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442893

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary will continue to provide front line logistical support that is scaled to meet our current and projected commitments. In addition, a shipbuilding programme is under way to deliver four TIDE Class tankers as well three new Future Solid Support Ships announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2016 17:30:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

443013

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing training places were provided in each region in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such places he expects to be provided in the current year.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The following table details the number of nurse training places available in each of the Health Education England local team areas in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Available nurse training places</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Team</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1,783</p></td><td><p>2,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,651</p></td><td><p>1,661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North, Central and Eastern London</p></td><td><p>1,191</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,105</p></td><td><p>1,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>3,256</p></td><td><p>3,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West London</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>1,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,441</p></td><td><p>1,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,157</p></td><td><p>2,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>941</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td><td><p>2,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sum of local teams</p></td><td><p>19,387</p></td><td><p>20,303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><em>Source:</em> Multi-professional education and training budget monitoring returns</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/01/2016 12:18:43 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

442898

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence School of Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many HGV drivers were trained at the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield, in the last 12 months; and what the maximum student capacity of that school was in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The term 'HGV' (Heavy Goods Vehicle) is no longer used and has been replaced by 'LGV' (Large Goods Vehicle).</p><p>The training year runs from 31 March until 1 April.</p><p>As at 31 December 2015, a total of 1,057 military personnel had been trained as LGV drivers at the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield during this training year. The annual capacity for these courses is 1,303 personnel.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2016 17:27:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1504379

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House authorities are taking to reduce (a) temperature settings on the estate and (b) energy use via other means.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	45709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>(a) Where possible Parliament follows Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidelines for temperature standards in offices to ensure a comfortable working environment. When rooms have temperature controls for the user, there is a small threshold of which temperature can be raised or lowered to ensure rooms are not over cooled/heated.</p><p>There are many differing levels of temperature control across the parliamentary estate, with some areas having no temperature control at all.</p><p>We review the setpoints for heating and cooling regularly.</p><p>(b) Parliamentary authorities take energy efficiency very seriously as part of its commitment to reducing its environmental impacts. Parliament has reduced its electricity consumption by 16.8% and gas consumption by 25.3% since 2008/09.</p><p>The Building Management System has been upgraded recently to enable better control of the building services, such as resetting manual temperature changes every night to a CIBSE recommended setpoint.</p><p>The Environmental Sustainability Team monitor and report performance energy and water use monthly, and report annually in the sustainability section of the Commission Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/09/2022 11:31:04 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1204273

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Opioids: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the level of illegal use of (a) fentanyl and (b) other opioids in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	59687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>59687: Information relating to the number of illicit opiate users in England is provided in these data tables, published by Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opiate-and-crack-cocaine-use-prevalence-estimates-for-local-populations. Equivalent data for the other countries of the UK is not available.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made by the Home Office of illegal use of fentanyl in the UK.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2020 14:49:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

792662

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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	Olympic Games 2012
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Olympic legacy funding has been disbursed in respect of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	114589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Government’s strategy ‘Sporting Future: A New Strategy for An Active Nation’ and Sport England’s strategy ‘Towards an Active Nation’ highlight the importance of focusing on groups that are particularly unlikely to take part in sport and physical activity, such as women and girls and some Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups. It places a clear emphasis on putting the customer first and there are some innovative programmes to encourage female and BAME participation in sport, such as the This Girl Can Swim campaign.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">But as the Government’s sport strategy makes clear, participation is not just about playing sport, and the &quot;Sports Governance Code&quot;, launched in October 2016, seeks to ensure the very highest standards of governance across all sport bodies that receive public money, including in terms of diversity, and aims to help the sport sector to be more inclusive and welcoming to all. If sports bodies do not adhere to the code and cannot demonstrate full commitment to becoming compliant with its requirements they will not be eligible to receive public funding</del>.</p><p> </p><ins class="ministerial">Through its London 2012 legacy programme, Places People Play, Sport England invested a total of £2,225,541 in 13 grassroots sports projects in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. This included an investment of £1.5m of National Lottery money in the Portway Lifestyle Centre in Sandwell which opened in 2013. Portway Lifestyle Centre is an excellent example of a community wellness hub, and one of the first in the UK to bring social care, health and leisure services together under one roof, combining an NHS family practice with a range of health, social care and sports facilities.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Birmingham has bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and, should the bid be successful, the Sandwell Aquatics Centre would be upgraded to include an iconic diving venue and community facility. This would provide a legacy for the local community, catering for everyone from beginner swimmers through to elite divers, with the provision of much needed facilities within the Black Country and West Midlands.</ins> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/11/2017 15:39:53 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2017 15:29:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 25393 answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1145756

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	City of London Police: Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the management of Action Fraud by the City of London Police.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	290643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government’s Joint Fraud Taskforce (a coalition between government, industry, law enforcement and the third sector) continues to lead an ambitious programme of work to design out and prevent fraud that occurs both online and offline. This includes the<em>Take Five</em> fraud awareness campaign, designed to urge the public and businesses to take time to consider whether a situation they find themselves in is genuine.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Online personal scams are increasingly perpetrated via cyber-enabled methods. To protect victims, the Government set up the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in October 2016. The NCSC is the UK’s technical authority on cyber security and provides a single, central body for cyber security at a national level. The NCSC works very closely with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community to help prevent, disrupt and investigate cyber-crime and other online cyber related threats. In 2018 the NCSC took down 22,133 phishing campaigns, including 14,124 UK government-related phishing sites, and the total number of takedowns of fraudulent websites was 192,256, across 2018, with 64% of them down in 24 hours.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The City of London Police undertake a national lead force role for the investigation of serious and complex fraud cases. The Home Office remains committed to improving the law enforcement response to fraud. That is why we requested that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conduct a thematic inspection on fraud, including Action Fraud, and set out measures for improving the response to fraud in our Economic Crime Plan, which was published in July. The City of London Police (as the National Lead Force for fraud) is currently implementing recommendations within HMICFRS’ inspection report, which was published on 2<sup>nd</sup> April.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The scale and complexity of the threat from serious and organised crime means that we need to do more to develop our response. The Government therefore recently announced a formal review to identify the powers, capabilities, governance and funding needed in response to this threat.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/10/2019 14:49:11 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 16:18:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 138602 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1309108

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	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	Unite: Annual Reports
	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 10 March 2021, what reasons the Certification Officer has provided for the length of time taken between receiving the 2019 annual return for Unite on 18 December 2020 and publishing that return in March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	180920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p><em> </em></p><p>The Certification Officer published the Unite annual return as soon as it was feasible to do so. There is no statutory requirement for the Certification Officer to publish annual returns within a particular period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/04/2021 13:38:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568649

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Nuclear Reactors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of global (a) demand and (b) supply of small modular nuclear reactors.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	127695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p><em><strong>Global SMR Demand</strong></em></p><p>In 2014, The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimated the size of the potential global Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market to be significant. This was calculated at approximately 65-85GW and valued at £250-£400bn by 2035. These findings were published as part of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnl.co.uk%2Fsmr-feasibility-study-december-2014%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cac37d1e618cc4d2cefe108daffa57f5f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638103383505488741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hhHdPxJg8PptEq7NBdoNeIYzhBeMunoTeT4oPhp51pU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NNL Feasibility Study</a> on SMRs.</p><p><em><strong>Global SMR Supply</strong></em></p><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitors the global supply of advanced reactor systems. The IAEA’s Advanced Rector Information System identifies that there are more than 80 different advanced reactor designs under development in 18 countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:47:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564330

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probate cases are under consideration in England; and what proportion of those cases have been waiting for a decision for six weeks or more.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">There were 53,253 probate cases in the Open Caseload<sup>1</sup> as at 31 December. Of those 30,656 were more than 6 weeks old<sup>1</sup>. Of the cases over six weeks old 13,536 were stopped, 7,247 were awaiting documentation and 9,873 were ready to progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1 </sup>Data as at 31 December in line the official published stats. The administration of probate applications is dealt with as a national service, covering England and Wales. The open caseload excludes cases older than 6 months.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>2</sup>The time outstanding is counted from the application submission date recorded in the case management system, except for digital applications with a Will, where the date of receipt of the original Will by HMCTS is used.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This data is management Information. The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information. Management information can differ from the quality assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The total amount of unassessed probate cases where evidence has been received to enable a case to be assessed is 12,923.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4805 of these cases are over 6 weeks since the date the evidence was received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, there are 38,245 cases which are either waiting for evidence, such as the original will, to arrive, are subject to a legal hold following an application from another party or have been stopped due to an error or missing documentation and are waiting for a response from the applicant.</del></p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/01/2023 17:38:53 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2023 12:20:11 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 47244 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar