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1714505

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has held recent discussions with the European Commission on the implications for the timing of the EU Entry/Exit System on delays at (a) UK and (b) EU (i) ports, (ii) railway stations and (iii) airports.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	24008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage regularly at ministerial and official levels with the European Commission and the French government on EES implementation.</p><p>The Government also continues to work with port owners and operators, including the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and Eurostar / HighSpeed1 (St Pancras) to understand the impact of EES and support their plans to mitigate these. However, it is ultimately for EU Member States to implement EES.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/05/2024 13:29:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1714507

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Cybersecurity: Offshoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with UK-based companies on trends in the level of cyber security jobs moved abroad.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	24011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers engage regularly with UK cyber security companies to understand employment trends. This includes engagement through visits and forums such as the Cyber Growth Partnership and the National Cyber Advisory Board. The government's annual <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcyber-security-sectoral-analysis-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cparliamentary-questions%40dsit.gov.uk%7C12135348c96d47fb98c308dc69cc4cbf%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638501573393163645%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=T0wcem3PJgms71lT0PZdDxBFXsu%2Bd3PqM6dkEtVPV0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">cyber security sectoral analysis</a> reviews the growth and health of the sector, showing employment in the UK has risen each year since the government began publishing the data in 2018. Currently, the UK cyber security sector employs over 58,000 people, having generated an additional 5,300 jobs in the past year alone.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 02/05/2024 07:58:38 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1714620

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 902272 on Disinformation, how many information threats the Defending Democracy Taskforce has responded to.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	24046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2022 the Defending Democracy Taskforce, chaired by the Security Minister, was established to further drive forward work to protect the UK from the full range of threats facing our democratic institutions and processes, including interference with the UK democratic process. The Taskforce engages across government and with Parliament, the UK’s intelligence community, the devolved administrations, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment publicly on the volume of information threats the departments which support the Taskforce team have responded to, in part because doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of the UK’s capabilities to identify and tackle such threats to our democratic processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 02/05/2024 15:26:16 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1714667

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Cancer: 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, with reference to paragraph 3.64 of the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, what steps she is taking to ensure that every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to (a) personalised care, (b) a needs assessment, (c) a care plan and (d) health and wellbeing information and support.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	24159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Ensuring every person diagnosed with cancer has access to personalised care and support is a key priority for the Government. The NHS Long Term Plan for cancer states that where appropriate, every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care, including needs assessment, a care plan, and health and wellbeing information and support. NHS England is committed to ensuring that all cancer patients have access to a Holistic Needs Assessment and Personalised Care and Support Planning, ensuring care is focused on what matters most to each person. Additionally, End of Treatment Summaries are being introduced, which aims to empower people to manage the impact of their cancer after treatment. Health and wellbeing information and support is provided from diagnosis onwards, and includes access to NHS Talking Therapy services for anxiety and depression. This is alongside wider work to improve psychosocial support for people affected by cancer, such as through local partnerships with cancer support charities.</p><p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring that the healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for cancer patients. NHS England provides access to a personal health budget, which is an amount of National Health Service money that is allocated to support the health and wellbeing needs of a patient, if eligible. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/what-is-a-personal-health-budget/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/what-is-a-personal-health-budget/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/05/2024 08:25:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1714704

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help prevent the Irish government from returning illegal migrants across the border to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	24010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>We have no legal obligation to accept the return of asylum seekers from Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/05/2024 13:57:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1714750

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment on separating International Drivers Permits from other DVLA delivered services.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	24069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency carried out an open competition for the contract to provide a counter service for International Driving Permits (IDPs), in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. PayPoint was awarded the contract.</p><p>The new contract provides the option for selected Paypoint outlets to issue IDPs. These selected PayPoint outlets provide the geographical coverage to ensure that at least 90% of the population are within ten miles of an IDP issuing outlet within the UK. The PayPoint service started on 1 April 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/05/2024 09:45:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1714760

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraint Techniques: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will end the use on children of (a) the inverted wrist hold and (b) other pain-inducing restraints.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The syllabus for training staff in under-18 young offender institutions and the secure training centre in Managing and Minimising Physical Restraint (MMPR) focuses exclusively on behaviour management and restraint.</p><p>It is essential that staff are trained for every aspect of their role, including in techniques they may need to use to prevent serious physical harm to a child or adult. Staff will continue to be trained in the safe use of pain-inducing techniques, as part of a separate package of interventions for use only in situations where that is the only means of preventing serious physical harm.</p><p>Any response must be necessary, reasonable, and proportionate in view of the risk of harm which is present. All instances where a pain-inducing technique is used are subject to detailed scrutiny by on site MMPR Coordinators, as well as by members of the Independent Restraint Review Panel.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2024 08:37:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1714774

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M62: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescales are for (a) the completion of repairs to the Ouse bridge on the M62 near Goole, (b) the removal of the temporary speed limit and (c) the full reopening of all lanes to traffic in both directions in that area.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	23996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>National Highways are due to complete repairs on the Ouse bridge by September 2024 when the temporary speed limit will be lifted, and all lanes opened to traffic in both directions. Whilst there will be some residual work after all the lanes open, it will not impact road users.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/05/2024 09:35:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1714781

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deferring eligibility for Agricultural Property Relief for all environmental land management schemes on the estates of (a) landowners and (b) farmers who will die prior to 6 April 2025.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Spring Budget 2024 announced that the government will introduce legislation to extend the existing scope of agricultural property relief from 6 April 2025 to land managed under an environmental agreement with, or on behalf of, the UK government, Devolved Administrations, public bodies, local authorities, or approved responsible bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The date of implementation is consistent with the normal tax-policy making process and with previous changes to the inheritance tax system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/05/2024 11:39:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1714026

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Appendix 2 of the Contracts for Difference AR6 Allocation Framework 2024, Appendix 2 of the Contracts for Difference AR5 Allocation Framework 2023 and Appendix 2 of the Contracts for Difference AR4 Allocation Framework 2021, what methodology her Department used to calculate the market reference prices for the years 2026-27 to 2030-31; and for what reason it has been set lower than previous Contracts for Difference Allocation Rounds.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	23952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the accompanying note to the Budget Notice[1], the reference prices we use for the CfD budget are an output from the Department’s main power model and are characteristic of decarbonisation pathways that are net-zero consistent. Wholesale electricity prices are driven by many factors including electricity demand profiles, the plants that generate to meet this demand, as well as fuel price assumptions and carbon price assumptions. Changes in reference prices between rounds depend on the assumptions used in power modelling and the delivery years for each allocation round.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The accompanying note to the Budget Notice can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcontracts-for-difference-cfd-allocation-round-6-statutory-notices&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C9ba5023041b04ec6760908dc692d94b9%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638500891684410764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WunRH0cV5boaGDFHmPM1SJU%2BmksN%2FI1bxKETyzzMG1A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference-cfd-allocation-round-6-statutory-notices</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 01/05/2024 05:23:52 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan