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registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Business: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support her Department is providing to businesses in Essex to increase the export of goods and services.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	902632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Businesses in Essex and across the UK can access the Department for Business and Trade’s wealth of export support through great.gov.uk. This includes our self-serve digital offer, the Export Support Service, which includes our network of International Trade Advisers, International Markets in overseas regions and the Export Academy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, British businesses can benefit from access to, and support from, DBT Export Champions, 9 of which are Essex based, like Wilkin &amp; Sons.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance also has a network of export finance managers based all around the country, including one covering Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/05/2024 13:22:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1700143

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Witham Industrial Watch: Business Improvement Districts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 29 January 2024 from Witham Industrial Watch Ltd providing notice under regulation 3(2) of the Business Improvement Districts (England) Regulations 2004 that they are proposing to initiate a Business Improvement District renewal ballot.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	21007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The department responded to Witham Industrial Watch Ltd to confirm receipt of their letter dated 29 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 18/04/2024 15:13:46 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692414

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Royal Mail: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of Royal Mail's compliance with the universal service obligation in each postal code area in Witham constituency in each week of (a) 2023 and (b) 2024; on how many occasions each post code area in (i) Essex and (ii) Witham constituency did not receive (A) letters and (B) parcels in accordance with the universal service obligation since 1 January 2023; and what steps she is taking to ensure that Royal Mail complies with the universal service obligation in (1) Essex and (2) Witham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>As the independent regulator for the postal sector, it is for Ofcom to monitor Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation and decide how to respond should Royal Mail fail to meet its obligations.</p><p /><p>Ofcom fined the business £5.6m for failing to meet its service delivery targets in 2022-23 and is closely monitoring Royal Mail’s performance to ensure service issues are addressed as a priority.</p><p> </p><p>I met Mr Seidenberg, the CEO of Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services, to directly raise concerns about performance and will continue to do so if service levels do not improve.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/03/2024 11:15:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692415

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what weighting the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme gives to individual sub-postmaster’s (a) mental health, (b) physical health and (c) family circumstances when calculating compensation offers.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Across the compensation schemes, cases are assessed individually on their facts in accordance with established legal principles. On the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS) and GLO scheme, postmasters can claim for any losses they have experienced as a result of Horizon shortfalls. Similarly, postmasters with overturned convictions can claim for any loss they have suffered as a result of their conviction. These losses can include the impact on their mental or physical health.</p><p>Where family members have also been affected, the joint losses are also recoverable under the various Horizon-related compensation schemes.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2024 15:54:07 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692416

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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: Shareholder Executive and UK Government Investments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish (a) reports and (b) briefings provided to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department and its predecessor Departments by the (A) former UK Shareholder Executive and (B) UK Government Investments on the Horizon IT system.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is looking into the nature of information provided to Ministers and officials on the Horizon system. It would be wrong for the Government to prejudice its work. Government continues to cooperate fully with the Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/03/2024 11:19:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692418

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Offshore Industry: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to secure private investment to develop an offshore energy grid in the East of England.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Reinforcement of the electricity network is being delivered through a range of approaches, including upgrades to existing infrastructure, building innovative offshore transmission routes, undergrounded new cabling in protected areas and, where necessary building new overhead lines. Ofgem’s regulatory frameworks are designed to encourage anticipatory investment into the grid whether on or offshore and, through the Energy Act 2023, we enabled competitions in electricity networks, opening this market to new parties for the first time.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/03/2024 06:58:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692420

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Wind Power: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to approve future sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Applications for development consent for offshore wind projects under the Planning Act 2008 progress through an Examination process by the Planning Inspectorate and will result in the final decision taken by my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Due to the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in taking such decisions it would not be appropriate to comment further. The Scottish Ministers also have executively devolved powers in relation to applications for consent under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989 throughout Scotland’s entire marine region (inshore and offshore).</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 07/03/2024 14:17:00 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692422

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the (a) total and (b) average cost of processing planning appeals per appeal type in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is published as part of the Planning Inspectorate’s Annual Report and Accounts and can be found at the following links:</p><p>20/21 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60e6a4b68fa8f50c76838641/Planning_Inspectorate_ARA_2020-21_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Planning_Inspectorate_ARA_2020-21_FINAL.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>21/22 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62c58df4d3bf7f3006989cf2/Planning_Inspectorate_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-22.pdf" target="_blank">Planning_Inspectorate_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-22.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>22/23 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/649d44ce06179b00113f74ee/Planning_Inspectorate_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2022-23.pdf" target="_blank">Planning_Inspectorate_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2022-23.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 06/03/2024 14:45:29 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692423

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes an annual estimate of Leasehold dwellings in England. The most recent data (2021-22) shows there were an estimated 4.98 million leasehold dwellings in England. In the South East, there were an estimated 696,000 leasehold dwellings. Due to methodological limitations, the statistics cannot show robust estimates at a sub-regional level. The data are published on gov.uk here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/leasehold-dwellings" target="_blank">Leasehold dwellings</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/03/2024 15:54:29 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1692424

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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	Health Services: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in Essex.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	16103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>No formal reviews have been undertaken by the Department. Inpatient and outpatient health services in Essex are provided by the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, and the Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB. Further information of specific service provision is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/system-and-organisational-oversight/system-directory/east-of-england-region/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/system-and-organisational-oversight/system-directory/east-of-england-region/</a></p><p>Local provision of services is determined by the ICBs, rather than directly by the Government, and decisions are made based on population need in the area. The Department is expanding diagnostic capacity across the National Health Service by rolling out more community diagnostic centres (CDCs), delivering vital tests, scans, and checks. With 154 CDCs open already, and up to 160 set to open by March 2025, these offer millions of patients the chance to access quicker, more convenient checks outside of hospitals, with capacity prioritised for cancer. Across all three ICBs in Essex, we have opened five CDCs in the past year, with another location approved by the Department.</p><p>We are also increasing activity through dedicated and protected surgical hubs, focusing on providing high volume, low complexity surgery, as recommended by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. There are currently 100 elective surgical hubs that are operational across England, including the Braintree Community Hospital in Essex, as of February 2024. These surgical hubs will help separate elective care facilities from urgent and emergency care.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/03/2024 12:48:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel