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1682851

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date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to confirm the next Chair of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>As per the BBC Royal Charter, the BBC Chair appointment is made by Order in Council. The appointment of Dr Samir Shah CBE as the next Chair of the BBC will be put to the next meeting of the Privy Council for final approval, due to take place in February.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 12:18:03 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682855

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury on consultation with creative industry stakeholders on changes to cultural tax reliefs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has supported the success of the creative industries with tax reliefs across the board: from film and TV, to animation, video games, children’s TV, animation, orchestras, museums and galleries, and theatre.</p><p>All in all, our screen sector tax reliefs alone are estimated to have delivered over 200,000 new jobs and more than £13 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA).</p><p>These tax reliefs have played a vital role in making the UK’s creative industries world leading, attracting investment and generating jobs and economic growth across the country.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Ministers and officials regularly engage with my HM Treasury counterparts on matters relating to the creative industries, including on cultural sector tax matters.</p><p>Reforms to the film, TV and video games tax reliefs were announced at Autumn Statement 2022 and were subject to a 12-week policy consultation. HM Treasury met with creative industry stakeholders during this consultation period.</p><p>Draft legislation for these reforms, and for separate technical clarifications to the cultural tax reliefs for theatres, orchestras and museums and galleries tax reliefs were published in July 2023. The draft legislation was also subject to a 12-week consultation. HM Treasury met with creative industry stakeholders during the consultation period.</p><p>To maximise the potential of the UK’s cutting-edge production industry and help incubate unique British talent, the Government’s Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit and the Video Games Expenditure Credit came into force on 1 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 12:16:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1682865

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Somaliland and Somalia: Foreign Relations
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 take steps to coordinate policies on the Republic of Somaliland and Somalia.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	9981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK is one of Somalia's closest and longest standing partners, and one of very few Western countries with a permanent diplomatic presence in Somaliland. We support Somaliland in enhancing stability and promoting economic, human and social development. This stands alongside our significant political, humanitarian and security assistance to Somalia as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/01/2024 10:58:05 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1682866

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Somaliland: Politics and Government
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 hold discussions with his counterpart in the government of the Republic of Somaliland on (a) regional security and (b) use of the port of Berbera.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	9982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Since the announcement of the Ethiopia - Somaliland memorandum of understanding (MoU) the UK has been engaging closely with all parties involved, including the Somaliland authorities, to call for calm and dialogue. We are urging all involved to avoid action that would negatively affect regional security, especially the crucial fight against al-Shabaab. Separately, the UK is supporting the Berbera Corridor project through the 'Unlocking Prosperity in the Horn of Africa' programme. This has included £25 million in funding towards the development of infrastructure to facilitate access to Berbera port for Ethiopia and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/01/2024 11:19:01 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1682867

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transpennine Express Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of carriages on the TransPennine express service which will be scrapped by April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	10003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any plans by rolling stock owners to scrap carriages currently on lease to TransPennine Trains. The operator plans to return 66 Mark 5A carriages, which are currently surplus to requirements, to their owner Beacon Rail Leasing.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 13:48:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682870

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Snow and Ice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to mitigate against the effects of cold weather on transport.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	10057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport can confirm that well-practised resilience plans have been put in place across the transport network in preparation for the winter period.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 22/01/2024 09:33:25 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1682873

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Social Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with Ofcom on the advertising and promotion of low-cost offers to low income households by telecoms providers.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with Ofcom on the issue of affordability of telecoms services, including social tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>In December, Ofcom’s Pricing Trends report, showed that 380,000 UK households now take up a social tariff. While this represents an almost 160% increase from September 2022, we recognise that it represents just 8.3% of the total number of eligible households. Ofcom’s report also showed that just 45% of eligible households were aware of low-cost broadband offers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and Ofcom continue to press operators to ensure their customers know about the support available. In July 2023, Ofcom’s Chief Executive, wrote to the sector to set out the regulator’s expectation that they should do more to promote awareness, such as by highlighting tariffs on bills and end-of-contract notifications.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with operators to encourage them to take further steps to promote social tariffs to eligible households</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 22/01/2024 11:43:00 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1682874

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the 18% of Universal Credit claims which contain an element of fraud.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The 18% figure shown in Table 12 of the estimates on Fraud and Error in the benefit system during the financial year 2022 to 2023 is based on a randomly selected sample of UC claims. More detail on the causes of fraud and error in Universal Credit can also be found in Tables 3 and 4 of those statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The full estimates for fraud and error in the benefit system for 2022/2023, including the relevant tables, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fraud-and-error-in-the-benefit-system-financial-year-2022-to-2023-estimates" target="_blank">Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2022 to 2023 estimates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 22/01/2024 16:20:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1682878

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme: questions and answers, updated 29 November 2023, what progress her Department has made on issuing an initial offer in 90% of cases brought by sub-postmasters within 40 days of submission of a complete claim.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	10105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>This information will be published in February on GOV.UK as part of the next monthly Post Office Horizon Compensation data pack.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/01/2024 13:04:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1682879

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1 (M): Repairs and Maintenance
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 Highways England on (a) potholes and (b) defects on the southbound carriageway north of junction 7 of the A1 (M); and when this stretch of carriageway will be repaired and resurfaced.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	10024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Departmental officials have regular dialogue with National Highways about maintenance on the Strategic Road Network. In the last 3 months, National Highways (NH) has carried out repairs and addressed defects on the A1(M) southbound approach to junction 7.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways has a comprehensive road inspection and maintenance programme to maintain safe roads and to reduce the potential for potholes and other surface defects.</p><p> </p><p>Further work will be done between 12 and 16 February. Subsequently, NH has plans to carry out further permanent road surface patch repairs within a 2km stretch of the A1(M) southbound approach to junction 7.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/01/2024 13:51:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight