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1792001

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	Sustainable Farming Incentive
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 25 March 2025 to Question 38604 on Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of farmers whose applications were ready for submission but missed out due to the short notice about the scheme's closure.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	43886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2025 answer text <p>This Government inherited an uncapped scheme aimed at mass participation of farm businesses, despite a finite farming budget. In order to ensure we acted in a financially responsible way we took the decision to stop accepting new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications. We needed to ensure fair access to the scheme and avoid creating a sudden increase in the level of demand.</p><p> </p><p>This Government’s commitment to farmers and the vital role they play to feed our nation remains steadfast.  Since we launched the SFI in 2022 Defra have worked closely with the farming sector to develop the SFI and we will continue to do so for the reformed the SFI offer, which we expect to publish more information about in summer 2025.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 10/04/2025 15:12:05 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

1792002

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	AEA Group: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fifty-seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, and to Questions 329 and 330 of the oral evidence given by the Minister for Pensions to the Work and Pensions select committee on 10 January 2024, HC 144, what steps she is taking to implement a redress scheme.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	43809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>In its response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the AEA Technology case, the department agreed to consider the PAC recommendation to ‘ensure that people have an adequate route of appeal when considering complaints about their occupational and personal pensions, through a review of the Ombudsman’. Progress on the PAC and subsequent WPC recommendations were paused due to the General Election. The department remains committed to providing the PAC with an update once the Cabinet Office has considered how it would like departments to scope and schedule a new series of reviews for public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Swansea West answering member printed Torsten Bell question first answered 08/04/2025 15:04:54 answering member 5069
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1792009

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's official Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, whether the 1.3million homes to be built will be built in the UK or in England.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	43892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2025 answer text <p>The 1.3 million homes figure referenced represents a forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) based solely on the impact of the changes the government made to the National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024. The OBR does not provide a breakdown between England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The government’s Plan for Change includes an ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/04/2025 10:51:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook previous answer version 55344 answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1792011

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	General Practitioners: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding for the 2025-26 general practice contract in England will be allocated to the general practice nursing workforce.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	43851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>We hugely value the critical role that general practice (GP) nurses play and are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community.</p><p>GPs are independent businesses, providing GP services to their local populations under an NHS contract. Practices have autonomy in deciding how to provide services, including their workforce mix, in order to deliver their contracts.</p><p>We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the NHS, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.</p><p>The investment includes funding for an assumed increase in GP staff salaries of 2.8% in 2025/26. Once the Department has received the recommendations for GPs for 2025/26 from the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration, it will be considered in the usual way.</p><p>As self-employed contractors to the NHS, it is for practices to determine uplifts in pay for their employees within the agreed GP Contract funding envelope.</p><p>The contract changes for 2025/26 also include increased flexibilities for the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, to allow primary care networks to better respond to local workforce needs. Practice nurses have also been added to the scheme, with no restrictions on the numbers or type of staff able to be funded through the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 08/04/2025 16:36:57 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1792012

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	General Practitioners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of general practice staff that received the 2024 pay increase in full.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	43852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>For 2024/25, we accepted the recommendations of the Doctors' and Dentists' Pay Review Body in full, and the pay element of the GP Contract was uplifted by 6% on a consolidated basis, through an increase of 4% on top of the 2% interim uplift in April, to provide practices with the funding to uplift general practice (GP) partner, salaried GP, and other salaried staff pay by 6%. The uplift is backdated to April 2024, and it was our expectation that this funding should be passed on to all salaried GP staff.</p><p>As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for practices to determine uplifts in pay for their employees within the agreed GP Contract funding envelope. The Department does not centrally hold information on pay for salaried staff in GPs, nor could we provide a breakdown by gender. The data in the annual GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates is based on partner, contractor, and GP tax returns. Further information on the GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gp-earnings-and-expenses-estimates/2020-21?key=I2IiJBo2P3DKdCqny5NcDpglRExoUa4d6Q6VkCGWQzX7ewE8OL3O1ZiI3lQBMduR" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gp-earnings-and-expenses-estimates/2020-21?key=I2IiJBo2P3DKdCqny5NcDpglRExoUa4d6Q6VkCGWQzX7ewE8OL3O1ZiI3lQBMduR</a></p><p>For 2025/26, we are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the NHS, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion. This is the biggest increase in over a decade. The 7.2% cash growth, estimated to be 4.8% of real growth on overall 2024/25 contract costs, on the contract funding envelope includes funding for an assumed increase in salaries of 2.8% in 2025/26. Once the Department has received the recommendations for GPs for 2025/26 from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration, it will be considered in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 43853 question first answered 08/04/2025 16:39:43 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1792013

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	General Practitioners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of female staff working in general practice not receiving the 2024 pay increase in full.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	43853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>For 2024/25, we accepted the recommendations of the Doctors' and Dentists' Pay Review Body in full, and the pay element of the GP Contract was uplifted by 6% on a consolidated basis, through an increase of 4% on top of the 2% interim uplift in April, to provide practices with the funding to uplift general practice (GP) partner, salaried GP, and other salaried staff pay by 6%. The uplift is backdated to April 2024, and it was our expectation that this funding should be passed on to all salaried GP staff.</p><p>As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for practices to determine uplifts in pay for their employees within the agreed GP Contract funding envelope. The Department does not centrally hold information on pay for salaried staff in GPs, nor could we provide a breakdown by gender. The data in the annual GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates is based on partner, contractor, and GP tax returns. Further information on the GP Earnings and Expenses Estimates is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gp-earnings-and-expenses-estimates/2020-21?key=I2IiJBo2P3DKdCqny5NcDpglRExoUa4d6Q6VkCGWQzX7ewE8OL3O1ZiI3lQBMduR" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gp-earnings-and-expenses-estimates/2020-21?key=I2IiJBo2P3DKdCqny5NcDpglRExoUa4d6Q6VkCGWQzX7ewE8OL3O1ZiI3lQBMduR</a></p><p>For 2025/26, we are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the NHS, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion. This is the biggest increase in over a decade. The 7.2% cash growth, estimated to be 4.8% of real growth on overall 2024/25 contract costs, on the contract funding envelope includes funding for an assumed increase in salaries of 2.8% in 2025/26. Once the Department has received the recommendations for GPs for 2025/26 from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration, it will be considered in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 43852 question first answered 08/04/2025 16:39:43 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1792014

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	General Practitioners: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department plans to have with general practice nursing staff on the development of the general practice contract for 2026-27.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	43854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>As in previous years, the Department will engage with a range of stakeholders and will consult with the profession on the GP Contract for 2026/27. More details will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 08/04/2025 16:43:10 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1792026

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Driving Instruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to fund the cost of driving lessons for (a) asylum seekers and (b) other immigrants.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	43810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2025 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 14/04/2025 08:18:33 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1792030

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of police use of live facial recognition technology.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	43831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>The Government supports the police use of live facial recognition technology and will continue to ensure the right balance is struck between ensuring public safety and safeguarding individuals’ rights.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 08/04/2025 09:30:14 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1792031

registered interest
date	03/04/2025
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	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on the development of artificial intelligence models.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	43832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>Compliance, productivity and familiarisation costs savings of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning reforms in the Data (Use and Access) Bill have been considered and can be found in the indirect benefits and costs sections of the impact assessment (IA). The ethical assessment can also be found in the impact on individuals section. The assessment of the effect on different organisations by size and sector can be found in the small and micro business assessment section of the IA <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/publications" target="_blank">here</a> (particularly, Table 14, 24, 25, 26 &amp; 34).</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 08/04/2025 12:33:14 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell