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1723755

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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 Authorities
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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed planning changes on the capacity of local planning authorities; and whether she will provide additional funding to those authorities.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	1984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The Department has a dedicated Planning Capability and Capacity programme to support planning reform.</p><p>We are currently reviewing how best to deploy additional support made available as a result of our plans to increase the rate of the stamp duty surcharge paid by non-UK residents.</p><p>In the recently launched consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system, the Government set out proposed changes to planning application fees and also sought views on the localisation of such fees.</p><p>The Government is committed to achieving full local plan coverage as part of wider planning reforms. Funding will be made available to support those authorities who will be required to undertake additional work to take account of the updated NPPF once this is published in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 05/08/2024 13:11:41 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1723758

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will disapply the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	1986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>A healthy natural environment is critical to a strong economy. This government is committed to delivering for nature and will work with stakeholders, including nature conservation organisations, to develop an approach that both restores nature and enables economic growth. We will only legislate where we can confirm to Parliament that the steps we are taking will deliver positive environmental outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 05/08/2024 15:30:29 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1723759

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
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	Water: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of her policies on (a) the mitigation credit market and (b) investor confidence in nature markets.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	1987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>This government was elected on a mandate to get Britain building again, alongside protecting and restoring the natural environment. We are determined to transform the system to ensure a win-win for people and nature.</p><p> </p><p>The existing nutrient mitigation market plays an essential role in enabling housing to go ahead in areas affected by nutrient neutrality without making pollution worse. The Government is continuing to support mitigation provision through Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund, which work with and alongside private sector providers.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 05/08/2024 15:35:17 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1701187

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Climate Change: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress she has made on reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	902293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>Britain is the first major economy to halve emissions, whilst growing the economy by 80%. We have more ambitious targets for 2030 than the EU, with the UK aiming for a 68% reduction in emissions to their 55%. We have over-achieved on all carbon budgets to date, and remain on track for the next.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 16/04/2024 11:50:48 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1689418

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Horses: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle horse (a) fly-grazing and (b) abandonment.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	14317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Control of Horses Act 2015 provides powers for landowners, land occupiers and local authorities to deal with horses placed unlawfully on any land, public or private (including equine abandonments). The 2015 Act allows for action to be taken quickly where horses are placed on land without the land-owner’s permission.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 13:19:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1689419

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Horses: Animal Welfare
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 he will take steps to help ensure that people who neglect their horses are prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	14318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 amends the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) to provide one of the toughest sanctions in Europe and strengthens the UK's position as a global leader on animal welfare. The 2006 Act, as amended in 2021, now means a maximum sentence of five years and/or an unlimited fine will apply to the most serious animal cruelty offences, including causing unnecessary suffering, and is a significant step forward in improving animal welfare.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have powers under the 2006 Act to act where a horse is suspected to be suffering on any land, public or private. In such circumstances, the local authority may enter the land and take control of the animal.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 13:14:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1689420

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Fly-grazing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local authorities (a) manage and (b) care for neglected horses that have been left to fly-graze.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	14319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Control of Horses Act 2015 provides powers for landowners, land occupiers and local authorities to deal with horses placed unlawfully on any land, public or private (including equine abandonments). The 2015 Act allows for action to be taken quickly where horses are placed on land without the land-owner’s permission. If no owner can be identified within four working days, options include rehoming, either privately or via charities, or offering the horses for sale.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for compliance with the legislation and its enforcement. Enforcement will vary according to location, depending on local priorities. We therefore encourage all interested parties to work together at local level to use the available powers to address the problem of abandoned horses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that the relevant legislation and guidance in place provides the right safeguards and powers in respect of protecting equine welfare. We remain committed to working with enforcement agencies and other interested parties to ensure issues of horse abandonments or neglect are effectively addressed.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/02/2024 13:45:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1689830

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the international response in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	901536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK continues to galvanise international support for Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>We were the first to send lethal aid before the invasion to Ukraine. £896 million has now been pledged to UK-established International Fund for Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to deliver a training operation for Ukrainian forces alongside 11 international partners, with more than 60,000 Ukrainians trained since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/02/2024 16:46:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1686001

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support London’s schools and local authorities with falling school rolls.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	12192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The department recognises the challenge some schools face with falling rolls, particularly in London. London is attracting an additional £75.1 million of funding for schools in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24 through the schools Dedicated Schools Grant, which is an increase of 1.6% per pupil excluding growth funding. This takes the total funding for 2024/25 in London to over £7.4 billion, based on current pupil numbers.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2024/25 financial year, the department is changing how ‘growth and falling rolls funding’ is allocated to local authorities, so that this is based not only on increases in pupil numbers, but also decreases. This methodology will ensure that local authorities in which schools are experiencing significant decreases in pupil numbers will attract additional funding to support those schools. The restriction that schools must be judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ in their last Ofsted inspection to be eligible for falling rolls funding has also been removed.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also broadening the scope of growth funding to allow local authorities to use growth funding to meet the revenue costs of removing surplus places. Such funding could support local authorities to repurpose space to create Special Educational needs and Disability (SEND) units, resourced bases, or wraparound childcare provision in mainstream schools. This is activity which we know many local authorities are already undertaking.</p><p> </p><p>More information is available in published guidance at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2024-to-2025/growth-and-falling-rolls-fund-guidance-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2024-to-2025/growth-and-falling-rolls-fund-guidance-2024-to-2025</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/02/2024 17:46:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1673702

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Poland: Abduction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Polish counterpart on cases outstanding of children abducted from the UK to Poland.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	4305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes international parental child abduction (IPCA) very seriously and I [Minister Docherty] recognise the distress of all those affected. Ministers and senior officials raise IPCA with the Polish authorities at every appropriate opportunity. I raised the issue with my Polish counterpart, Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk, most recently on 7 September. The former Foreign Secretary also raised the issue in his dialogue with Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, on 5 July, and the Minister for International Affairs (MoJ) raised IPCA with Deputy Justice Minister Sebastien Kaleta on 18 September. We will continue to engage with representatives of the new Polish government on this issue, once formed.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 04/12/2023 13:58:26 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds