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1786057

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2025
	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	NHS: Offenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what restrictions are placed on people convicted of a criminal offence who seek employment in the National Health Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Having a criminal record does not necessarily mean that a person cannot work in the National Health Service. Local employers should have robust and effective recruitment and background check requirements aligned with the NHS Employment Check Standards issued by NHS Employers, to ensure individuals they employ are suitable, skilled, competent and safe to carry out the role they are being appointed to do. This includes a criminal record check for all eligible positions.</p><p>Employers must consider the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975 when asking for criminal record information. Any recruitment decision needs to be made on a case-by-case basis balancing the risks associated with any given role. The exception to this rule is where recruiting to a regulated activity under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, and where individuals are prohibited from working with adults and/or children who are in receipt of health care or services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 21/03/2025 13:42:07 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1785103

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	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	Community Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 34860 on MHCLG: Greenpeace, and of 11 March 2025 to Question HL5100 on Community Relations, whether her Department’s decision not to engage with (a) Greenpeace, (b) XR and (c) Just Stop Oil is due to (i) her Department’s engagement principles or (b) other reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2025 answer text <p>Decisions concerning who we engage with are carefully considered by government departments on a case by case basis. The government will only engage with organisations when it is in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 21/03/2025 09:53:08 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1785110

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling the use of modified number plates designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition cameras, also known as ghost plates.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), various police forces and Trading Standards in relation to the supply and use of modified number plates, commonly known as ‘ghost plates’. One element of the work underway is to quantify the number of illegal plates that are in circulation. The evidence received will support further action to address this issue.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood grouped question UIN 38715 question first answered 20/03/2025 09:35:02 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5088

1785111

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of modified number plates designed to evade detection by automatic number plate recognition cameras on levels of crime.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The cloning and defacing of number plates is illegal. We are working with the police, the DVLA and other partners to crack down on these crimes.</p><p>We have begun work on a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade, which aims to reduce road deaths and prevent related crime.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 20/03/2025 17:19:58 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5088

1785113

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for vehicle registration offences in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of its annual ‘Police Powers and Procedures: Roads policing’ statistical release. The latest data is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-roads-policing-to-december-2023/police-powers-and-procedures-roads-policing-to-december-2023" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures: Roads policing, to December 2023 - GOV.UK</a> and covers the calendar year ending December 2023.</p><p>Data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for vehicle registration offences for the last three years is covered under offence classification 810, “vehicle registration and excise licence offences”, and is provided in table FPN_03 of the motoring offences data tables, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67506ce8d12a2dad3bc97ab4/FPN-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-procedures-year-ending-dec-23.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67506ce8d12a2dad3bc97ab4/FPN-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-procedures-year-ending-dec-23.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 20/03/2025 16:16:19 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5088

1785114

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vehicle Number Plates: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number and proportion of vehicle number plates were unreadable by automatic number plate recognition cameras in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich
	tabling member printed	Sarah Coombes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>Data on the readability of ANPR reads is not collected or published.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 20/03/2025 16:28:24 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5088

1785119

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	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	Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30065 Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories, if he will list his department’s current priorities identified for (a) export and (b) investment services in (i) Israel and (ii) the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith and Chiswick
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>Current priorities identified for export and investment services in Israel include infrastructure (construction and energy), healthcare (medicinal and pharmaceutical products), food and drink, financial and professional services.</p><p>Priorities for the Occupied Palestinian Territories include cars, tech, food and drink, and financial, professional business, and digital services.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 20/03/2025 17:29:43 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1785120

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	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	Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30065 on Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories, how much of his Department's budget has been allocated to each of the Trade Envoys for (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith and Chiswick
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Department has so far not spent any of its budget this Financial Year to support the Trade Envoys to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p><p>The funding for next Financial Year 2025-26 for the Trade Envoys to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be allocated on a case-by-case basis to meet costs of travel and subsistence needed to undertake their role.</p><p>Any costs incurred are subject to Departmental guidelines which apply to the programme’s use of public funds.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 20/03/2025 17:26:59 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1785121

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	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	Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30065 on Trade Promotion: Israel and Occupied Territories, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the role of the Trade Envoys to (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith and Chiswick
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>Following the announcement by the Secretary of State on 28<sup>th</sup> January of the appointment of a new team of Trade Envoys, we are in the process of developing specific objectives to measure the performance and impact of the Trade Envoys supporting Departmental priorities including Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 20/03/2025 17:24:23 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1785125

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Space Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase UK sovereign capability in the defence space sector.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is supporting the Government's ambition to strengthen the UK's space sector. Through major investments from Defence, including £1.5 billion over 10 years in Defence space technologies and £5 billion over a similar period in satellite communications through the SKYNET programme, we have supported the development of technology and economic growth opportunities for the sector. Initiatives like ISTARI, a satellite constellation for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, will boost operational independence using unique technology developed in the UK. Collaboration with industry, academia, and Government is ongoing to ensure the necessary infrastructure, skilled personnel, satellites, ground stations and operators are in place for sovereign capability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 20/03/2025 14:37:49 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge