost revenue from strike action since 1 January 2022; and what estimate he has made of how much the Government will compensate the train operator for lost revenue on the announced strike dates of (a) 13-14 December 2022, (b) 16-17 December 2022, (c) 24-27 December 2022, (d) 3-4 January 2023 and (e) 6-7 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	104407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No compensation has been paid by the Department to train operators to cover lost revenue due to strike action since 1 January 2022, and none will be for the upcoming strike action. Under the terms of the operator agreements put in place since the onset of COVID, the Government takes revenue risk not operators and hence operators are not financially affected by any fluctuations in revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/12/2022 10:50:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1548921

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week service standard since 1 January 2022; what proportion of UKVI Visa applications have not been processed within the 3-week service standard since 1 January 2022; what the average wait time for UKVI Visa applications is; and how many UKVI Visa application cases are outstanding past the 3-week service standard deadline.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	104408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to the processing times of visas can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/12/2022 16:21:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse