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1666527

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of Storm Babet on operations in the offshore oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2023 10:07:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666528

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of offshore oil and gas workers that were affected by the suspension of helicopter transport services as a result of Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2023 10:07:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666529

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	Offshore Industry: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on disruption to offshore helicopter transport services from (a) Aberdeen and (b) Sumburgh caused by Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The nature of helicopter travel to and from offshore installations is such that all duty holders have well established contingency plans that they activate when weather conditions require the suspension of scheduled flights. As the implementation of such contingency plans are a part of normal offshore operations the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions would have no need to specifically discuss this matter with the Secretary of State for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2023 08:24:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666530

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	Offshore Industry: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the impact on Storm Babet on the (a) welfare and (b) contracted working hours of offshore oil and gas workers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>All offshore installation duty holders have management arrangements in place for a) the welfare and b) the contracted working hours for offshore oil and gas workers, which account for the potential impact of weather events. The implementation of these management arrangements is a part of normal offshore operations, and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions would have no need to specifically discuss this matter with the Health and Safety Executive.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2023 08:27:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666531

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the operation of offshore helicopter transport services during Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has not held meetings with the Civil Aviation Authority on the operation of offshore helicopter transport services during Storm Babet.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 06:56:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666532

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore helicopter transport flights were cancelled as a result of weather warnings issued in connection with Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders are commercial contracts between the parties, and the Department has no role in them.</p><p> </p><p>Helicopter flights are private operations and the Department does not hold data on helicopter flight cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203834 question first answered 26/10/2023 07:16:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666533

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of Storm Babet on contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders in the offshore oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders are commercial contracts between the parties, and the Department has no role in them.</p><p> </p><p>Helicopter flights are private operations and the Department does not hold data on helicopter flight cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203833 question first answered 26/10/2023 07:16:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1665750

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Judges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the latest status is of proposals of the Senior President of Tribunals to have Employment Tribunal cases heard by a single judge by default.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) will become responsible for the future arrangements for panel composition once the provisions of the Judicial Review and Courts Act (2022) are brought into effect. We intend to enact this delegation of powers later this year. Following this, any decisions made on the matter of panel composition will be informed by the consultation published earlier in the year, in which views on his proposals were sought.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the final proposals on Employment Tribunal panel composition will be a matter for the Senior President of Tribunals. We understand that the SPT intends to publish a response to the consultation in due course, once the measures have been brought into effect. Judicial diversity is a key priority for the Ministry of Justice. As a member of the Judicial Diversity Forum, we work closely with the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Legal Services Board and the legal professions to promote diversity in the judiciary across each jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 203294 question first answered 23/10/2023 16:08:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1665751

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Judges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals put forward by the Senior President of Tribunals that employment cases be heard by a single judge by default on the judicial diversity of Employment Tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) will become responsible for the future arrangements for panel composition once the provisions of the Judicial Review and Courts Act (2022) are brought into effect. We intend to enact this delegation of powers later this year. Following this, any decisions made on the matter of panel composition will be informed by the consultation published earlier in the year, in which views on his proposals were sought.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the final proposals on Employment Tribunal panel composition will be a matter for the Senior President of Tribunals. We understand that the SPT intends to publish a response to the consultation in due course, once the measures have been brought into effect. Judicial diversity is a key priority for the Ministry of Justice. As a member of the Judicial Diversity Forum, we work closely with the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Legal Services Board and the legal professions to promote diversity in the judiciary across each jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 203293 question first answered 23/10/2023 16:08:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1665475

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Smoking: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the swap to stop scheme to include smoking cessation products such as nicotine replacement therapies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	202976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Swap to Stop programme has been developed to provide smokers with more choice by providing the option of accessing free vapes to support quit attempts. This offer includes expert support provided by local stop smoking services.</p><p>Medicinally licensed nicotine replacement therapies are already available to smokers via prescription or voucher. Stop smoking service data suggests that 69% of 176,566 stop smoking service users accessed licensed nicotine replacement therapy in 2022/23. Whilst there is not currently a medicinally licensed vape, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency stands ready to support a future medicinally licensed vaping product should industry come forward with a successful candidate.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/10/2023 13:41:00 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 99502 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham