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1506790

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date	20/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Future Combat Air System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Tempest Future Combat Air System Aircraft is adequately (a) supported and (b) funded to be (i) completed and (ii) delivered on time.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Integrated Review confirmed our intent to develop Future Combat Air System (FCAS) as a replacement for our Typhoon fast-jets and deliver the military capability we need to operate in highly contested environments, boost our industrial capacity and maximise our international influence.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Command Paper reaffirmed that we will invest more than £2 billuion in FCAS out to 2025. This is part of a budget of over £10 billion over the next ten years, although the ultimate amount we invest will depend on key programme choices and the role that our international partners take in the programme.</p><p> </p><p>We are targeting an in-service date in the mid-2030s. This means significantly faster delivery than seen in previous programmes, enabled by a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and early investment in R&amp;D.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently in the Concept and Assessment phase of the programme, which is due to complete by 2025. During this phase, key work is being undertaken to define and begin design of the capability we require, invest in the skills and infrastructure needed to deliver and support it, and agree our international partnering arrangements. Team Tempest partners now have circa 2,500 people working on FCAS, with many more in the supply chain, and this number is growing.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 28/09/2022 08:29:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506795

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that accessibility requirements are fully taken into account when making a decision on the most appropriate Personal Independence Payment assessment method.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>It is important that all our claimants can access our services and that they do not face obstacles in applying and communicating with the department and its providers. The feasibility of a paper-based assessment will always be considered in the first instance for all cases. Where this is not possible the claimant will be invited to a telephone, video or face-to-face assessment. Before an invite to assessment is sent, consideration will be given to claimants who need a specific assessment channel due to their health condition or circumstances. In addition, before attending a face-to-face or telephone consultation, claimants are given the opportunity to alert their assessment provider of any additional requirements they may have, and the providers will meet any such reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants identified as being vulnerable (e.g. having mental health or learning disabilities) can access additional support at any point in the claim or assessment process.</p><p> </p><p>An audit criteria was introduced from 1 July 22 for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which will ensure claimants are allocated to the most appropriate assessment channel for their needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 27/09/2022 10:18:02 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506799

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Service Broadcasting: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the (a) fees and (b) penalties relating to the funding of public broadcasting are (i) proportionate, (ii) balanced and (iii) provide good value for money in the context of changing trends in media consumption.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has six public service broadcasters (PSBs). Only two of these – the BBC and S4C (the Welsh language broadcaster) – receive direct public funding.</p><p>The licence fee is the source of the overwhelming majority of this public funding. In January 2022, the government announced the licence fee settlement to the end of the current Charter period on 31 December 2027. The price of a TV licence will stay at £159 for two years, before rising in line with inflation from April 2024. The Government believes this settlement will give the BBC the money it needs to fulfil its mission and public purposes effectively, whilst making sure we support UK households through a difficult time and spend public money in a proportionate and balanced way. S4C also received a 9% increase in its funding to support the vital role it plays in supporting the Welsh economy, culture and society.</p><p>As set out in the recent broadcasting white paper, ‘Up Next’, the government wants to find a funding model which will allow the BBC and S4C to continue to succeed while also being fair to those who pay for it. This is why we need to consider the most fair and appropriate funding mechanism to be introduced at the end of the current Charter period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/09/2022 09:45:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506829

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Merseyside Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers have been recruited by Merseyside Police since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area. Data are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Table U2 of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093802/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-june-2022-tables-270722.ods" target="_blank">data tables</a> accompanying this quarterly publication provides a breakdown of these additional officers by month since October 2019. In addition to these data tables, information on the number of police officers (headcount) and new joiners for each month since April 2020 are published in an <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">open data format</a>.</p><p>As at 30 June 2022, Merseyside Police have recruited 611 additional police officers attributable to the Police Uplift Programme. This is against an allocation to recruit 665 additional police officers by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 26/09/2022 12:34:05 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506830

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of children’s social care provision in (a) Sefton and (b) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	51957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Southport, to the answer I gave on 21 September 2022 to Question’s <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/45108" target="_blank">45108</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/45126" target="_blank">45126</a> in respect of children’s social care provision in Sefton. The Commissioner appointed in Sefton by the former Secretary of State for Education is currently finalising the report for submission to the department by 30 September 2022 to be published in October 2022. This report will help determine the best next steps to ensure improvements are made for vulnerable children and families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/09/2022 12:14:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506220

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools are not substantially impacted by rising energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Schools will benefit from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will run until at least 31 March 2023. This will reduce how much schools need to spend on their energy and give schools greater certainty over their budgets during the winter months.</p><p>Any school which has signed a fixed energy contract since April 2022 will be eligible for support if, at the time they signed their contact, wholesale prices for the next 6 months were expected to be higher than the Government supported price of £211/MWh for electricity, and £75/MWh for gas.</p><p>For example, a school which uses 10 MWh of electricity and 22 MWh of gas a month and signed a fixed contract giving them a current monthly energy bill of about £10,000, would receive support based on the difference between expected wholesale prices when they signed their contract and the Government supported price. For a contract signed in July 2022, this could be worth £240/MWh for electricity and £70/MWh for gas, meaning the school receives a discount of £4,000 per month, reducing their original bill by 40%.</p><p>Support will also be available to schools on variable, deemed and other contracts.</p><p>There will be a review in 3 months time to determine how the scheme should best be targeted beyond this period to focus support on vulnerable sectors.</p><p>The details of the scheme can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers</a>.</p><p>The Government is also providing schools with the largest cash boost in a decade. Following the 2021 Spending Review, core schools funding (including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs) is increasing by £4 billion in 2022/23 compared to the previous year.</p><p>The Department knows that schools are facing higher costs and that these costs impact schools differently depending on their circumstance. The Department will continue to monitor these pressures and support schools in managing them, through our range of school resource management tools. Where schools are in serious financial difficulty, they should contact their local authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 27/09/2022 09:02:03 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506221

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Shipping: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake in maritime qualifications in schools and colleges.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Provision is already available for both those under 16 in a school setting seeking to understand more about the industry, and for post-16 students studying at level 2 and 3, who may be seeking to undertake a qualification to progress into an apprenticeship or into employment and wish to take a qualification which will involve a work-based setting.</p><p>There are around 40 qualifications focusing on aspects of maritime studies approved for funding for young people and adults, some of which are available only to adults. Others are available to those of school age or in further education. There are 12 apprenticeship standards in this sector approved for delivery, including Maritime Mechanical and Electrical Mechanic, Marine Surveyor, and Seafarer.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company is supporting schools and colleges to embed best practice in the delivery of careers information, advice, and guidance, so young people are aware of the full range of training and careers available to them and have access to a broad range of employers and workplaces, including those in the maritime sector. This will be delivered through the national roll-out of Career Hubs, Careers Leaders training, and the Enterprise Adviser Network.</p><p>The department has established the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce (UKSST). This group is made up of representatives from across industry, trade unions, and training providers. It will look to address skills barriers in the sector by utilising and catalysing existing skills provisions. As part of this, existing provision will be reviewed to see how it can best meet the present skills demand and future needs. UKSST’s work will be driven by the needs of stakeholders from across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 22/09/2022 12:03:47 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506222

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
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 support domestic abuse victims during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all victims of domestic abuse receive the support they need, when they need it. In March 2022, we published the cross-Government Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan which invests over £230 million into tackling domestic abuse, including over £140 million for supporting victims.</p><p>To help to ensure victims do not remain with an abuser for fear of not having a roof over their head, the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities introduced a new legal duty within the Act on local authorities to provide support for victims of domestic abuse and their children within safe accommodation, including refuges. This is backed by £125 million of Government funding to ensure that these vital services are available to anyone who needs them, wherever they live.</p><p>Ensuring victims and survivors have the funds to move forward with their lives is crucial. That is why in the Domestic Abuse Plan, the Home Office committed to running a further trial of the flexible funding model. The funds will be made available to charities in selected local authorities, and they will have wide-ranging discretion on what these funds can be used to acquire, based on their first-hand understanding of individual’s needs.</p><p>We also know that economic abuse can often leave victims economically dependent on abusers, creating financial insecurity that makes it harder for them to access safety. The Government is committed to tackling this form of abuse which is why for the first time in history, economic abuse is now recognised in law as part of the statutory definition of domestic abuse, included in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (the Act). In the Domestic Abuse Plan, we have committed £200,000 of funding to further support improving the response to economic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/09/2022 16:43:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506228

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Towns Fund: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Town Deal for Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the development of the Southport Town Deal my officials have worked closely with Southport and followed robust processes to ensure proposals are ambitious and well-considered, and that projects can ultimately be delivered. This includes:</p><ul><li>Full assessment of all Town Investment Plans considering the overall strategy for the town, the individual projects proposed and local stakeholder engagement. In-principle commitment of funding was only provided once Southport had passed this assessment and confirmed their final list of projects.</li><li>Full business case development for each project. Funding is not paid out to places until they have developed those business cases and submitted summary documentation for review. This includes information about the value for money of a project, expected outputs and outcomes, and its deliverability.</li><li>For particularly large or novel projects like Southport’s Marine Lake Events Centre, Towns are required to submit a copy of the full business case for additional scrutiny by the relevant policy experts across government.</li><li>Annual performance review and a separate assurance process which determine annual payments.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 22/09/2022 09:59:44 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506229

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Arable Farming: Land
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 the Department is taking to ensure sufficient arable land is available for the domestic farming industry.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of food security, which is why we published the Food Strategy earlier this year. The Food Strategy puts food security at the heart of the Government's vision for the food sector. It aims to broadly maintain the current level of food that we produce domestically and boost production in sectors where there are the biggest opportunities.</p><p>We announced in the Food Strategy that we will publish a Land Use Framework for England in 2023, which will set out land-use change principles to ensure food security is balanced alongside climate and environment outcomes. These principles will guide local authorities, land managers, and others across England to move towards a more strategic use of land. We are seeking to deliver as much as we can on our limited supply of land, to meet the full range of Government commitments through multifunctional landscapes.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 22/09/2022 07:44:53 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore