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1745106

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date	27/11/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question HL2426 on Ministers: Official Cars, how many vehicles of the Government Car Service were available for senior official use in (a) 2023 and (b) in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bridlington and The Wolds
tabling member printed	Charlie Dewhirst
uin	16599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) does not determine the allocation of vehicles to senior officials, this is carried out by individual Departmental Private Offices. The arrangements relating to the use of vehicles from the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code. There has been no change in this policy since 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erith and Thamesmead answering member printed Ms Abena Oppong-Asare question first answered 02/12/2024 14:12:33 answering member 4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare
tabling member	5169

1745119

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people who earn the national living wage in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	16452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) estimate that 2.9% of full-time employee jobs and 12.0% of part-time employee jobs were covered by the relevant National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rate in 2023. The LPC will publish updated analysis in early 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 02/12/2024 16:08:17 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1745158

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) apprenticeship courses started and (b) apprenticeship levy spent were for (i) Level 6 and (ii) Level 7 apprenticeships in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	16537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The proportions of apprenticeships starts at level 6 and level 7, as a percentage of total apprenticeship starts at all levels, are provided in the table below for each academic year between 2015/16 and 2023/24.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of total starts at Level 6 (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of total starts at Level 7 (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16 </strong></p></td><td><p>0.10%</p></td><td><p>&lt;0.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>&lt;0.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p>1.70%</p></td><td><p>1.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19 </strong></p></td><td><p>2.80%</p></td><td><p>3.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20 </strong></p></td><td><p>4.70%</p></td><td><p>4.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21 </strong></p></td><td><p>6.10%</p></td><td><p>6.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22 </strong></p></td><td><p>6.70%</p></td><td><p>5.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23 </strong></p></td><td><p>7.40%</p></td><td><p>6.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023/24 </strong></p></td><td><p>7.70%</p></td><td><p>7.00%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information on numbers of apprenticeship starts by detailed level can be found at: <a href="https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/bfd06312-7732-41bc-97e7-94a6d85d2400/files/1ff3ab06-a956-4baa-921c-7166db33c723" target="_blank">https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/bfd06312-7732-41bc-97e7-94a6d85d2400/files/1ff3ab06-a956-4baa-921c-7166db33c723</a>.</p><p>The apprenticeship levy was introduced in 2017, from which the department is allocated an apprenticeships budget for England. This budget is used to fund training and assessment for new apprenticeship starts in apprenticeship levy and non-levy paying employers, and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices already in training and any additional payments made to employers and providers.</p><p>The table below shows total spend on level 6 and level 7 apprenticeships, in both levy-paying and non-levy paying employers in England, as a proportion of the total spend on the apprenticeship programme since the 2017/18 financial year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 6 spend (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 7 spend (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total apprenticeships spend (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of total spend at Level 6 (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of total spend at Level 7 (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,586</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1,738</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>1,919</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>2,455</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>2,458</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>2,509</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend is rounded to the nearest million and proportions to the nearest whole number.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 02/12/2024 17:23:43 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1745175

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15053 on Roads: Suicide, if she will publish the operational data with a description of the data quality issues for each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	16629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>National Highways understand that suicide is not inevitable, it is preventable, with the vision that no one attempts to take their life on our roads. National Highways uses its Post Collision Fatal Reporting (PCFR) process to internally report fatal incidents, including suspected suicides on the Strategic Road Network. However, unless a coroner rules National Highways does not know if these numbers are correct and the coronial process can take many months to complete. National Highways therefore cannot be confident that every suspected suicide recorded was a confirmed suicide. Unvalidated operational data from PCFR covering the period of 2016 – 2024 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Suspected Suicides</p></td><td><p>Comments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>From May onwards</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>Up to November 28th</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 02/12/2024 16:59:30 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5234

1745180

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Financial Services Compensation Scheme has made of the costs (a) of high rise building remediation work taken on by the FSCS and (b) to each insurance company that originally wrote the building insurance.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Torsten Bell
uin	16634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) provides protections to the eligible customers of failed insurers regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), subject to the conditions, limits and requirements set out in PRA rules.</p><p> </p><p>In the context of high-rise building remediation work, East West Insurance Company Limited (EWIC) is the sole insurer default where FSCS has stepped in, in line with its remit. The best estimate for the costs to resolve building remediation work covered by EWIC policies is approximately £335m. However, it is too early to estimate the costs that will fall specifically to the FSCS in this case, as some costs may be met by other parties.</p><p> </p><p>The FSCS does not hold information on the costs to each insurance company that originally wrote the building insurance to cover this type of risk, as insurers in the live market have not been declared in default.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 02/12/2024 17:06:55 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	5069

1745219

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
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 he is taking to help (a) farmers and (b) animal-related industries to reduce the likelihood of bluetongue virus spreading.
tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	16561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Early identification was crucial to enabling a rapid response to a bluetongue outbreak. Defra provided free pre-movement testing to animal keepers in counties at the highest risk of incursion from infected midges originating from the continent.</p><p> </p><p>A restriction zone has been established to cover the counties affected by bluetongue. This measure has been carefully considered to protect the free-area from disease spread while allowing free-movement of animals within the zone, keeping businesses disruption to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Bluetongue is a vector-borne disease transmitted by midges and is challenging to control without vaccination. Responding to the emerging bluetongue-3 epizootic, Defra have worked at pace with vaccine manufacturers, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, and industry to permit the use of three vaccines, enabling keepers to voluntarily protect their stock.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce the impact on animal businesses Defra have designated numerous slaughterhouses and published General Licences enabling animals from the zone to be slaughtered at those slaughterhouses with minimal disruption. Markets within the restricted zone can operate and Defra has approved markets located outside the zone to take animals from the zone.</p><p> </p><p>The situation is reviewed regularly with consideration given to the proportionality of controls informed by science and the department’s close working with industry.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 02/12/2024 16:34:27 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1745220

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Avian Influenza: Disease Control
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 progress his Department has made on tackling avian influenza outbreaks in England.
tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	16562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>Following the detection of notifiable avian influenza in poultry in England, Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have stood up their well-established outbreak structures to control and eradicate disease, restore normal trade, and assist local communities’ recovery. This includes putting in place control zones to help manage disease.</p><p> </p><p>All bird keepers are urged to remain vigilant and take action to protect their birds following a further increase in the avian influenza risk levels in Great Britain, and check GOV.UK regularly to remain informed of the controls in their area. Scrupulous biosecurity remains best practice for protecting the health and welfare of flocks. All registered bird keepers will receive regular updates and guidance to help protect their birds from avian influenza.</p><p> </p><p>Supporting bird keepers, the public and conservation bodies to manage and prepare for avian influenza continues to be one of our main priorities. Defra and APHA will continue to work closely with industry to ensure good flock management and husbandry practices are implemented on all farms regardless of size or scale.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continue to monitor the situation and the need for an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) will be considered in response to further increases in risk.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 02/12/2024 16:32:42 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1745225

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of the vials of (a) Pfizer and (b) Moderna covid-19 vaccines supplied to patients in the United Kingdom contained (i) variable and (ii) excessive levels of residual plasmid DNA.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	16448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>All batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines released in the United Kingdom to date have passed their release specifications for DNA levels. The specifications are set in line with their respective controlled manufacturing process and in accordance with, for example, World Health Organization guidance on the quality, safety, and efficacy of vaccines. No batches that have excessive levels of residual DNA have been released.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 02/12/2024 14:53:26 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1745226

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme on Covid-19 vaccinations have been (a) received, (b) successful, (c) unsuccessful as a result of the claim not meeting the 60 per cent disability threshold, (d) rejected and (e) still awaiting resolution.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	16449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2024 answer text <p>As of 22 November 2024, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has received 17,379 claims related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 194 claims have resulted in a payment being awarded, 9,196 have been rejected, 7,173 are awaiting resolution, and 816 were found to be invalid due to either being outside the scope of the VDPS or for being a duplicate claim. Of the 9,196 rejected claims, 416 were rejected for not meeting the 60% disability threshold.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 02/12/2024 14:50:11 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1745238

registered interest
date	27/11/2024
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	Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
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 27 November 2024 to Question 14996 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will publish the planning representations made by the (a) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and (b) Head of Cyber-Physical and Digital Twins, Innovate UK.
tabling member constituency	Hamble Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	16572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 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 Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered // answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes