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1628015

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date	16/05/2023
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	Countryside
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 assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of trespassing laws on protection of the countryside.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	185305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is responsible for such laws. Under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the police have powers to direct trespassers who are residing on land to leave. Failure to comply with the direction is a criminal offence. Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Government strengthened these powers of direction to:</p><p>o broaden the types of harm that are covered by the police power to direct trespassers away, to include damage, disruption and distress;</p><p>o increase the period in which trespassers directed away from the land must not return from three months to 12 months; and</p><p>o enable police to direct people away from land that forms part of a highway.</p><p> </p><p>No recent assessment has been undertaken by Defra on the adequacy of these laws with respect to trespassing on private land for the purposes of recreation.</p><p> </p><p>The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 provides access across large parts of the English countryside and a right to roam across open access land, giving the public a right of access to most areas of mountain, moor, heath, down, registered common land and coastal margin. This is subject to certain restrictions and behaviours set out in the Act including those considered to be a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>Public Spaces Protection Orders and the use of byelaws can also be used to address local issues to protect the countryside where it is reasonable and proportionate to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The refreshed Countryside Code sets out the rules that we all must follow to enjoy visits to the countryside safely and responsibly.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/05/2023 12:10:17 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1628016

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	185306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>NHS England are collaborating with Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’s Integrated Care Board to implement an agreed model of a nurse-led, assessment and genetic testing service to increase the early identification of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia in Leicestershire. Once established, clinics will be held in primary care venues across Leicestershire with an allocated familial hypercholesterolaemia Specialist Nurse.</p><p>NHS England is reviewing the decision of the National Screening Committee on screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia and is considering how best to address the committee’s outstanding concerns. This work will be supported by an ongoing child parent screening pilot which is being implemented through the Academic Health Sciences Networks.</p><p>The Department has been supporting local areas with the recovery of the NHS Health Check programme, which includes an assessment of cholesterol. We are progressing a programme of modernisation which includes the development of a digital NHS Health Check that will include home cholesterol testing and enable more people to benefit.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/05/2023 16:51:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1628017

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national carers passport scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	185307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to assess the potential merits of introducing a national carers passport scheme. In partnership with Carers UK and Carers Trust, the Department funded a project in 2017/18 to provide resources and guidance to support the development of local Carer Passport schemes. The resources and guidance were launched in 2018 and remain active.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/05/2023 16:56:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1628018

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's guidance to Ministers in 2021 on issuing special licenses to persons or organisations for activities otherwise prohibited by sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	185308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of HM Treasury, has an established framework for the circumstances in which decisions relating to licensing applications can be delegated to Officials. Following the Treasury’s Written Ministerial Statements of 30 March 2023, the Treasury laid the current framework in the Libraries of the House of Commons and House of Lords. We will now do the same with the version in operation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 185309 question first answered 22/05/2023 14:31:56 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1628019

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's guidance to Ministers on issuing special licenses to persons or organisations for activities otherwise prohibited by sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	185309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of HM Treasury, has an established framework for the circumstances in which decisions relating to licensing applications can be delegated to Officials. Following the Treasury’s Written Ministerial Statements of 30 March 2023, the Treasury laid the current framework in the Libraries of the House of Commons and House of Lords. We will now do the same with the version in operation in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 185308 question first answered 22/05/2023 14:31:56 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1628020

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his speech, Building a better railway, published on 16 June 2022, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 1 in 8 rail tickets are sold at ticket offices; and what time period it relates to.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Ticket office usage has declined over the last decade, accounting for 34 per cent of transactions in 2012/13, down to 12 per cent in 2021/22 (the last year for which analysis has been completed) – approximately equal to 1 in 8 tickets. These statistics are based on the Latest Earnings Nationally Networked Overnight (LENNON) data. LENNON is the revenue settlement service for the train operating companies for Great Britain passenger rail ticket sales and is the main source of data on Great Britain’s rail fares revenue.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/05/2023 08:54:56 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1628021

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Space: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage students in (a) schools and (b) universities to study subjects that could lead to careers in the commercial space sector.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) skills are in demand by employers across the country, and demand is growing. The department is investing in STEM education at all levels to ensure people have access to high-quality STEM teaching and can access STEM career opportunities within sectors such as the space sector.</p><p>The department is investing to recruit and retain high-quality teachers of STEM related subjects in schools and further education<strong>.</strong> Since autumn 2022, early career teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or computing, who work in disadvantaged, state-funded secondary schools have been able to claim a Levelling Up Premium of up to £3,000 tax free per year, for up to three years. We also fund a suite of training and professional development offers to support high-quality STEM teaching.</p><p>The department is boosting the take-up of STEM subjects by delivering my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister’s ambition of ensuring all students in England study maths to 18. We are also funding tailored maths support for students and teachers through the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, investing £84 million into the National Centre for Computing Education to drive increased participation in computer science, and funding research programmes on how to tackle gender balance in STEM subjects.</p><p>The government also supports programmes such as STEM Ambassadors, which inspires young people from under-served backgrounds to engage with STEM subjects.</p><p>The department is investing an additional £750 million over the three-year period from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to support high-quality teaching and facilities in higher education, including in science and engineering, subjects that support the NHS, and degree apprenticeships. Degree apprenticeships offer people of all backgrounds a unique opportunity to combine degree-level study with being in a job and earning from day one.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 23/05/2023 10:43:11 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628022

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) ship and (b) submarine construction sector; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of these steps on the (i) growth, (ii) competitiveness and (iii) sustainability of that sector.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	185311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh supports our ambition to grow the UK shipbuilding enterprise and support UK jobs. For specific detail about how the Strategy has supported UK shipbuilding to date, I refer the hon. Member to the answers provided on 14 December 2022 to Question 104345 and 13 March 2023 to Question 159089 to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Kieran Mullan).</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the other measures in the Strategy, the naval pipeline makes a significant contribution to the sustainability and growth of the sector, with Type 26, Type 31 and Fleet Solid Support contracts supporting over 8,500 jobs across the UK supply chain well into the 2030s.</p><p> </p><p>The future for the submarine sector is also healthy. The Astute and Dreadnought classes of submarine are currently under construction, supporting tens of thousands of jobs and involving hundreds of UK companies throughout the supply chain. Additionally, the construction of the next generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will create thousands of UK jobs, particularly in Barrow-in-Furness - the home of British submarine building.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/05/2023 16:28:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1628024

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any individual journeys cost passengers more under the trial than they did under the previous fares system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	185312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Single leg pricing is not about increasing fares, it is an important step in making sure fares are simpler and meet passenger needs. It involves pricing new single fares at roughly half the cost of the old return tickets and then removing returns. This will give passengers the flexibility to mix and match tickets to suit them, such as mixing Advanced with flexible, and peak with off-peak, and make the booking process less complex. Passengers will get the best value ticket for their journey safe in the knowledge a single ticket will always be half the price of an equivalent return. Information on the new single leg priced fares is now publicly available on National Rail Enquires website.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 185313 185314 185319 question first answered 23/05/2023 08:58:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1628025

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London North Eastern Railway: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any fares for return journeys at (a) peak and (b) off-peak times will cost passengers more than the same journeys did under the previous fares system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	185313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Single leg pricing is not about increasing fares, it is an important step in making sure fares are simpler and meet passenger needs. It involves pricing new single fares at roughly half the cost of the old return tickets and then removing returns. This will give passengers the flexibility to mix and match tickets to suit them, such as mixing Advanced with flexible, and peak with off-peak, and make the booking process less complex. Passengers will get the best value ticket for their journey safe in the knowledge a single ticket will always be half the price of an equivalent return. Information on the new single leg priced fares is now publicly available on National Rail Enquires website.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 185312 185314 185319 question first answered 23/05/2023 08:58:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell