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1746657

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
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	Employment Rights Bill: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the automotive sector.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
uin	17529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill [<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments</a>].</p><p>The majority of employees will benefit from new protections in the Bill, however, our assessment finds that workers in the low-paying sectors including social care, hospitality, retail, and some manufacturing sectors such as the manufacture of food-items will benefit the most from the Bill.</p><p>The Bill will also deliver wider benefits for the business environment by improving wellbeing, incentivising higher productivity, and creating a more level playing field for good employers. This could have a positive knock-on impact on productivity and growth.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 17528 17530 17531 question first answered 06/12/2024 08:42:59 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1746658

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
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	Employment Rights Bill: Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the aerospace sector.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
uin	17530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill [<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments</a>].</p><p>The majority of employees will benefit from new protections in the Bill, however, our assessment finds that workers in the low-paying sectors including social care, hospitality, retail, and some manufacturing sectors such as the manufacture of food-items will benefit the most from the Bill.</p><p>The Bill will also deliver wider benefits for the business environment by improving wellbeing, incentivising higher productivity, and creating a more level playing field for good employers. This could have a positive knock-on impact on productivity and growth.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 17528 17529 17531 question first answered 06/12/2024 08:42:59 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1746666

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
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	Employment Rights Bill: Chemicals and Plastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the (a) chemicals and (b) plastics sector.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Dame Harriett Baldwin
uin	17531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>On Monday 21 October, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill [<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments</a>].</p><p>The majority of employees will benefit from new protections in the Bill, however, our assessment finds that workers in the low-paying sectors including social care, hospitality, retail, and some manufacturing sectors such as the manufacture of food-items will benefit the most from the Bill.</p><p>The Bill will also deliver wider benefits for the business environment by improving wellbeing, incentivising higher productivity, and creating a more level playing field for good employers. This could have a positive knock-on impact on productivity and growth.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 17528 17529 17530 question first answered 06/12/2024 08:42:59 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1746692

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
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	Business and Consumers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed increases in stamp prices on (a) consumers and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	17755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have a role in Royal Mail’s commercial decisions, including the prices of stamps and other services.</p><p> </p><p>In setting its prices, Royal Mail must observe the regulatory framework set by Ofcom which imposes price controls, ‘safeguard caps’, on certain second-class products to ensure a basic universal service is available to all at affordable prices.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Ofcom’s decisions regarding retail price caps on Royal Mail’s universal postal services to apply from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027 is available on its website: <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/post/deliveries-and-charges/consultation-review-of-second-class-safeguard-caps-2024" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk/post/deliveries-and-charges/consultation-review-of-second-class-safeguard-caps-2024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 05/12/2024 17:39:23 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5361

1746691

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
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	Midwives: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Professor Mary Renfrew's report entitled Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care In Northern Ireland, published on 22 October 2024.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Robin Swann
uin	17714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered // answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5319

1746499

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Slough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of driving tests in Slough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	17585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), include the recruitment of new driving examiners (DE), conducting tests outside regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from DEs. DVSA also continues to deploy DEs from areas with lower waiting times into those where waiting times are longer.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a recent recruitment exercise, DVSA hopes to offer training courses to two potential new DEs at Slough DTC in the new year. In future recruitment campaigns, DVSA will continue to look to fill additional examiner roles at Slough DTC.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 05/12/2024 16:57:03 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1746530

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle charging points there will be in each year from 2025 to 2030.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The 2022 EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443337376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lL5qQdC2HSvkcG1mDgjXwm72T4StJK1njKT7W7q1bC0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy - GOV.UK</a>) set out forecasts of consumer demand for public chargepoints. These projections indicated that between 280,000 and 720,000 might be needed by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>As of the 1 November there were over 71,000 public charging devices in the UK (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdeveloping-faster-indicators-of-transport-activity&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAnnie.Reddaway%40ozev.gov.uk%7C748bbee79fc4445fa00808dd14728ed1%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638689204443357789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JVWMKP6T0%2F9PnQcTnjkSUqq6sBuqTTvhz3JZ0vQQvr0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Developing faster indicators of transport activity - GOV.UK</a>). Between October 2023 and October 2024 the number of public charging devices grew by 42%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 06/12/2024 10:52:23 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746593

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Blackpool North and Fleetwood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Lorraine Beavers
uin	17690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), include the recruitment of new driving examiners (DE), conducting tests outside regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays, and buying back annual leave from DEs. DVSA also continues to deploy DEs from areas with lower waiting times into those where waiting times are longer.</p><p> </p><p>Blackpool's current DTC is a temporary base. DVSA has identified a new location for Blackpool DTC and has been working through the planning process. If successful in opening a new DTC at this site, this should allow an increase in capacity in the number of DEs, with an overall capacity of 10 DEs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of recent recruitment at DTCs that serve the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency, DVSA has three potential new examiners currently in training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 06/12/2024 08:56:43 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5232

1746711

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: 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 improve engagement with UK (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized technology companies through traditional prime contractors.
tabling member constituency	Exmouth and Exeter East
tabling member printed	David Reed
uin	17724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make a vital contribution to economic growth and are a valuable source of technical innovation in defence. This is recognised in the recently published Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, as well as the Department's Social Value policies. We work with our largest suppliers through a network of their SME Champions, Trade Associations and SME representatives to ensure that SMEs have fair access to opportunities in our supply chain and that our prime contractors are adopting policies, such as fair payment practices, that support small businesses working in defence.</p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 06/12/2024 15:42:37 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5347

1746712

registered interest
date	03/12/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Cybersecurity
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 support the development of cyber capabilities within the defence sector through partnerships with UK (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized technology companies.
tabling member constituency	Exmouth and Exeter East
tabling member printed	David Reed
uin	17725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to working collaboratively with innovators in the technology sector to improve cyber capabilities across Defence. We recognise the valuable skills, technology, and pace of development in cyber, much of which is driven by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The recently published Defence Industrial Strategy - Statement of Intent acknowledges the vital contribution SMEs can offer not just in cyber but across the spectrum of capabilities. Our priority is to create new partnerships between Government and business, and as a first step we will create the Defence Industrial Joint Council with a specific objective of broadening participation, which includes the SME community.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is further working closely with industry and external stakeholders in conducting a Strategic Defence Review 25 that will set the Defence Plan including the future intent for cyber.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Liverpool Garston answering member printed Maria Eagle question first answered 06/12/2024 15:44:02 answering member 483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
tabling member	5347