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1606015

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities: Operating Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has made to ensure charities contracted by (a) government departments, (b) local authorities and (c) NHS bodies to deliver public services can pay their operational costs including paying a fair wage.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	170572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>It is a legal obligation that employers pay the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, introduced by this Conservative Government, and the National Minimum Wage for workers under 23. Departments can also require suppliers to pay above these rates, such as the London Living Wage, where it is relevant to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK public procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimum combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Sourcing Playbook sets out the Government's policies with regards to outsourcing. It was introduced to improve decision making and the quality of contracts government places with suppliers. The Playbook is focussed on getting things right from the start, and includes 11 key policies which help government and industry work together to deliver high quality public services while maximising value for money.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By getting things right from the start and driving better contracting with the private sector, the playbook policies prioritise high quality outcomes, whilst also driving efficiencies and savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/03/2023 12:48:37 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1606783

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Investment Zones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 4.117 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, how much funding he plans to allocate to a successful region under the Investment Zones policy over (a) one year and b) five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	172390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Investment Zones <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finvestment-zones&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C29558d499e6247e9ff7608db2f6b0c02%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638155909030848812%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OLeseGURjOLTods6Fwfo47CUdve4jWyWKJSTdO0W75I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">policy prospectus</a>, officials will work in partnership with places, and their local stakeholders, to co-develop their Investment Zone proposals.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 172411 question first answered 28/03/2023 16:37:52 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1607059

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	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	Pigs: Animal Housing
	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 is taking steps to ban (a) pig farrowing crates, (b) sow stalls and (c) other caged farming systems.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	173051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening animal welfare standards and is currently examining the use of cages for laying hens and the use of farrowing crates for pigs. The UK banned sow stalls in 1999.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with retailers and producers to ensure we maintain and enhance the high standards of animal health and welfare we have in this country, including on our farms.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 15:36:38 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1607072

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to correspondence of (a) 24 January and (b) 16 February from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare relating to a constituent, Samantha Smith.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	173006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office replied on 17 February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/03/2023 10:26:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1607132

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement entitled Ajax Payments Update, UIN HCWS652, made by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 20 March 2023, who met or will meet the costs of the user validation trials for the AJAX programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	172975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The User Validation Trials were bespoke trials to establish the effectiveness of the proposed Ajax modifications, conducted jointly with General Dynamics. General Dynamics bore all of their costs associated with this activity and the Ministry of Defence bore approximately £650,000 in costs for the preparation, execution and analysis of the independent monitoring and instrumentation necessary for these joint trials.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 172339 question first answered 28/03/2023 15:37:30 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1607159

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	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	Plants: Genetically Modified Organisms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to support research on gene edited plants; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring researchers to have a license before conducting gene editing on animals.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	173072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has passed into law The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act that unlocks growth and innovation in the bioscience sector. Precision breeding technology such as gene editing, taking place in the UK’s leading research institutes has the potential to tackle some of the major challenges of our time.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 continue to be required for any scientific research involving gene-editing in animals.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/03/2023 15:31:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1607175

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency practical driving test in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) West Didsbury test centres in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	173086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as possible at all test centres. As a result of the measures already taken by the DVSA, overall, since April 2021, an estimated 813,000 additional test slots have now been created. On average, the DVSA is creating approximately 35,300 extra test slots each month.</p><p>The average time between booking and taking a practical car test in Greater Manchester and West Didsbury test centres over the last 12 months is 15.2 weeks and 15.6 weeks respectively. As of 27 March 2023, there are 1,847 driving tests available in Greater Manchester and 465 available at West Didsbury.</p><p>To prevent the booking and re-selling of driving test appointments, the DVSA has:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service – any new applications must be made by email, where they’ll be thoroughly checked by the DVSA;</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor;</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors;</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6 - if changes are required after reaching this limit, approved driving instructors or candidates will have to cancel the test and rebook it; and</li><li>updated the test booking service terms and conditions to make it clear that users must not book tests and sell them for profit. Users found breaching the terms and conditions may have their accounts closed.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 173087 question first answered 28/03/2023 10:18:51 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1607177

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Conduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help prevent approved driving instructors selling practical driving exams for a profit.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	173087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as possible at all test centres. As a result of the measures already taken by the DVSA, overall, since April 2021, an estimated 813,000 additional test slots have now been created. On average, the DVSA is creating approximately 35,300 extra test slots each month.</p><p>The average time between booking and taking a practical car test in Greater Manchester and West Didsbury test centres over the last 12 months is 15.2 weeks and 15.6 weeks respectively. As of 27 March 2023, there are 1,847 driving tests available in Greater Manchester and 465 available at West Didsbury.</p><p>To prevent the booking and re-selling of driving test appointments, the DVSA has:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service – any new applications must be made by email, where they’ll be thoroughly checked by the DVSA;</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor;</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors;</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6 - if changes are required after reaching this limit, approved driving instructors or candidates will have to cancel the test and rebook it; and</li><li>updated the test booking service terms and conditions to make it clear that users must not book tests and sell them for profit. Users found breaching the terms and conditions may have their accounts closed.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 173086 question first answered 28/03/2023 10:18:51 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1606680

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Peters and Peters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours of legal services Peters and Peters has provided in relation to the Privileges Committee investigation of the Rt hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	172431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate for the Cabinet Office to comment in this level of detail on the contract with Peters and Peters given the commercial and legal sensitivities.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/03/2023 14:26:35 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1606681

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Peters and Peters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2023 to Question 165342 on Cabinet Office: Legal Opinion, if he will publish details of the competed framework used when tendering the legal services contract to Peters and Peters in relation to the Privileges Committee investigation of the rt Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	172432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Information about the contract between the Cabinet Office and Peters &amp; Peters can be found on ContractsFinder at the following link: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/26bfbb02-7e5b-4500-9746-6513393bfd27" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/26bfbb02-7e5b-4500-9746-6513393bfd27</a>.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/03/2023 14:31:33 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire