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1423130

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science and Technology: Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake of science and technology subjects to students in vocational education.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises that the demand for skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is growing, and we are proud to be encouraging more pupils into STEM at all key stages. We have put employers at the heart of the technical education system, asking them to set out the skills and knowledge that they need now and in the future. This has formed the basis of new occupational standards. So far, STEM employers, including those in construction, digital, engineering and manufacturing, and health and science sectors have developed 343 apprenticeships based on these standards.</p><p>We are introducing T Levels, boosting access to high quality technical education for thousands of young people, which are also based on the same occupational standards. T Levels in Digital, Construction and Health and Science are now being taught and T Levels in Engineering and Manufacturing will launch this September. A new campaign, ‘Get the Jump’, has been launched to help young people aged 14 to 19 to understand their education and training choices. More information on this can be found here: <a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-your-education-and-training-choices" target="_blank">https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-your-education-and-training-choices</a>. T Levels are featured heavily in the campaign as an exciting new option for young people alongside apprenticeships, traineeships and Higher Technical Qualifications</p><p>Alongside this, we are investing up to £290 million to establish a comprehensive network of Institutes of Technology across England. These are unique collaborations between further education colleges, universities and employers specialising in delivering higher technical education and training in key STEM subjects such as cyber security, artificial intelligence, robotics, precision farming and health and life sciences. A key objective of the programme is to increase participation from under-represented groups to support the long-term STEM skills pipeline.</p><p>For those earlier on in their education, we are proud to have made substantial spending commitments to improve the teaching and uptake of STEM subjects in schools. We are offering a bursary worth £24,000 tax-free or a prestigious scholarship worth £26,000 tax-free to train to teach the highest priority subjects of chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics and a £15,000 tax-free bursary for design and technology. In line with the Gatsby Benchmarks for good career guidance, all schools are expected to provide at least one meaningful encounter with employers per pupil per year, with an emphasis on STEM employers.</p><p>We have improved the quality of technical awards. These non-GCSE qualifications are intended to equip 14-16 year olds with applied knowledge not usually acquired in general qualifications. They are intended to focus on a sector or occupational group and enable the development of knowledge as well as associated practical skills where appropriate.</p><p>Schools have access to the STEM Careers toolkit which provides ideas and practical suggestions on how STEM specific content might be used to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks. This includes useful resources, examples of good practice and sharing STEM careers resources, such as job profile examples, further study route information and labour market information with teachers.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/02/2022 15:16:09 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423124

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Greyhound Racing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) help protect Greyhound racing.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In January 2019 the government announced an increased funding commitment from bookmakers to support the Greyhound Board of Great Britain’s (GBGB) efforts to improve welfare, and since 2021 every member of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) who offers bets on greyhound racing has contributed to the British Racing Greyhound Fund. The BGC represents approximately 90% of the UK’s licensed betting and gaming businesses.</p><p>The Government is also aware of the impact of Covid on greyhound racing and a preliminary allocation of £1.4m in loans was made available from the Sports Survival Package to help mitigate it. Greyhound racing has also been eligible to access pan-economy support provided by the government including the business rates holiday for leisure industry businesses, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/02/2022 10:39:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1422675

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	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 potential impact of proposed reforms to alcohol duty on the diversity, choice and quality of wines available to UK consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>As part of the alcohol duty review, the Government has announced several reforms which aim to modernise the taxation system for wine.</p><p>By moving to a duty system where all wines are taxed in reference to their alcohol content, the Government intends to incentivise innovation of lower strength wines, providing greater choice to wine consumers. In addition, the Government has announced it will equalise still and sparkling wine rates, helping to spur innovation among British sparkling wine producers.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is continuing to engage with other Government departments and interested stakeholders on these reforms. A consultation ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, and the Treasury is now analysing the responses.</p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on producers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 125009 125010 question first answered 25/02/2022 14:43:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1422676

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	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 economic impact of proposed reforms to alcohol duty on the import of luxury wines.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>As part of the alcohol duty review, the Government has announced several reforms which aim to modernise the taxation system for wine.</p><p>By moving to a duty system where all wines are taxed in reference to their alcohol content, the Government intends to incentivise innovation of lower strength wines, providing greater choice to wine consumers. In addition, the Government has announced it will equalise still and sparkling wine rates, helping to spur innovation among British sparkling wine producers.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is continuing to engage with other Government departments and interested stakeholders on these reforms. A consultation ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, and the Treasury is now analysing the responses.</p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on producers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 125008 125010 question first answered 25/02/2022 14:43:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1422677

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of proposed reforms to alcohol duty on British wine producers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>As part of the alcohol duty review, the Government has announced several reforms which aim to modernise the taxation system for wine.</p><p>By moving to a duty system where all wines are taxed in reference to their alcohol content, the Government intends to incentivise innovation of lower strength wines, providing greater choice to wine consumers. In addition, the Government has announced it will equalise still and sparkling wine rates, helping to spur innovation among British sparkling wine producers.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is continuing to engage with other Government departments and interested stakeholders on these reforms. A consultation ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, and the Treasury is now analysing the responses.</p><p>Further detail about the impact of reforms on producers will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 125008 125009 question first answered 25/02/2022 14:43:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423135

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Noise
	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 plans to update the Department’s 2019 Noise mapping action plan.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Yes. Defra is required to produce strategic noise maps and subsequent action planning under the terms of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, every five years. Work has commenced on the strategic noise maps, which will be followed by the noise action plans.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2022 12:06:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423136

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Noise: Railways and Roads
	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 progress his Department has made with the BSI to develop a standard for the calculation of road and railway noise.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The BSi Committee for Transportation Noise, which meets approximately every six months, has been working on developing a standard for the calculation of road and rail noise since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this aim, the committee set up a scoping panel which reported to the committee throughout the period 2017-2020. This was followed by a joint workshop with the Institute of Acoustics (IOA). Members of the scoping panel ran a dedicated session at the annual IOA conference in October 2020 and outputs were reported in an IOA Acoustics publication.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is a member of both the BSi Committee for Transportation Noise and the scoping panel and continues to work collaboratively with other members as the Standard moves towards drafting stage.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2022 17:52:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423137

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Noise: Roads
	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 his Department will provide details of its work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on issuing guidance in support of the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of noise, as set out in the Noise Action Plan: Roads.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for the development of the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p>Defra will continue to engage with DLUHC to provide advice and guidance on environmental noise issues, to ensure it is considered within the Government's planning policies and future projects.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2022 12:12:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423127

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken a recent assessment of the (a) impact of amnesty bins on helping to prevent knife crime and (b) potential merits of increasing the number of those bins in the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The deployment of knife amnesty bins is a decision for local police forces.</p><p>The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events.</p><p>The latest phase of the operation took place between 15 to 21 November 2021.</p><p>Nationally officers seized 936 knives and 8703 were either surrendered or found in sweeps.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2022 13:22:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1423129

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason accessibility to NHS-funded IVF is determined by local clinical commissioning groups as opposed to being a standardised national service.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	125018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Currently clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) commission the majority of health care provision in their locality, as they have the knowledge and experience to arrange the services that best meet the needs of their populations.</p><p>National Health Service-funded treatment should be commissioned by CCGs with due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines, which represent best clinical practice. NICE guidelines are not mandatory.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/02/2022 12:27:34 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell