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1490722

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Park Homes: Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents of park homes can benefit from the Government's energy support measures.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-06-15%2F18990&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cenergy.bills.rebate%40beis.gov.uk%7C5c6a003d3fae4fe71e8608da5aa8ecd7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637921979094053443%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Q47YTht897zisJSWMnit6noINMUUQJzLpXhpseOKyQo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">18990</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/07/2022 09:15:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1490723

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Fuel Oil: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to support households that are reliant on domestic heating oil in the event of further rises in energy costs in winter 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the noble Lord Allen of Kensington on 5 July 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-21/hl1128" target="_blank">HL1128</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/07/2022 09:14:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1490728

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Primary Health Care: Faversham and Mid Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to primary care services for people in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to recruit an additional 26,000 primary care staff in Primary Care Networks. In Kent and Medway, more than 400 additional roles staff have been recruited, including pharmacy technicians, first contact physios and mental health practitioners.</p><p>NHS England is working with local partners to attract general practitioners (GPs) to the area and encouraging trainees to undertake placements in Kent. In Kent and Medway, 19 GP trainees are being funded through the Targeted Enhancement Recruitment Scheme. Kent Medical School has 100 medical students hosted in Kent and Medway general practices. NHS England is procuring new mandatory dental services, based on the current areas of greatest need in Kent.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 25/07/2022 15:06:30 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1490730

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Dental Services: Faversham and Mid Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentist appointments available for people in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2019, a review of mandatory dental services in Kent identified Faversham as an area of significant need. Following this review, National Health Service dental contracts were agreed with five new dental practices with an overall increase of 19 whole-time equivalent dentists.</p><p>NHS England is currently preparing to procure further mandatory dental services in Kent, based on the current areas of greatest need. This will be aligned to the review being undertaken by NHS England and the South East Region Consultant in Dental Public Health.</p><p>Since July 2022, NHS England has asked practices to deliver 100% of contracted units of dental activity to safely improve access for patients, including in Faversham and Mid Kent.</p><p>The Department and NHS England have recently announced improvements to the NHS dental system to increase access, target patients with higher oral health needs and make NHS dentistry a more attractive place to work for dentists and their teams, including in Kent.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 26/07/2022 15:44:37 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1110277

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have benefited from pensions auto-enrolment are (a) women and (b) men.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	242219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>10.4 million workers have been automatically enrolled into workplace pension by more than 1.4 million employers. By 2019/20 an estimated extra £18.6 billion a year is estimated to go into workplace pensions as a result of Automatic Enrolment. Automatic Enrolment has reversed the decline in workplace pension saving.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment was designed specifically to help groups who historically were poorly served or excluded from workplace pension saving, such as women and lower earners. It is equalising workplace pension participation among eligible men and women. In 2017, 81 per cent of eligible men and 80 per cent of eligible women in the private sector were saving into a workplace pension. This compares with 43 per cent and 40 per cent respectively in the private sector in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017 review of Automatic Enrolment <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668972/print-ready-automatic-enrolment-review-2017-maintaining-the-momentum.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668972/print-ready-automatic-enrolment-review-2017-maintaining-the-momentum.pdf</a></p><p>set out our ambition for the mid-2020s, with proposals to strengthen financial resilience for traditionally excluded groups including women.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/04/2019 11:05:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1135488

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protections he plans to introduce in the Domestic Abuse Bill to provide for the mental health needs of victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	270811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the response to victims of domestic abuse through the provisions set out in our draft Domestic Abuse Bill and consultation response.</p><p>We are carefully considering the recommendations from the Joint Committee on the draft Domestic Abuse Bill about improving access to public services for victims of domestic abuse and their children and will be responding to the Committee’s report in due course.</p><p>We want to improve the provision of mental health services to ensure that they are available to anyone in need of such services, including domestic abuse victims. We have therefore committed to investing at least an additional £2.3bn per year in mental health services by 2023/24</p><p>On 17 June the Prime Minister announced a wide-ranging package of measures to strengthen the response to mental health, including training for all new teachers on how to spot the signs of mental health issues, additional funding to support local authorities to deliver local suicide prevention plans and updated professional standards for social workers across England to increase their knowledge and skills when helping those with mental health issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2019 13:55:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1131326

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to place on a statutory basis the good practice guidance to local authorities in relation to their use of powers on unauthorised encampments.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	263209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the Government response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments , we will in due course create a power to place new guidance on a statutory footing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:38:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1131327

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for publishing the details of the £1.5 million fund for local authorities to enforce planning rules and tackle unauthorised development; how local authorities will be able to bid for that funding; and when that funding will be allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	263210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>We will announce further details of the £1.5 million fund for planning enforcement over the summer.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:35:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1490725

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Community Development: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to increase community benefits for people living near (a) large scale solar plants and (b) other nationally significant infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>In the British Energy Security Strategy, the Secretary of State for Energy committed to consult on community benefit options for the network infrastructure we need to meet net zero targets. This will ensure that communities that host network infrastructure are recognised for their vital role in ensuring a cheaper, cleaner and self-sufficient energy supply in Britain. Any new community benefit options will not replace community engagement with developments through the existing planning and consultation processes. <br> <br> Local communities will continue to be able to have their say on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and the benefits they can deliver for their local area, including: environmental enhancements; job schemes; energy discounts; and investment in local infrastructure, such as faster broadband, electric vehicle charging points or energy efficiency measures. Applicants are required to set out in their Statement of Community Consultation how they propose to consult those living in the vicinity of the land. When deciding whether to accept an application for a Development Consent Order, the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the relevant Sectary of State) must have regard to this consultation report. Where applications are accepted for examination, members of local communities can also make written representations on the proposed infrastructure, often also providing oral evidence at hearings.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 26/07/2022 10:58:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1490726

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Housing: Construction
	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 plans he has to ensure that new housing in rural areas comes with necessary improvements to local infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	39921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The provision of the right infrastructure at the right time is very important to new and existing communities, including those in rural locations. Where infrastructure is required as a result of new development, local planning authorities can require contributions from developers towards that infrastructure. Contributions can be sought through Section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy.</p><p>To create a more efficient, effective and transparent system, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill proposes a new Infrastructure Levy. This will be a mandatory, non-negotiable charge, set and collected locally, to largely replace the complex and discretionary Section 106 regime and CIL charge.</p><p>The Bill will require local authorities to prepare infrastructure delivery strategies. These will set out a strategy for delivering local infrastructure through spending Levy proceeds. They will create a more transparent process for local people on how funds will be spent and what infrastructure will be delivered to support development. It will be for local councils to decide which infrastructure projects they spend the proceeds on.</p><p>The Levy will be brought forward through regulations that will set out the detail of how it will operate. We intend to consult on this detail, prior to any publication of regulations.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 39783 question first answered 26/07/2022 12:21:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately