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1750090

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date	16/12/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil service job opportunities restricted applications through positive action schemes based on (a) race and (b) sex or gender in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	20299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>Cabinet Office recruitment policy and practice is conducted in accordance with UK law, including the Equality Act 2010, as well as the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and the Civil Service Nationality rules (available on GOV.UK).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Non-Ministerial departments and Executive Agencies are responsible for managing their own recruitment processes and ensuring they are also compliant with UK law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 16/01/2025 17:40:34 answering member 5305
tabling member	5158

1750641

registered interest
date	17/12/2024
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	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has an affordable housing target for this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	20650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The government has not set an affordable housing target to date, but we are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to grant funded affordable housing, the government will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for Social Rent.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the provision of affordable homes will be supported by our ‘Golden Rules’ for Green Belt development. Prior to development plan policies for affordable housing being updated in accordance with the revised NPPF, the affordable housing contribution required to satisfy the ‘Golden Rules’ is 15 percentage points above the highest existing affordable housing requirement that would otherwise apply to the development, subject to a cap of 50%. We estimate that under this model, the median Green Belt local planning authority affordable housing requirement will be 50%.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/01/2025 16:59:31 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1750919

registered interest
date	17/12/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mission Boards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make it a policy to publish the agendas and minutes from their mission boards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finn
uin	HL3536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees — including mission boards — is not usually shared publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 16/01/2025 15:35:45 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4567 label Biography information for Baroness Finn

1750920

registered interest
date	17/12/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mission Boards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether mission board decisions have the same authority as Cabinet decisions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finn
uin	HL3537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>Decisions taken by Mission Boards have the same authority as decisions taken by the Cabinet or committees of the Cabinet.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 16/01/2025 15:35:17 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4567 label Biography information for Baroness Finn

1751074

registered interest
date	18/12/2024
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	Mental Health Services
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 his Department is taking to increase the availability of mental health support for winter 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
tabling member printed	Matt Bishop
uin	21095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>We do not underestimate how challenging winter will be again this year for the National Health Service. The national approach on priorities for winter planning was issued on 16 September 2024. As part of this, maintaining patient safety and experience will continue to be an overriding priority.</p><p>Building on what we know works, this winter the NHS is implementing a range of initiatives to support those who need care, including that patients will be assessed at the front door of accident and emergency units so that they can then be directed to the most appropriate place to get care, including mental health care.</p><p>People with common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies Services or be referred by their general practitioner. The Autumn Budget prioritised the funding to deliver expansions of NHS Talking Therapies, demonstrating our commitment to addressing the root cause of mental health issues.</p><p>Anyone in England experiencing a mental health crisis can now speak to a trained NHS professional at any time through a new mental health option on NHS 111. Trained NHS staff will assess patients over the phone and guide callers with next steps such organising face-to-face community support or facilitating access to alternatives services, such as crisis cafés or safe havens which provide a place for people to stay as an alternative to accident and emergency or a hospital admission.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 16/01/2025 10:17:04 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5323

1751102

registered interest
date	18/12/2024
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	Inland Waterways: Environment Protection
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 recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on the enforcement of existing laws to protect waterways.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Helen Maguire
uin	21105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>Ofwat regularly meet with Defra, other Government departments and regulators to discuss enforcement policy and activities. As part of their investigation into all water companies, earlier this year Ofwat proposed fines of £168 million for three companies (Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbria Water) for failing to manage their wastewater treatment works and networks, as part of the first batch of outcomes from its biggest ever investigation. These fines are alongside proposed enforcement orders, which require each company to rectify issues to bring them into compliance. Ofwat has also recently announced four more enforcement cases in relation to management of wastewater treatment works and networks.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Water (Special Measures) Bill will provide the most significant increase in enforcement powers to the regulators in a decade, giving them the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies in the next investment period, which is due to start in April next year. The Bill will provide Ofwat with legal powers to ban bonuses, where currently they can only set expectations, and ensure that imprisonment will always be available to the courts as a sentencing option where investigations by the environmental regulators have been obstructed.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 October 2024, the UK and Welsh Governments launched an independent commission, led by Sir Jon Cunliffe, to recommend reforms to reset the water sector regulatory system. The Commission will publish a report in Q2 2025, with recommendations for actionable solutions to the sector’s problems.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 16/01/2025 17:42:48 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	5336

1751348

registered interest
date	18/12/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Non-teaching Staff: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of school support staff in state-funded schools in England who are employed on (i) zero-hour and (ii) term time-only contracts.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	21253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The school workforce census does not collect figures on zero-hour contracts and does not directly identify term time-only contracts. In November 2023, the latest information available, there were 71,000 school support staff contracts for between 37 and 40 weeks, the likely duration of term time-only contracts, in state-funded schools in England. This equates to 13% of support staff contracts where a duration was reported.</p><p>Support staff may have more than one contract, so individuals may be counted more than once.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 16/01/2025 12:30:19 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	5234

1751593

registered interest
date	19/12/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is the legal owner of 10 Downing Street.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	21385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The registered legal title of 10 Downing Street is held in the name of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, as has been the case under successive governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 16/01/2025 10:31:58 answering member 5305
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1751619

registered interest
date	19/12/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question HL1878 on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will publish the report of the review into equality, diversity and inclusion spending in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	21390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The review into equality, diversity and inclusion spending in Government Departments, including Civil Service expenditure of behalf of the Armed Forces, was conducted between June 2023 and May 2024 at the request of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. This work was collated by the Cabinet Office and the release of the associated information is therefore a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 16/01/2025 14:23:41 answering member 5235
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1751696

registered interest
date	19/12/2024
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	Carers
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 plans to take to implement the fresh approach to supporting unpaid carers recommended by the Darzi Review.
tabling member constituency	Leigh and Atherton
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	21358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. We want to ensure that people who care for family and friends are better able to look after their own health and wellbeing.</p><p>We have already taken action to support unpaid carers. From April 2025 we will increase the Carer's Allowance weekly earnings limit from £151 a week to £196, the equivalent of 16 hours at the National Living Wage. This means carers can earn up to £10,000 a year whilst still retaining Carer's Allowance, which is approximately an additional £2,000 a year.</p><p>Lord Darzi’s independent review of the National Health Service is clear that a fresh approach to supporting and involving unpaid carers is required to improve outcomes for carers, people needing care, and the NHS.</p><p>We are carefully considering these findings as part of our 10-year plan for reforming and modernising the NHS, and as we develop plans to reform adult social care, including through the National Care Service.</p><p>All unpaid carers can have their say on the future of the NHS to ensure their voice is heard by sharing their views at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/start-here" target="_blank">https://change.nhs.uk/en-GB/projects/start-here</a></p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 16/01/2025 10:15:19 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt