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1754424

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December to Question 16717 on Armed Forces: Cadets, what external organisations other than (a) existing cadets and (b) adult volunteers he is consulting to help expand numbers.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>A discussion held in December 2024 canvassed opinion from a wide range of existing cadet advocates, including senior military leaders, Honorary Colonels, Lord Lieutenants, council leaders and representatives from education and academia, as to what activity and governance would be required to enable the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to expand cadets. Representation included all branches of MOD cadets (Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force) as expansion was considered for all.</p><p> </p><p>I, myself met with Honorary Colonels before Christmas, and just last week with a leading academic in this field, who led the team who published the University of Northampton study on the social and economic benefit of cadets. We have discussed how to work together to best advocate for our cadets, and I am committed to their expansion.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 15/01/2025 17:19:17 answering member 5235
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1754489

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK’s contribution to the cost of Chagos settlement will be funded from his Department’s budget.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>As a former Defence Minister, the hon. Member will be familiar with the spending processes in the Ministry of Defence. Spending decisions will be taken in the usual way in due course.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 15/01/2025 11:21:41 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1754490

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Diego Garcia: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he has held with the incoming US administration on the terms of the Diego Garcia military base as part of the Chagos settlement.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Defence Secretary is regularly in touch with the US on a range of matters including the British Indian Ocean Territory/Chagos Archipelago. We look forward to discussing these matters with the incoming Administration in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 15/01/2025 10:28:58 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1754464

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average full-time salary was for (a) classroom and (b) all teachers in (i) academies, (ii) free schools, (iii) local authority maintained schools and (iv) all publicly-funded schools in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The attached table provides the full-time equivalent median average salary for classroom teachers and all teachers in academy schools, free schools, local authority maintained schools and all state-funded schools in England, as at November 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 15/01/2025 16:43:34 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell attachment 1 file name 23229_PRD_attachment_teacher_pay_2025.xlsx title All_Teachers_Median_Average_Salary
	tabling member	5234

1754425

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Heat Pumps: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to return non-compliance fines for the clean heat market mechanism to the level proposed for 2026 in the document entitled Clean Heat Market Mechanism Consultation: Summary of responses received and government response, published on 30 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Pippa Heylings
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government has made the decision to reduce the level of the payment-in-lieu for the Clean Heat Market Mechanism from the previously proposed £3000 per missing heat pump credit to £500 for the first baselining year, in order to provide industry with additional capacity to adjust to the scheme’s introduction. No decisions have been taken about this or other scheme parameters for future years. The Government will keep the effectiveness of the payment level under close review and will consult on whether and how it should evolve for future years.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 15/01/2025 12:52:30 answering member 5099
	tabling member	5078

1754426

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Heat Pumps: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce non-compliance fines in the Clean Heat Market Mechanism on the UK's ability to meet carbon budgets.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Pippa Heylings
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government believes that the reduction to the payment-in-lieu for the Clean Heat Market Mechanism for the first baselining year will provide manufacturers with additional capacity to adapt to the scheme’s introduction, while still providing an incentive to invest in the transition. An impact assessment was published on 21 November 2024 alongside the draft statutory instrument. The adjustment to the payment-in-lieu for the introductory year has not changed the Department's assessment of expected carbon savings from heat pump installations over the scheme’s lifetime. The Government will keep the payment-in-lieu level, like all scheme parameters, under review for future years.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 15/01/2025 12:50:58 answering member 5099
	tabling member	5078

1754427

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Heat Pumps: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing non-compliance fines in the Clean Heat Market Mechanism on the uptake of heat pumps.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Pippa Heylings
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government believes that the reduction to the payment-in-lieu for the Clean Heat Market Mechanism for the first baselining year will provide manufacturers with additional capacity to adapt to the scheme’s introduction, while still providing an incentive to invest in the transition. An impact assessment was published on 21 November 2024 alongside the draft statutory instrument. The government is confident that the targeted retrofit heat pump installations for the first scheme year can be achieved but will keep the payment-in-lieu level, like all scheme parameters, under review for future years.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 15/01/2025 12:49:25 answering member 5099
	tabling member	5078

1754476

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release Home upgrade revolution as renters set for warmer homes and cheaper bills, published on 23 September 2024, when he plans to consult on new EPC requirements for the private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government will consult shortly on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The consultation will include proposals for rented homes to achieve Energy Performance Certificate C or equivalent by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 15/01/2025 12:48:21 answering member 5099
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1754463

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	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	Agriculture: Lincolnshire
	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 he has made of the contribution of farming to the economy of (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2025 answer text <p>Regional estimates of total income from farming are produced at international territorial levels (ITL) 1, 2 and 3, with ITL3 being the most granular geographical breakdown. As such, the specific breakdown requested for part a) of the question is not available.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023, total income from farming for Lincolnshire was £579.17 million.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 14/01/2025 16:27:23 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1754460

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2025
	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	Autism: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for autism diagnoses.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments and diagnosis, in line with relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.</p><p>On 5 April 2023, NHS England published a national framework and operational guidance to help ICBs and the National Health Service to deliver improved outcomes for children, young people and adults referred to an autism assessment service.</p><p>In 2024/25, £4.3 million is available nationally to improve services for autistic children and young people, including autism assessment services.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 15/01/2025 18:06:05 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen