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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

1603655

	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	Ministers: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private flights have been taken by Government Ministers and officials from RAF Northolt in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	163990
	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 18:26:44 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603720

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Intellectual Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	164032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK intellectual property system and enforcement framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) delivers high quality, timely rights granting with record levels of customer satisfaction. It is undergoing a transformation programme to modernise and improve the efficiency of its services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to a world leading intellectual property framework that keeps pace with technological developments and that remains world class during global trade negotiations. On enforcement, the IPO’s ambitious counter-infringement strategy continues to build on important partnership working in combatting illicit activity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603722

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	UK Intellectual Property Office: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated and qualified practitioners can appear before the Intellectual Property Office.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	164034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports appropriate regulation of intellectual property practitioners where this is necessary to ensure that applicants and rights holders are effectively represented.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not seen a need to change the current regulatory framework but continues to welcome evidence from practitioners and consumers if they consider there to be deficiencies in the current system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/03/2023 16:24:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1603607

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help encourage the development and use of zero-emission aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	163960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considered the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing a record £685 million over three years into R&amp;D in the UK Aerospace Sector through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme. As part of the programme, the Department announced in February £113 million of co-investment with industry in three Rolls Royce led projects on hydrogen in aviation, as well as funding towards Vertical Aerospace, who are developing a battery-electric aircraft in the South- West of England.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of Zero Emission Flight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2023 12:48:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	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

1603543

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Convention on Biological Diversity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to meet target one of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	163942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Target 1 of the Global Biodiversity Framework seeks to address land and sea use change by ensuring that all areas are under biodiversity inclusive spatial planning and other effective management processes. In England we are already taking steps to address this; for example:</p><p>- Under the Environment Act 2021 we are introducing a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement for new development along with Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRSs) to target the best places for nature recovery and wider environmental benefits.</p><p>- The Government is reforming the planning system through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will consult on how to use changes under the Bill to improve environmental outcomes and embed reforms under the Environment Act.</p><p>- Environmental improvement will be fully reflected in the review of the National Planning Policy Framework in 2023.</p><p>- The new system of Environmental Outcomes Reports under the Bill will be aligned to the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 and ensure that decision makers know how far a plan or project contributes to Environmental Targets.</p><p>- The Environment Act 2021 strengthened the duty on all public authorities so that they must consider what action they can take, consistent with their functions, to conserve and enhance biodiversity, and then take that action. In so doing, they must have regard to LNRSs. Local Authorities and Local Planning Authorities must also publish Biodiversity Reports providing information on action taken, and plans for future action, for biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/03/2023 13:04:00 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse