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1608932

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on new deposit return schemes in England.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	904416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recently published its response to the 2021 consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Deposit Return Scheme will launch in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 1 October 2025. Cabinet discusses a range of issues and those discussions are confidential.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 11:52:19 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1608933

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Flood Control: North Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department has taken to reduce storm overflows in North Devon constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	904418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We are requiring water companies to deliver their largest ever infrastructure investment worth £56 billion over 25 years. South West Water are now required to undertake improvements to storm overflows in your constituency for example by increasing capacity of storm storage. I have also asked every water and sewerage company in the country to provide an action plan for every storm overflow, including South West Water.</p><p> </p><p>We are driving increases in monitoring across the country with coverage increasing from 7% in 2010 under Labour to around 90% today, and 100% by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2023 11:51:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1608112

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the merger of NHS England and Health Education England on the NHS neurology workforce; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	175658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>No assessment of the impact of the merger of Health Education England with NHS England on the National Health Service neurology workforce has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/04/2023 11:06:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1608121

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason hydrogen combustion engines are not eligible for automotive transformation funding.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	175660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>At present, all commercial internal combustion engines produce exhaust emissions that are harmful to health. Although some companies claim hydrogen combustion engines are close to zero NOx emissions, as well as CO2, Government has yet to see evidence to illustrate that zero harmful emissions at the exhaust are possible in either laboratory or real-world conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to focus innovation support to fully zero emission solutions. However, if technology developments enable renewable hydrogen to be used in combustion engines with zero harmful tailpipe emissions, then we would welcome this development.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/04/2023 14:35:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1608122

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Engines: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take further steps to support hydrogen combustion engine technology.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	175661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Hydrogen combustion engines offer the potential to decarbonise part of the transport sectors where battery electric is not t a viable solution. The Government has recently supported JCB, for example, to test new hydrogen combustion machinery on the public highway, as well as supported research into the liquid hydrogen combustion for aviation engines.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/04/2023 11:32:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1608123

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequate provision of nursery places across England following changes to the number of children eligible for free nursery hours.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	175543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget announcement of 15 March 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced transformative reforms to childcare for parents, children, and the economy. By 2027/28, the government expects to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p><p>Our reforms include:</p><ul><li>Providing over £4.1 billion by 2027/28 to fund 30 hours of free childcare for children over the age of nine months</li><li>Investing £204 million from September 2023, rising to £288 million in 2024/25 to uplift the rates for existing entitlements</li><li>Increasing the supply of wraparound care through £289 million start-up funding</li><li>Attracting more people to childminding through an up to £7.2 million start-up grant fund</li><li>Giving providers more flexibility by changing staff-to-child ratios to 1:5 for two-year-olds in England</li><li>Launching a consultation on further measures to support reform of the childcare market, to explore further flexibilities for providers.</li></ul><p>The department is ensuring a phased implementation of the expansion to the 30 hours offer to allow the market to develop the necessary capacity.</p><p>We will also continue to monitor the sufficiency of childcare places. The key measure of sufficiency is whether the supply of available places is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents and children. Ofsted data shows that the number of places offered by providers on the Early Years Register has remained broadly stable at 1.3 million places since August 2015.</p><p>Under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area. The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with the sector on the implementation of these reforms and explore how we can support the sector to deliver the additional places that will be required. The department will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 05/04/2023 13:53:23 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1608124

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Project Gigabit: Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Project Gigabit Winter Update published on 27 February 2023, when she plans to award the contract for Norfolk (Lot 7).
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	175662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Project Gigabit procurement for Norfolk launched in April 2022 and is currently in its final stages. Building Digital UK is assessing the bids put forward by suppliers and we aim to award a contract to the successful supplier shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 04/04/2023 09:46:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1608125

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Control of Dogs Order 1992
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data he holds on the number of fines imposed under the Control of Dogs Order 1992.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	175544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of fines issued by the courts between 2017 and 2021, for offences under the Control of Dogs Order 1992 in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113400/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021</a>.</p><p>Information on the number of fines issued for this offence prior to 2017 can be found in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063892/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020-revised.xlsx" target="_blank">Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool</a>.</p><p><br> Note: This offence code includes offences ‘Contrary to article 3 of the Control of Dogs Order 1992, and sections 72 and 75 of the Animal Health Act 1981’. This is the most granular level of data we hold on this legislation in the Court Proceedings Database.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/04/2023 16:33:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1608126

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
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 recent assessment he has made of the application of restraint by councils in setting precepts.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	175545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Council tax levels are for local authorities to decide, taking into account local taxpayers, public sector services and electoral decisions. The Government determines referendum thresholds each year for most types of authority to protect council tax payers from excessive increases. In determining the thresholds the Government takes into account increases set in previous years. Data on the council tax levels set by local authorities for 2023-24 is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-council-tax&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cde7a0351c87942362b4308db35209aec%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638162186367484286%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2BA0WBchHvysD2J2vXnlqp5zd8tTBeedZ5u11Rcl6L8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Data on town and parish precepts will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/04/2023 15:58:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1608127

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 165225 on Marriage Fraud, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on allegations relating to fraudulent marriage; and how many Public Statement: Relationship No Longer Subsisting forms have been received in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	175509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has not made assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on allegations relating to fraudulent marriage.</p><p>The data regarding the No Longer Subsisting Forms are not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/04/2023 11:55:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn