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1679391

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date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Engineering and Nuclear Physics: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on (a) which universities offer courses in nuclear (i) physics and (ii) engineering and (b) how many (A) undergraduate and (B) graduate students are on such courses.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	7744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), now part of Jisc, collects and publishes data on student enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK higher education providers. This includes data on full person equivalents (FPE) enrolled in different subject areas, categorised using the Higher Education Coding of Subjects (HECoS) system. Further information on the HECoS system is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been used to approximate which providers offered courses including elements of the HECoS subjects ‘Nuclear Engineering’ (HECoS code 100172) and ‘Nuclear and Particle Physics’ (HECoS code 101077) in the 2021/22 academic year, and how many FPEs were enrolled in each of these subjects. This information has been provided as an attachment.</p><p> </p><p>For an up-to-date view of available undergraduate courses, including nuclear studies, please visit: <a href="https://discoveruni.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://discoveruni.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 15/01/2024 10:28:35 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon attachment 1 file name 7744 Number of full person equivalent enrolments in HECoS subjects 2021 to 2022.xlsx title 7744_Table
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1673523

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 1785 on Jagtar Singh Johal, whether the Minister of State for South Asia and the Indian External Affairs Minister discussed when the Indian authorities plan to decide whether to charge or release Jagtar Singh Johal.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	4033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State responsible for Human Rights, has raised Jagtar Singh Johal's case with the Government of India on numerous occasions. He did so most recently on 13 November with the Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Lord Ahmad raised our concerns about Mr Johal's case, including the length of his detention and the need for a resolution. The UK Government will continue to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case with the Government of India.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/12/2023 11:15:42 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1671791

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Telephone Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of the telephony system on the parliamentary estate.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The telephone system on the parliamentary estate is the subject of a transformative programme called the Voice Programme, and a new telephony system is due to be implemented in 2024. Modernisation of the telephony system to full Voice Over Internet Protocol is also required in preparation for the decommissioning of the analogue service provided through the Public Switched Network.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 27/11/2023 18:37:29 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1665700

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring into force the provisions of the Public Order Act 2023 introducing safe access zones around abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	203201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The timescales for commencing the new Section 9 offence of interference with access to, or provision of, abortion services will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/10/2023 14:21:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1664946

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many staff are employed by IPSA; and how many and what proportion of those staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	202640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>As of today, IPSA has 101 employees. IPSA is unable to provide data on how many staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last twelve months, as this information is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 19/10/2023 09:33:55 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1664947

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the military lessons to be learned from the conflict in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	202641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Russia Ukraine Insights Hub identified insights at the strategic and operational level for Defence drawn from the UK's response to the war in Ukraine. These insights have informed subsequent Defence decision making. In addition to strategic insights, the single Services continue to identify lessons pertinent to their domains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/10/2023 16:18:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1662874

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are housed in (a) Sandwell and (b) each of the other local authorities in the West Midlands as of 13 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	200728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Published statistics of where asylum seekers are accommodated can be viewed under the Local Authority Dataset Asy-D11 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2023 13:18:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1663327

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there are at (a) Dudley, (b) Walsall and (c) Wolverhampton Magistrates Court.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	201181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>As of the end of June 2023 the number of outstanding cases at Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Courts are as follows:</p><p>a) Dudley Magistrates' Court: 1,017</p><p>b) Walsall Magistrates' Court: 779</p><p>c) Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court: 935</p><p>This is a further breakdown of published data that can be found in the criminal court statistics quarterly publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/10/2023 16:19:15 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1662070

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Hardeep Singh Nijjar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Canadian counterparts on the potential implications for (a) the UK and (b) its Sikh residents of the statement by the Canadian Government on the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	200188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The Prime Minster spoke to Prime Minister Trudeau on 6 October about the serious allegations raised in the Canadian Parliament and the Foreign Secretary is in regular contact with his Canadian counterpart. All countries should respect sovereignty and the rule of law. It is important Canada's investigation runs its course, with the perpetrators brought to justice. We have raised this matter with the Government of India and we encourage them to cooperate fully with the investigation.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/10/2023 06:44:15 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1658416

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the potential prevalence of RAAC in buildings (a) owned and (b) occupied by (i) military and (ii) other departmental staff.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	197656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.</p><p>Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land.</p><p> </p><p>We take safety extremely seriously and, based on our current information, RAAC has not traditionally been used by the MOD in the construction of domestic structure, and it is therefore highly unlikely that any Service Family Accommodation is affected. The majority of Single Living Accommodation was not constructed during the review period.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/10/2023 11:19:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar