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1608487

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether he has made a comparative assessment with Cabinet colleagues of energy costs in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	904303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has taken decisive action to support households and businesses across the UK, including in Scotland, through the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In the face of retail energy costs that are expected to remain high through the spring largely due to the illegal war in Ukraine, the Government is maintaining the Energy Price Guarantee for an additional three months, until June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk answering member printed John Lamont grouped question UIN 904304 question first answered 29/03/2023 14:57:57 answering member 4608 label Biography information for John Lamont
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1681099

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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	Household Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the Household Support Fund after March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	8974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs until the end of March 2024, and the government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>We have regular conversations with the Treasury about a range of issues relevant to the work of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 8975 question first answered 19/01/2024 12:02:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1681101

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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	Household Support Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 3412 on the Household Support Fund, when he expects a further decision on the future of the fund to be taken.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	8975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs until the end of March 2024, and the government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>We have regular conversations with the Treasury about a range of issues relevant to the work of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 8974 question first answered 19/01/2024 12:02:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1379927

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of payroll employee jobs that will be impacted by the rise in (a) employee and (b) employer National Insurance Contributions.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	77458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the proportion of payroll employee jobs affected by the rise in National Insurance contributions from April 2022 as this information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Individual employees are not directly impacted by the employer National Insurance rise which is paid by employers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 76722 question first answered 25/11/2021 15:33:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1379926

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Assistance: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of business exits, (b) number of insolvencies and (c) extent of consolidation within the business population as Government covid-19 support is phased out; and what assessment he has made of the impact of each of those categories on the employment rate.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	77457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Support schemes such as the CJRS and government-backed loans kept insolvencies and business exits below normal levels throughout much of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>To protect businesses from aggressive creditor action during Covid enforced restrictions there was a temporary ban on Winding Up Petitions (WUP) for Covid-19-related debt. As the economy returns to normal trading conditions, it is right that creditor powers are restored.</p><p> </p><p>Insolvencies returned to pre-covid levels in September 2021, coinciding with the end of the WUP ban. It is too early to assess the full impact of support ending on business consolidation as some support schemes, such as the rent moratorium, are still in place.</p><p> </p><p>Vacancy levels are higher than normal. As a result, we expect that the employment rate should remain relatively stable in the face of business exits and consolidation in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 76721 question first answered 25/11/2021 10:41:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1379925

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employers' Contributions
	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 how many full time equivalent employees it will be possible to employ on (a) the National Living Wage and (b) the average national wage, before becoming liable to Employer National Insurance Contributions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	77456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>An employer which is eligible to claim the Employment Allowance (EA) will be able to hire up to 3 employees on the National Living Wage who work 35 hours a week, for an entire year, before they have an employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) bill in 2022-23: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates</a></p><p> </p><p>An employer which is eligible to claim the EA will be able to hire up to 1.5 employees on the median national wage in 2021 before they have an employer NICs bill in 2022-23: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2021" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2021</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 76720 question first answered 25/11/2021 08:20:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1538072

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	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	Dental Services: North Tyneside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in North Tyneside constituency.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in North Tyneside. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in North Tyneside.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 75917 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:36:55 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1538074

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	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	Dental Services: North Tyneside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental services in North Tyneside constituency.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS England asked dental practices to return to full delivery of contracted activity from July 2022, including in North Tyneside. In September, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in North Tyneside.</p><p>The plan includes improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver National Health Service treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local NHS to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England is also reforming dental education to improve the recruitment and retention of dental professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 75916 question first answered 07/11/2022 17:36:55 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225831

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether minimum staffing levels at the new prison will be contractually mandated; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75305 75306 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225833

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020, G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, what estimate he has made of the savings to be accrued to the public purse of the decision to appoint a private contractor to run the establishment in comparison with the notional public-sector prepared as part of the bid evaluation process.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75304 75306 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon