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1607580

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Budget March 2023: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will discuss with Cabinet colleagues the potential implications for his policies on intergovernmental relations of the Scottish Deputy First Minister’s letter to the UK Government on the Spring Budget, dated 15 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Last year we held over 270 intergovernmental ministerial meetings bringing together Government and Devolved Administration colleagues.</p><p>I was pleased that the Deputy First Minister noted in his letter the positive collaboration between our officials in delivering Green Freeports and City Region and Growth Deals as an example of good intergovernmental relations.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I will continue working closely with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:35:53 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1607581

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	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 steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase levels of affordable housing, and as my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has outlined already, we are investing £11.5 billion through our Affordable Homes Programme which will deliver tens of thousands of much needed affordable homes right across the country.</p><p>Additionally, we remain committed to delivering at least as much on-site affordable housing through our proposed new Infrastructure Levy.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:20:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607582

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on intergovernmental relations.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Minimum service levels are necessary across Great Britain to minimise the impacts that strikes have on the lives and livelihoods of the public. We recognise this will affect employers operating services that are devolved and have been clear that we want to engage with Devolved Governments on this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:36:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1607583

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue statutory guidance on planning to local authorities to ensure that all future developments include flood mitigation measures.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that areas of flood risk should be avoided and where not possible then all risks should be mitigated.</p><p>This is supported by the Flood risk and coastal change Planning Practice Guidance which we significantly revised in August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:21:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1607584

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress he has made on devolving power to local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Through the announcement of six new devolution deals last year and most recently ground-breaking trailblazer devolution deals with Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities, as well as the publication of the English Devolution Accountability Framework, Government is empowering local leaders by ensuring they have more control and influence over the decisions that affect their communities.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/03/2023 16:08:14 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1607585

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Local Government Finance
	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 ability of local councils to balance their budgets.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>We are in close and regular contact with sector representative bodies and councils to monitor budgets and service delivery.</p><p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England - a significant increase in funding which is designed to assist councils in service delivery.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/03/2023 16:51:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1607811

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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
	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 he is taking to improve the survival rates of people who suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	174190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>To improve survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases, the National Health Service Long Term Plan sets out that a national network of community first responders and automated external defibrillators will help save up to 4,000 lives each year by 2028.</p><p>Working with St John Ambulance, 141 community advocates have been recruited to deliver sessions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator use. As of December 2022, 163 sessions had been delivered and 3,249 people had been reached by these advocates.</p><p>The NHS has also been working in partnership with the British Heart Foundation, the Resuscitation Council UK, and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives to set up The Circuit, which is a national defibrillator network that enables the ambulance services to identify the nearest defibrillator at the time of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and increase the rate of bystander defibrillation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/03/2023 08:28:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1606015

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities: Operating Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has made to ensure charities contracted by (a) government departments, (b) local authorities and (c) NHS bodies to deliver public services can pay their operational costs including paying a fair wage.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	170572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>It is a legal obligation that employers pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, introduced by this Conservative Government, and the National Minimum Wage for workers under 23. Departments can also require suppliers to pay above these rates, such as the London Living Wage, where it is relevant to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK public procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimum combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sourcing Playbook sets out the Government's policies with regards to outsourcing. It was introduced to improve decision making and the quality of contracts government places with suppliers. The Playbook is focussed on getting things right from the start, and includes 11 key policies which help government and industry work together to deliver high quality public services while maximising value for money.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By getting things right from the start and driving better contracting with the private sector, the playbook policies prioritise high quality outcomes, whilst also driving efficiencies and savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 12:48:37 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1606783

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	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	Investment Zones
	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 paragraph 4.117 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, how much funding he plans to allocate to a successful region under the Investment Zones policy over (a) one year and b) five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	172390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Investment Zones <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finvestment-zones&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C29558d499e6247e9ff7608db2f6b0c02%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638155909030848812%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OLeseGURjOLTods6Fwfo47CUdve4jWyWKJSTdO0W75I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">policy prospectus</a>, officials will work in partnership with places, and their local stakeholders, to co-develop their Investment Zone proposals.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 172411 question first answered 28/03/2023 16:37:52 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1607035

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	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
	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 steps she is taking to protect (a) puffins, (b) kittiwakes and \(c) other marine life from the industrial fishing of their food source of sandeels; and whether she is taking steps to (i) ban and (ii) restrict supertrawlers from access to UK waters.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	173115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the effects on the marine ecosystem from the removal of forage fish, like sandeels, by industrial fishing. Defra is presently consulting on spatial management measures for industrial fishing for sandeel in English waters of the North Sea. These proposed measures will deliver greater resilience for our sandeel stocks, as well as species which rely on them as a food source, including vulnerable seabirds, commercially valuable fish and marine mammals.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering our policies for large pelagic trawlers, commonly known as supertrawlers, and working to develop more robust management of the non-quota species which these vessels are targeting alongside quota stocks. Any action needs to be evidence-based and in line with the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) continues to monitor fishing activity in English waters with dedicated enforcement and surveillance work to protect fisheries, including offshore patrol vessels for at-sea surveillance.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 29/03/2023 09:57:54 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie