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1485953

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Finance
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 13 June 2022 to Question 11723 on Network Rail: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on passenger safety of decisions relating to the Control Period 7 budget for Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	30049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The budget for Control Period 7 is set through the Periodic Review Process, which culminates in the publication of the High-Level Output Specification (HLOS) and Statement of Funds Available (SoFA), which Government is required to produce by 28th October. These documents are developed following close discussion with Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road to ensure all potential impacts are assessed, including on safety, which remains a top priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/07/2022 16:30:25 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485959

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NHS: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that additional tax payments as a result of pension growth are not disproportionately impacting NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	29898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that hard-working NHS staff do not find themselves reducing their work commitments due to the interaction between their pay, their pension, and the relevant tax regime.</p><p> </p><p>99 per cent of pension savers make annual contributions below £40,000, the level of standard annual allowance which has applied from 2014-15. To ensure that defined benefit scheme members are not unduly affected by the annual allowance (for example if their pension rights increase after a promotion), the Government allows up to three years of unused annual allowance to be carried forward. The Government also increased the two thresholds above which the tapered annual allowance applies were each raised by £90,000 in April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who breach the annual allowance on tax-relieved pension savings can also use an option called ‘scheme pays’, under which they can require their pension scheme to pay their annual allowance tax charge now (in return for an actuarially fair reduction in their pension), provided that the annual allowance charge is at least £2,000 and they have exceeded the annual allowance of £40,000. In England and Wales, the NHS Pension Scheme goes further, allowing scheme pays to be used on any annual allowance charges relating to accrual in that scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms to the annual allowance and lifetime allowance made since 2010 are expected to save £6 billion per year, and allow pension savers to build significant retirement savings tax free, while also ensuring that the highest earning pension savers do not receive a disproportionate benefit from pensions tax relief.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/07/2022 10:40:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1485988

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Forests: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to remove unsustainable legal deforestation from UK supply chains, as recommended by the Climate Change Committee in its most recent Progress Report to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	29946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is tackling unsustainable legal deforestation through two key initiatives:</p><ol><li>The UK and Indonesia co-chair the Forest Agricultural and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, working with 28 major producer and consumer governments of forest risk commodities to deliver a <a href="https://www.factdialogue.org/fact-roadmap" target="_blank">roadmap for action</a>, to protect forests and other ecosystems whilst promoting sustainable trade.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The UK and US are convening 13 of the world’s largest agri-commodity trader companies who have committed to <a href="https://ukcop26.org/agricultural-commodity-companies-corporate-statement-of-purpose/" target="_blank">developing a roadmap</a> for COP27. This roadmap focuses on accelerated supply chain action, to reduce emissions from land use change, and working with key stakeholders to address the root causes of deforestation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/07/2022 12:22:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1485997

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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	Aortic Stenosis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research in the British Medical Journal by Stickels (et al.) entitled Aortic stenosis post-Covid-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality, published on 16 June 2022, if his Department will increase the provision of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for patients with aortic stenosis.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	29953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>NHS England is currently finalising a revised commissioning position for the provision of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and surgical aortic valve replacement for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis in adults.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/07/2022 09:58:04 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1486001

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains ran on the rail network with fewer carriages than timetabled, in each of the last six months, for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	29991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of trains operated on the rail network with less capacity than contractually required, for those operators for which data is available, is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rail Period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/12/21 - 8/1/22</p></td><td><p>9/1/22 - 5/2/22</p></td><td><p>6/2/22 - 5/3/22</p></td><td><p>6/3/22 - 31/3/22</p></td><td><p>1/4/22 - 30/4 22</p></td><td><p>1/5/22 - 28/5/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>572</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 07/07/2022 11:09:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1486002

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains ran on the rail network in each of the last six months, for which data is available, with fewer carriages than timetabled for each Train Operating Company.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	29992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of services operated by each operator with less capacity than contractually required, for those operators for which data is available, is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Train Operator</p></td><td><p>Rail Period</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> </p></td><td><p>12/12/21 - 8/1/22</p></td><td><p>9/1/22 - 5/2/22</p></td><td><p>6/2/22 - 5/3/22</p></td><td><p>6/3/22 - 31/3/22</p></td><td><p>1/4/22 - 30/4 22</p></td><td><p>1/5/22 - 28/5/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abellio Greater Anglia (Peak)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2c (Peak)</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern Railway (All Day, Sun - Sat)</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CrossCountry (All Day, Mon - Fri)</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First TransPennine Express (All Day, Sun - Sat)</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Govia Thameslink Railway (Peak)</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNER (All Day, Sun - Sat)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Trains (Peak)</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern (Peak)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Railway (All Day, Sun - Sat)</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Trains (All Day, Sun - Sat)</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 07/07/2022 12:50:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1486003

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: MG OMD
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether all payments over £250 made by his Department to Manning Gottlieb OMD between November 2018 and May 2022 and categorised under Level 2 of the Public Sector Procurement Expenditure Survey as (a) Advertising and (b) Communication Services took place under the Media Buying framework agreement RM6003.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>All services supplied during that time were under Media Buying Framework RM6003.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 07/07/2022 15:06:13 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486005

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 21137, whether any other agreements have been in place besides Media Buying framework agreement RM6003 to cover her Department’s payments to Omnicom Media Group of £67,050,917.55 under the expense area Ad Production between April 2019 and May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held at sufficient granularity over the time period requested and would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 29971 question first answered 07/07/2022 16:43:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486006

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 21137, whether any other agreements were in place besides Media Buying framework agreement RM6003, to cover her Department’s payments to Omnicom Media Group of (a) £2,062,859.85 under the expense area Marketing and Media between March 2019 and March 2021 and (b) £200,886.62 under the expense area Multimedia between March and June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held at sufficient granularity over the time period requested and would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 29970 question first answered 07/07/2022 16:43:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486011

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
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	Derelict Land: Regeneration
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 steps his Department is taking to develop brownfield sites.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	30090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government strongly encourages the re-use of brownfield land and has introduced a range of measures to support brownfield development and encourage housebuilders to develop brownfield sites.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that planning policies and decisions should give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements. We have introduced a number of planning measures including uplifting local housing need in the top 20 most populated cities to make the most of brownfield land and existing infrastructure and successfully requiring every local authority to publish a register of local brownfield land suitable for housing.</p><p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill sets out planning measures that will support regeneration by enabling more effective use of land, improving land value capture and supporting infrastructure delivery. Reforms, including clarification on the use of compulsory purchase, will make it easier to assemble brownfield land ready for development, whilst locally led Development Corporations will have planning powers to support regeneration and brownfield development. The measures will also create more consistency and certainty in planning decisions, simplifying the system so housebuilders can deliver.</p><p>Finally, the Department and Homes England regularly engage with urban areas to support delivery of homes on brownfield. We are putting significant investment into brownfield redevelopment through, for example, the £4.3 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund and £550 million Brownfield Housing Fund to support brownfield development and enable housebuilders to develop brownfield sites, with £1.8 billion in new funding announced at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 30091 question first answered 07/07/2022 15:08:47 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton