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1714596

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason non-specialist teachers who teach core subjects eligible for levelling up premium payments are excluded from the scheme; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of this exclusion on the morale of those teachers.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	24092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Levelling Up Premium (LUP) is designed to incentivise the recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. It is too early to evaluate its overall impact, but it is informed by previous pilots. An evaluation of Early Career Payments found they reduced the likelihood of teachers leaving by 37% for the £5,000 payments, and 58% for the £7,500 payments.</p><p>The eligibility criteria for the LUP defines a subject specialist as a teacher who either holds a degree in the eligible subject or has completed an initial teacher training (ITT) course specialising in the eligible subject. Most hours of teaching in the eligible subjects are taught by a teacher with a relevant post A level qualification.</p><p>The quality of teaching is the single most important in-school factor for improving pupil outcomes. Although the department recognises that some teachers are not subject specialists, it is vital that we retain subject specialists in the LUP-eligible subjects in the early years of their career.</p><p>Last year the department accepted in full the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and leaders. This means that teachers and leaders in maintained schools received a pay award of 6.5%, which is the highest pay award for teachers in over thirty years. The 2023/24 award also delivered the manifesto commitment of a minimum £30,000 starting salary for school teachers in all regions of the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/05/2024 11:52:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1683999

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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	Floods: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review the fairness of the eligibility criteria for the activation of the Storm Henk Flood Recovery Framework for people who live in lead local flood authorities areas where fewer than 50 properties were flooded during that storm.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	10861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>I extend my sympathy to all those affected by the impacts of Storm Henk, flooding is a devastating experience for anyone impacted.</p><p>Following flooding which took place in 2020, and considering feedback from areas impacted at that time, the framework’s eligibility criteria were reviewed and a move to holding the count at Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) level, rather than at district level was agreed for all future activations. For Storm Henk the 50 flooded properties at LLFA level figure was agreed by Ministers across the three Departments responsible for the Framework’s schemes who considered it to be appropriate and to uphold the principles that the FRF is based upon:</p><ul><li>that individual householders and business owners should take out their own insurance as the first line of defence;</li><li>that local authorities should have in place mechanisms to provide support to their residents after flooding;</li><li>that it is reasonable to expect that support for up to 50 flooded properties is within LA capacity and capability;</li><li>but, that it also recognises the financial pressure with local authorities and offers support being provided to those worst impacted.</li></ul><p>DLUHC have committed to reviewing the scheme in the spring.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 25/01/2024 20:38:52 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1679596

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing (a) local authorities and (b) police forces to retain revenues from speeding fines.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	8085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2024 11:51:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1666959

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the effectiveness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme for affected groups.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	906699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2019, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has paid over £67 million in compensation.</p><p>The Scheme has reduced the time to allocate a claim for a substantive casework consideration, following completion of eligibility checks and a Preliminary Assessment, from 18 months to under 5 months.</p><p>The Home Office continues to listen to feedback from stakeholders and the communities and make improvements the scheme and the way it operates to ensure people receive the maximum compensation at the earliest point possible.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 25/10/2023 15:40:52 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1658383

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East West Rail Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include a question in the upcoming East West Rail 2024 Statutory Consultation on the level of support for the project; and if he will (a) record and (b) publish any comments left in the box for any other comments.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	197886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Route Update Report published by East West Rail Company in May 2023, a statutory consultation on the project is expected to take place in the first half of 2024. Consideration will be given to the questions for consultation by East West Rail Company in advance of this.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 197887 question first answered 11/09/2023 09:29:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1610603

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Aircraft: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help encourage the manufacture of new zero-emission aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	180736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>As part of the Jet Zero Strategy, government co-invests in zero-carbon aircraft technology through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme. To date, it has supported collaborative R&amp;D projects totalling over £500m which will help develop new and enabling technologies for zero emission aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>Government provided a £15m grant to the ATI-led FlyZero project, which found that green liquid hydrogen offers the greatest potential to power future zero-carbon emission aircraft. Building on FlyZero, government is funding the ATI-led ‘Hydrogen Capability Network Phase 0 Project’ to accelerate the development of liquid hydrogen propulsion aircraft technologies, capabilities and skills in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government also set up the Jet Zero Council, a partnership with industry to drive the ambitious delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions. It includes a focused Zero Emission Flight Delivery Group to advise on how government and industry can put the UK in a leading position in the race to achieve zero emission flight.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/04/2023 11:31:00 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1586433

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Employment: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help protect employees from (a) tracking surveillance and (b) covert monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	147244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Monitoring of employees by employers must not breach the duty of trust and confidence implied into an employee's contract of employment and must comply with the European Convention of Human Rights, Data Protection legislation and Equality Act 2010. Employers are neither expressly permitted to monitor employees, nor are they prohibited from doing so.</p><p>Organisations that process workers’ personal data for the purposes of monitoring their activities or surveillance must comply with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (‘UK GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (‘DPA’). This means that the data processing must be fair, lawful and transparent.</p><p>The UK GDPR and the DPA are administered and enforced independently of the government by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO publishes a range of advice and guidance for organisations on their data protection obligations.</p><p>The ICO have been consulting on draft guidance on the data protection considerations which are likely to be relevant if an employer is minded to use tracking or surveillance technologies to monitor the activities of employees. The draft guidance discusses the need for employers to make workers aware of the nature, extent and reasons for the monitoring unless exceptional circumstances mean that covert monitoring is necessary. The draft guidance, entitled <a href="https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/consultations/4021868/draft-monitoring-at-work-20221011.pdf" target="_blank">Employment practices: monitoring at work</a> can be viewed on the ICO’s website.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 27/02/2023 09:02:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1540873

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of levels of staffing required at railway stations on step-free access at those stations.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	82395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Staff will continue to provide face-to-face service on our railways for passengers who need additional support. We are committed to transforming accessibility across the UK rail network and moving staff out of underused ticket offices and into the station will mean they can provide help where it is most needed. Furthermore, we are currently undertaking a full accessibility audit across 2,564 stations across Great Britain to help shape future investment in accessible rail travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2022 14:34:39 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1489304

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East West Rail Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his comments in an interview with Iain Dale on LBC radio on 11 July 2022, whether he plans to cancel tranches 2 and 3 of East West Rail; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	36842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Connection Stage 2 (Bletchley to Bedford) and Connection Stage 3 (Bedford to Cambridge) of East West Rail are at development stage. Next steps for the project will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/07/2022 08:54:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1483267

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	First Time Buyers
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 steps he is taking to support first-time buyers onto the housing ladder.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	900728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting first time buyers into home ownership.</p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> June the Prime Minister announced new measures including a review looking into reforming the mortgage market, removing disincentives to home ownership in the welfare system; and working to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants.</p> answering member constituency Surrey Heath answering member printed Michael Gove question first answered 27/06/2022 16:18:19 answering member 1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin