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1564329

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new net zero emission buses were funded by his Department in the last five years; what the power source was for those buses; and how many and what proportion of those buses were manufactured in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>We have committed to funding 4,000 zero emission buses (ZEBs) this Parliament. Across the UK an estimated 3,250 ZEBs have been funded so far.</p><p> </p><p>Between financial years 2018-19 to 2022-23 the Department for Transport has provided funding for 2,594 zero emission buses. The number of buses ordered and delivered may change following the outcome of procurement processes undertaken by local transport authorities or bus operators.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below presents the number of zero emission buses funded between financial years 2018-19 to 2022-23.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Zero Emission Buses</p></td><td><p>Number of Battery Electric Buses</p></td><td><p>Number of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">43 </del> <ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33 </del> <ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1298</p></td><td><p>1154</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TCF 2018-19 to 2022-23*</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London 2020-21 to 2022-23**</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2594</p></td><td><p>2417</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*46 zero emission busses were funded through the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) between financial years 2018-19 to 2022-23.</p><p>**491 zero emission buses were introduced in London in financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23 as a result of Department for Transport funding to Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 provides information, where available, on the bus manufacturer of these zero emission buses.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Bus Manufacturer</p></td><td><p>Number of Zero Emission Buses</p></td><td><p>Percentage of Zero Emission Buses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alexander Dennis Ltd</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrightbus</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switch Mobility</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Volvo</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplied by Pelican Bus &amp; Coach UK and manufactured by Yutong</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supplied by Harris Group and manufactured by Higer</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information not held by the Department</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bus manufacturer subject to outcome of procurement process by local transport authority or bus operator</p></td><td><p>1223</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2594</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/01/2023 16:35:59 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2023 09:22:39 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden previous answer version 47109 answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564330

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probate cases are under consideration in England; and what proportion of those cases have been waiting for a decision for six weeks or more.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">There were 53,253 probate cases in the Open Caseload<sup>1</sup> as at 31 December. Of those 30,656 were more than 6 weeks old<sup>1</sup>. Of the cases over six weeks old 13,536 were stopped, 7,247 were awaiting documentation and 9,873 were ready to progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1 </sup>Data as at 31 December in line the official published stats. The administration of probate applications is dealt with as a national service, covering England and Wales. The open caseload excludes cases older than 6 months.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>2</sup>The time outstanding is counted from the application submission date recorded in the case management system, except for digital applications with a Will, where the date of receipt of the original Will by HMCTS is used.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This data is management Information. The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information. Management information can differ from the quality assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The total amount of unassessed probate cases where evidence has been received to enable a case to be assessed is 12,923.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4805 of these cases are over 6 weeks since the date the evidence was received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, there are 38,245 cases which are either waiting for evidence, such as the original will, to arrive, are subject to a legal hold following an application from another party or have been stopped due to an error or missing documentation and are waiting for a response from the applicant.</del></p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/01/2023 17:38:53 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2023 12:20:11 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 47244 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1176560

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff at Highways England received a salary of more than £100,000 in the last financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	12867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Highways England employed 61 staff on a base salary of £100,000 or more in <ins class="ministerial">2018-19</ins> <del class="ministerial">2019-20</del>. I have committed in the House to addressing this issue.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/02/2020 14:58:25 question first ministerially corrected 12/03/2020 10:33:24 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 7123 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1700017

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Nuclear Engineering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of graduate nuclear (a) engineers and (b) scientists required for the military nuclear programme.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	20860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As announced in the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) Command Paper: Delivering the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent as a National Endeavor, the Department is investing to increase its intake of nuclear sector graduates by an additional 2,000 personnel over the next four years.</p><p>Of these 2,000, over 1,600 are for the DNE, with up to 70% of these graduates expected to join in engineering posts with the remainder in a range of supporting professions such as science (including physics, material science, nuclear science), commercial and finance.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/04/2024 15:23:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1697795

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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
	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, what assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the handling of MPs expenses claims by IPSA.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	19774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Committee meets IPSA throughout the year to assess its performance, running costs and effectiveness in handling MPs’ expenses. The Committee last met IPSA on 5 March 2024 and a transcript of that session is available on the Committee’s website: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/</a></p><p>In 2023, 65.3 per cent of MPs and their staff rated IPSA’s service as either good or very good, which was up on this measure in 2019 when 25.1 per cent rated the service in that way. The time taken for IPSA to reimburse MPs’ claims has reduced from an average of 8 days in 2020-21 to 2.6 days in 2023-24. Compliance with IPSA’s scheme is currently at 99.9%.</p><p>Through its scrutiny of IPSA, the Committee is looking at the steps being taken by IPSA to help improve its effectiveness in enabling MPs and their staff to claim for expenses and business costs. IPSA’s ongoing work includes:</p><ul><li>the development of an IPSA online portal to enhance the customer experience by improving the functionality of the system in areas such as claim and form submission;</li><li>the greater provision of centralised services, reducing the financial and administrative burden on MPs and their staff through the centralised provision of goods and services such as constituency office leases, utilities, and equipment;</li><li>the piloting of an online marketplace, allowing MPs and their staff to purchase goods such as office equipment centrally; and</li><li>exploration of alternative models of reimbursement, enabling MPs and their staff to pay for business costs without the need to claim retrospectively.</li></ul><p>The Committee plans to consider IPSA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 later in the summer at which point it will assess IPSA’s latest results against its performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 26/03/2024 10:33:05 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1696203

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the letter of 18 October 2023 from the hon. Member for Warley relating to Mr Bashir Ali and his father Aden Ali Dine.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	18646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 March 2024, DWP provided an interim response to the MP’s office. A full response will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/03/2024 14:46:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1692759

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what lessons his Department has learned for the future provision of service accommodation from the Single Living Accommodation Modernisation project.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	16280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Lessons learnt from the Single Living Accommodation Modernisation project include that it provided value for money through standardisation of design, and economies of scale through a managed pipeline of projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is continuing to realise these benefits through our Single Living Accommodation Programmatic Approach.</p><p>Standard designs have been developed in consultation with the front-line commands and industry partners.</p><p> </p><p>Design layouts have been amended to provide better functional spaces in bedrooms and common areas.</p><p> </p><p>The design of building fabric and services has been improved to achieve through life Net Zero Carbon requirements.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/03/2024 12:12:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1685149

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Warships: Decommissioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned out of service dates are for HMS (a) Bulwark and (b) Albion; and whether it is his Department's policy to ensure both vessels remain operational up to that date.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	11475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>It remains the case that no final decisions have been made regarding the future of HMS ALBION and HMS BULWARK. On current plans, both platforms will retire from service by the end of 2034 as originally scheduled.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 11537 question first answered 05/02/2024 16:54:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1684838

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	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	Fishing Catches: Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) documentary checks on, (b) physical checks on, (c) foreign supplier verification checks on and (d) rejections of consignments imported with a catch certificate validated by China were undertaken under the Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009 in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	11245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 09/02/2024 18:42:20 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1684847

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	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	Marine Protected Areas
	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 recent progress the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Action Alliance has made; and what representations the UK has made at the Alliance since the Our Ocean conference in Panama in March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	11246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is a founder member of the IUU Action Alliance, and as its current chair and secretariat the UK works closely with its partners globally to ensure the Alliance’s long-term success. The Alliance now contains 11 members with 9 supporters, with an ambitious work programme agreed by its members.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/01/2024 12:12:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar