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1624217

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	flypop: Future Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 29 March 2022 (HL6989), whether FlyPop was granted a licence by the Civil Aviation Authority; and if not, what time limits have been set for businesses to become operational before monies obtained through the Future Fund are required to be repaid.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>Licensing is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p>The repayment of monies obtained through the Future Fund is not driven by businesses becoming operational. The Future Fund is invested through a standardised 3-year term Convertible Loan Agreement (‘CLA’); the CLA either converts to equity or is repaid in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The full scheme eligibility criteria and rules can be viewed on the British Business Bank’s website.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/05/2023 15:09:10 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1624068

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that homeless 16 and 17 years are accommodated by their local authority under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The government published joint guidance in 2018 that sets out the expectations of local authorities in relation to homeless 16 and 17-year-olds. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/712467/Provision_of_accommodation_for_16_and_17_year_olds_who_may_be_homeless.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/712467/Provision_of_accommodation_for_16_and_17_year_olds_who_may_be_homeless.pdf.</a></p><p>The expectation is that in circumstances where a 16 or 17-year-old is homeless, and mediation on living at home has not been possible or not prevented them being homeless, they would be accommodated as a Looked After Child (LAC) under section 20 of the Children’s Act. If they are then accommodated as a LAC for at least 13 weeks, they are entitled to a leaving care support package.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 16:29:23 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1624029

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the security of domestic energy supplied from offshore wind farms in the UK’s (a) territorial waters and (b) Exclusive Economic Zone in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence constantly monitors activity within UK waters and its Economic Exclusion Zone to counter and deter detected threats, including to our subsea and offshore energy infrastructure. British warships frequently patrol throughout the UK Economic Exclusion Zone and are routed through the North Sea where possible, to further increase surveillance of offshore oil and gas installations.</p><p> </p><p>I have not met with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on these topics but Defence officials at all levels are working closely with their counterparts across Government to support the development of the UK energy security policy and its implementation. This collaboration ranges from innovation to unlock the development of the offshore wind capacity to Defence’s developing its own internal response to energy resilience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/05/2023 09:55:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1624101

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Water: Conservation
	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 she will make it her policy to require water companies to become water neutral.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Water neutrality is about enabling development which does not increase the amount of water taken/ abstracted from the environment. Water companies account for the effects of growth, drought and climate change uncertainty on future demand within a Water Resources Management Plan and update this every five years.</p><p> </p><p>The investment through the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) is substantial; between 2020 and 2025 it will account for over £5 billion of asset improvements, investigation, monitoring and catchment interventions. Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat work with water companies to identify solutions that will improve water courses and prevent further deterioration. Water companies need to meet environmental legislative requirements set out in the Environment Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in our Plan for Water we set out how we are working with the Future Homes Hub and Cranfield University to “develop clear guidance on ‘water positive’ or ‘net zero water’ developments and roles for developers and water companies, including water company incentives”. This guidance could be used by Local Authorities and any other organisation that aspires to become water positive.</p><p> </p><p>In our Plan for Water we also set out that we will “support development of Agricultural Water Resources Management Plans through the Water for Food Group initiated by the National Farmers’ Union”. We are working with the agriculture sector and supporting farmers to store more water on their land – launching the second round of the £10 million Water Management Grant to fund more on-farm reservoirs and better irrigation equipment - and reducing planning barriers to small reservoirs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 182840 182841 182843 question first answered 09/05/2023 13:49:43 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1623974

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Waste Disposal: Northern Ireland
	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 she has sought legal advice on (a) the extent to which Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No.1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on Shipments of Waste will be binding on movements of waste from Great Britain for processing by companies based in Northern Ireland under the Protocol as amended by the Windsor Framework, (b) the date on which those requirements would come into effect, (c) the extent to which obligations will fall on those sending waste from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Regulation and (d) the extent to which obligations will fall on waste processing companies in Northern Ireland receiving the waste from Great Britain under the Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>Defra officials are working with colleagues across Government on the implementation of the Windsor Framework, including with regard to movements of waste. We will update businesses on the implications as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/05/2023 08:29:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

1624074

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Hospital Beds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average bed occupancy was for the Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>From 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, average general and acute bed occupancy was 97.4% at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals, and 93.0% at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 182788 question first answered 15/05/2023 12:26:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 72521 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1623985

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Warm Home Prescription
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 179881 on Warm Home Prescription, whether his Department plans to take steps to extend the Warm Home Prescription pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The establishment, scope and duration of Warm Home Prescription pilot schemes is determined locally. We will monitor the emerging evidence from these pilots.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/05/2023 09:54:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1624090

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Voter Authority Certificates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Committee has had recent discussions with the Electoral Commission on the level of sign up for the Voter Authority Certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Committee discussed access to and uptake of Voter Authority Certificates at its recent public evidence session in March. A transcript of the session is available on the Committee's website.</p><p>The Commission has said that while increases in awareness of voter ID requirement have been strong, Voter Authority Certificate applications were lower than might have been expected.</p><p>It has noted that this may reflect the number of people wanting to vote in these elections, take-up of postal and proxy voting, or that some voters have not applied in time for the deadline.</p><p>The Commission will consider the levels of take-up and the reasons for this as part of its evaluation of the implementation of voter ID. This will include detailed public survey work.</p> answering member constituency Lancaster and Fleetwood answering member printed Cat Smith question first answered 02/05/2023 07:51:05 answering member 4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1623970

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the official statistics entitled DBS checks: police performance summary, published on 28 April 2021, when she plans to update the data on average turnaround times for DBS checks at police forces; and for what reasons data on average turnaround times has not been updated since April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>There is no intention for DBS to update the ‘DBS checks: police force summary’ data on its website.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2021/22 reporting year and onwards DBS decided to focus on the data items it publishes every quarter relating to its legacy measures, internal targets and product volumes, including data about the average turnaround times for police forces. Data published by DBS is focused on its own key service standards and is accompanied by a narrative that explains DBS’ performance and the average turnaround times for all levels of DBS checks. This includes performance for Enhanced checks, for which police forces may be required to undertake checks of their local records.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 09/05/2023 12:38:51 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1624111

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of changes to Universal Credit (a) assessment periods and (b) payment schedules arising from early salary payments at weekends and bank holidays on people affected by those payments.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>There are no planned changes to Universal Credit assessment periods or payment schedules.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit has been designed with monthly assessment periods to reflect the world of work, where the majority of all employees receive wages monthly. Guidance is available to claimants, staff and representatives to raise awareness of different earnings patterns and their impact on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant wishes to dispute the earnings information, we have received from their employer, they can submit evidence to us, and we will look into the case to see if a change needs to be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/05/2023 16:25:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra