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1784948

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the obligation on (a) sellers, (b) estate agents and (c) solicitors to ensure that property is transferred to buyers in home sales in a clean and tidy state.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Dave Robertson
	uin	38481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The government has published consumer guidance on how to sell a home which sets out that sellers should leave their property in the condition they wish to find their next home.</p><p> </p><p>We know that the overall process of buying and selling a home is far too time consuming and costly for consumers. On 9 February we announced action to help modernise the way our home buying and selling system works. We want to see consumers at the heart of a system that is faster, more certain and less stressful, resulting in significant savings to consumers and industry.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 18/03/2025 17:44:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	5126

1785022

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing stronger regulation for e-bikes, including full registration and insurance requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds South West and Morley
	tabling member printed	Mark Sewards
	uin	38485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of requiring cyclists, including those who ride Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles, to be registered or to have insurance. This would require a national registration scheme for all cycles which would be complex and expensive to design and administer. It would also be likely to lead to a reduction in the number of people cycling, which would have negative health and environmental consequences. The Government believes that insurance for cycling should remain a matter of personal choice. Cyclists who are not insured are liable for the consequences of their actions should these result in injury or damages to others.</p><p> </p><p>Those who ride e-mopeds, or forms of e-cycle that do not comply in full with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983, are already required to have insurance and licence plates. Enforcement of these rules is a matter for the police, who have the power to seize illegal e-cycles and to fine individuals who fail to stop when instructed to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 18/03/2025 15:39:09 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5166

1784289

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	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	Universal Credit: Incapacity Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising the standard rate of Universal Credit on the number of people claiming incapacity benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Steve Darling
	uin	38169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered // answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	5066

1784294

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether repairing potholes is (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	38041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Department for Transport provides local highway authorities with capital funding for local highway maintenance. Local authorities receive revenue funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government through the Local Government Finance Settlement.</p><p> </p><p>Capital funded highway maintenance activities are typically structural in nature and may include planned reactive repairs, such as permanent small-scale repairs to roads and pavements. However, capital funding cannot be used to fund the operating costs of a service, or for recurring expenditure such as grass-cutting or other cyclical maintenance activities, or for temporary short-term patching of potholes.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/03/2025 13:32:16 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1784296

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics her Department holds on the (a) number of potholes repaired and (b) area of roads resurfaced each year.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	38043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the number of potholes treated or miles of road resurfaced in each local authority area each year, but instead collects information from local highway authorities on the overall condition of their roads. This is published annually, together with other information such as local authority expenditure on highway maintenance, on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc</a>.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/03/2025 13:29:02 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1784335

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of liquefied natural gas imported from the United States derived from shale gas in each of the last three years; and whether emissions created by the (i) extraction, (ii) liquefaction and (iii) transportation to the UK of that gas exceed the emissions which would be created by extracting an equivalent volume of shale gas in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	37978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>Data on gas import origins (including imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the US) is published each month in <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fgas-section-4-energy-trends&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C18f6254507c74a45956e08dd66356570%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638779101691159394%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CbWoZ1ZXzxyT%2FOD6lhyCmS0ZdRCu5O2W2iR0sy4oAx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Trends table 4.4</a>. Further disaggregation of US LNG by method of extraction is not collected or available.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has no active commercial shale gas production and hence no emissions data from production to allow a comparison with emissions from imported gas.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 18/03/2025 17:16:16 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1784336

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Natural Gas: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential impact of putting the UK’s shale gas wells permanently beyond use on their policies; and whether he has put contingency plans in place to replace gas imports in the event of overseas supplies being (a) reduced and (b) cut off during an international conflict.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	37979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The UK has a secure and diverse energy system. Over the past three years the market has successfully delivered sufficient supplies amidst a period characterised by high energy prices and uncertainties caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and conflict in the Middle East. The National Emergency Plan for Downstream Gas and Electricity also sets out the arrangements for the safe and effective management of downstream gas or electricity disruption.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on whether to abandon wells are ultimately a matter for the company. Hydrocarbon wells must be safely plugged and abandoned when they are no longer in use.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 18/03/2025 09:35:37 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1784338

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 631 to 634, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the announcements on defence spending on the publication timescale for the new Defence Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	38098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>This Government recognises the vital role the UK defence industry plays not only in our national security but also to the economic prosperity and growth of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Raising defence expenditure to 2.5% of GDP has the potential to enhance the security and economic prosperity of the entire UK. The announcement of increased defence spending does not affect the schedule for the Defence Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 18/03/2025 17:14:34 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1784342

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to update the national maritime security strategy, CP 724, published on 15 August 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	38102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has no current plans to publish a new national maritime security strategy. As announced by the PM, a new national security strategy will be published this summer.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 18/03/2025 11:02:35 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1784361

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in the UK have indefinite leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	38095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics relating to indefinite leave to remain in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C02%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb4802bcfa7db452fc51a08dd62d8ff6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638775406319219937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ozawP%2FZFP1c87eQS98qFRbEIleKe4N4CIYN2ZJvCDWo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics</a> publication.</p><p>Data on grants and refusals of settlement can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23settlement&amp;data=05%7C02%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb4802bcfa7db452fc51a08dd62d8ff6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638775406319239860%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F%2BGcg05%2Fe%2Bkl64ysS%2Fb8yKU3CdTeUH%2FCR2hXGDcRoqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Settlement data tables</a>. The latest data relates up to the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 18/03/2025 09:12:02 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart