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1675606

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the planned NPR Bradford-Manchester line as part of Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering all of these schemes and is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timelines, working closely with Network Rail and other partners. I have undertaken extensive engagement with local leaders on these schemes including recent visits to West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester.</p><p>All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties.</p><p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). We do not routinely make BCRs available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 5341 5342 5343 5344 question first answered 11/12/2023 09:36:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1675607

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the Sheffield - Leeds Line as part of Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering all of these schemes and is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timelines, working closely with Network Rail and other partners. I have undertaken extensive engagement with local leaders on these schemes including recent visits to West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester.</p><p>All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties.</p><p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). We do not routinely make BCRs available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 5340 5342 5343 5344 question first answered 11/12/2023 09:36:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1675608

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the (i) Hull - Leeds and (ii) Sheffield - Hull rail line as part of Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering all of these schemes and is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timelines, working closely with Network Rail and other partners. I have undertaken extensive engagement with local leaders on these schemes including recent visits to West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester.</p><p>All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties.</p><p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). We do not routinely make BCRs available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 5340 5341 5343 5344 question first answered 11/12/2023 09:36:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1675609

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester as part of Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering all of these schemes and is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timelines, working closely with Network Rail and other partners. I have undertaken extensive engagement with local leaders on these schemes including recent visits to West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester.</p><p>All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties.</p><p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). We do not routinely make BCRs available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 5340 5341 5342 5344 question first answered 11/12/2023 09:36:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1675610

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for upgrading the Energy Coast Line between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow as part of Network North.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering all of these schemes and is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timelines, working closely with Network Rail and other partners. I have undertaken extensive engagement with local leaders on these schemes including recent visits to West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Manchester.</p><p>All schemes will be subject to the development and approval of business cases and will undergo all formal governance, in line with relevant fiscal and legal duties.</p><p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). We do not routinely make BCRs available.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 5340 5341 5342 5343 question first answered 11/12/2023 09:36:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1675625

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Death: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Justice during the debate on the Victims and Prisoners Bill of 4 December 2023, Official Report, column 138, when his Department plans to start a public consultation.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	5359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the bereaved remain at the heart of the inquest process. We are therefore entirely sympathetic to the Hon Member’s campaign to establish a role for the bereaved in the registration of their loved one’s death following an inquest.</p><p> </p><p>However, this is a sensitive and complex issue, and it is important that we identify the most appropriate solution, particularly in light of the provisions contained within the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and the move towards an electronic register.</p><p> </p><p>To support consideration of that solution, we will as the Minister of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Edward Argar MP, announced on 4 December (Hansard, column 138), be undertaking a full public consultation to gather the widest possible range of views. We aim to launch this consultation as soon as practicable in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/12/2023 09:00:08 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1675048

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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 Agreements: Switzerland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that a UK-Switzerland trade deal includes provisions for the (a) digital, (b) data and (c) investment sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is making good progress in negotiations on an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement. Both the UK and Switzerland agree this should include outcomes in areas such as digital, data and investment.</p><p> </p><p>For investment, UK negotiators are seeking legally guaranteed preferential access to the Swiss market for UK investors and companies. On digital, the UK aims to enhance trade commitments such as those supporting paperless trading. For data, UK objectives include seeking to prevent unjustified localisation, facilitating the free flow of data, and upholding the UK’s high standard of personal data protection.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2023 09:29:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675049

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	China: Indo-pacific Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help tackle Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Integrated Review Refresh 2023 reaffirmed the UK's long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. While China is an important source of aid, trade and investment for many countries, including those in the Indo-Pacific, China also poses potential risks. We are therefore deepening cooperation and increasing alignment with core allies and a broad group of partners to strengthen collective security, balance and compete where necessary, and push back against behaviours that undermine international law, violate human rights, or seek to coerce or create dependencies.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/12/2023 12:17:00 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675053

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of house prices since September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>The most reliable measure of average house prices in the UK is published by the ONS. The latest release is for September 2023, when the average house price in the UK was assessed to be £291,400. That leaves average UK house prices 25% higher than their average level in 2019, although 0.2% lower than their average level in Sept 2022.</p><p>While prices have remained resilient, housing market activity has slowed in recent months, largely as a result of rising mortgage rates, which are in part driven by Bank Rate. Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England. The path to lower rates is through low inflation, which is why the government is fully committed to supporting the Bank get inflation back down to the 2% target. The MPC continues to have the Government’s full support as it takes action to return inflation to target through its independent monetary policy decisions.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to limit the impact of rising interest rates on mortgage holders, through the Mortgage Charter. This Charter sets out the standards that signatory lenders – who represent over 90% of the UK mortgage market – will adopt when helping their customers.</p><p>We have also taken a number of measures aimed at helping people to avoid repossession, including protection in the courts through the Pre-Action Protocol, the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS), and Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans. Accordingly, arrears and repossessions remain at historic lows, despite the rise in interest costs.</p><p>The government continues to monitor developments in the housing market closely and consider the implications for its policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 07/12/2023 15:55:45 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1675056

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Financial Services: Switzerland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to negotiate closer cooperation with the Swiss financial services industry.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is negotiating an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland that will deepen UK-Swiss financial services ties and provide long-term certainty and greater market access for UK-Swiss services trade, which was worth £27.1 billion in the 12 months to June 2023. This will be complementary to the Mutual Recognition Agreement in Financial Services, which HM Treasury is negotiating with the Swiss Finance Ministry, the agreement remains on course to be signed before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2023 10:07:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell