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1506505

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date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a funding pilot aimed at increasing the number of people who shift from using cars to public transport.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, we want public transport &amp; walking and cycling to be the natural first choice for our daily journeys. This shift has the potential to save significant amounts of carbon, improve air quality, and reduce noise and congestion – improving health and wellbeing for all.</p><p>We are undertaking pilot projects which will explore new ways for how we can use our cars differently and less often. For example, we have provided £92m to fund local authorities in Solent Transport, Nottingham and Derby, West Midlands, and the West of England to become Future Transport Zones and pilot a range of innovative mode shift efforts, such as mobility as a service apps, or paying ‘mobility credits’ to people in return for giving up their cars.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/09/2022 12:44:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506507

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	Holiday Accommodation: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of regulating short-term holiday lets to help support the sustainability of rural tourism and communities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The sharing economy has brought many benefits to the tourism sector and wider economy, as well as creating an additional income stream for homeowners. In rural areas, the growth of the sharing economy has enabled travellers to utilise the flexible accommodation options on offer to explore lesser-known rural destinations and make the most of the leisure opportunities they offer. However, we recognise that the increase in short-term letting has also prompted some concerns including the impact on the housing market and local communities, and a sense that new entrants in the market are not being held to the same health and safety standards as, for example, hotels and B&amp;Bs.</p><p>The Government’s Call for Evidence on the Short-Term Letting of Tourism Accommodation ran from 29 June to 21 September and analysis of the responses is now underway.</p><p>We wanted to hear from a wide range of stakeholders, including local authorities, in order to build a much-needed evidence base on these issues and enable us to develop proportionate policy responses for a future consultation.</p><p>With the Call for Evidence now closed, we will now consider the evidence collected and look to provide updates to the sector over the coming months regarding our next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 27/09/2022 09:43:27 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506510

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Urban Areas: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making funds available for the purposes of investing in high streets with amenities and space for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>We want to see vibrant towns and high streets that are more attractive places to live, work and visit. This is central to our levelling up agenda.</p><p>Our £3.6bn Towns Fund is investing in amenities across the country that will benefit children and young people. For example, the £9 million Youth Zone in Crewe will have 13 high spec equipped spaces including large-scale sports hall and multi-use 3G pitch, as well as other facilities for young people.</p><p>Our £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund continues to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life for residents across the UK. One key investment theme of the fund is regeneration and town centre investment. Applicants have been encouraged to submit bids which focus on bringing accessible community spaces into town and city centres.</p><p>The £2.6bn UK Shared Prosperity Fund was allocated to all areas of the UK and empowers places to identify and build on their own needs at a local level. Local places are free to choose a range of interventions to support, this includes specific funding to support the improvement of town centres and high streets.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 28/09/2022 14:31:12 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506513

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that foodbanks have access to sufficient food to meet demand.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>While foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Government does not have any role in their operation, we are in regular contact with major foodbank networks to better understand their needs and asks of Government.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to a sustainable, long-term approach to tackling poverty and supporting people on lower incomes. In addition to the energy support announced by the Government this month, we have committed £37 billion to tackle the increased cost of living this year. This includes: cutting the Universal Credit taper and increasing work allowances giving 1.7 million families an extra £1,000 a year (on average); raising the National Insurance threshold resulting in a saving of over £330 a year for a typical employee; and £1.5 billion to help households with the cost of essentials, including food.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/09/2022 15:38:50 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506517

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken recent steps to implement the recommendations of the report by the Climate Assembly UK entitled The path to net zero, published on 10 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister welcomed the Climate Assembly UK report. The recommendations it set out are an important element of the evidence base and are considered alongside other evidence to inform policy decisions relating to Net Zero. This evidence base has been used in several ways, including to inform development of several government strategies. Many of the Climate Assembly UK’s recommendations are in line with government policy and are already being delivered.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:27:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506518

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the maximum output of renewable energy that (a) current and (b) planned future infrastructure is capable of achieving; and when this maximum output will be achieved.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Current and historical plant capacities are published in Energy Trends Table 6.1.<sup>[1]</sup> These represent the maximum generation that might be produced by all renewable generators in any given quarter. For future years, indicative, Net Zero-consistent, power sector projections are published in Annex O of the Energy and Emission Projections.<sup>[2]</sup></p><p> </p><p>These show a current renewable capacity of 43 GW, with renewable capacity potentially increasing year-on-year (to 2050) to between 157 and 242 GW.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate is made of the exact maximum output that these generators will produce as load factors vary significantly with weather, geographical location, and time.</p><p> </p><p><em><sup>[1]</sup> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fenergy-trends-section-6-renewables&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cf773244d815f4e9cb89108daa15c0002%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999713743248780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zGJFOvEowLLBrTzZto%2FGVHJcXSq3kzpgKykdrCXYLxQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a></em></p><p><em><sup>[2]</sup> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-and-emissions-projections-net-zero-strategy-baseline-partial-interim-update-december-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cf773244d815f4e9cb89108daa15c0002%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999713743248780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lR5ts%2FbFk%2BW8Q2W5JCSTViB58gWTYzMxoxedfF%2BjtyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-net-zero-strategy-baseline-partial-interim-update-december-2021</a></em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:26:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506519

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide grants to help households in social housing and domestic properties upgrade to achieve a band C Energy Performance Certificate.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out an aspiration in the Clean Growth Strategy for as many homes as possible to reach EPC Band C by 2035 where cost-effective, affordable and practical. Those in fuel poverty, on low incomes or in social housing are supported by the Local Authority Delivery Scheme, Home Upgrade Grant, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and the Energy company obligation.</p><p> </p><p>Over £3.9 billion of new funding over the next 3 year was announced alongside the Heat and Buildings Strategy through the SHDF, HUG and Boiler Upgrade Scheme. ECO has also been expanded to £1 billion over the next 4 years.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:25:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506520

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	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by 2023: and how many additional officers have been recruited in the city of York since January 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 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. The latest data, covering the situation to 30 June 2022, 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>The latest release, published on 27 July 2022 for data up to June 2022, showed that we remain on track to deliver 20,000 additional officers. As at 30 June 2022, 13,790 additional officers have been recruited from funding for the Police Uplift Programme representing 69% of the 20,000 allocation.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 27/09/2022 11:46:55 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506522

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	Social Workers: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce the number of agency social workers working in the care system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The department invests over £50 million each year on recruiting and developing child and family social workers to ensure the workforce continues to have the capacity, skills, and knowledge to support and protect vulnerable children.</p><p>However, as the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care set out, social worker recruitment, retention, and quality across the country are not consistently at the levels they need to be.</p><p>The department is currently considering the review’s recommendations which includes ideas such as regional staff banks, national pay scales, and memoranda of understanding to help reduce the cost and use of agency social work.</p><p>The department will publish the children’s social care implementation strategy in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/09/2022 11:30:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506523

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	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the time it will take to reduce the number of outstanding asylum claims by 50 per cent from the level as of 1 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is working at pace to reduce the number of outstanding asylum claims. The Asylum Transformation programme aims to bring the system back into balance and modernise it, focussing on increasing productivity by streamlining, simplifying and digitalising processes, speeding up decision making and increasing efficiency and output. We are increasing the use of technology, improving screening to capture more information as early as possible, and introducing accelerated decision-making procedures, including shorter interviews and decision templates. A recruitment strategy is in place, with the aim of increasing staffing and decisions.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 51796 question first answered 23/09/2022 14:43:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell