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1503352

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of standards and engineering of rail infrastructure, in the context of more severe summers and less severe winters brought about by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department expects Network Rail to manage the resilience of the rail network to severe weather, taking account of the impacts of climate change, and exploring new technology that could help improve resilience.</p><p>Looking ahead, Network Rail is drafting long-term plans, and has in place a weather resilience and climate change strategy to ensure the infrastructure can cope with climate change and short-term periods of extreme weather. The Department continues to support the rail industry in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/09/2022 11:24:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503353

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that all modes of public transport are equipped to deal with extreme heat.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has plans in place to adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change, including risks from extreme heat. The Road Investment Strategy includes a commitment to enhance all-weather resilience of the Strategic Road Network, to minimise the risk of incidents and their impact for road users. Similarly, the Williams-Shapps Rail Plan includes a priority for long-term investment in climate resilience supported by smarter forecasting, planning and technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The third National Adaptation Programme is due in 2023. It will showcase the government’s strategy and plans to tackle the effects of climate change, including how to protect people, infrastructure and the environment in heatwaves. For transport, this means working closely with transport infrastructure operators to take meaningful and measurable action to address risks posed by our changing climate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 06/09/2022 13:53:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503354

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail operators regarding extreme weather events and their impact on the rail infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>Network Rail and the wider industry are responsible for managing the effects of any weather-related incidents on the railway, and they have well-established operational measures they implement to protect infrastructure and manage services safely during extreme weather events.</p><p>When extreme weather is forecast, the Department maintains particularly close contact with Network Rail to support industry in their preparation as they implement appropriate mitigations.</p><p>Looking ahead, Network Rail is drafting long-term plans, and has in place a weather resilience and climate change strategy to ensure the infrastructure can cope with climate change and short-term periods of extreme weather. The Department continues to support the rail industry in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/09/2022 11:26:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503355

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to future proof rail lines and infrastructure against extreme heat.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>Network Rail has well-established operational measures to protect infrastructure and manage services safely during extreme weather events, such as line speed restrictions or diversions.</p><p> </p><p>Looking ahead, Network Rail is drafting long-term plans, and has in place a weather resilience and climate change strategy to ensure rail infrastructure can cope with climate change and short-term periods of extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2022 15:10:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503356

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of rail infrastructure to handle extreme heats.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>Network Rail and the wider industry are responsible for managing the effects of any weather-related incidents on the railway, and they have well-established operational measures they implement to protect infrastructure and manage services safely during extreme weather events.</p><p>The Department continues to support the rail industry as they develop longer-term plans to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure during periods of extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/09/2022 10:43:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503357

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to future proof fire brigades in tackling wildfire and other fire incidents as a result of extreme weather events.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to research the issue further, looking at the impacts of portable and disposable barbecues on the environment. This research will also include the impact of sky lanterns which may be a factor in causing wildfires.</p><p>Should the evidence indicate that these items represent a risk, we will of course examine the most appropriate options available to protect our precious natural environment for ours and future generations.</p><p>At a local level, each Fire and Rescue Authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfires) through their Integrated Risk Management Plan. This will include plans to prevent and respond to incidents and Fire and Rescue Services will have regard to other key local responders including landowners and other emergency services in their planning.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:33:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503358

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Fire Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is offering additional support to the London Fire Brigade in light of the recent wildfires.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p><br>The Government intends to research the issue further, looking at the impacts of portable and disposable barbecues on the environment. This research will also include the impact of sky lanterns which may be a factor in causing wildfires.</p><p>Should the evidence indicate that these items represent a risk, we will of course examine the most appropriate options available to protect our precious natural environment for ours and future generations.</p><p>At a local level, each Fire and Rescue Authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfires) through their Integrated Risk Management Plan. This will include plans to prevent and respond to incidents and Fire and Rescue Services will have regard to other key local responders including landowners and other emergency services in their planning.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:35:10 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503359

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to local authorities to improve street safety, such as additional funding for the maintenance of street lighting.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing local authorities with additional funding to improve street safety through the Safer Streets Fund.</p><p>Over the first four rounds of the Safer Streets Fund, £120 million has been awarded to local projects to prevent crime through measures such as improved street lighting.</p><p>Local authorities have been eligible to bid for funding since Round Two of the Fund. All rounds of funding are subject to independent evaluation, which is vital to understand what is effective at improving street safety and how future Government investment should be targeted.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 16:39:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503385

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities helping to tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45046 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1503386

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent engagement her Department has had with charities specialising in support for victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, the Government published a cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere – at home, at work, online and on the streets. This was followed by the complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022.</p><p>In developing these strategies, we engaged closely with charities and organisations on the frontline supporting victims of VAWG, including domestic abuse. We also worked with police and other public agencies, as well as engaging victims with lived experience through the public Call for Evidence, which received an unprecedented 180,000 responses. We held stakeholder roundtables with representatives from both the charity and public sector, held focus groups with expert organisations and professionals and received written submissions from expert respondents which provided information on scope, scale, and prevalence of these crimes.</p><p>In November 2021, as part of wider Domestic Abuse Act 2021 implementation, the role of Domestic Abuse Commissioner was placed on a statutory footing to represent victims through engagement with the sector and promoting best practice in the response to domestic abuse. The Home Office also ran wide-reaching public consultations for the recently published Domestic Abuse Statutory Guidance and draft Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance, inviting all interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p>We also hold regular VAWG stakeholder engagement meetings to keep the sector directly informed of upcoming work and developments in this area, respond to questions and invite stakeholder feedback.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45045 question first answered 06/09/2022 15:30:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry