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1603543

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date	13/03/2023
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 her Department is taking to meet target one of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Target 1 of the Global Biodiversity Framework seeks to address land and sea use change by ensuring that all areas are under biodiversity inclusive spatial planning and other effective management processes. In England we are already taking steps to address this; for example:</p><p>- Under the Environment Act 2021 we are introducing a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement for new development along with Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRSs) to target the best places for nature recovery and wider environmental benefits.</p><p>- The Government is reforming the planning system through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will consult on how to use changes under the Bill to improve environmental outcomes and embed reforms under the Environment Act.</p><p>- Environmental improvement will be fully reflected in the review of the National Planning Policy Framework in 2023.</p><p>- The new system of Environmental Outcomes Reports under the Bill will be aligned to the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 and ensure that decision makers know how far a plan or project contributes to Environmental Targets.</p><p>- The Environment Act 2021 strengthened the duty on all public authorities so that they must consider what action they can take, consistent with their functions, to conserve and enhance biodiversity, and then take that action. In so doing, they must have regard to LNRSs. Local Authorities and Local Planning Authorities must also publish Biodiversity Reports providing information on action taken, and plans for future action, for biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/03/2023 13:04:00 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603544

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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	Convention on Biological Diversity
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 she has had recent discussions with her international counterparts on taking steps to meet target two and three of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Since its adoption, the UK has engaged a range of Parties at Ministerial level regarding implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework and its targets. This includes discussions held by the Secretary of State with the USA during her visit in February, with multiple Parties at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, and most recently with France at the 36th France-UK Summit. Similar engagement has also been undertaken by Lord Benyon with counterparts in the margins of IMPAC5 (5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress), and by Lord Goldsmith at the One Forest Summit in Gabon.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK is taking a leading role in promoting and supporting specific action implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (including the 30by30 target), through our role as Chair of the Global Ocean Alliance and Ocean Co-chair of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/03/2023 13:02:25 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603607

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help encourage the development and use of zero-emission aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considered the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing a record £685 million over three years into R&amp;D in the UK Aerospace Sector through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme. As part of the programme, the Department announced in February £113 million of co-investment with industry in three Rolls Royce led projects on hydrogen in aviation, as well as funding towards Vertical Aerospace, who are developing a battery-electric aircraft in the South- West of England.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of Zero Emission Flight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2023 12:48:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603622

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, HCWS625 on Transport Investment, what estimate he has made of the expected cost to the public purse of delays to construction of HS2 Phase 2a between Birmingham and Crewe.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work through the implications of the funding settlement with HS2 Ltd. It will take time to work through the costs for rephasing Phase 2a and further details will be provided in due course, including in the parliamentary update report on HS2 in May.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/03/2023 09:21:25 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603624

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of funding for active travel budgets in the next two financial years on the Government's net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The impact of investment in active travel on carbon savings depends on a range of factors which are described within the Transport Decarbonisation Plan. The Department will work with Active Travel England to continue to develop and understand the impact of these factors.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2023 12:00:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603654

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing domestic flights are available on<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?keywords=travel&amp;organisations%5B%5D=cabinet-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/03/2023 18:31:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603655

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private flights have been taken by Government Ministers and officials from RAF Northolt in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing domestic flights are available on<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?keywords=travel&amp;organisations%5B%5D=cabinet-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/03/2023 18:26:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1602371

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Babies: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Start for Life funding her Department budgeted for distribution to participating local authorities in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much and what proportion of that funding was received by those local authorities as of 31 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	161376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The department budgeted the following to spend on grants for the 75 local authorities on the Family Hubs Start for Life Programme in 2022/23:</p><ul><li>Family Hubs Transformation Fund Grant: £17,480,000 (Revenue and Capital)</li><li>Family Hubs Parenting Support Grant: £9,800,000</li><li>Home Learning Environment Grant: £12,900,000</li></ul><p>The remainder of the grants paid to local authorities for the Family Hubs Start for Life Programme in 2022-23 are grants from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). These grants cover perinatal mental health, including parent and infant relationships, infant feeding, parent and carer panels, Start for Life publishing, and workforce trials.</p><p>As of 31 January 2023, all local authorities had been paid their first of two grants for 2022/23. The Department have paid the following in grants to local authorities up to and including 31 January 2023:</p><ul><li>Family Hubs Transformation Fund Grant: £8,740,000(Revenue and Capital)</li><li>Family Hubs Parenting Support Grant: £4,873,851</li><li>Home Learning Environment Grant: £6,403,518</li></ul><p>Local authorities will receive their second and final grant payment for 2022/23 in March 2023, with the majority receiving this by 13 March 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 17/03/2023 13:54:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1601610

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Bus Back Better, published on 15 March 2021, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Bus Centre of Excellence programme since its establishment; and what the budget for this programme will be in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	159104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The budget will be taken from the £15m allocated for strengthening bus capacity and capability in the period 2022/23 to 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/03/2023 09:33:16 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1601612

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the Bus Centre of Excellence website will be published.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	159105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>An announcement regarding the Bus Centre of Excellence will be made soon.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 13/03/2023 09:35:24 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse