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1091125

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether it is his policy to promote fracking.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	909883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>As we make the transition to low carbon energy, the UK still needs gas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes shale gas is an important new domestic energy source as it meets of 30% of our energy demand</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that any hydraulic fracturing has to be consistent with one of toughest regulatory regimes in the world.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/03/2019 15:16:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1060963

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase accessibility and capacity at local railway stations.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	909237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to improving accessibility and in April I will be announcing the stations which will benefit from an additional £300m of Access for All funding. This is in addition to access improvements being delivered at stations by the industry itself.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/02/2019 15:40:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1169007

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that HMRC has adequate (a) powers and (b) resources to investigate tax avoidance enablers.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	900058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has taken significant action, including introducing 100 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance since 2010. This has secured and protected £200bn that would have otherwise gone unpaid, helping to bring the UK’s tax gap to a near record low of 5.6%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/01/2020 17:29:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1144038

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made through international co-operation on tackling climate change.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	912261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>As the first G7 country to legislate for net zero by 2050, the UK is leading the world’s response to tackling the effects of climate change. That is why we are leading the resilience and adaption strand with Egypt at the upcoming Climate Change summit in New York. That is why we hope to host COP26 in Glasgow next year in partnership with Italy.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 03/09/2019 16:53:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1468187

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the Rt hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras at Prime Minister's Questions on 25 May 2022, Official Report, Column 286, how many and what proportion of passport applications submitted over the last three months were processed within six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of applications continue to be dealt with well within 10 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/06/2022 08:57:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5701 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1681107

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that people who (a) live in high-rise buildings and (b) cannot self-evacuate have personal emergency evacuation plans.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Government consulted on personal emergency evacuation plans, identifying concerns over their practicality, proportionality and safety.</p><p>A new package of measures to address these concerns was consulted on, and government is currently considering the responses and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/01/2024 14:44:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1654058

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Passenger Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of proposals to accommodate asylum seekers on cruise ships in (a) Liverpool and (b) Edinburgh.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	194887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There is an urgent need to reduce reliance on hotels to accommodate asylum seekers, to reduce cost to taxpayer, to better manage community impacts and to better support asylum seekers. In exploring potential alternative large sites, we continue to consider all available options to source appropriate and cost-effective temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with stakeholders, including local authorities and our contractors, to ensure that accommodation provided for those seeking asylum is suitable. As per standard practice, audited costs for large accommodation sites will be published through the Home Office annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:36:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1646322

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to the public purse of Britannia group hotels for housing asylum seekers in (a) the UK, (b) the North West Region and (c) Halton Borough in the last (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) 12 and 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	190637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not release these costs due to commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/06/2023 14:06:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1609953

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Weaver Vale
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to tackle anti-social behaviour in Weaver Vale constituency.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	180086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>On 27 March we published the ASB Action Plan. The ASB Action Plan commits to tackling ASB across five key themes: stronger punishment, making communities safer, building local pride, prevention and early intervention, improving data, reporting and accountability for action.</p><p>This plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we will work with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales.</p><p>We are also providing up to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within 48 hours of the offence. This will start in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas and be rolled out nationally in 2024.</p><p>As at 31 December 2022, Cheshire Constabulary has recruited 316 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 300 officers. The force has been allocated 120 additional uplift officers in the final year of the Uplift. Cheshire Constabulary’s funding will be up to £242.6m in 2023/24, an increase of £9.8m when compared to 2022/23</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 180090 question first answered 24/04/2023 11:05:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1606854

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that people who have been removed from the UK under the Illegal Migration Bill are able to receive legal advice if they wish to make (a) an appeal against their removal or (b) a human rights claim.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	172502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>People subject to removal under the Illegal Migration Bill who wish to make a human rights claim will be able to access legal advice from overseas after they have been removed from the UK. Any appeal against the refusal of a suspensive claim will be heard while the person is in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/03/2023 11:12:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury