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1746486

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the practice of off-rolling.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Mrs Lorraine Beavers
	uin	17689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The government is clear that off-rolling is an unacceptable practice and the department continues to work with Ofsted to tackle it.</p><p>Ofsted takes any use of unlawful exclusions and off-rolling very seriously. Where evidence of off-rolling is found by inspectors, it will impact the school’s leadership and management judgement.</p><p>This government is committed to reforming Ofsted to enhance the inspection regime by replacing a single headline grade with a new report card system telling parents clearly how schools are performing and introduce a new annual review of safeguarding, attendance, and off-rolling.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 06/12/2024 10:21:55 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5232

1746491

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Living Wage: Part-time Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to question 16452 Living Wage Living Wage, what the average number of hours worked by those in part-time employment and who paid the National Living Wage was in 2024 to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	17511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>This will be included in the Impact Assessment that we plan to publish alongside the legislation that implements the increase to the National Living Wage in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 06/12/2024 11:07:12 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746494

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 13473 and the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14457 and 16158 on London North Eastern Railway: WiFi, what proportion of complaints about facilities on board were about wifi; and what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that wifi is not a significant cause of customer dissatisfaction.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	17532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>For the period July to September 2024 London North Eastern Railway received 64 complaints relating to Wi-Fi reliability which equates to 0.75 per cent of all complaints received in that period.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 06/12/2024 14:20:43 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1746499

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Slough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of driving tests in Slough constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	17585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), include the recruitment of new driving examiners (DE), conducting tests outside regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from DEs. DVSA also continues to deploy DEs from areas with lower waiting times into those where waiting times are longer.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a recent recruitment exercise, DVSA hopes to offer training courses to two potential new DEs at Slough DTC in the new year. In future recruitment campaigns, DVSA will continue to look to fill additional examiner roles at Slough DTC.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 05/12/2024 16:57:03 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1746506

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ghana: General Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Russian interference in the upcoming Ghanaian general election.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	17542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Foreign actors, including Russia, attempt to use information manipulation and interference to manipulate social discourse, skew national and international debates on subjects of critical importance, and try to undermine democratic institutions and national security. In Africa, Russia-linked media and influence organisations are using disinformation to garner support for Russian activity and discredit others.</p><p>We are working with our African partners to strengthen resilience to malign activity through strategic security and defence relationships alongside humanitarian, development and stabilisation programmes. The UK and Ghana are strong partners and we support the integrity of its elections and strength of its democracy. The UK's approach to supporting Ghana's resilience, including during its elections period, is focused on partnering with civil society, which has an essential role in ensuring a credible and transparent process. The UK's £5 million Ghana Governance Programme is working to support democracy and strong governance. This includes delivering communication and media relations training to counter and tackle mis/disinformation during the election.</p><p>During his visit to Ghana in September, Lord Collins met with the President and the two main Presidential candidates and welcomed Ghana's commitment to democracy, highlighting the importance of credible, transparent and inclusive elections.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 06/12/2024 14:59:00 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1746510

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools and Local Government
	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 secure shared use agreements between schools and councils.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
	uin	17631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Many schools across the country will either allow others to make use of their facilities, or themselves be making use of land shared with their local communities. The department encourages schools to open their sites in this way. Shared use agreements or other arrangements to facilitate this are primarily a matter for local discussion between schools, their landowners and local authorities, who will all appreciate the individual local needs.</p><p>However, in specific circumstances, such as when a school converts to become an academy and the department is involved in agreeing how the academy will access land, the department can and will help schools and councils consider their options. Our good estate management for schools (GEMS) guidance also contains information for schools on allowing others to use their premises. More information about GEMS can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 06/12/2024 14:47:21 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5041

1746521

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Homelessness
	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 steps she plans to take to (a) end homelessness and (b) involve people who have lived experience of homelessness in that process.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	uin	17683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17599 17600 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	5201

1746522

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Stellantis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates the Minister for Industry has met with representatives from Stellantis since 5 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
	uin	17620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>My Department has had regular engagement with representatives of the automotive industry and automotive companies covering a wide range of automotive issues.</p><p>In addition to my wider engagement with the automotive sector, I met with representatives of Stellantis on 24 July.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 06/12/2024 14:49:08 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
	tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1746530

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle charging points there will be in each year from 2025 to 2030.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	17512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The 2022 EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443337376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lL5qQdC2HSvkcG1mDgjXwm72T4StJK1njKT7W7q1bC0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy - GOV.UK</a>) set out forecasts of consumer demand for public chargepoints. These projections indicated that between 280,000 and 720,000 might be needed by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>As of the 1 November there were over 71,000 public charging devices in the UK (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdeveloping-faster-indicators-of-transport-activity&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443357789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JVWMKP6T0%2F9PnQcTnjkSUqq6sBuqTTvhz3JZ0vQQvr0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Developing faster indicators of transport activity - GOV.UK</a>). Between October 2023 and October 2024 the number of public charging devices grew by 42%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 06/12/2024 10:52:23 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746536

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters for lacking insurance this year.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	17523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>No wet cargo ships have been boarded by UK authorities in territorial waters due to a lack of insurance this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 06/12/2024 11:13:46 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison