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1717825

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Fisheries: Regulation
	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 date the Hand Gathering (Restrictions and Permitting) Bylaw 2021 will be approved.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Hand Gathering (Restrictions and Permitting) Bylaw 2021 has not yet been submitted to Defra for approval.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 17/05/2024 10:41:12 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1717826

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Defence: Research
	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 press notice entitled PM announces turning point in European security as UK set to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030, published on 23 April 2024, whether the 5% of the defence budget to be committed to research and development will be counted as science spend; and which Department will be responsible for that expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is delivering a record £20 billion public investment in R&amp;D this year, which will increase to £22 billion by the end of the next Parliament. £1.6 billion of this £2 billion increase will be allocated to higher defence R&amp;D by 2028-29. The Ministry of Defence will be responsible for this expenditure and further details will be confirmed at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 17/05/2024 11:41:22 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1717827

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Scottish Government's request for a section 104 Order under the Scotland Act 1998 in consequence of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020, if he will permit the Scottish Government to legislate accordingly.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>I have written to the Scottish Government to confirm the UK Government’s in-principle agreement to proceed with this Scotland Act Order. My officials will continue to engage with their Scottish Government counterparts as the Order advances.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 17/05/2024 09:41:03 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1717828

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Travellers: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s ninth report of Session 2017-19, Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, HC 2411, published on 2 July 2019, what progress the Government has made on developing a cross-Government strategy to improve outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>We are not currently developing a standalone cross-Government strategy for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. The Levelling Up White Paper sets out this Government’s plan to support everyone in this country to reach their full potential, irrespective of background, race, ethnicity or any other characteristics.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 17/05/2024 12:38:17 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1717830

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 25444 on Political Parties: Registration, if she will ask the Commission to make an assessment of the consistency of those rules with the approval of a description on a ballot paper of the Liberal Party that includes reference to Steve Radford's candidate.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	George Galloway
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>All applications to register new party descriptions are assessed against the criteria set out in law. The criteria are designed to ensure voters can mark the ballot paper with confidence.</p><p>The description referenced was registered 23 years ago. The Commission has since updated its approach to descriptions that feature individuals’ names, to ensure the statutory criteria which prevent voters from being misled or confused are met.</p><p>The Commission periodically reviews the registers of political parties to ensure registered details continue to meet the statutory tests. It will consider descriptions that include an individual’s name as part of its programme of future reviews.</p> answering member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood answering member printed Cat Smith question first answered 16/05/2024 15:41:18 answering member 4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith
	tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

1717831

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Universal Service Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to help strengthen (a) the quality of service targets in the universal service obligation and (b) the effectiveness of Ofcom's enforcement of those targets by Royal Mail.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to monitor and enforce Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation. The Government does not have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom fined Royal Mail £5.6m for failing to meet its obligations in 2022/23. It continues to hold Royal Mail to account and has said it will take appropriate further enforcement action as required in response to failure to meet quality of service targets. I have also raised concerns with Royal Mail’s parent company and will continue do so if service levels fail to improve.</p><p> </p><p>I note that Ofcom’s recent call for inputs on the future of the universal postal service set out the importance of reliability and affordability in consumers’ expectations for postal services and that it will consider if further safeguards are necessary to ensure people’s needs are met.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/05/2024 08:33:48 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1717832

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the two-child limit for benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	George Galloway
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/05/2024 14:05:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

1717833

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Rochdale
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the level of real-terms funding since 2010 on schools in Rochdale constituency; and if she will make it her policy to increase the level of real-term funding for schools in Rochdale constituency to 2010 levels.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	George Galloway
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to providing a world class education system for all children and has invested significantly in education to achieve that. Overall school funding, including the recently announced additional pensions funding, is rising to £60.7 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This means that real terms funding for schools in England has increased rather than decreased since 2010.</p><p>Through the National Funding Formula (NFF), funding is distributed fairly based on the needs of each school and their pupils and all schools attract a per pupil increase in funding. Mainstream schools in the Rochdale Constituency are attracting an extra £1 million in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24 through the schools NFF, which is an increase of 1.9% per pupil in their pupil-led funding. This means schools in the Rochdale Constituency will attract over £112.1 million, based on the schools NFF. Constituency figures are based on an aggregation of school-level allocations through the NFF, and final allocations will depend on the local authority’s funding formula.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/05/2024 10:47:04 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	609 label Biography information for George Galloway

1717834

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 25013 on Ministry of Justice: ICT, for what reason his Department considers publishing the latest available figures on the number of red-rated systems it holds a security risk, in the context of the publication of the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework on 29 September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>In response to question 25013, the department responded with a cautionary response to withhold releasing information on the red-rated systems due to potential security risks. However, upon revising our previous response we have concluded that we are able to release the requested figures.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are already in the public domain and can be found on slide 21 of the CDDO progress update below:</p><p><a href="https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf" target="_blank">https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 13:59:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1717851

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2024
	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: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to announce the pay award for NHS workers for 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has submitted its evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body, the Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body, and the Senior Salaries Review Body, in order for them to make recommendations on a pay uplift for National Health Service workers for 2024/25. We will carefully consider the pay review bodies’ comments and recommendations when we receive them, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/05/2024 07:43:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden