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1728093

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date	09/09/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the energy price cap for winter 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central and Headingley
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	4776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The energy price cap is set by Ofgem and not the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. More information on how Ofgem calculate the price cap can be found on its website - <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-price-cap&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C65bc047a69124c3ac76b08dcd23d2482%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638616407249619215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HgALQ02RdUryE0%2FAwAZaBmopdm0wLsRwHoTLPaYZvn0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap</a>.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 11/09/2024 08:41:23 answering member 5099
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1728039

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to end the use of smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The safety of everyone travelling on our roads is the Government’s priority, which is why we are committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. We will not roll out new smart motorways and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/09/2024 15:12:41 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728040

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Lincolnshire
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 help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p></p><p>As of 9 September 2024, there were 556,774 car practical driving tests booked, and 91,059 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p></p><p>Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recruitment of driving examiners, conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from driving examiners.</p><p></p><p>The DVSA also continues to deploy examiners from areas with lower waiting times into those centres with longer waiting times. This is in addition to the DVSA recruiting additional examiners across the country into areas where waiting times are highest.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/09/2024 14:54:55 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728062

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing five year block awards to councils for pothole management.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing all parts of the local highway network.</p><p>The Department recognises the benefits of providing all local highway authorities with long-term funding certainty, and will consider this carefully.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/09/2024 09:25:11 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1727882

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Chiltern Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will expedite the approval of additional trains to help resolve capacity issues on Chiltern Railways.
tabling member constituency	Meriden and Solihull East
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	4549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with Chiltern Railways to support the delivery of its long-term fleet strategy and has recently approved Chiltern Railways’ Mk3 fleet replacement Outline Business Case (OBC). Chiltern now needs to produce the Final Business Case.</p><p> </p><p>Chiltern also continues to review opportunities to maximise its passenger capacity within its current train fleet. In June 2024, Chiltern introduced an additional morning and evening peak service on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, between London Marylebone and Princes Risborough, which operated pre-COVID-19. This provides additional seating capacity in response to customer demand and crowding.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 11/09/2024 16:42:29 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1727869

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Temporary Accommodation: Costs
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 made an estimate of the potential costs to local authorities of providing temporary accommodation in line with their their homelessness relief duties in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	4543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that homelessness levels are far too high and that this can have a devastating impact on those involved, as well as placing financial strain on councils. Local authorities have reported the costs of providing temporary accommodation for 2023/24. This information is available at the ‘Revenue outturn housing services (RO4)’ tables at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2023-to-2024-individual-local-authority-data-outturn" target="_blank">Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2023 to 2024 individual local authority data - outturn - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 11/09/2024 16:24:52 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1727870

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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: Departmental Coordination
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 her planned timetable is for holding the inaugural meeting of the inter-ministerial group on homelessness; and how frequently that group will meet.
tabling member constituency	Clapham and Brixton Hill
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	4544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 11/09/2024 16:25:52 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1727879

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	NHS: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to audit NHS supply chains to ensure that no medical (a) garments and (b) equipment are sourced from (i) Xinjiang and (ii) other regions with widespread reports of forced labour and human rights abuses.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is committed to tackling the issue of Uyghur forced labour in supply chains, and is taking robust action. We have introduced new guidance on the risks of doing business in Xinjiang specifically in section 6.2 of the guidance, enhanced export controls, and announced the introduction of financial penalties under the Modern Slavery Act. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-china/overseas-business-risk-china#business-and-human-rights" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-china/overseas-business-risk-china#business-and-human-rights</a></p><p>The Procurement Act, which received Royal Assent in 2023, will enable public sector contracting authorities to reject bids and terminate contracts with suppliers which are known to use forced labour themselves or anywhere in their supply chain.</p><p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations that supply goods and services and have a total turnover over £36 million to publish a transparency statement annually, to set out what steps they have taken to ensure that modern slavery is not occurring in their supply chains.</p><p>The Department has pledged to put an end to modern slavery in the National Health Service by meeting my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s duty to assess and mitigate modern slavery risk in NHS supply chains. New regulations will require public bodies procuring goods or services for delivering health services in England to assess the risk of modern slavery and implement reasonable steps to procurement and contracting activities, with a view to eradicating the use of goods and services tainted by modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/09/2024 13:31:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1727881

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	NHS: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department and NHS England have made on the Greener NHS initiative.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	4557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made on the Greener NHS initiative, with the National Health Service taking important strides toward its target of achieving net zero by 2040 for direct emissions, and 2045 for indirect emissions. Key achievements include: successfully delivering over £1 billion in decarbonisation grant funding under the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, to replace fossil fuel systems with non-carbon alternatives; increasing the energy efficiency of the NHS estate, for instance boosting LED lighting coverage to over 50% of NHS facilities; the introduction of Green Plans by all NHS trusts; and the publication of the first ever NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy in 2023. These efforts are reducing emissions and improving sustainability across NHS operations. We continue to work with partners across the Government and the wider public sector to pursue our shared environmental aims.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 11/09/2024 13:28:52 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1727880

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
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	Carers: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how his proposed review into the implementation of unpaid carers' leave is to be conducted; and whether the review will be published.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	4528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government made a commitment to review carer’s leave in the Plan to Make Work Pay. We will provide an update on progress in this area in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan to Make Work Pay also includes a number of measures which will help unpaid carers workers to enter, remain and progress in work - including making flexible working the default and introducing a right to switch off.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 11/09/2024 09:55:36 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon