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1746550

	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	Cross Country Trains: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the performance trajectory of CrossCountry Trains following the implementation of its reduced timetable.
	tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The Rail Minister met with CrossCountry in August. It is subject to a Remedial Plan that runs until March 2025. CrossCountry reinstated its full timetable from 10 November.</p><p> </p><p>Officials meet CrossCountry regularly to discuss operational issues including progress with the Remedial Plan. CrossCountry will continue to be very closely monitored against the contractual benchmarks that are set out in its National Rail Contract.<strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 06/12/2024 14:20:49 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1746554

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Sudan: Internally Displaced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent reports of the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan being shelled by Rapid Support Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The UK is appalled by recent reports of the Rapid Support Forces' indiscriminate shelling of Zamzam camp, the largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Sudan. There are an estimated 500,000 people living in Zamzam camp, where famine was declared by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Committee in August. The warring parties must fulfil the commitments they made in Jeddah to prevent harm to civilians and abide by International Humanitarian Law. The UK is in touch with partners to ensure we support the response, including to those who may be displaced from the camp by the violence. The UK is one of the biggest supporters to the Sudan Humanitarian Fund, which provides support to local responders including the Emergency Response Rooms.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 06/12/2024 15:00:16 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1746559

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17600 17683 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1746560

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Homelessness: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle rural homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. Allocations for individual local authorities in England will be set out later in December, which will include Slough, West Dorset, the Thames Valley region and wider rural communities.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness and deliver long-term solutions to end all forms of homelessness, including rural and child homelessness. This includes chairing a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, bringing together ministers from across Government to develop a long-term homelessness strategy.</p><p>We have also established an Expert Group to bring together representatives from across the homelessness and rough sleeping sector, local and combined authorities and wider experts. The role of this expert group is to provide knowledge, analysis and challenge to help Government understand what is working well nationally and locally and where improvements are needed.</p><p>The department also has a lived experience forum to ensure the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness are reflected in the homelessness strategy.</p><p>More widely, we are taking action to tackle the root causes of homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.</p><p>The Government is also abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, preventing private renters being exploited and discriminated against, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 17456 17457 17588 17599 17683 17742 question first answered 06/12/2024 13:15:18 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1746569

	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	Ministry of Defence: Occupations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the non-standard occupation groups in his Department are.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) Non-Standard Occupational Groups (NSOG) are groups of staff for whom some aspects of their terms and conditions of service are different from the MOD broader-banded grade structure as aligned to civil service standard grades i.e. the core civilian workforce in Defence. NSOG groups are distinguished because they have an analogue link to an outside counterpart and their pay and other terms and conditions of service are either directly linked or influenced by their outside public sector comparator grade.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has five main NSOG groups:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Ministry of Defence Police</li><li>MOD clinical grades - NHS Agenda for Change grades, NHS Civilian Consultants, Civilian Medical Practitioner (doctors), Civilian Dental Practitioners (dentists)</li><li>Defence Fire Rescue Service grades</li><li>Teaching/educational grades</li><li>Youth and Community grades</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 06/12/2024 14:19:07 answering member 5235
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1746574

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance Contributions and (b) the VAT rate on the viability of businesses in the hospitality sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses to economic growth. At Autumn Budget 2024, the government took tough decisions on tax, spending and welfare to restore economic stability and invest in public services.</p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November, outlining the impact on business, that can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-secondary-threshold-the-secondary-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-rate-and-the-empl/changes-to-the-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-secondary-threshold-the-secondary-class-1-national-insurance-contributions-rate-and-the-empl.</p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. The Government currently has no plans to introduce a different VAT rate for the hospitality sector.</p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes under review, including consideration of impacts.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 06/12/2024 09:11:34 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746577

	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	Stellantis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what dates he has met with representatives of Stellantis since 5 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>My Department has had regular engagement with representatives of the automotive industry and automotive companies covering a wide range of automotive issues.</p><p>In addition to his wider engagement with the automotive sector, the Secretary of State met with representatives of Stellantis on 15 July, 19 July, 24 July and 26 November.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 06/12/2024 14:58:20 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
	tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1746582

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	South Korea: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to raise the (a) declaration of martial law in South Korea and (b) potential implications of that decision at the UN.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>I issued a statement on 3 December expressing deep concern about the events in Seoul of 3 December. We welcome the decision made following a vote in the National Assembly to withdraw the martial law decree. South Korea is a proud democracy, and events have shown that their systems and processes seem able to resolve situations like this one. Our Embassy team in Seoul are monitoring developments. The UN has not made a statement regarding the situation.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 06/12/2024 14:53:39 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1746584

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Kosovo: Inland Waterways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Kosovan counterpart on the attack on the Iber Lepenci water canal on 28 November 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary messaged Kosovo's President Osmani on 30 November, following the attack on critical infrastructure in northern Kosovo the previous day. He expressed his shock and welcomed the swift work of emergency engineers to contain the damage. He underlined the importance of a full, evidence-based investigation and set out the UK's staunch support for Kosovo as it works to bring the perpetrators to account and to prevent further attacks in coordination with the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) and the Kosovo Force (KFOR).</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 06/12/2024 14:31:17 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1746585

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2024
	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	Kosovo: Inland Waterways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the attack on the Iber Lepenci water canal in Kosovo on 28 November 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Stamford
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2024 answer text <p>Following the 29 November attack on critical infrastructure in northern Kosovo, our immediate priorities are to demonstrate our support and solidarity with Kosovo; to work with Kosovo and international partners to ensure a credible, evidence-based investigation is conducted; and to manage down risks of escalation. I spoke to Kosovo's Prime Minister Kurti and Serbia's Foreign Minister Djuric on 1 December and urged against rhetoric that increases tensions.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth answering member printed Stephen Doughty question first answered 06/12/2024 14:49:12 answering member 4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns