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1329674

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Females: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the upcoming G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that its commitment to increasing the number of girls who have access to 12 years of education will be maintained following reductions in aid spending from 0.7 to 0.5 per cent of GNI.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	10556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>2021 is a year of UK leadership on the world stage, including on girls' education. In May, G7 Foreign and Development Ministers endorsed two new, global, SDG 4 milestone targets of getting 40 million more girls in school, and 20 million more girls reading by age 10 in the next 5 years. The Prime Minister will also be using the G7 Leaders' Summit to call on G7 Leaders to re-endorse our girls' education targets and declaration in the Leaders' Communique, and make pledges to support the Global Partnership for Education as we look ahead to the Global Education Summit next month.</p><p>As announced by the Foreign Secretary on 21 April, the FCDO will also spend £400 million bilaterally on girls' education this year. This very substantial investment of UK ODA is only one of our tools in achieving our ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 10/06/2021 16:06:33 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1329673

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Females: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a call to action on girls' education that includes tackling (a) violence against children and (b) all other barriers to education.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	10555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>2021 is a year of UK leadership on the world stage, including on girls' education. Meeting under the UK Presidency, G7 Foreign and Development Ministers endorsed two new, global, SDG 4 milestone targets on girls' education, which we are calling on the world to help deliver. G7 Foreign and Development Ministers also endorsed a girls' education declaration, which specifically states that the G7 will work in collaboration with developing country partners, multilateral institutions, civil society, girl-led groups, and youth leaders, to remove the obstacles to education that stand in the way of girls. This includes committing to address the social, environmental, and institutional barriers to education for adolescent girls, such as reducing violence, including sexual and gender-based violence in and out of schools, increasing access to comprehensive sexuality education, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and amending restrictive policies or legislation that prevent girls from thriving in school.</p><p>The Prime Minister is calling on G7 Leaders to re-endorse both the targets and declaration in the Leaders' Communique, and we have already met with a number of stakeholders to discuss how we can galvanise action towards our two global objectives.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 10/06/2021 15:33:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1585087

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many businesses have shared their climate transition plans with his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	141559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>3700 UK small businesses have joined the UN’s Race to Zero initiative, as have two thirds of the FTSE 100. One of the requirements for businesses joining the initiative is that they publicly disclose their Transition Plans within twelve months of joining. It is also important to highlight the very valuable work of the Transition Plan Taskforce, which has published its disclosure framework and implementation guidance for gold standard transition plans.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority introduced rules for listed companies to disclose transition plans, initially on a comply or explain basis. The first disclosures under these rules will be made in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/02/2023 17:51:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641896

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	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	Mental Health Services
	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 he is taking to ensure funding for (a) bespoke parent-infant relationship and (b) perinatal mental health support is directed to local services.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	187777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>75 local authorities in England are participating in the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme. Approximately £92.8 million of the £100 million investment for perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support is being allocated to these local authorities for them to improve their local offer. The Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme Guide sets clear expectations that the money should be used to enhance local services and funding is allocated for activities set out in agreed delivery plans. The Programme Guide is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1096786/Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1096786/Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_guide.pdf</a></p><p>The remaining funding is being held centrally to commission a series of national initiatives to support local delivery. These include training programmes for evidence-based parent infant relationship interventions to improve staff capability and a national centre for supervision that will enable practitioners to access high quality clinical supervision.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 13/06/2023 11:51:03 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660535

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which motorway service areas have six or more rapid electric vehicle chargers; and what progress his Department has made on the target for all motorway service areas to have at least six rapid chargers by the end of 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	199461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>96% of Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) have at least one rapid chargepoint. When the aim was announced, there were only 4 ultra-rapid chargepoints across MSAs in England. There are now over 260 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs altogether.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2023 08:34:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1489223

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the news story entitled Plug-in grant for cars to end as focus moves to improving electric vehicle charging, published by his Department on 14 June 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing electric car subsidies on the transition to electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	36849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s approach to supporting the uptake of electric cars is clearly working – while the Government slowly reduced the grant over time, the sale of electric vehicles soared. The Plug-in Car Grant has had significant impacts on building the early electric car market, which is now maturing. The sales of fully electric cars grew from less than 1,000 in 2011 to almost 100,000 in the first 5 months of 2022 alone. Although still important, price is no longer the paramount barrier to adoption of electric cars.</p><p> </p><p>An independent report commissioned by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles to assess the impact of the grant scheme, found that the grant has had a material impact on demand for new electric cars, but also that the importance of it has reduced as the market has matured and price has become less of a barrier to vehicle uptake.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/07/2022 09:52:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1175722

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what welfare support she plans to make available to UK citizens living in the EU who are no longer entitled to that support from EU member states after the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	11641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK nationals living in an EEA state or Switzerland by 31 December 2020 are covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, EU rules on social security coordination will continue to apply to them for as long as they remain in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>UK nationals who are currently being paid a pension or benefit by an EEA state or Switzerland will need to check with the organisation that pays them to find out what they will need to do to continue receiving any benefits or pension after 31 December 2020. For example, they may be required to register their residence. Country specific guidance can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides#eu-and-other-countries-affected-by-brexit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides#eu-and-other-countries-affected-by-brexit</a></p><p> </p><p>The rules for UK nationals who are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement and move to live in an EEA state or Switzerland from 1 January 2021 will depend on the outcome of negotiations with the EU and may change.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/02/2020 11:04:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603656

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many official trips the Prime Minister has taken by (a) train, (b) plane and (c) helicopter since 25 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	163991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 24 February 2023, PQ 143902. The location of official Prime Ministerial visits is published each quarter on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/03/2023 11:25:56 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603715

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide (a) the length in miles of each official trip the Prime Minister has taken by (i) train, (ii) plane, (iii) helicopter and (iv) car since 25 October 2022, (b) the length of time each of those trips took in minutes and (c) the start and end points for each of those trips.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	164027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>It has been the practice of successive Administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of protected individuals and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom. The location of official Prime Ministerial visits is published each quarter on gov.uk.</strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/03/2023 16:07:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603654

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	163989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p><strong>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Comprehensive details of Senior Officials’ Business Expenses, encompassing domestic flights are available on<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?keywords=travel&amp;organisations%5B%5D=cabinet-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/03/2023 18:31:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse