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1669030

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date	09/11/2023
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	High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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, if the Commission will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below outlines an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled. The costs of committee visits, the transcription of committee hearings, reports by the Independent Assessor and additional staffing have all been taken into account.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Committee visits</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,620</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£4,006.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transcription of Committee hearings</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£54,313</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£24,811.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reports of the Independent Assessor</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£184,760.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£175,712.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>N/A</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£184,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£241,693.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£389,356.79</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>£631,050.37</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Under Private Business Standing Order 224A(6)(a)(ii) (‘Comments on environmental statements’), the examiner of petitions for private bills is required to appoint an independent assessor to produce a report on responses to the public consultation on an environmental statement.</p><p>Three reports were published by the independent assessor on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 2021, relating to consultations held on the Environmental Statement, the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision 1, and the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision 2.</p><p>Two reports have so far been published by the independent assessor on the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill, relating to consultations held on the Environmental Statement and the Supplementary Environmental Statement 1 and Additional Provision 1 Environmental Statement.</p><p>Under Private Business Standing Order 224A(10), the costs of the process of appointing an independent assessor, incurred by the House, shall be reimbursed by the government.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/11/2023 18:43:25 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 632 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1462455

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is incurring costs to address technical issues with the Capita-run armed forces website.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>At this moment in time, as the joint investigation is still ongoing, the breakdown of the costs incurred is yet to be fully determined.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2022 10:01:45 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1314565

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 241447 on Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, whether the first stage of the remediations has been completed; and whether the second stage remains on target to be completed in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The first stage of the remediation work has not been completed; however work is underway on the site, following the granting of a licence by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, which was granted on 17 May 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The target remains to complete all work by September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/05/2021 10:35:10 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1169230

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Glasgow South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments have been made to claimants in Glasgow South West constituency in each month since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>New Universal Credit claimants who require urgent financial support, can apply for new claim advances to provide access to a payment quickly, until the first regular payment is due. Additionally, existing Universal Credit claimants who have told the Department about a change in their circumstances, which means more Universal Credit is owed, may also apply for an advance payment. Budgeting Advances exist to help pay for emergency household costs, for example, buying a new cooker or for help getting a job or staying in work.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of advance payments that Universal Credit claimants can access. Information surrounding eligibility conditions and how to apply is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-advances#how-to-apply-for-a-universal-credit-advance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-advances#how-to-apply-for-a-universal-credit-advance</a></p><p> </p><p>The entirety of the number of advances paid, in Glasgow South West parliamentary constituency since January 2019, is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Universal Credit advances paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2019</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2019</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10</li><li>Figures go up to August 2019 in line with published statistics relating to households on Universal Credit</li><li>Figures include all types of advances</li><li>Figures relate to Universal Credit full service only</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/01/2020 14:21:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1149913

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion and Marriage: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) reform abortion laws and (b) extend same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government plans to have regulations in place on abortion law and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland by the dates stipulated in the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019. Given the Northern Ireland Executive was not restored by 21 October 2019, the Government is therefore under a legal duty to comply with sections 8 and 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019 to:</p><p> </p><p>a) bring forward regulations to enable same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnerships in Northern Ireland by 13 January 2020; and</p><p> </p><p>b) bring forward regulations for a new legal framework for abortion to be in place in Northern Ireland by 31 March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 24/10/2019 11:30:51 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

732602

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71090, how much spending was forecast to be spent on education for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of announcements in the Autumn Statement 2015; and how much was allocated to institutions offering education to 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of those announcements.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2016-17 financial year was £5.9bn. High needs funding is included in this figure but funding for student support is not. The funding allocations for institutions in the 2016/17 academic year can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas