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1672227

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Sustainable Farming Incentive: Suffolk
	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 applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 have been (a) made and (b) approved in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	3217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Sustainable Farming Incentive has a rolling application window and as of 23 November the RPA has received 12 applications of which 7 agreements have been offered and 6 accepted for the Suffolk Coastal Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/11/2023 15:17:36 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1673829

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	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	Second Homes: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to restrict the sale of social housing for use as a second home.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	900437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Councils can make decisions to put covenants on properties sold through Right to Buy to prevent them being used as holiday lets, and in Designated Rural Areas homes can only be resold to a local person.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 04/12/2023 15:41:12 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1675861

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Suffolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys were made using the £2 bus fare cap in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk coastal district in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	5530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has contracted with external delivery partners to complete a robust monitoring &amp; evaluation of the impact of the Bus Fare Cap Grant, and as a part of this, extensive data is collected from operators including the number of ticket sales. However, the data is commercially sensitive and cannot be disaggregated by region in a way that would provide journey numbers for Suffolk or Suffolk coastal district. The Department will publish the final report evaluating the impact of the £2 fare cap in the spring of 2024.</p><p> </p><p>For 21/22 and 22/23, bus passenger journeys made in Suffolk were 9.5 million and 12.2 million respectively (BUS01: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65662505312f400013e5d534/bus01.ods" target="_blank">Local bus passenger journeys</a>). This 28% increase in passenger journeys will likely have been impacted by the introduction of the £2 bus fare cap from 1 January 2023, which the Government has extended until the end of 2024. This takes total Government investment in the £2 bus fare cap to nearly £600 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport's local bus fare statistics show that between September 22 and September 23, bus fares have dropped by 6.2% in England, outside London, and by 11% in non-metropolitan parts of England. In Scotland, Wales and London, where the buses are devolved, fares increased by 9.8%, 6.2% and 6.0%, respectively.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 11:58:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1675860

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal section 5(2) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	5529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>I am mindful of the particular concerns of the Hon Lady on this issue, we keep it under close review, and whilst there aren’t current proposals, that does not preclude their introduction at a future date.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/12/2023 17:39:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1676919

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Crown Estate Commissioners: Borrowing and Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Crown Estate with (a) borrowing and (b) wider investment powers during this Session.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out in Autumn Statement 2023, to further accelerate the UK’s world-leading offshore wind deployment, the government will bring forward legislation to provide the Crown Estate with borrowing and wider investment powers as soon as parliamentary time allows. This will help to unlock a further 20-30GW of new offshore wind seabed rights by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 15/12/2023 15:00:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677729

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the written statement of 16 October 2023 entitled Update on the Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, HCWS1062, what further legislative proposals he plans to bring forward prior to the ratification of the BBNJ treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK was pleased to be among the first signatories to the Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement when it opened for signature at the UN on 20 September 2023 and the Agreement was laid before Parliament for scrutiny on 16 October 2023. Work is in hand on the legislation and other measures needed to translate the detailed and complex provisions of the Agreement into UK law before we can ratify the Agreement, which will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 18/12/2023 12:07:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1676957

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	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	Sustainable Farming Incentive: Suffolk Coastal
	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 applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 have been (a) made and (b) approved in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Sustainable Farming Incentive has a rolling application window and as of 12 December the Rural Payments Agency had received 18 applications of which 9 agreements have been offered and 9 accepted for the Suffolk Coastal Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/12/2023 13:39:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677551

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	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	James Paget University Hospital: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is her Department's planned timeline to provide funding for the (a) outline business case and (b) rebuilding of the James Paget University Hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering a new hospital at James Paget University Hospital by 2030 in line with our announcement in May 2023. This announcement set out the need to prioritise the rebuilding of hospitals constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete to protect staff and patient safety. The New Hospital Programme team is working closely with the trust on how to proceed with this as quickly as possible through a standardised approach. The trust has received funding to develop its Strategic Outline Case. In line with the standard business case assurance processes, once the Strategic Outline Case has been approved, the trust will begin work on their Outline Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/12/2023 16:18:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677254

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare
	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 help monitor the availability of childcare during school holidays in (a) Suffolk and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The department is investing over £200 million per year, until March 2025, in free holiday club places for children from low-income families, through the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, with all 153 local authorities in England delivering in the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.</p><p>The HAF Programme supports disadvantaged children and their families with enriching activities, providing them with healthy food, helping them to learn new things, and improving socialisation.</p><p>While the Programme is targeted primarily towards children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals (FSM), local authorities also have flexibility to use up to 15% of their funding to target and support other children and families that align with the local authorities’ own priorities.</p><p> </p><p>This summer, the programme reached more than 580,000 children and young people in England, including over 460,000 children eligible for FSM.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2022, the HAF programme has provided 10.7 million HAF days to children and young people in this country. The expansion of the programme year-on-year has meant a total of 5.4 million HAF days provided between Christmas 2022, Easter and summer 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the department has allocated over £2.2 million for the HAF programme to support children and families across Suffolk, building on the £2.2 million that was allocated to them for 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 18/12/2023 16:52:20 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677927

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	British Overseas Territories: Penguins
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help preserve penguin populations in the Overseas Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Many protections already exist for penguins in the Overseas Territories. These include the Marine Protected Area around South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands, and the Antarctic Treaty System. The Government also supports biodiversity through Darwin Plus which, since 2012, has invested over £47 million in over 260 projects. Projects have aimed to conserve northern rockhopper penguins on Tristan da Cunha, and improve native tussac grassland to improve breeding habitat for Magellanic penguins in the Falkland Islands. In the UK-OT Joint Declaration, we committed to strengthen our partnership to protect and sustainably manage our unique and globally significant environments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/12/2023 09:46:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey