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1794476

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which official documents can be used to prove a person's sex to participate in single sex sports.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
uin	45771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>We have always been clear that, when it comes to women's sport, biology matters. We will continue to support sports to develop policies that protect fairness and safety, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion. In terms of gender eligibility, National Governing Bodies set their own policies for who can participate in their sports in domestic competitions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our Sports Councils produce guidance to provide domestic sports bodies with the framework and support to determine the right position for their sport. Our Sports Councils are consulting with legal experts to clarify whether the Supreme Court ruling affects the guidance. The outcome of this will feed into their timescale for a planned wider review of the guidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has confirmed their work to develop a revised Code of Practice which supports service providers, public bodies and associations to understand their duties under the Equality Act and put them into practice. Their revised code will incorporate the implications of the Supreme Court judgment. They hope to lay the revised code before Parliament before the summer recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 25/04/2025 17:00:21 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

1792892

registered interest
date	07/04/2025
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Winston Churchill: Artworks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether any changes have been made to the display of (a) portraits and (b) busts of Winston Churchill on the Parliamentary estate since 4 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	44585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>Items from the Parliamentary Art Collection are on display in corridors, meeting and Committee rooms as well as private offices. Since 4 July 2024, no changes have been made to the display of busts of Winston Churchill on the Parliamentary estate. In the same timeframe, seven print or photographic portraits of Churchill have been taken off display. Six were taken off display from Members’ offices following changes to office locations and occupancy after the election, and one required conservation work.</p><p>The Parliamentary Art Collection contains 33 artworks either by or depicting Winston Churchill. 13 are currently on display in high-profile locations including Members’ Lobby, Committee Corridor and Ministerial offices. None of the works on display in those high-profile locations have been moved since 4 July 2024, other than briefly to facilitate project works.</p> answering member constituency Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney answering member printed Nick Smith question first answered 25/04/2025 16:53:14 answering member 3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1795556

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people released on licence were electronically tagged as part of a home detention curfew programme in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	46822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The number of prisoners released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) where a tag had not been fitted for the entirety of their monitoring period can be found in the attached at Annex A.</p><p>All prisoners released on HDC are subject to a statutory electronically monitored curfew. The requested information is routinely published as part of the department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. The most recent published data (covering the period October to December 2024) can be found in Table 3_Q_10 here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6807c23692d50839757a61b7/prison-releases-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6807c23692d50839757a61b7/prison-releases-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods</a></p><p><em>.’</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 46821 question first answered 25/04/2025 15:57:29 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2025-04-25 PQ 46821 - Annex A.xlsx title Annex
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1795555

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released on home curfew were not tagged for the entirety of their monitoring period in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	46821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The number of prisoners released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) where a tag had not been fitted for the entirety of their monitoring period can be found in the attached at Annex A.</p><p>All prisoners released on HDC are subject to a statutory electronically monitored curfew. The requested information is routinely published as part of the department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. The most recent published data (covering the period October to December 2024) can be found in Table 3_Q_10 here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6807c23692d50839757a61b7/prison-releases-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6807c23692d50839757a61b7/prison-releases-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods</a></p><p><em>.’</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin grouped question UIN 46822 question first answered 25/04/2025 15:57:29 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2025-04-25 PQ 46821 - Annex A.xlsx title Annex
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1794497

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Ebbsfleet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 40908 on New Towns: Planning Permission, which rare (a) plant, (b) bird and (c) invertebrate species other than the Distinguished Jumping Spider lead to the creation of the Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Ebbsfleet area.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	45685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>Natural England notified the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at the Swanscombe Peninsula in 2021 due to its special interest for numerous rare plant, bird and invertebrate species. The SSSI’s citation sets out the full list of species concerned and can be found at : <a href="https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/2000813.pdf" target="_blank">Swanscombe Peninsula 2021 SSSI Citation.</a></p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 25/04/2025 15:45:38 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1794412

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will instruct the Environment Agency to provide information on their planned inspections of battery storage units at Cleve Hill Solar Park before they are switched on.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	45735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not directly regulate the batteries associated with solar power schemes; this is the remit of the Local Authority. The EA, under the planning processes, advises on various aspects associated with the building and operation of battery storage facilities to ensure that risks to the environment are appropriately managed. This includes site wide flood risk assessments and pollution prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>The EA are satisfied that drainage of the site, including the management of fire water, will prevent harm to the environment and that any recommendations have informed the Battery Safety Management Plan, approved by the Planning Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>If a permit is required from the EA to undertake any part of the operation, the operator is expected to submit a permit application. Details of the proposal will be inspected and a permit granted, where it can be shown by the applicant that the proposal will not cause a risk to the environment. The EA inspects permitted sites to ensure compliance with permits.</p><p> </p><p>If a pollution incident occurs, the EA will work with all other emergency services to ensure the environment is fully considered as part of the response.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 45733 question first answered 25/04/2025 15:41:24 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1794410

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Solar Power: Lithium-ion Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has recent discussions with the Environment Agency on their inspection plans for the battery storage units at Cleve Hill Solar Park.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	45733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not directly regulate the batteries associated with solar power schemes; this is the remit of the Local Authority. The EA, under the planning processes, advises on various aspects associated with the building and operation of battery storage facilities to ensure that risks to the environment are appropriately managed. This includes site wide flood risk assessments and pollution prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>The EA are satisfied that drainage of the site, including the management of fire water, will prevent harm to the environment and that any recommendations have informed the Battery Safety Management Plan, approved by the Planning Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>If a permit is required from the EA to undertake any part of the operation, the operator is expected to submit a permit application. Details of the proposal will be inspected and a permit granted, where it can be shown by the applicant that the proposal will not cause a risk to the environment. The EA inspects permitted sites to ensure compliance with permits.</p><p> </p><p>If a pollution incident occurs, the EA will work with all other emergency services to ensure the environment is fully considered as part of the response.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy grouped question UIN 45735 question first answered 25/04/2025 15:41:24 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1794275

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Trade Agreements: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security held discussions on (a) UK-China trade relations, (b) economic security and (c) any (i) existing and (ii) proposed commercial agreements during his recent visit to China; and whether he plans to publish a summary of the Minister's discussions.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	45470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>During my visit to China, I held frank and honest discussions with my counterparts on the opportunities and challenges in the bilateral trade relationship, including improving overall reciprocity in market access, raising UK concerns on level playing field issues and market distorting practices and discussing economic security issues. I am unable to comment on commercial discussions during the visit, for reasons of commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 25/04/2025 15:38:23 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1794196

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39816 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which road links within the South East non-agglomeration zone are expected to exceed the nitrogen dioxide limit value in each of the last five calendar years of the non-compliance period.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	45556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The most recent national compliance assessment for 2023 reported one road link in the South East non-agglomeration zone as being in exceedance of the annual mean limit value for nitrogen dioxide. This road link is a stretch of the A34 in the Vale of White Horse. We don’t hold up-to-date detailed modelled projections to predict the impact of all current policies on future NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations, however current indicative estimates suggest that this road link will become compliant with the limit value in 2028.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 25/04/2025 15:34:45 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1794214

registered interest
date	17/04/2025
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	Tree Planting
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 he is taking with relevant authorities to improve tree coverage in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	45505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2025 answer text <p>The Government is working towards the statutory target to reach 16.5% tree canopy and woodland cover in England by 2050. Defra is funding a significant package of grants and supporting activity across England to increase tree coverage. This includes funding a national network of fifteen Community Forests. These Forests are planting thousands of hectares of new trees and woodland in and around our towns and cities providing social, economic and environmental transformation. The Thames Chase Community Forest is part of this network with tree planting sites in Romford.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 25/04/2025 15:30:35 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell