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	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the analysis by the Institution of Civil Engineers that improving strategic planning of infrastructure investment would unlock more benefits than the current, siloed sector-by-sector approach, as outlined in its policy position statement, Evolving the UK strategic infrastructure planning system post-National Infrastructure Strategy, published July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	99034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to the approach to infrastructure that was set out in the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) in November 2020. This addresses the long-term issues that have held back investment in and delivery of UK infrastructure, and ensures a coherent cross-sectoral approach to decision-making.</p><p> </p><p>As committed to in the NIS, last year the government reviewed the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC’s) role and responsibilities, and the NIC’s fiscal remit. As a result of those reviews, at Spending Review 2021 the government updated the NIC’s objectives to reflect the government’s climate commitments and increased the NIC’s fiscal remit. These changes will inform the NIC’s Second National Infrastructure Assessment, to be published in 2023, which launched recently with the publication of a baseline report and will set out the NIC’s expert independent assessment of the UK’s economic infrastructure needs. ICE’s policy statement was one of the sources that informed the reviews, and ongoing engagement with industry stakeholders and representative organisations remains central to the government’s infrastructure strategy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 98906 question first answered 14/01/2022 09:19:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1546596

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of dentists from the EU coming to the UK to help fill dentist vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	98882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department has worked with the General Dental Council (GDC) to develop and consult on legislative proposals to allow GDC greater flexibility to amend its existing international registration processes and explore alternative pathways. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Department aims to introduce the legislative changes in early 2023. As the independent regulator, the GDC will determine how these flexibilities can be used.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 98883 question first answered 13/12/2022 11:02:01 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1546597

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of dentists from overseas to help fill gaps in dentistry in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	98883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department has worked with the General Dental Council (GDC) to develop and consult on legislative proposals to allow GDC greater flexibility to amend its existing international registration processes and explore alternative pathways. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Department aims to introduce the legislative changes in early 2023. As the independent regulator, the GDC will determine how these flexibilities can be used.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 98882 question first answered 13/12/2022 11:02:02 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1545272

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	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	Regional Planning and Development: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 84783 Carbon Emissions: Regulation, when his Department began to develop the Strategy and Policy statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	95893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Act 2013 provided powers for the Secretary of State to designate a Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) for energy policy. A draft SPS was consulted on in 2014 and the Department subsequently committed to redrafting the SPS based on the consultation responses. However, this work was paused following the change of government in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>This Government set out its intention to designate an SPS for energy policy in the Energy White Paper in December 2020. The Department has continued developing the SPS and Welsh and Scottish Ministers have had the opportunity to consider a draft. A public consultation is planned for the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 95894 question first answered 29/12/2022 13:09:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40801 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1545274

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	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	Regional Planning and Development: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 84783 on Carbon Emissions: Regulation, when his Department first announced its intention to publish the Strategy and Policy statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	95894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Act 2013 provided powers for the Secretary of State to designate a Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) for energy policy. A draft SPS was consulted on in 2014 and the Department subsequently committed to redrafting the SPS based on the consultation responses. However, this work was paused following the change of government in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>This Government set out its intention to designate an SPS for energy policy in the Energy White Paper in December 2020. The Department has continued developing the SPS and Welsh and Scottish Ministers have had the opportunity to consider a draft. A public consultation is planned for the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 95893 question first answered 29/12/2022 13:09:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40804 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1237625

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Universal Credit: Bath
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children have received the £20 per week uplift in universal credit standard allowance payments in Bath in each month since that uplift was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	95171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households with children with Universal Credit in payment, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 95000 95186 95220 question first answered 28/09/2020 12:17:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1545049

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Deposit Return Schemes: Cost Benefit Analysis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish an updated cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of DRS against current recycling rates.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	94834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Government published a consultation stage impact assessment alongside the publication of our 2021 consultation in March 2021, and can be found here - <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf</a>. Further details on next steps for DRS will be set out in the upcoming Government's response to the 2021 consultation. We are working towards publication shortly. We are continuing to update our cost benefit analysis and will publish a Final Impact Assessment in advance of the DRS regulations being laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 94836 question first answered 30/11/2022 18:28:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1545053

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Deposit Return Schemes: Glass
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the full evidence behind in the decision to exclude glass from the Deposit Return Scheme, including the assessment it would have had on glass recycling and impact on consumer behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	94836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Government published a consultation stage impact assessment alongside the publication of our 2021 consultation in March 2021, and can be found here - <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf</a>. Further details on next steps for DRS will be set out in the upcoming Government's response to the 2021 consultation. We are working towards publication shortly. We are continuing to update our cost benefit analysis and will publish a Final Impact Assessment in advance of the DRS regulations being laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 94834 question first answered 30/11/2022 18:28:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1332392

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	Planning: Nature Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether it is his policy that Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be given consideration by local authorities in all planning decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	901110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Bill currently before Parliament provides for a strengthened biodiversity duty on public authorities to have regard to the conservation of biodiversity. This strengthened duty includes a requirement to have regard to relevant Local Nature Recovery Strategies.</p><p>Our planning reforms will reinforce the implementation of these measures, to capitalise on the potential of Local Nature Recovery Strategies and biodiversity net gain as we seek to make the system clearer and more positive.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 901093 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:11:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1227505

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Plastic Bags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single-use plastic bags have been sold in each year since the levy on plastic bags was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	78799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>Since 5 October 2015, large retailers in England have been required by law to charge a minimum of 5p for single-use plastic bags and to report on the number they sell each year.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of single-use plastic bags that were sold by large retailers each full reporting year is as follows: 2.12 billion in 2016/17, 1.75 billion in 2017/18,1.11 billion in 2018/19 and 564 million in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Retailers are not required to report on the number of plastic bags for life sold as these are not within the scope of the carrier bag charge. However, they can provide this information voluntarily.</p><p> </p><p>The full datasets for each reporting year are on GOV.UK and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 78800 question first answered 02/09/2020 13:35:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse