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1507191

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	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 letter sent on 15 July 2022 by the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, if she will take steps to publish the evaluation of benefit sanctions referred to in that letter.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	53458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>“I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm=49219&amp;DateFrom=01/01/2022&amp;DateTo=28/04/2023&amp;AnsweredFrom=&amp;AnsweredTo=&amp;House=Commons&amp;Answered=Any&amp;Expanded=True" target="_blank">PQ W 49219</a>”</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/09/2022 17:15:32 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1507226

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the President of COP26, what his policy is on loss and damage finance for countries particularly vulnerable to climate change at COP27.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	53500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, Parties recognised loss and damage is already impacting lives and livelihoods and agreed to scale-up support. The Glasgow Dialogue was established to discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage.</p><p>In June 2022, at the Bonn Intersessional meeting, the Glasgow Dialogue on loss and damage was launched to discuss the funding arrangements for addressing loss and damage. There will be further dialogues taking place every year to 2024, though these are not formal negotiations.This will continue to be a critical forum to discuss practical ways finance can be scaled up and effectively delivered. I regularly discuss Loss and Damage with international counterparts, including non-governmental organisations and the private sector.</p><p>The UK is committed to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact working with Parties and Civil Society organisations to advance progress through the Glasgow Dialogue and operationalising the Santiago Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 51723 52051 52052 52053 52054 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:31:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1507234

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Electronic Cigarettes
	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 assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of single-use, disposable e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	53477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Defra has made no assessment of the environmental impact of single-use, disposable e-cigarettes.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 28/09/2022 11:57:33 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1507236

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Planning: Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to prevent overdevelopment of Green Belt land in its future planning reforms.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority should not propose to alter a Green Belt boundary unless there are exceptional circumstances and it can show at examination of the Local Plan that it has explored every other reasonable option: including using brownfield land or optimising the density of development. Within Green Belt, most types of new building are questioned and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, as determined by the local authority. These strong protections for Green Belt land are to remain firmly in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:03:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507238

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the number of children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	53478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The department does not currently have any plans to assess the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the number of children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals (FSM). However, the department continues to monitor the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue and the department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the government believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming FSM. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, the greatest ever proportion of school children, 37.5%, are now provided with FSM.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/09/2022 16:34:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1507239

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Recreation Spaces: Local Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government will take to ensure local authorities can put in place Local Plans which ensure the protection of local green spaces.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Local planning authorities must prepare a local plan as the primary basis for identifying what development is needed in an area, deciding where it should go and dealing with planning applications. Local Plans provide greater certainty for communities, businesses, and developers, enabling local areas to set out their strategy for future development and their approach to protecting and enhancing local character, as well as securing community buy in.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework acknowledges the importance that open and green space makes to achieving sustainable development. The Framework is clear that local planning authorities through their local plan, and local communities through their neighbourhood plan, can identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them by formally designating them as Local Green Space. This is then classed as a protected area by the Framework and policies for managing development within a Local Green Space should be consistent with those for Green Belts.</p><p>Whether to designate land as Local Green Space is a matter of local discretion. The space should be demonstrably special to the local community and hold a particular local significance, for example because of its beauty, historic significance, recreational value tranquillity or richness of its wildlife. This could be in rural or urban settings and can include space created as part of new development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:13:41 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507240

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Planning Permission: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the ability for the Planning Inspectorate to override planning decisions made by local councils.
	tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
	tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
	uin	53434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The right of appeal following the refusal of an application is an important part of a planning system. The Planning Inspectorate are required to determine an appeal in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. <br> <br> Currently, around two thirds of appeals are refused.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/09/2022 10:16:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1507253

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of cases in the Crown Court caused by the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	53426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Over the next three years, we are investing an additional £477 million to reduce the Crown Court backlog and reduce waiting times.</p><p>To increase capacity in the criminal justice system, we have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second year in a row, extended 30 Nightingale courtrooms beyond the end of March 2022 and are extending our plans for judicial recruitment. We also reduced demand into the Crown Court by legislating to retain more cases in the Magistrates’ Courts. These actions will deliver swifter justice for victims and reduce the backlog of cases.</p><p>At the Spending Review in September 2021, we stated our ambition to reduce the outstanding caseload to 53,000 by March 2025.</p><p>From the second half of 2021 onwards, we started to make some progress in reducing the caseload, reducing the backlog by over 2,000 from its pandemic-induced peak of 61,000 in June 2021 to 58,700 in March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 53427 53429 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:25:10 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1507254

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of how long it will take to reduce the backlog of Crown Court cases caused by the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	53427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Over the next three years, we are investing an additional £477 million to reduce the Crown Court backlog and reduce waiting times.</p><p>To increase capacity in the criminal justice system, we have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second year in a row, extended 30 Nightingale courtrooms beyond the end of March 2022 and are extending our plans for judicial recruitment. We also reduced demand into the Crown Court by legislating to retain more cases in the Magistrates’ Courts. These actions will deliver swifter justice for victims and reduce the backlog of cases.</p><p>At the Spending Review in September 2021, we stated our ambition to reduce the outstanding caseload to 53,000 by March 2025.</p><p>From the second half of 2021 onwards, we started to make some progress in reducing the caseload, reducing the backlog by over 2,000 from its pandemic-induced peak of 61,000 in June 2021 to 58,700 in March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 53426 53429 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:25:10 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1507256

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting times for bringing cases to the Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	53429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Over the next three years, we are investing an additional £477 million to reduce the Crown Court backlog and reduce waiting times.</p><p>To increase capacity in the criminal justice system, we have removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for the second year in a row, extended 30 Nightingale courtrooms beyond the end of March 2022 and are extending our plans for judicial recruitment. We also reduced demand into the Crown Court by legislating to retain more cases in the Magistrates’ Courts. These actions will deliver swifter justice for victims and reduce the backlog of cases.</p><p>At the Spending Review in September 2021, we stated our ambition to reduce the outstanding caseload to 53,000 by March 2025.</p><p>From the second half of 2021 onwards, we started to make some progress in reducing the caseload, reducing the backlog by over 2,000 from its pandemic-induced peak of 61,000 in June 2021 to 58,700 in March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 53426 53427 question first answered 28/09/2022 15:25:10 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight