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1763050

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which organisations are responsible for (a) the development and (b) the maintenance of the (i) Scout, (ii) Connect, and (iii) Humphrey AI tools.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), which is part of the Government Digital Service, developed these tools. i.AI maintains Connect and the Humphrey GovAI toolkit. Scout will be maintained by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 11/02/2025 17:33:47 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1763054

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Eutelsat OneWeb
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential strategic value of OneWeb for supporting Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The UK has provided a significant number of communication systems to Ukraine, including satellite-based systems, many of which have been integrated into a range of military capabilities. We have considered OneWeb as part of our support package, but, to date, we have not provided OneWeb systems to Ukraine.</p><p>The Armed Forces of Ukraine are specific on the communications systems they require, and their requests have focussed on different satellite systems. Our support remains agile, and we could switch towards more Satellite communications systems, including OneWeb, if that was deemed a higher priority.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 11/02/2025 10:45:12 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1763055

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	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	Nuclear Power
	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 his Department has made of the potential merits of using the UK’s plutonium stockpile to generate electricity.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) conducted substantial technical, deliverability and economic analysis to identify a preferred option for a long-term disposition solution for the UK-owned plutonium, considering options for immobilisation and reuse of the material as fuel to generate electricity. The outcome of this work recommended immobilisation as the preferred way forward to put the material beyond reach soonest and with greatest delivery confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The plutonium cannot be used as fuel in its current form: new infrastructure for Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel production would be required, as well as new reprocessing capabilities to sustain a closed fuel cycle. A proportion of the material is unsuitable for reuse in reactors and requires immobilisation in any scenario.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 11/02/2025 17:09:06 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1763060

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	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	India: Visas
	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 his Department (a) monitors and (b) reviews the granting of visa applications to British citizens by the Government of India.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Will Forster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The UK government does not monitor or review individual visa applications made by British citizens to the Government of India.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Friern Barnet answering member printed Catherine West question first answered 11/02/2025 13:24:55 answering member 4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	tabling member	5322

1763070

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	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	Retail Trade: Bromsgrove
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help promote retail entrepreneurship in Bromsgrove constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
	tabling member printed	Bradley Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The Government supports entrepreneurs, including those in Bromsgrove, through Start-up Loans via the British Business Bank and through programmes such as Growth Hubs in England and Help to Grow: Management across the UK. We will publish our Small Business Strategy later this year, which will signal a clear overarching ambition to promote entrepreneurship and articulate a new vision for business support, built around the new Business Growth Service. The strategy will enable scale-ups and other small businesses to grow, empowering entrepreneurs to innovate, export, and create new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Our Industrial Strategy is unreservedly pro-business, engaging on complex issues that are barriers to investment, like skills, recruitment of international talent, data, R&amp;D, technology adoption, access to finance, competition, regulation, energy prices, grid connections, infrastructure, and planning – all through the lens of promoting investment.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 11/02/2025 11:41:04 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	tabling member	5186

1763082

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number of migrants who have arrived in the UK in the last five years in receipt of benefits in Mid Leicestershire constituency and (b) the total value of those benefits in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bedford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Credit customers.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 11/02/2025 18:57:39 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
	tabling member	5330

1763083

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Traffic Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways England traffic officers were employed on 15 March in each year since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
	tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The number of traffic officers employed by National Highways on 15 March in each year since 2016 was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Traffic officer headcount on 15 March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>1,553</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/02/2025 10:28:29 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5234

1763140

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether private healthcare has been provided to asylum seekers in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The Home Office does not provide asylum seekers with private healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 11/02/2025 16:37:05 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1763141

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list each individual awarded contract to strategic suppliers for the provision of asylum accommodation and support services including the value of each contract.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>The Home Office holds two contracts with SERCO for the provision of Asylum Accommodation and Support Services. Details of these agreements are published on Contract Finder at:</p><p>NW</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2Fnotice%2Fe6f6d5d6-6dee-4708-b5f8-f9e061b7374a%3Forigin%3DSearchResults%26p%3D1&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCommercialDirectoratePQs%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8d4044d699064e65bb6a08dd476ef712%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638745264088027384%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ipW0Tyi1x%2BXS9Ev%2BJb0Dy5oLilYgWn7NXVtiOzMXe0Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">AASC - Asylum Accommodation &amp; Support Services Contract NW - Contracts Finder</a></p><p> </p><p>MEE</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2Fnotice%2F9c6d0bed-8f6b-4aeb-adc9-7d9d6be092d9%3Forigin%3DSearchResults%26p%3D1&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCommercialDirectoratePQs%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8d4044d699064e65bb6a08dd476ef712%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638745264088050329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=23x4SWYqhLtGprtsSIpaSyKO1fueVn2kbq8FRuxQJXY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">AASC - Asylum Accommodation &amp; Support Services Contract MEE - Contracts Finder</a></p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 11/02/2025 16:35:44 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1763155

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2025
	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	Nightclubs: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 18963 on Nightclub: closures, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increases in (a) business rates from the reduction in rate relief and (b) National Insurance contributions for employers on the economic viability of nightclubs.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	29623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2025 answer text <p>An assessment of the changes to Employers' National Insurance has been published by HMRC in their Tax Information and Impact Note, including impacts on the exchequer, the economy, individuals, households and families, equalities, and businesses including civil society organisations, alongside details on monitoring and evaluation.</p><p>The Government is creating a fairer business rate system, reducing alcohol duty on qualifying draught products and transforming the apprenticeship levy to support business and boost opportunities. This work will be supported by the publication of The Small Business Strategy Command Paper which will be published later this year. Through the Hospitality Sector Council, we are addressing strategic issues for the sector related to high street regeneration, skills, sustainability, and productivity.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 11/02/2025 15:43:29 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds