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1604592

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process her Department follows when an enquiry received through the HM Passport Office line for hon. Members is passed to the escalation team.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	166127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>When a passport-related enquiry is received via the MP Hotline to escalate an application, where possible, HM Passport Office will prioritise the case in line with its policies. <br> <br> The customer’s details will be added to an escalations log, pending the receipt of the evidence required. Once received, the information is urgently passed onto the team that specialise in these cases to liaise directly with the customer if necessary and issue the passport once all checks have been satisfactorily completed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 17:43:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1604589

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of passport applications that will need to be submitted between 15 March 2023 and the end of the year; how many applications there were in the same period last year; and whether she plans to amend staffing arrangements to meet the service delivery targets in place.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	166126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>With approximately 5 million people having delayed their passport application due to the restrictions upon international travel caused by COVID-19, the elevated demand for passports will continue throughout 2023.</p><p>HM Passport Office has processed more than two million applications across January and February, with over 99.5% of standard UK applications being processed within ten weeks and 95.5% being processed within three weeks.</p><p>Given the exceptional cause of this demand, the exact volumes and profile of when this will arrive is less predictable than in a normal year. The current expectations are that demand will be within 6.1 million and 7.1 million between the weeks ending 19 March 2023 to 31 December 2023. Between 15 March 2022 and 31 December 2022, HM Passport Office received 6,484,414 passport applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 17:19:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1678141

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the new earnings threshold for skilled worker visa applications, including spousal and dependent applications, will come into effect; and whether it will apply to (a) existing applications, (b) renewals and (c) people already living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	6967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Until the Immigration Rules are amended next Spring, the current salary and Minimum Income Requirement thresholds, and policies relating to dependants, remain in place and at the current levels. Those already in the Skilled work route, and applications made before the rules change, will not be subject to the new £38,700 salary threshold when they change employment, extend, or settle.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of transitional provisions will be set out in due course when further policy details will be announced.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/12/2023 11:00:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1642149

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	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	Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the appointee scheme to support disabled young people who do not have the mental capacity to access the money in their Child Trust Fund accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	187883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The DWP appointee system gives access to social security benefits only. It does not give access to monies held in Child Trust Funds. Where the child is incapable of accessing the funds themselves, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides for how a third party can do that on the child’s behalf, namely, through the Court of Protection. There are no current plans to change this approach.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/06/2023 09:12:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682058

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the planned new rolling stock for the midland mainline to be available.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	9403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Good progress is being made by East Midlands Railway (EMR) on the introduction of their new Class 810 ‘Aurora’ fleet with the first unit now going through testing.</p><p> </p><p>EMR are meeting with the manufacturer, Hitachi, this month to discuss the delivery timescales of the programme after which a firm timeline for passenger service introduction is expected.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 13:44:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682867

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transpennine Express Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of carriages on the TransPennine express service which will be scrapped by April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	10003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any plans by rolling stock owners to scrap carriages currently on lease to TransPennine Trains. The operator plans to return 66 Mark 5A carriages, which are currently surplus to requirements, to their owner Beacon Rail Leasing.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 13:48:29 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682055

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescales are for the introduction of a third fast train each hour between Sheffield and Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	9401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to upgrading the Hope Valley line which would help enable a third fast train between Manchester and Sheffield. The industry is in the early stages of planning next steps including delivery dates. The plan builds on the ongoing upgrades to the line due to complete this Spring which will deliver performance and capacity improvements for passengers and freight.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 13:46:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682056

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely completion date of the electrification of the Midland Main Line to Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	9402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Recent plans from Network Rail indicate that electrification of the Midland Main Line route to Sheffield and Nottingham could be completed in the early 2030s, subject to the necessary business case approvals.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/01/2024 16:03:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1682853

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a freeze on his Department's expenditure on the (a) provision of council services, (b) level council tax collected and (c) likelihood of section 114 notices being issued.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	10001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government published the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 on 18 December. It makes available up to £64.1 billion to local authorities in England. This is an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £3.9 billion or 6.5% in cash terms on 2023-24.</p><p>We are considering responses to a consultation on the Provisional Settlement, ahead of publishing the Final Settlement, which we will do very shortly. Once published, this will be subject to debate and the approval of the House.</p><p>Provision of local services, the level of council tax, and the issuing of s114 notices are all, ultimately, local matters for local authorities to decide for themselves. However, we stand ready to speak to any council that has concerns about its ability to manage its finances or faces pressures for which it has not planned.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 22/01/2024 17:26:40 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1679177

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	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	Planning Permission: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to The Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety's oral statement on Long-term Plan for Housing on 19 December 2023, Official report, whether he plans to take steps to ensure the urban uplift within the National Planning Policy Framework meets the housing needs of each urban area.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	7478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>To support the effective and efficient use of land and densification within our towns and cities the standard method urban uplift increases local housing need in our 20 most populated urban areas by 35%. The uplift is designed to ensure that the standard method is consistent with our aim to deliver 300,000 homes a year. It also helps maximise use of existing infrastructure and our wider objectives of regenerating brownfield sites, renewal and levelling up.</p><p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework (December 2023) is clear that where the urban uplift applies it should be met by those cities and urban centres concerned rather than exported to surrounding areas, except where there is voluntary cross-boundary agreement to do so, or where this would conflict with other policies in the Framework.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/01/2024 11:52:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts