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1727386

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Israel: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement entitled Middle East Update of 2 September 2024, Official Report, column 37, what assessment he has made of whether equipment relating to licenses that have not been suspended could be used in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK assesses export licences against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (SELC), which state that a licence will not be granted for an item if the Government determines there is a clear risk that it might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. The export licences that were suspended by the government on 2 September effectively cover all arms exports for use in the current conflict in Gaza, except for those components for F-35 aircraft which, for reasons outlined in the Foreign Secretary's Statement and the Business and Trade Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, have been excluded from the suspension.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 12/09/2024 11:27:30 answering member 5148
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727387

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Gaza: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement entitled Middle East Update of 2 September 2024, Official Report, column 37, what information his Department holds on whether Israeli F-35 jets have been used to commit violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK's robust export licensing criteria states that the government will not issue export licences if the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of International Humanitarian Law. On this basis, we have suspended certain export licences for items that could be used in the current conflict in Gaza. The UK is the only producer and supplier of certain critical components of the F-35, including a global pool of spare parts used to sustain and repair aircraft in service. Any suspension to Israel alone is not possible without undermining the programme overall, which would have serious implications for international peace and security.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 12/09/2024 11:11:44 answering member 5148
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727388

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Israel: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution of 2 September 2024 on Middle East, Official Report, column 37, what discussions he had with his counterpart in the US Government prior to his decision not to suspend export licences for F-35 fighter jet components.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks to his US counterpart about a wide range of issues. Our licencing decisions are based on our own processes and are not led by the decisions of others.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 12/09/2024 11:06:58 answering member 5148
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727389

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Israel: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 2 September 2024 on Middle East Update, Official Report, column 37, if he will hold discussions with counterparts in other countries involved in the F-35 global supply chain on the potential merits of collectively withholding export licenses for F-35s to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Our licencing decisions are based on our own processes. At the present time exports to the F-35 Programme will be excluded from this suspension, except where the exports would go direct to Israel, for the reasons set out in the Foreign Secretary's statement on 2 September.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 12/09/2024 11:19:08 answering member 5148
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727390

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 September 2024, HCWS64, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in other countries in the F-35 global supply chain on the potential merits of suspending indirect exports of F35s to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The F-35 programme is the largest international collaborative defence programme in the world. The UK cannot make changes to the F-35 programme unilaterally – any change requires agreement across all Partner Nations. Regular discussions with programme partners on the operation of the programme are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 12/09/2024 13:28:02 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727436

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Mobility Scooters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued on increasing (a) station accessibility and (b) rolling stock accessibility for mobility scooters on the rail network.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State publishes Design Standards for Accessible Railway Stations, which licenced operators must follow whenever they install, renew or replace infrastructure or facilities in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Train and station operators are required by their operating licences to establish and comply with an Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) which must be approved by the Office of Rail and Road.  An ATP sets out, among other things, the arrangements and assistance that an operator will provide to protect the interests of disabled people using its services and to facilitate such use.</p><p></p><p>The guidance states that operators must set out their policies regarding the carriage of mobility scooters and other mobility aids for mobility-impaired people on their trains. Operators must make the reasoning behind their policies clear, particularly with regard to any policy excluding the carriage of some or all mobility scooters and mobility aids.</p><p> </p><p>Operators must also provide as part of their ATP a separate document that gives details of services and facilities at all of the stations they manage, and other stations called at by their services, including relevant stations operated by Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 13/09/2024 13:22:29 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727437

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Mobility Scooters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring passenger rail franchise operators to accommodate mobility scooters.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Train and station operators are required by their operating licences to establish and comply with an Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) which must be approved by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).  An ATP sets out, among other things, the arrangements and assistance that an operator will provide to protect the interests of disabled people using its services and to facilitate such use.</p><p> </p><p>Operators may offer a scooter card scheme which allows passengers to apply for a permit for the carriage of their scooter based on its dimensions and other relevant information reasonably requested by the operator. This flexibility is allowed by the ORR given the variety of mobility scooters, different types rolling stock that may call at an operator’s station (often for different operators’ services), as well as the potential infrastructure restrictions at stations. ORR require operators to publish clear information about what mobility scooters they do / don’t accept, and where and this information is available on operators’ websites.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 13/09/2024 13:06:26 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1727438

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Mobility Scooters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) stations and (b) rolling stock units in service were mobility-scooter friendly on the rail network in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	4220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to making the railway more accessible. Since 2006, the Access for All Programme has upgraded more than 250 stations to deliver step free access across Great Britain. Details on the accessibility and facilities for each station can be found on the National Rail Enquires or individual train operating company websites.</p><p> </p><p>All trains in service meet the relevant accessibility requirements and are built around accommodating wheelchair dimensions of 1200mm by 700mm but not mobility scooters.</p><p> </p><p>Operators may offer a scooter card scheme which allows passengers to apply for a permit for the carriage of their scooter based on its dimensions and other relevant information reasonably requested by the operator. This flexibility is allowed by the ORR given the variety of mobility scooters, different types rolling stock that may call at an operator’s station (often for different operators’ services), as well as the potential infrastructure restrictions at stations. ORR require operators to publish clear information about what mobility scooters they do / don’t accept, and where and this information is available on operators’ websites.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, over 8,800 new vehicles out of a fleet of over 15,200 vehicles have been ordered by train operators to replace vehicles that did not meet modern accessibility requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 13/09/2024 13:19:50 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1724427

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Pension Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in Middlesbrough & Thornaby East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	2332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. These statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need.</p><p>As part of the current Pension Credit Week of Action, we have joined forces with national charities, broadcasters and local authorities to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p><p>From 16 September, we will be running a national marketing campaign on a range of channels. The campaign will target potential pension-age customers, as well as friends and family who can encourage and support them to apply.</p><p>Our future campaign messaging will also focus on encouraging pensioners to apply for Pension Credit before the 21 December 2024, which is the last date for making a successful backdated claim for Pension Credit in order to receive a Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p>We will work with external partners, local authorities and the Devolved Governments to boost the take-up of Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds grouped question UIN 2333 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:13:57 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1724429

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	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	Pension Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit by those eligible in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	2333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-ending-2022" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. These statistics are only available at Great Britain level and cannot be broken down to smaller geographical areas.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the poorest pensioners get the support they need.</p><p>As part of the current Pension Credit Week of Action, we have joined forces with national charities, broadcasters and local authorities to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p><p>From 16 September, we will be running a national marketing campaign on a range of channels. The campaign will target potential pension-age customers, as well as friends and family who can encourage and support them to apply.</p><p>Our future campaign messaging will also focus on encouraging pensioners to apply for Pension Credit before the 21 December 2024, which is the last date for making a successful backdated claim for Pension Credit in order to receive a Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p>We will work with external partners, local authorities and the Devolved Governments to boost the take-up of Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds grouped question UIN 2332 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:13:57 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald