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1684505

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date	23/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme limit to £500,000 for eligible companies.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	11167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>The government recently expanded the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) to help more UK start-ups to raise higher levels of finance. In April 2023, the amount of SEIS funding that companies can raise was increased from £150,000 to £250,000 and the annual investor limit was increased from £100,000 to £200,000. The eligibility of the SEIS was also expanded as the limit on the age of a company’s trade was increased from 2 years to 3 years and the company gross asset limit was increased from £200,000 to £350,000. These changes increase the generosity and availability of the SEIS whilst ensuring it remains appropriately targeted at those very early-stage companies that investors view as the highest risk. Companies that outgrow the SEIS can utilise the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to raise further finance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 31/01/2024 16:36:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1684507

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
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 impact of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme on (a) small businesses, (b) investment and (c) job creation.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	11168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the Government published the report of an independent evaluation of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), conducted in 2022. The full report can be found on the GOV.UK Website here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-venture-capital-schemes" target="_blank">Evaluation of Venture Capital Schemes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/01/2024 17:16:04 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1681433

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Video Games
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of challenges within the video games industry.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	900901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the success of the UK games sector and we work closely with industry to support its future growth.</p><p>This includes the £13.4 million UK Games Fund supporting new IP and talent and generous video games tax reliefs.</p><p>However, we are also focused on building a talent pipeline through the Creative Careers Programme, T-Levels and bootcamps, and local skills improvement plans. Additionally, we have worked closely with industry to deliver guidance on loot boxes, and developed a video games research framework to inform future policy making.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 11/01/2024 16:49:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678547

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates: Warwick and Leamington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of interest rates on homeowners in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The pricing and availability of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene. However, the Government recognises this is a concerning time for mortgage borrowers.</p><p>Rising interest rates 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 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 average offered mortgage rates on 2-year and 5-year fixed rates have now fallen from their peak in the Summer.</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 low by historical standards, despite the rise in interest costs.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 7602 question first answered 08/01/2024 08:15:21 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678548

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Warwick and Leamington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on what the average monthly mortgage payment was in Warwick and Leamington constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>There is a wide variety of data and statistics about the mortgage market in the UK available from the Bank of England (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics), the Financial Conduct Authority (https://www.fca.org.uk/data) and UK Finance (https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/data-and-research/data).</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 08/01/2024 08:12:27 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678549

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Rents: Warwick and Leamington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average monthly rent payment in Warwick and Leamington constituency was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>Rental data at constituency level is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 10/01/2024 16:33:02 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678550

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in energy prices on university students living in private rented accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2021/22 suggests that a third of students live in privately rented accommodation with friends. Over the period 2022/23 to 2024/25, the government will have provided support worth £104 billion to help families throughout the UK with the cost of living including to meet increased household energy costs. This will have eased the pressure on family budgets and so will in turn enabled many families to provide additional support to their children in higher education to help them meet increased living costs.</p><p>Students in private rented accommodation who are provided energy through a commercial entity may also benefit from the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS), which provides a baseline discount on energy bills for non-domestic users locked into high fixed price tariffs. Any non-domestic user who benefits from the EBDS must ensure the benefit is passed through to the end user, such as students in private rented accommodation.</p><p>More information on students’ expenditure on housing can be found in the 2021/22 Student Income and Expenditure Survey which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-income-and-expenditure-survey-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-income-and-expenditure-survey-2021-to-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 10/01/2024 16:33:15 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678551

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
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	Ambulance Services: Warwickshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time for an ambulance was in (a) Coventry and (b) Warwickshire in each winter since 2010-2011.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>Ambulance response times are measured by response time category down to regional ambulance trust level. Coventry and Warwickshire are both served by the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).</p><p>The current ambulance response time standards were introduced in 2017 following extensive clinical trials and include average response times by response time category. Prior to this average response times were not centrally collected.</p><p>The following table shows average ambulance response times for WMAS in December, January and February between 2017 and 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Category 1 mean</p></td><td><p>Category 2 mean</p></td><td><p>Category 3 mean</p></td><td><p>Category 4 mean</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>00:07:03</p></td><td><p>00:13:12</p></td><td><p>0:39:49</p></td><td><p>1:04:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>00:06:48</p></td><td><p>00:12:22</p></td><td><p>0:35:20</p></td><td><p>0:57:11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>00:07:03</p></td><td><p>00:13:14</p></td><td><p>0:41:35</p></td><td><p>1:00:51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>0:06:48</p></td><td><p>0:12:29</p></td><td><p>0:36:14</p></td><td><p>0:51:31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>0:06:44</p></td><td><p>0:12:11</p></td><td><p>0:35:17</p></td><td><p>0:51:40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>0:06:46</p></td><td><p>0:12:32</p></td><td><p>0:38:22</p></td><td><p>0:51:10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>0:07:02</p></td><td><p>0:14:56</p></td><td><p>1:01:08</p></td><td><p>1:16:39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>0:06:59</p></td><td><p>0:12:29</p></td><td><p>0:32:47</p></td><td><p>0:48:36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>0:07:09</p></td><td><p>0:13:06</p></td><td><p>0:41:16</p></td><td><p>0:56:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>0:06:57</p></td><td><p>0:14:46</p></td><td><p>0:47:41</p></td><td><p>1:01:10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>0:06:51</p></td><td><p>0:14:48</p></td><td><p>0:51:45</p></td><td><p>1:03:04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>0:06:35</p></td><td><p>0:12:01</p></td><td><p>0:25:06</p></td><td><p>0:35:28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>0:08:19</p></td><td><p>0:48:19</p></td><td><p>3:20:50</p></td><td><p>3:46:03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>0:08:10</p></td><td><p>0:34:44</p></td><td><p>2:35:07</p></td><td><p>2:54:24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>0:08:11</p></td><td><p>0:33:36</p></td><td><p>2:26:14</p></td><td><p>3:15:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>0:09:14</p></td><td><p>1:31:10</p></td><td><p>4:48:31</p></td><td><p>4:33:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>0:08:11</p></td><td><p>0:27:21</p></td><td><p>1:39:18</p></td><td><p>1:51:52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>0:08:18</p></td><td><p>0:25:49</p></td><td><p>1:54:42</p></td><td><p>2:37:55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England Ambulance Quality Indicators.</p><p>Note: The national standards for Category 3 and 4 incidents are 90<sup>th</sup> percentile response times, rather than mean response.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/01/2024 10:57:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1678552

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
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	Sewage: Warwick and Leamington
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 assessment he has made of the impact of sewage overflows into rivers and waterways in Warwick and Leamington constituency on groups who use the water for recreational activities.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	7383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the volume of sewage being discharged into our waters in unacceptable. That is why our Plan for Water sets out more investment, stronger regulation, and tougher enforcement to tackle pollution and clean up our water.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, our <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F6537e1c55e47a50014989910%2FExpanded_Storm_Overflows_Discharge_Reduction_Plan.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca6bfb334c3c544ec7b3608dc014da08e%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638386680129682357%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0Ewyoaf7KkECc45DlOgx%2BeODPkrRpl2TCXTXfvi3gvM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan</a> sets clear and specific targets for water companies to reduce sewage discharges, and will drive the largest infrastructure programme in water company history - £60 billion capital investment over 25 years</p><p> </p><p>The rivers in the vicinity of Warwick and Leamington (River Avon and River Leam) are not designated Bathing Waters. Monitoring undertaken by the Environment Agency is primarily focussed on its statutory duties to monitor and report environmental quality.</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the number of storm overflows monitored across the network: in 2010 only 7% were monitored, and now 100% are being monitored.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, the Environment Agency has directed water companies to make significant improvements through the PR19 Water Industry National Environment Plan and water company business plans, including upgrading over 8,000 storm overflows in successive price reviews since 1989. This has resulted in water companies investing £3.1 billion to improve storm overflows between 2020 and 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Locally, Severn Trent Water, as part of their Green Recovery Programme, are carrying out a trial to improve a stretch of the River Leam near Warwick &amp; Leamington Spa with the aim of making the river safer to swim in a location where bathing is known to occur.  This trial includes river monitoring and improvements to some of Severn Trent’s sewer network, infrastructure and discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 08/01/2024 14:27:52 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1677317

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of universities the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of the Office for Students has visited since (i) 1 January 2018, (ii) 3 March 2023 and (iii) 5 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	6520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information as visits to universities by the Chair and Chief Executive of the Office for Students are a matter for that organisation as an independent arms-length body.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 21/12/2023 16:06:29 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western