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1667982

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to improve mobile coverage in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>In March 2020, we agreed a deal with the UK’s mobile network operators to deliver the Shared Rural Network programme. This agreement will see the government and industry jointly invest over £1 billion to extend 4G mobile coverage to 95% of UK landmass by the end of 2025. The programme is already delivering coverage improvements across the UK. 4G geographic coverage is approaching 93%, which is up from 91% when the Shared Rural Network agreement was signed.</p><p>In April 2023 we published the UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy which set a new ambition of nationwide coverage of higher quality standalone 5G to all populated areas by 2030. It also emphasised our unwavering commitment to extending 4G coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass and set out a 10-point plan to support rural connectivity, including the appointment of a Government Rural Connectivity Champion. Simon Fell MP was appointed to the role in June.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 15/11/2023 09:44:26 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1580596

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with his Cabinet colleagues to support businesses with energy prices.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges that businesses are facing and is committed to helping ensure they are able to thrive. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses that receive their energy from licensed suppliers, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, will run from April until March 2024, and continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 09:21:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1580405

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Government’s business rates policy in supporting small and medium-sized businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property with a rateable value below £15,000. Properties under £12,000 receive 100 per cent relief, and there is tapered support available to properties valued up to £15,000.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities publishes statistics annually (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils</a>) which show that over a third of properties in England (700,000) already pay no business rates at all as a result of 100 per cent SBRR, with an additional 51,000 in the taper.</p><p>The eligibility criteria for SBRR ensures that it effectively targets the smallest businesses where help is needed most and provides good balance between support and cost to the Exchequer.</p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years. This includes new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including a freeze in the multiplier for 2023-24, extended relief for high street businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sector, an exchequer funded transitional relief scheme, and targeted support for small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/02/2023 17:46:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1580403

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help support households with their energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>In order to support households with energy bills, the Government has set up the Energy Bills Support Scheme which is delivering a £400 non-repayable government discount this winter.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Price Guarantee reduces the amount a household is charged per unit of gas or electricity, to an annual equivalent of around £2,500 for a typical household in Great Britain from 1 October 2022 to end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For households that use alternative fuels such as biomass, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or heating oil, the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme will deliver an additional £200.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 16:55:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1566552

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Standard of Living: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve disabled people’s lives.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	122294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Disability Action Plan (DAP) will set out the action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives. It will contribute to this Government’s commitment to create a society that works for everyone, where all can participate fully and be included in society.</p><p>The DAP will set out how we will go further, taking concerted action across Government to improve disabled people’s lives.</p><p>We are also appointing a new cohort of Ministerial Disability Champions (MDCs), who will be accountable for their department’s contribution to the development and delivery of the DAP and will also act as a personal lead committed to championing disabled people within their department.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/01/2023 14:33:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1421459

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Veterans' Strategy Action Plan: 2022 to 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	121976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The development of the Veterans Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 was launched at a Cabinet meeting in Summer 2021, and Ministers have engaged with Cabinet colleagues over the course of the process. Ministers regularly discuss veterans issues including through the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board, which is co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p><p>The Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024 contains over 60 commitments worth over £70m from a range of government departments, all contributing to the Government’s mission to make the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028. We continue to monitor progress against delivering the Action Plan commitments and will do so until the end of the Action Plan period in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 21/02/2022 12:57:20 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1418399

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Plan For Jobs in supporting people into work.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic the UK Government has provided historic levels of support to the economy – a total of over £400 billion. This includes key DWP Plan for Jobs programmes such as Restart and Kickstart alongside other measures to boost work searches, skills and apprenticeships. In addition, the Government supported people to remain in work through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p><p>Plan for Jobs has:</p><ul><li>Helped over 130,000 young people have started Kickstart placements.</li><li>We have over 160 Youth Hubs across Great Britain to support young people.</li><li>Over 127,000 Sector-based Work Academy Programmes have been started.</li><li>Restart is helping to support claimants who have been out of work for longer periods.</li><li>Job Finding Support provided new one-to-one online support to the recently unemployed.</li><li>Job Entry Targeted Support helped provide applicants with support related to CV writing, interview skills and job search advice.</li></ul><p> </p><p>DWP is monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout and after its implementation and will continue to evaluate the longer-term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs. Our Kickstart evaluation includes large scale surveys to capture the views and experiences of Kickstart participants and of employers and gateway organisations. The evaluation is considering how experiences and outcomes from the scheme vary and examine how participants’ and employers’ characteristics, local context and local approaches to delivery affect experiences. Qualitative case-studies will provide a detailed understanding of how different aspects of the scheme interact and we will draw on available data and insights. We will publish the findings of the evaluation once complete.</p><p> </p><p>A comprehensive, multi-strand evaluation will be undertaken to provide a robust and timely analysis of Restart delivery and impact. It will be split into four strands: targeted qualitative research during the implementation phase; a longitudinal cohort survey and qualitative research; provider research, including locally-focused case studies and finally an impact assessment including cost-benefit analysis the evaluation will assess overall programme impact and participant outcomes, as well as providing evidence on wider participant experience.</p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of how DWP’s plan for jobs policies worked together is being undertaken. This will include case studies of different areas and their delivery of plan for jobs policies, and a tracking survey of a sample of plan for jobs participants and non-participants. This research will run through 2022 into 2023.</p><p> </p><p>DWP have also recently launched 'Way to Work’, a concerted drive across the UK to help half a million people currently out of work into jobs in the next five months. We will be bringing employers into jobcentres and matching them up with claimants. This is good news for employers who need to fill vacancies and for our claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2022 15:10:24 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1418407

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Kickstart Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>As of the 31st January 2022, over 130,000 Kickstart jobs have been started by young people and over 235,000 jobs have been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions will be monitoring and evaluating the Kickstart scheme throughout and after its implementation and will continue to evaluate the longer-term outcomes for Kickstart participants after they have completed their six-month jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Jobs made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/02/2022 15:01:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1416354

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	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: Energy
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that new homes in England are energy efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.</p><p>From 2025, the Future Homes Standard will ensure that new homes produce at least 75% fewer CO2 emissions compared to those built to the 2013 standards. No further energy efficiency retrofit work will be necessary to enable them to become zero-carbon over time as the electricity grid continues to decarbonise.</p><p>In December 2021 we introduced an uplift in energy efficiency standards that delivers a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions and provides a stepping-stone to the Future Homes Standard. Once the uplift comes into force, in June 2022, new homes will be expected to produce around 30% fewer CO2 emissions compared to the previous 2013 standards.</p><p>The uplift marks an important step on our journey towards a cleaner, greener built environment and it supports us in our target to reduce the UK's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 02/02/2022 17:01:56 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1416353

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Housing: Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that new homes have access to gigabit broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>It is a government priority to ensure that new build homes are future-proofed and are ready for gigabit-capable connections. Working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, we have developed proposals to require developers to install into new homes the physical infrastructure necessary and to work with network operators to provide a gigabit-capable connection.</p><p>The measures will give more people access to fast, reliable and resilient broadband connections and reduce the need for costly and disruptive work to retrospectively install them in homes. A statutory technical consultation on these proposals is underway and closes on 28 February 2022 in advance of legislation being brought forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 31/01/2022 17:21:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan