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1784336

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date	13/03/2025
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential impact of putting the UK’s shale gas wells permanently beyond use on their policies; and whether he has put contingency plans in place to replace gas imports in the event of overseas supplies being (a) reduced and (b) cut off during an international conflict.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	37979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The UK has a secure and diverse energy system. Over the past three years the market has successfully delivered sufficient supplies amidst a period characterised by high energy prices and uncertainties caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and conflict in the Middle East. The National Emergency Plan for Downstream Gas and Electricity also sets out the arrangements for the safe and effective management of downstream gas or electricity disruption.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on whether to abandon wells are ultimately a matter for the company. Hydrocarbon wells must be safely plugged and abandoned when they are no longer in use.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 18/03/2025 09:35:37 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1784361

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in the UK have indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	38095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics relating to indefinite leave to remain in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C02%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb4802bcfa7db452fc51a08dd62d8ff6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638775406319219937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ozawP%2FZFP1c87eQS98qFRbEIleKe4N4CIYN2ZJvCDWo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics</a> publication.</p><p>Data on grants and refusals of settlement can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23settlement&amp;data=05%7C02%7CLiza.Murray%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb4802bcfa7db452fc51a08dd62d8ff6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638775406319239860%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F%2BGcg05%2Fe%2Bkl64ysS%2Fb8yKU3CdTeUH%2FCR2hXGDcRoqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Settlement data tables</a>. The latest data relates up to the end of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 18/03/2025 09:12:02 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1784412

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
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
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 plans to continue to provide support for the building of shared ownership properties.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	37982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The government will set out set 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> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/03/2025 10:17:26 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1784643

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 159 of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, CP 1021, how often the Independent Monitoring Panel will report on the delivery of the Windsor Framework against the four tests.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	38334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel consists of independent experts who have been appointed in accordance with the Safeguarding the Union command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Panel will report to the UK Government bi-yearly and on the basis set out in the command paper. As part of this, I refer the Hon Gentleman to my Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-02-24/hcws463" target="_blank">UIN HCWS463</a>) of 24 February 2025.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Panellists are not employees of the UK Government and do not receive remuneration for this role. A Secretariat is provided by the UK Government to the Panel in accordance with paragraph 160 of the command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn grouped question UIN 38337 38338 38339 question first answered 18/03/2025 11:10:06 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1784646

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 158 of his Department's publication entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, if he will make an assessment of how the membership of the Independent Monitoring Panel reflects the (a) political and (b) economic criteria set out in that paragraph.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	38337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel consists of independent experts who have been appointed in accordance with the Safeguarding the Union command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Panel will report to the UK Government bi-yearly and on the basis set out in the command paper. As part of this, I refer the Hon Gentleman to my Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-02-24/hcws463" target="_blank">UIN HCWS463</a>) of 24 February 2025.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Panellists are not employees of the UK Government and do not receive remuneration for this role. A Secretariat is provided by the UK Government to the Panel in accordance with paragraph 160 of the command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn grouped question UIN 38334 38338 38339 question first answered 18/03/2025 11:10:06 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1784647

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, what steps he has taken to ensure the Independent Monitoring Committee is independent from Government.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	38338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel consists of independent experts who have been appointed in accordance with the Safeguarding the Union command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Panel will report to the UK Government bi-yearly and on the basis set out in the command paper. As part of this, I refer the Hon Gentleman to my Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-02-24/hcws463" target="_blank">UIN HCWS463</a>) of 24 February 2025.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Panellists are not employees of the UK Government and do not receive remuneration for this role. A Secretariat is provided by the UK Government to the Panel in accordance with paragraph 160 of the command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn grouped question UIN 38334 38337 38339 question first answered 18/03/2025 11:10:06 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1784648

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, CP1021, what the (a) budget and (b) number of staff is that has been allocated to the Independent Monitoring Committee for its first year of operations.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	38339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel consists of independent experts who have been appointed in accordance with the Safeguarding the Union command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Panel will report to the UK Government bi-yearly and on the basis set out in the command paper. As part of this, I refer the Hon Gentleman to my Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-02-24/hcws463" target="_blank">UIN HCWS463</a>) of 24 February 2025.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Panellists are not employees of the UK Government and do not receive remuneration for this role. A Secretariat is provided by the UK Government to the Panel in accordance with paragraph 160 of the command paper.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn grouped question UIN 38334 38337 38338 question first answered 18/03/2025 11:10:06 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1784342

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to update the national maritime security strategy, CP 724, published on 15 August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	38102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has no current plans to publish a new national maritime security strategy. As announced by the PM, a new national security strategy will be published this summer.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 18/03/2025 11:02:35 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1784430

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the maritime decarbonisation plan on the UK economy by 2029.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	37985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>We will shortly set out our next steps for reducing shipping emissions in a forthcoming maritime decarbonisation plan, which will include a package of policy and regulatory measures. Maritime has a key role to play in supporting the Governments missions, including to Kickstart Economic Growth, and our plans will ensure that we seize the green growth opportunity of maritime decarbonisation, whilst limiting any impacts to business. We will publish an impact assessment and consult the industry on individual measures, and economic impacts will form part of these assessments.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 18/03/2025 10:43:47 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1784433

registered interest
date	13/03/2025
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the number of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points per hundred thousand people in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, and (d) Northern Ireland on 1 December 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	37986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2025 answer text <p>The number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices per 100,000 population by country of the UK is published as part of the department’s quarterly electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are published quarterly so an equivalent summary as of 1 December 2024 is not available. Data as of 1 January 2025 is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Charging devices per 100,000 population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>111.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>99.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>112.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>35.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/03/2025 11:28:08 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell