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1727681

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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
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 estimate of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of the total lifetime cost of delivering (a) the Western Link and (b) all current and future stages of the Eastern Green Link offshore cabling.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	4389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Electricity network reinforcements are only approved where they are in the interests of consumers and help reduce overall system costs. For both the Western Link and the Eastern Green Link projects, decisions to proceed were based on robust cost-benefit analyses, approved by Ofgem. Ofgem review proposed project costs and ensure that network companies spend efficiently, protecting consumers from unduly high costs.</p><p> </p><p>These reinforcements are designed to help balance the GB grid, bringing renewable generation in Scotland to demand centres further south. While they have significant build costs, they will help reduce balancing costs, bringing overall savings to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 10/09/2024 06:37:22 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1727286

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what documentation is required to obtain a UK passport for people born in the Irish Republic who are living in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Passport Office must satisfactorily complete its checks upon an applicant’s nationality, identity, and eligibility before a passport can be issued, and will request additional evidence as necessary to support the completion of these checks.</p><p>The evidence required will change depending upon individual circumstances, and whether it is an application for a first passport or a renewal. Further information about the information needed when applying for a first passport can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/what-documents-you-need-to-apply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/what-documents-you-need-to-apply</a></p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 09/09/2024 15:15:57 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1727287

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Council Tax: Single People
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 policy is on the single-person discounts on council tax for single (a) pension and (b) working households; and what the forecast discount is for the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	4202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>For both pension-age and working-age households, where there is only one liable adult resident in a property, the council tax bill is reduced by 25%. The Government will carefully consider the impact on councils and taxpayers, before making any future decisions on council tax. The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 09/09/2024 16:41:19 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1727291

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects her Department plans to include in the third Road Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	4274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is considering the content and timing of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) alongside all transport infrastructure spend. We will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 09/09/2024 15:37:29 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1727294

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Dementia: Reviews
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 is taking to (a) improve and (b) standardise the quality of annual dementia reviews.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	4277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Dementia: Good Personalised Care and Support Planning guide sets out how primary care providers can ensure personalised care and support planning is undertaken consistently and reliably. This includes annual dementia reviews. The guide offers a quality assurance framework to ensure care planning is responsive to needs and preferences.</p><p>To improve care for patients with dementia, NHS England's RightCare team has refreshed the RightCare Dementia Scenario, which works through the Well Pathway for Dementia, detailing optimal and suboptimal approaches. The RightCare team has developed a model dementia pathway based on data for each component of the pathway, to provide a high-level view of what dementia care activity looks like for local areas, and to aid targeted support where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 09/09/2024 22:15:07 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 4848 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1727307

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the average cost to energy companies of (a) installing and (b) maintaining smart meters in domestic properties in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Smart Metering Implementation Programme collects data from energy suppliers on an annual basis pertaining to the costs and benefits of the smart meter rollout. This includes device and installation costs for smart metering equipment, as well as a range of metrics capturing the cost savings of smart meters compared to traditional meters. We do not provide average supplier costs due to commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 09/09/2024 15:54:36 answering member 5099
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1727308

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banking Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with major banking institutions on progress in establishing banking hubs (a) in rural areas, (b) in small towns and (c) nationally.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to ensure that at least 350 banking hubs are delivered across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Over 60 banking hubs are already open and Cash Access UK, who oversee banking hub rollout, expect 100 hubs to be open by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The specific location of these hubs is determined independently by LINK, the operator of the UK’s largest ATM network. Criteria that LINK considers includes whether another bank branch remains nearby, population, number of cash-accepting businesses and the financial vulnerability of the community.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 09/09/2024 15:36:41 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1727309

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally in small boats have died in the English Channel in each of the last five years: how many such fatalities were children; and how many occurred in (a) UK and (b) French territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	4165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>There have been 31 tragedies, since August 2019, where 97 people are confirmed to have died and at least 14 people have been reported as missing at sea, presumed dead, as a result of or linked to attempting these dangerous crossings.</p><p>Numbers of fatalities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Confirmed fatalities</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024 (to 05/09/24)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A total of eight minors are reported to have died in the fatal incidents that have occurred this year. Prior to this, the only known minor fatalities occurred as a result of an incident in October 2020 when an entire family group, including 3 children, died following the capsizing of a migrant vessel.</p><p>Almost all fatalities have occurred in French Territorial Waters (TTW). There has been one incident (on 14 December 2022), involving the deaths of 4 people, which undoubtedly took place within UK TTW. However, an earlier tragedy – the loss of 27 people in a single incident in November 2021 – was proven after investigation to have partially occurred within UK TTW. It is subject to an ongoing Art.2 Human Rights Inquiry led by Sir Ross Cranston.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 09/09/2024 16:50:48 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1727313

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the removal of Winter Fuel Payments on pensioners in receipt of attendance allowance.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. They will continue to be worth £200 for eligible households, or £300 for eligible households with someone aged over 80.</p><p> </p><p>Pensioners on low incomes and in receipt of Attendance Allowance can qualify for an additional amount in Pension Credit, providing they meet the other eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>In making a decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the government had regard to the equality analysis in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 09/09/2024 16:30:06 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1727319

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries
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 he plans to take to support the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult.
tabling member constituency	Meriden and Solihull East
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	4262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult plays a vital role in accelerating the development of compound semiconductor technology and applications. In 2023/24, it received a core grant of £17 million from Innovate UK. It is a strong example of government, industry and academia working together and will continue to play a central part in delivering our commitment to accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science and research.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 09/09/2024 15:25:10 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti